The Engineering Council produces guidance material covering a range of topics to support professional engineers and technicians to understand and apply the standards set out in UK-SPEC.

This guidance provides a broad view of each topic, to be read alongside materials produced by professional engineering institutions relating to specific disciplines and codes of professional conduct.

Diversity and inclusion

Guidance for engineering professionals to help understanding and application of Standards relating to diversity and inclusion.
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Guidance on building safety

Guidance on building safety

Keep abreast of developments in building safety as the profession seeks to apply lessons learned from Grenfell

Engineering Council's Guidance on Sustainability

Guidance on sustainability

Professionally registered engineers and technicians are required to carry out their work in a way that contributes to sustainable development, outlined in UK-SPEC.

Engineering Council's Guidance on Risk

Guidance on risk

The Engineering Council’s guidance on risk describes the role of professional engineers and technicians in dealing with risk, and their responsibilities to society.

Engineering Council's Guidance on Ethical Principles

Guidance on ethical principles

This guidance contains four fundamental principles and is designed to form the core of the codes of conduct published by the Licensed PEIs.

Engineering Council's Guidance on Security

Guidance on security

This guidance contains six principles to guide engineers and technicians in identifying, assessing, managing and communicating issues about security.

Engineering Council's Guidance on Whistleblowing

Guidance on whistleblowing

Our guidance on whistleblowing describes whistleblowing and the processes that engineers and technicians should follow when confronted by a potential whistleblowing situation.