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Increased Understanding of Professional Engineering
Professional Engineering is a creative activity producing innovative solutions
to problems arising from human needs. It is based on science applied with
judgement and skill and incorporates management techniques, the principles
of economics and the concept of sustainability.
Professional engineers have four year professional engineering degrees. They
develop and apply new engineering practices, apply leadership and management
skills, supervise the work of others in the engineering work force, pursue
engineering opportunities in a holistic way taking environmental, community
and social issues into account and solve diverse problems.
The contributions of professional engineers to, and their roles in, society
will be communicated by:
- Ensuring that in secondary schools every Careers Advisor and all Heads
of Technology and Science are well informed on professional engineering
as a career and the educational pathways leading to the attainment of a
three year Bachelor of Engineering Technology and of a four year professional
engineering degree, viz the Bachelor of Engineering.
- Ensuring Members of Parliament, government policy-makers and the leaders
in industry and commerce are well informed of the essential role of engineering
education in any knowledge economy and of the capabilities of professional
engineers and how they can enhance the wellbeing of New Zealand society.
- Preparing and distributing documentation explaining the different roles
and competencies of professional engineers, engineering technologists, engineering
associates and trades people and how each is essential to an effective engineering
industry
- Working with Kiwi Careers to ensure their web site, careers.co.nz, gives
accurate and complete information regarding careers and the associated educational
requirements
- Working with IPENZ to publicly report on the contributions of professional
engineers to wealth creation in New Zealand and to produce Informatory Notes
on engineering education
- Publishing information on research successes and their application within
industry
- Explaining publicly how engineering disciplines continue to develop and
diversify
- Increasing the understanding of the special role and competencies of professional
engineers within small to medium enterprises
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