The Engineering Council welcomes proposals by Lord Sainsbury's
Technician Working Group for the creation of a Technician Council
to promote registration of Engineering Technicians (EngTech) and
Incorporated Engineers (IEng) - and their equivalents in science,
health and ICT.
The proposals were requested by Lord Mandelson in the 'Skills
for Growth' White Paper in November 2009. The Government had
recognised that intermediate skills were inadequately represented
in the working population and insufficient status was awarded to
engineering, science and health professionals at this level and
above.
Andrew Ramsay, Chief Executive of the Engineering Council -
himself a member of Lord Sainsbury's Working Group developing the
proposals - said "This initiative provides evidence that there is
at last a real understanding by Government and the civil service of
the need to accord significant status to the UK's
Technicians. We also welcome the endorsement of the framework
we have developed for the engineering profession for assessment of
professional standards of competence."
Note to editors
- Lord Sainsbury's proposals include reference to the UK
Standards of Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC) and the
engineering profession's processes for assessment of Engineering
and ICT Technicians, and Incorporated Engineers as a basis for
development of similar systems in the science and health
professions.
- The press release issued by BIS today can be found on
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=412968&NewsAreaID=2
- More information can be found on
/education--skills/technicians/a-class-of-professional-technicians