true, and it works both ways also.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 10:59 am

true. and it works both ways too! 

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:00 am

if 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 am

quit the company and move to another one which has engineers with PE.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:03 am

This 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 am

you 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 am

in 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 am

Nyet. You are wrong. Refer my posting above.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 11:20 am

Basically 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. 

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

hi. I have some doubt. I just graduate from Bach of Mechanical. But currently, im working with a company who involve in railways overhead cables and signalling & communication design.

can I apply as PE if my degree is mechanical but i do the design for railway signalling (which is more to elctronics/mechatronic)?

Dear all,

From BEM website, it stated that either take exam with BEM or register as corporate member with IEM can gain us a title of IR. May i know which way is better?

If register with IEM need to pay annual fee...

This is not true . Once u get ur Ir here , you can become charted engineer in UK . I believe Sg / India accept our title as well .

No , you cannot . I didnt read ur post correctly .

Your Ir title should be directly related to the industry u r working for . First u need to register with BEM and obtain a BEM card. ( This is important to show u r from a recognized university - you can throw away ur cert after this )

This is followed by you practicing ur engineering in the field for 2 years and apply to do ur PE . You need to choose ur mentor and literally be his slave until u complete your report.

the report must be endorsed by ur mentor and careful when picking ur mentor . ( I advice you look FOR MALAYS !!! )

I have friends who coudnt sit for the interview because the mentor think he is not matured enough .

I was told during university, to register with BEM once I graduated from engineering discipline, otherwise I cannot hold the job position having the name "Engineer". However, 5 years passed I'm still not registered with BEM.

Registering with BEM really so useful?

Yes, according to act. However employer don't even bother about this membership other than personal skills.

So far my company (MNC) don't bother about it during hiring. If you get the IR status, how do you highlight it in your resume. So far when I talked to any manager personal, IR = construction. Looks like there is a lot of misunderstanding there.

By the way, I'm also very interested to get one IR status...just for self improvement and discovery.

by the way, How much it cost for electrical IR engineer?

so thats mean, i need to quit this industry and change to another industry that more to mechanical work?

May I know if i am registered under Mechatronics discipline, can I practice under an Electrical IR? need advice from all daigor here.

Ok, thank you very much. So does that mean it is not necessary for mechatronics graduates to get IR? How about IEM? Whats the different between IR and PE?

Got link to refer?
Thank you.

Got link to refer?
Thank you.

Hoping to get source to read more on the breakdown of the fees BEM charge to apply for Professional Engineer

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! 



Owh..Hope after this there is more interviewer in O&G industry..In O&G Except for consultants, I realise that IR is not really matter, as long as u can prove that u have the exp required..But, I do hear some rumours saying client O&G want to implement the IR status..But I doubt it will, as in O&G there's a lot of foreigners and they dont even have the IR status..

Well some companies in O&G do implement IR, but as far of my exp, which is not much..All my lead engneer didnt have IR??

wut a joke..I work for Oil n Gas consultant..n none of my colleagues has IR..IR is juz a waste..go on with ur IR..if u really think its important..lol