Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
INTRODUCTION
2.
The Rules allow the Registration Authority to excuse an applicant from having to
provide certain information where an engineer has previously demonstrated CPEng
Equivalence.
CPEng Equivalence is defined in the Rules to mean a qualification or title that the
Registration Authority determines requires the holder to:
(a) have demonstrated competence at least equivalent to the minimum standard for
registration under the Rules; and
(b) be bound by a code of ethical conduct that is substantially equivalent to the code
of ethical conduct under the Rules
The Registration Authority has determined this to include:
Page 1 of 3
3.
While CPEng Equivalence provides evidence that the engineer has the general
competencies for registration as a Chartered Professional Engineer in New Zealand,
two elements of the competence standard are not necessarily evidenced by the
earlier assessment:
Current competence
3.1
If the engineer was assessed within the last 6 years, their CPEng Equivalent
assessment is deemed to provide evidence of current competence.
The engineer is then required to provide evidence of NZ specific good practice and
the following documentation is required:
Application Form
3.2
If the engineer was assessed more than six years ago, they are also required to
demonstrate current competence.
The following documentation is required (in addition to the documentation required
in 3.1 above):
CPD records
work history/CV
referee declarations
3.3
ASSESSMENT PROCESS
Page 2 of 3
4.
they must demonstrate occupational equivalence in their practice area which means competence in New Zealand-specific engineering practice
relevant to their practice area (as in Element 2 of the CPEng competence
standard), and
(ii)
The test for meeting Element 2 of the CPEng competence standard will depend on
the RPEQs practice area and the extent to which there is New Zealand-specific
knowledge of critical importance to competent practice within that field of
engineering. The assessment will not need to be as extensive for engineers
practising in areas where there is a high level of internationalisation in codes and
engineering practice as it would be for those practising in areas where there is a
high level of New Zealand-specific codes etc. Thus someone from a Civil /
structural / geotechnical background will be required to provide more New Zealandspecific evidence than someone from say an information / software engineering
background.
RPEQs should fill out all of the Competence Assessment forms (CA01, CA03, CA04
and CA05) covering their ability to comprehend and apply New Zealand-specific
good practice in their practice area (elements 2, and element 11 so far as it relates
to New Zealand specific good practice)..
IPENZ will respond to notifications from RPEQs in one of three ways:
(i)
Register the RPEQ as CPEng where sufficient evidence has been provided
to demonstrate that current competence for New Zealand-specific practice
(i.e., Element 2) has been met for occupational equivalence; or
(ii)
(iii)
Page 3 of 3