true, and it works both ways also.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 10:59 amtrue. and it works both ways too!

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:00 amif you plan to be 'sales engineer', then getting a PE is not worth it.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:02 amquit the company and move to another one which has engineers with PE.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:03 amThis CPD business is for PEs only. A graduate engineer does not need to maintain the CPD laa..

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:06 amyou are not quite right. if a civil engineer specialises in structural engineering and work in the oil & gas and he's a PE, the sky is the limit as far as pay is concerned.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:10 amin oil and gas consultants, all principal/lead engineers are required to have an Ir. all of them earn 5 figure salaries.

also, the chances of the engineer being promoted to senior engineer are higher if he gets his PE.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:11 amNyet. You are wrong. Refer my posting above.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:20 amBasically the interviewers ask questions related to the interviewee's working experience. They would have gone through the reports submitted by the interviewee prior to the interview.

The written exams are pretty straight forward; ethics question is not that mind boggling, one needs common sense to answer it.

I was interviewed by a couple of old PEs who were not in the oil and gas industry. The interview turned out to be like a briefing session from me about offshore platforms development and design to the interviewers.

This post has been edited by Stamp: Oct 18 2012, 11:25 AM

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I was interviewed by a couple of old PEs who were not in the oil and gas industry. The interview turned out to be like a briefing session from me about offshore platforms development and design to the interviewers.

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May I know how many years xprience do u hav before sit for PE?

I plan to apply next year. Let say if we r from oil & gas industry, are the interviewers not try to differentiate ours with other industry?

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I already had 7 years working experience in o&g.

The PE interview is about the interviewee, not about the interviewer. Their interests are to gauge your experience based on your technical reports. I doubt whether they will engage you in a debate on the differences between o&g industry and their industry.

I gather that non o&g interviewers nowadays might have interviewed many prospective PEs from the o&g industry by now, so they might know something about o&g works, unlike during my time. My interviewers were surprised to know that API codes were widely used in o&g industry; obviously they thought that Msians were only knowledgeable in BS codes. This was in the mid 90's.

Good luck in your PE interview next year!

This post has been edited by Stamp: Nov 3 2012, 10:01 PM

what about the technical report? the contents, format? i thought there were instructions on what you were supposed to write in the technical report?

This post has been edited by Stamp: Nov 7 2012, 07:49 PM

sorry, I've no idea how long BEM will take to give you the Ir. keep checking with them every month.

I suggest you check out Petronas' requirements on oil&gas consultants capability.

why dont you just call them up ( or go visit them ) to get the accurate information on that matter?

YOu know very little on BEM's regulations on engineering design in Malaysia, ya?

All oil&gas consultants require their engineers to be registered with BEM since it is an offence for them to hire engineers who are not registered with BEM. Petronas also insists that the consultants enforce the BEM requirment.

Foreign engineers hired by the consultants will be given a 'temporary permit' by BEM when registered.

I guess if you work in a company which does not carry out engineering design work, the company may or may not impose you to register as engineer with BEM. My friends who work in sales never bother to register with BEM.

This post has been edited by Stamp: Jun 1 2015, 09:09 AM

they say birds of the same feather flock together?

Overseas PE need to get temporary PE from BEM, I think. Approval subject to country of origin.

This post has been edited by Stamp: Mar 13 2016, 08:09 PM

If you are a practicing engineer in Malaysia, you are better off taking a Malaysian PE. A CEng in Msia can’t sign and approve design and drawings, unlike an Ir. But if you have RM2200 to spare it doesn’t hurt to apply for a CEng besides having an Ir.