The Energy Institute
Applying for professional membership
06 September 2016
Andy Lewis
Membership Team Manager
Terry Winter
Membership Manager
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Who we are
What we do
Professional membership
What’s required
How to get there
Questions and answers
A specialist professional body
• The only Chartered Professional body
specifically for the Energy industry
• EI is multi-disciplinary so qualifications and
background are no barrier to professional or
chartered professional membership
• Business and industry focused – this makes us
100% relevant for energy workers
• A home for everyone who works in, or has an
interest in, energy.
• Chartered options for engineers; scientists;
sustainable development professionals; energy
managers. Licenced by:
Plus - three unique energy-specific chartered
titles not available from anyone else
Energy is our
business
Professionalism is
central to everything we
do
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Assurance to employers, colleagues and the public that energy workers are properly qualified to
do their work
Their achievements are recognised through accredited training, peer review and relevant
professional qualifications
Member activities are regulated through a Code of Professional conduct
Our membership
grades
Pre-professional
Professional
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Student (for undergraduates)
Graduate (for recent graduates or
postgraduate students)
Affiliate (for anyone who works in, or has an
interest in energy)
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No formal assessment of qualifications or
experience
We recommend a minimum period of 4 years’
professional experience in an energy role –
whenever, wherever gained – prior to applying
for upgrade
Fellow FEI (for those at a senior level who
can demonstrate a high level of
responsibility)
Member MEI (for those with a recommended
minimum of 4 years’ professional experience)
Technician Member TMEI (for technicians
with a recommended minimum of 4 years’
professional experience)
Formal assessment by peer review
Professional membership
options – chartered and
incorporated status
For all options other
than CEng, IEng,
accreditation of
qualifications is not an
issue.
It’s all about proving
competence
You will be writing your
PDR against the
competences for your
option.
The guidelines also
confirm what your
application will need to
comprise.
Professional membership - prove your
competence
Five core competences A,B,C,D,E
Via your Professional Development Review
(PDR) and competence grid, the assessors will
want to see how you have built up your
expertise over a period of time and developed
as a professional
Draw on your:
• Academic learning
• Skills and experience
A. Knowledge and
understanding;
B. Application to
practice
C. Leadership and
management;
D. Communication and
interpersonal skills
E. Commitment to
professional
standards
What you need to submit to us
All professional membership and registration
applications
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Application form – please ensure this is signed
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Professional Development Review (PDR) – to give an overview of your energyrelated experience, achievements and levels of seniority in the energy sector
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Competence grid – to demonstrate how and where you meet the specific
competences by providing clear, concise and relevant examples
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Detailed CPD record and future plans on how you intend to maintain your
competence
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Two sponsor references – please ensure these are signed and comments
included
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Organisation Chart – this should show your position within your organisation
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True and signed copies of your academic certificates and photographic ID
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Application or transfer fee
At the end of the assessment process there is likely to be an interview
(definitely for CEng, IEng held locally)
Get the
recognition
you deserve
Professional membership assessment process
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Membership Panel assesses every
professional membership application
Meets 6 times per year
Applications are assessed by members of the
Panel who have your specialism
Process takes 3 months’ minimum
Next two deadlines for submissions:
08 September
28 October
One-off application fee
£95 (non-members)
£65 (existing members)
Get the
recognition
you deserve
Applying for Chartered
Engineer
Standard
2 routes depending on whether
you have accredited degrees:Non-standard
(individual)
Routes to CEng
Standard
Individual
For those with an accredited Bachelors degree
with honours in engineering or technology, plus
either an appropriate Masters degree accredited
by a professional engineering institution, or
appropriate further learning to Masters level
For those who do not have those exemplifying
qualifications, you can prove your credentials to
the same level
Or an accredited integrated MEng degree
For everyone else eg those with lots of
experience, those with overseas degrees, those
with an accredited BEng but no Masters level
further learning
In addition to submitting the standard route
documentation, you complete a self assessment
questionnaire. The Energy Institute’s ICP Panel
then reviews your career history, education and
training record against the academic learning
outcomes from an accredited engineering
qualification.
The individual route to Chartered Engineer
 Recognises the diversity of the energy
industry
 Now more common than standard route
 Takes account of
– engineering qualifications gained outside
the UK;
– non-engineering qualifications;
– experience in lieu of qualifications
 (Washington Accord may prove equivalency
for standard route)
 The only difference is submission of an
additional self-assessment questionnaire for
evaluation by a specialist EI academic panel
 No additional fee
Get the
recognition
you deserve
Chartered Energy Engineer
A unique qualification from the Energy Institute
an individual concerned with the design,
development, application and promotion of new,
more efficient engineering applications and/or
technologies for the exploration, extraction,
production, transportation, transmission and
utilisation of energy in all its forms with due
consideration for health, safety and the
environment.
You apply for MEI, CEng, Chartered Energy
Engineer by ticking the boxes on the application
form.
You will need to satisfy the Engineering Council’s
requirements for CEng to gain the additional title
All you have to
do is tick the
box on the
application
form. There is
no additional
assessment
Chartered Petroleum Engineer
Another unique qualification from the Energy
Institute
an individual concerned with the design, development,
application and promotion of new, more efficient
engineering applications and/or technologies for the
exploration, drilling, extraction, production,
transportation, transmission and utilisation of petroleum
in all its forms with due consideration for health, safety
and the environment. Allows recognition of specialist
skills in Drilling and extraction; or reservoir management
and operation; or downstream production.
You apply for MEI, CEng, Chartered Petroleum
Engineer by ticking the boxes on the application
form.
You will need to satisfy the Engineering Council’s
requirements for CEng to gain the additional title.
All you have to
do is tick the box
on the
application form.
There is no
additional
assessment
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The Science Council – “Setting the standards for
professional scientists, for a better future for all”
http://sciencecouncil.org/
Applying for Chartered Scientist
If you are a scientist
working in the energy
sector
You need a completed a scientific Masters qualification or an
assessed equivalent.
This equivalent can be a combination of:
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a peer-reviewed scientific article
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records from an assessed work-based learning programme
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a report of your high-level problem-solving experience of project for
which you had technical responsibility.
You submit our professional membership documentation set.
Get the
recognition you
deserve
The Chartered Environmentalist qualification represents the highest
standards of professional practice in sustainable environmental
management, and is to be welcomed.”
Baroness Barbara Young of Old Scone Chartered Environmentalist
http://www.socenv.org.uk/
Applying for Chartered Environmentalist
If you are not already MEI or FEI you submit an application for
MEI together with an application for CEnv
If you are working in
sustainable
development
CEnv profile
Chartered Environmentalists in the Energy Institute seek to improve as well as
maintain current good practice, who are motivated with vision and capable of
strategic influence over policy, management and design. Chartered
Environmentalists will apply their knowledge with purpose, transparency and
with responsibility, demonstrating a personal commitment to professional
standards and their obligations to society, to the profession and the
environment.
Get the
recognition you
deserve
Chartered Energy Manager
Another unique qualification from the Energy Institute
Chartered Energy Manager profile:an individual concerned with the management and efficient use of
energy in various forms. He / she will have expertise in energy
management and a broad knowledge of the energy sector as a whole.
He/she will provide a lead role in their organisation with regard to the
management of energy and provide advice on the development and
implementation of energy policies.
If you are working as
an energy manager
Chartered Energy Managers can also apply for ESOS lead assessor
status as part of their application. All those who wish to be ESOS lead
assessors need to complete the EI Lead Assessor training within six
months of becoming a Chartered Energy Manager.
Applying for Chartered Energy Manager
You make a single application for either MEI or FEI with Chartered
Energy Manager. Download the pack from the EI website
If you need further training we have a range of energy management
training courses to help. Please see the Education portal on the website
Get the
recognition you
deserve
Prove your competence via your
PDR
exclusive to EI
5 core competences broken down into sub-competences in the guidance
notes and grids
• Levels of technical knowledge and understanding (competence A)
• Application to practice (competence B) – which is about solving
practical workplace problems
• Leadership and management (competence C)
• Communication and interpersonal skills (competence D)
• Commitment to professional standards (competence E)
The assessors will want to see how you have built up your expertise over a
period of time and developed as a professional.
www.energyinst.org
The Professional Development
Review
exclusive to EI
What is a PDR?
A written statement of why you believe you are a true energy
professional
Why a PDR?
It is a consistent way of the EI being able to evaluate the
credentials of all professional applicants
A single
Single application vahartered Energy Engineer
www.energyinst.org
Demonstrate your professional
competence
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Ensure your PDR is about 3,000-4,000 words in length
Write in chronological or reverse-chronological order
Write in the first person –YOUR achievements
Ensure you write in detail about what you did/learned and the
value added
• Refer to the individual competence statements – eg in brackets
(A1,C2,B3) etc. after you describe a particular achievement
• Tell us why you want to be a professional member
• Remember that this is a communication exercise (one of the core
competences)
single
Single application Professional Membership application
MEI CEng Chartered Energy Engineer
www.energyinst.org
Demonstrate your professional
competence
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Write your PDR like an extended CV
Merely list what you did without any
quantification/evaluation
• Assume any knowledge
• Be afraid to “blow your own trumpet”
• Express your successes in terms of what your team or
company achieved – this is a PERSONAL statement
single
Single application Professional Membership application
MEI CEng Chartered Energy Engineer
www.energyinst.org
Where do I go from
here ?
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Decide which professional option you want
Download application pack from www.energyinst.org
Look at the competences for your option
How do you measure up? Do you need any more skills and
experience? Do a gap analysis
Write the Professional Development Review (PDR), find sponsors
and compile the other application documents
Submit a draft of your PDR if you wish ([email protected])
November 2014
If the time’s not right for professional
membership…
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Keep up your membership and stay in touch
Build up your levels of knowledge and
understanding – use the EI Knowledge
Services
Work with your company on developing the
skills you need. Management?
Communications?
Sign up to the online professional development
scheme Mycareerpath – and use it!
Go to your local branch and other EI events
Make use of your membership!
Build up
your
knowledge
and skills
Network and
attend our
events
Record your
professional
development
November 2014
If you’re not an individual member – join us
Less than 2 years
Over 4 years’
professional experience experience
For those who qualify as CEng
Join as a Graduate
Either join as an Affiliate
member (GradEI) and
member and apply for
work towards
professional
professional status
membership at any time
subsequently or
Apply now for
professional/chartered
professional
membership
For graduate
and affiliate
membership,
join online
The EI difference
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a global specialist professional body,
dedicated to promoting learning,
professionalism and good practice within the
energy sector
multidisciplinary – everyone is welcome
relevance – we are all in the energy
business. Our magazines are about energy
wide range of professional qualifications
including three unique titles
Lower fees (2016 MEI plus CEng = £160)
We look forward to receiving
your application!
Any questions?
Andy Lewis Membership Team Manager
[email protected]@ENERGYINST
[email protected]
Terry Winter Membership Manager
[email protected]