O I thought announce already.

I think those who took the exam knows their results already

Yaya, I know 2 Civil 2 Electrical but don't know the other 2. Passing rate lower than expected. Thought 1st batch will have higher rate coz 1 year already no new PEPC come out. Quite scary.

Anyone know when is the next PCE date?

I think this exam is yet to be well implemented. The scope of the exam is too wide and no reference book to study at the moment. Just a few classes conducted by IEM before the exam. Extreme low passing rate is for sure. And I expect it won't be improving much in the coming few years.

29-30 November 2017

Check at http://www.bem.org.my/

Asked them before tentatively November this year. Last year also November, application around September. Keep an eye on BEM webiste.

Scope quite wide but all the questions that came out were inside the syllabus. Need to buy many reference books accordingly. A bit disadvantage for outstation candidates cause limited amount of books can bring to the exam hall. Generally all those questions are what encountered in daily work and some part is general knowledge.

New website!

You passed the PCE?

6 Passed and all are Chinese. 3 Civil, 2 Electrical and 1 Mechanical. One of the civil is Singapore PE.

Anyone know how to gain design experience in Civil?

Willing to work part time or for free in exchange for the experience.

Thanks

can a PE without PC title endorse documents for CCC submission/ be the submitting person? or need PMPC?


This post has been edited by Bussybody: Oct 25 2017, 09:35 PM

Must have PC for CCC submission

Hi guys,

Been away (oversea) to work for more than a year and recently came back to work in Malaysia.
I am planning to get my Ir due to the nature of my current work (consulting).
Gone through the BEM website and also called them up to clarify but would like to get second view (BEM staff's response is typical standard answer, not too convinced) on the following doubts:

1) I am a Malaysian, hence I can utilize either Route 1 (BEM) or Route 2 (IEM) to get my Ir. While Route 2 is pretty straight forward, already there when I graduated, Route 1 is something new for me which I believe was only recently (past 2 years or so) implemented. Can I go with Route 1, if I do not have an Ir mentor in the company? (in other words, I need external mentor)

2) Having worked for 6 years already in the same industry, could I "backdate" my experience from the past for either Route 1 or Route 2? For Route 1, different company is an issue and getting an Ir to endorse my past experience will also probably be an issue. Even if both the issues are ridden of, BEM's recognition/approval of this is questionable. For Route 2, in the past, I was told that I could backdate 1 year of my lapsed experience for the logbook, is that still the case? (Pardon me, I haven't had the time to go through IEM's website yet)

Thank you in advance for all the insights.

ysh_kobe Route 1 & Route 2 are pretty much the same. It's been there all along, nothing new. Only Route 3 is new.

1. Can, the Ir supervising you must be familiar with what you do and has been constantly watching your growth and willing to endorse your application.

2. If you are doing the logbook, you can only backdate 1 year. If you are writing a report, then no limit.

Good luck!

Thanks jitshiong.

1. Provided I have such Ir, will there be any complication? (I actually worked under an Ir from different field) i.e.
a. different field - I worked 4 years under an Ir of different field, and now that I am with another company. (understood that prior approval is required for Ir of different field)
b. company letterhead - if I manage to find another Ir who could endorse my experience and growth, how do you suggest I can sort out the company letterhead requirement? the Ir will be someone who was and is not in the same company as myself. (BEM's staff told me to go through IEM)

2. Do you mean if I could write a report encompassing my 6 years experience as of now, I could get it certified by Ir and could proceed with registration without having to undergo the "professional training" process again?

Thank you.

This post has been edited by ysh_kobe: Nov 13 2017, 11:16 AM

ysh_kobe

1. a. No problem. The requirement is that there's a proposer and a seconder. Either one of them must be at least 10 years exp and from the same field (Need to be the same person). Read the form properly.

1. b. I'm not sure on route 1, I did route 2 so letterhead not required. Only required during registration with BEM. At that time I asked my ex-company to write a letter to certify my work. Unless you pissed them off, I don't see the reason why they won't do it for you.

2. Yes. But I'm not sure on the new enhanced PI process.

Perhaps you can check with IEM. They do conduct talks on how to achieve PE regularly.

Now we have 6. 2 PEPC and 4 PE.

hi all, a lot of good information here. Just want to confirm a few things from what I gathered:


1. an IR mentor is not necessary, provided that you can find an external IR that is willing to endorse your application when you applied?

2. I have worked for 18 months without a supervision of an IR. Does that experience count?

3. If I don't have IR mentor in the company, do I need to follow the Log Book scheme? I read the answers above saying a written report can replace the logbook, but do I need an IR mentor for this to be eligible?

Thanks all. Have a nice day

I went through route 3 so maybe different from the other 2 route.

1. External Ir can certify true copy of certs etc. For the experience report, BEM asked for endorsed copy, I just get it from my ex boss who is not an Ir but Ir equivalent (overseas PE). Should be more relevant than an external Ir who don't really know what you do.

2. The experience count from the day of getting graduate engineer. The experience after obtaining graduate engineer may or may not be engineering related, so that depends what you submit and answer BEM if they ask.

3. As 1. Should have Ir equivalent in the company you working if engineering related. From the other thread you in SG? There are many Malaysian Irs working there, can try ask around if they willing to be mentor.