Engineers Australia Competency Standards And Their Purpose

If you dream of attaining EA membership or Chartered membership, you must have heard of Engineers Australia competency standards. There must be many questions and doubts related to them popping up in your mind. Therefore, we have written this blog to help you understand them. Here, we will tell you about the EA Stage 1 and Stage 2 competencies. In addition, we will also tell you the required documents for the Chartered application.

Stage 1 is the competency level you need for entry to work as a qualified member of an engineering team. It is corresponding to the completion of a recognized or accredited educational qualification. Membership eligibility is based on the Stage 1 Competency Assessment.

Purpose:

Stage 1 competency is proof of your deep understanding of the body of engineering knowledge related to your occupational category. Your occupational category can be Professional Engineer, Engineering Technologist or Engineering Associate. In other words, this level shows your ability to apply this knowledge to complicated situations or problems like a practitioner.  Moreover, you need to have the necessary skills and attributes to work as a professional. You will be expected to be with intellectual skills. These skills will help you to test and continually extend your knowledge through lifelong learning in formal and informal contexts.

Stage 1 competence is a mixture of knowledge and professional attributes that are assessed as competencies.

The stage 1 standard for each occupational category consists of three competencies:

The Stage 2 Engineers Australia competence standards are the profession’s expression of the knowledge and skills base. Besides that, they also include engineering application abilities, professional skills, values and attitudes that you must demonstrate.  Only by having all these things, you will be able to practice independently or unsupervised.

Purpose:

These EA stage 2 competency standards are used as the basis of assessment for Chartered membership of Engineers Australia. Aside from that, they are used to assess competency for registration on the National Engineering Register (NER). Chartered membership is exclusive to the assessment authority Engineers Australia. This professional credential has recognition from the government, businesses and the general public across the world.

Another thing is that its attainment comes with a career-long responsibility of maintaining competency in a chosen practice area.

Having given you a clear idea of these two stages, let’s know the required documents for the Chartered application.

The following are the four major documents required for the CPEng application:

Let’s know about each one of them:

The number of engineering competency claims varies between 11 and 16 according to the number of engineering competency claims (ECCs). For example, if choosing the Engineering Competency Report pathway, you need to submit 16 engineering competency claims (ECCs).

Each engineering competency claim presents a detailed explanation of personal engineering involvement in technical projects. Competency claims are generally prepared based on a few elements mentioned in Engineers Australia stage 2 competencies.

EER includes your complete work experience records. Here, you need to refer to the employer’s name under whom you worked. In addition, mention the job roles and responsibilities you had in your employment period. The word limit for this document is around 700 words.

This document demonstrates your knowledge and skills in the engineering domain you claimed. A CPD Record is an integral part of the National Engineering Registration (NER) application. Here, you have to show the amount of CPD hours you have achieved in the last 3 years. This document includes your commitment towards the engineering product, criteria and technological efficiency you showed in the workplace.

It is a must for you to submit your most updated resume. In your resume, include your recent work experience history with the one you are currently involved in. Your resume must be simple and written in a precise way.