Membership Benefits

Courses/Workshops/Conference
The Society offer courses and workshops regularly for professional improvement and continuing
education of members. These courses/workshops are coordinated by the Professional Development
Directorate of the National Headquarters and are organized nation-wide through Divisions and Branches
of the Society and the National Headquarters.
The Society holds Engineering Conference every year and an international conference every two years
between the last week in November and December. Conference Themes are chosen based on
contemporary issues and a communiqu issued at the end of proceedings.
Careers and Employment Advice
The Society provides advice to members on job placement and career progression through her Job
placement unit. The unit maintains a list of members wishing to change jobs or in search of jobs, and
also match jobs opportunities by its job listing.
Liaison with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
The Society is represented on the Council of COREN and maintains close relations with the body on all
issues relating to the engineering profession. These include Engineering Regulations Monitoring (ERM),
Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (MCPD) and Engineers remuneration.
Forum
The Society provides a forum for engineers to exchange ideas and update their knowledge on
contemporary and future developments in engineering
Code of Ethics
The Society has established a Code of Ethics to control the professional conduct of her members.
Disciplinary actions are instituted under this code.
Advisory services
The Society provides guidance to members on a wide range of matters relevant to their involvements
with and development in the profession. Government and the general public may also seek advice of the
Society on Professional Engineering matters.
Awards and Prizes
Grants/Fellowships/Awards and Prizes for papers, research and other contributions to the profession are
awarded by the Society from time to time to those who distinguished themselves in the profession.
Benevolent Fund
The Society maintains a benevolent fund to which individual members contribute. The fund is to help
members and their families in distress.
Competitions
The Society sponsors and encourages competitions at all levels, secondary schools through Universities to
Professional. The Engineer of the Year Award has also been instituted.
International Relations
The Society represents Nigeria through her membership of the Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC)
and World Federation of Engineering Organization (WFEO). The Society is also the Secretariat of the
Federation of African Engineering Organization (FAEO).
Foreign Industrial tours are also organized by Branches and the Headquarters coordinated by the
International Affairs unit at the Headquarters.

CODE OF ENGINEERING CONDUCT
Every member is expected in his general conduct to uphold and enhance the honour and dignity of the
Engineering profession and the reputation of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and to act always in the
public interest:

A member shall make available his professional knowledge and experience in accordance
with his code as a consultant or adviser, or a salaried employee, or a teacher of Engineering
Science, or in design, or manufacture, or construction as a faithful agent and trustee of his
client, employer, or other people connected with the works.
A member shall not practice in a dual capacity as a consultant and as a contractor for
the same project except with the prior written consent of the client.

A member shall not place orders on his own behalf in respect of a project on which he is
engaged but shall only do so explicitly on behalf of his client.

A member shall not be the medium of payments made on his clients behalf unless
specifically so requested in writing by his client, but shall only issue certificate for payments.

A member shall not take part in competition involving the submission of proposals and
designs for engineering work unless an assessor which shall be an Engineer of acknowledged
standing has been appointed to whom all such proposals and designs are to be submitted for
adjudication.

A member shall not invite or submit priced proposals under conditions that constitute price
competition for professional services.

A member shall not advertise engineering services in self-laudatory language or in any
other manner derogatory to the dignity of the profession.

A member, on engineering works in a foreign country the members may adapt his conduct
according to the professional standards and customs of the country, but shall adhere as
closely as practicable to the principles of this code.