Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
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Hi,
I am a Chartered Mechanical Engineer through the IMechE and Engineering council in the UK, I have a PhD and 14 years industrial experience. If I work in the US or Canada, do I need to obtain PE status and sit all exams etc or is there a scheme by which transfer of qualifiations and experience is taken into account?
Cheers in advance for any comments
Caroline
I am a Chartered Mechanical Engineer through the IMechE and Engineering council in the UK, I have a PhD and 14 years industrial experience. If I work in the US or Canada, do I need to obtain PE status and sit all exams etc or is there a scheme by which transfer of qualifiations and experience is taken into account?
Cheers in advance for any comments
Caroline





RE: Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
RE: Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
In Ontario, Canada you would apply to the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario and they would review your education and qualifications and make a decision on whether or not you could be admitted without any exams.
They might at least require you to work under a Canadian Professional Engineer for a short period of time who would act as your sponsor. You would also have to write an engineering law & ethics exam
Check out www.peo.on.ca/ and send them an email, I'm sure they will try to help you out.
Hope this helps
Adrian Dunevein
RE: Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
Cheers
Caroline
RE: Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
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RE: Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
Regards
RE: Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
As PSE stated each state carries it own requirements. Obtaining a licensed in one state without taking the exams, does not mean that you would not have to take the exam in the future, if you wanted to practice engineering in a different state.
Contact the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME www.asme.org ASME has a liaison and agreements with the IMechE. They might be able to guide you in obtaing engineering licensing the the USA.
RE: Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
I hate to even bring this up (I don't want to start another PE/nonPE flame war), but do you really need the PE to work in the US? I noticed you are a mechanical engineer. Most ME's in the US don't need to be PE's. While it is required in some fields (HVAC and consulting, for example), it is unnecessary in most fields and will provide zero benefit (financially) in many fields.
I realize this doesn't answer your direct question, but before you worry about the ease of transfering your professional license, you might want to determine if you would even need it (I apologize if you've already done this).
Haf
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RE: Chartered Engineer - how to become PE
Frank A McDonough CEng FICE
c/o McDonough Bolyard Peck
8315 Lee Highway, Suite 400
Fairfax, VA 22031-2215
USA
Tel: (wk) 1 703 641 9088
E-mail: fmcdonough@mbpce.com
Fax: 1 703 641 8965
he might be able to help.
Also one the IMechE website under Regional information http://www.imechenearyou.org.uk/nearyou.asp?page=region...
are contact information for several Corresponding Members that should be able to help.
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A degree from U of T would get you into any USA PEng program especially if your American.
No worries.
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EnglishMuffin M.Sc. M.I.MechE. C.Eng. P.E.
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see http://www.ncees.org
Once you have become registered through their records program, you can become licensed in any state much more easily, without having to go through everything all over again if you change states. And there is something called the ECEI - see http://www.ecei.org/ - which they make use of to validate international credentials like yours and mine. I have not gone through all this, but have been thinking about it, since my PE license is from a different state from the one in which I now reside.