How competent are you? Mark Cooper IEng MILP VP Membership

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1 How competent are you? Mark Cooper IEng MILP VP Membership

2 How competent are you? What is competency? Who needs it and why? How is competency assessed? What can I do? Why should I?

3 What is competency?

4 What is competency? Training and Skills Formal education and / or work based learning Knowledge - Awareness or understanding of a circumstance or fact, gained through association or experience. Experience repeated practice and reflective learning

5 What is competency? Commitments: Bond of moral duty (whether of necessity or of one's own choosing) Professional code of conduct (ILP and / or EC) Understanding limits of your own abilities!

6 What is competency? Our level of competency and project roles will change as our career s progress, therefore we need to maintain / develop our knowledge and skills CPD

7 Who needs it and why? Clients Under CDM the client has a duty to appoint competent designers and/or contractors You In this current financial climate, it is in your best interest to be seen as the most qualified / experienced member s of the design team.

8 How is competency assessed? CDM 2007 Regulation 4 - Clients must ensure that designers, contractors and other team members that they propose to engage are competent Membership of a relevant professional institution, for example CIBSE; ICE; IMechE; IStructE; RIBA; RICS; CIAT; CIOB,is a strong indicator that a designer has the necessary task knowledge and an ability to recognise the health and safety implications of their design work.

9 CDM and designers? CDM2007 regulation 2: Designers are those who have a trade or a business which involves them in: Preparing designs for construction work, including variations. This includes preparing drawings, design details, specifications, bills of quantities and the specification (or prohibition) of articles and substances, as well as all the related analysis, calculations, and preparatory work; or Arranging for their employees or other people under their control to prepare designs relating to a structure or part of a structure.

10 CDM and designers? Designers therefore include: Architects, civil and structural engineers, building surveyors, landscape architects, other consultants, manufacturers and design practices of whatever discipline contributing to, or having overall responsibility for, any part of the design,

11 Affiliate Associate Member (Eng Tech) Member (IEng / CEng) Hon Member Fellow Hon Fellow Membership

12 Membership Associate Members perform specialist technical roles and apply proven knowledge, techniques and procedures to the solution of lighting technology or management problems in a variety of contexts. You will also have an element of personal responsibility. Completion of ILP Exterior Lighting Diploma (including Module 4) would normally result in award of Eng Tech AMILP

13 Membership Members of the ILP are professional practitioners with sufficient experience and progression to be operating at a responsible level in a lighting-related role, requiring a high degree of innovation, creativity and change to design, in order to implement and produce lighting solutions.

14 What can I do? Join a professional Institution! Speak to Regional Membership Officer Complete the application form / transfer grade Initial assessment Professional assessment interview

15 Why Should I? For Registered Engineers: It is easier to gain promotion or a new job Their pay compares favourably with non-registered engineers and increasingly against other qualified professionals They have greater influence within their organisation and industry Their engineering credentials are respected in most parts of the world They have access to a network of similarly qualified and experienced experts in their field - through their Institution

16 Why Should I? For their employers: Increasingly, tendering or post-tender contract compliance requires key members of the project team to have professional registration. Increased technical credibility with customers Assurance that the employee has satisfied a rigorous assessment of their engineering competence Confirmation that the engineering credentials being claimed are actually held Assurance that the employee is keeping up-to-date with professional codes of conduct and has the means to do this A means to satisfy requirements of the Quality Management Systems standard ISO 9001:2008

17 What should I do now? Contact RMO Contact me twitter Contact Chantal Info Chantal@theilp.org.uk Thanks for your attention