The Institution of Engineering & Technology



| Guidance Notes |

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|Armed Forces Application Form |

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|V8 October 2018 |

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|Introduction |

Your application form should be completed following the guidelines below:

▪ Prior to completing the application form, please check your eligibility to apply for Professional

Registration through this route with the relevant scheme coordinator. Details of eligibility criteria and your scheme coordinator can be found at armed-forces or by emailing armedforces@

▪ The form should be completed electronically. Please contact the IET if this cause you problems

▪ Your application will be scanned upon receipt, therefore please do not bind or glue sheets or

place in presentation folders

The IET is licensed by the Engineering Council to award the professional engineering qualifications defined in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC): .uk/ukspec and the ICTTech Standard: .uk/professional-qualifications/standards/icttech-standard.aspx

Your application will be assessed against the UK-SPEC or ICTTech Standard competence and commitment statements. Please ensure you are aware of these requirements.

Please specify which route (Armed Forces branch) you are applying through on your application form.

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|A Your Details |

First Name, Family Name

Please note that the names provided in this section will be used for all correspondence, including a professional registration certificate should your application be successful. If you wish a middle name to be included on your certificate, please include this in the First Name field.

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|B Current Employment |

Please complete details of your current employment, including your rank and unit, and indicate your preferred contact details e.g. home or business.

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|C Your Expertise |

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|Select one of the following areas of Expertise and insert the relevant number into the space on the application form: |

| |1 |Acoustic Engineering |14 |Design, Manufacture and Production |27 |Mining, Quarrying , Cement & Ceramic |

| | | | | | |production |

| |2 |Aerospace |15 |Industrial Design & Technology |28 |Petrochemical, Nuclear Fuel, Oil, Gas|

| | | | |Development | |& Other Chemicals |

| |3 |Agricultural & Forestry |16 |Electrical Plant & Machines |29 |Pharmaceutical, Food & Drink |

| | | | | | |Processing |

| |4 |Armed Forces, Policing , Emergency |17 |Electrical Power Generation Transmission |30 |Pipeline Engineering |

| | |& Security Services | |& Distribution | | |

| |5 |Automated Manufacturing |18 |Electronics |31 |Railways |

| |6 |Automotive Engineering |19 |Engineering Management Consultancy |32 |Research and Higher Education |

| |7 |Broadcast Engineering |20 |Finance/Banking/Insurance |33 |Software |

| |8 |Built Environment |21 |Further Education & Employee Technical |34 |Structural Engineering |

| | | | |Development | | |

| |9 |Building Construction / Civil |22 |ICT Enterprise Solutions |35 |Systems |

| | |Engineering | | | | |

| |10 |Building Services Engineering |23 |Information & Communication |36 |Telecommunications |

| |11 |Computing Software and Systems |24 |Marine |37 |Transport |

| |12 |Consumer Products |25 |Mechanical |38 |Transportation & Logistics |

| |13 |Defence Equipment & Infrastructure |26 |Medical & Care |39 |Water & Environmental Management |

| | |Provision/Maintenance | | | | |

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|Select a maximum of three from the list of Specialisms below that are most relevant to your work and insert the relevant numbers into the spaces |

|on the application form: |

| |40 |Contract Estimating, Cost Control, |67 |Software & Related Systems Engineering |93 |Infrastructure Operations & Planning |

| | |Procurement & Commercial Management| |including Safety Critical | |- Energy, Utilities, Communication, |

| | | | | | |Transport |

| |41 |Design Drawings, Modelling, |68 |Systems Engineering |94 |Lifts, Escalators, Moving Walkways, |

| | |Visualisation & Simulation | | | |Conveyors & other Static Transport |

| | | | | | |Systems |

| |42 |Electronic Components - Design and |69 |Tribology |95 |Lighting Design, Applications & |

| | |Manufacture | | | |Equipment |

| |43 |Human Factors & Ergonomics |70 |Radio Antennas & Propagation including |96 |Nuclear Energy Processing & Radiation|

| | | | |TV, Radar, Microwave, GPS, Astronomy | |Safety |

| |45 |Law including Patents |71 |Explosive Utilisation, Civil & Military |97 |Rail -Permanent Way & Civil |

| | | | | | |Engineering |

| |46 |Management - Strategic, |72 |Fire Engineering |98 |Structural Engineering |

| | |Operational, Project, Marketing | | | | |

| |47 |RAMS, ILS and Testability |73 |Health, Safety & Environmental Risk |99 |Computer Hardware, Operating Software|

| | | | |Reduction | |& Systems |

| |48 |Regulatory, Governance, Political |74 |Marine Engineering - Boats, Ships, |100 |ICT Applications, Business Process, |

| | |Policy, Representative Bodies, | |Platforms, Life Saving & Navigation aids | |Data Analysis, Bespoke ERP, |

| | |Media | | | |Informatics |

| |49 |Technical Sales & Marketing |75 |Electrical Machines, Generators, Motors &|101 |ICT Voice, Data, Network |

| | | | |Electromagnetic Applications | |Infrastructure, Internet |

| | | | | | |Communication, Cyber Security |

| |50 |Aerospace - Flight Structures, |76 |Engines & Compressors - Turbines, |102 |Software Products - Business, Home, |

| | |Aircraft Engines & Propulsion | |combustion, steam , water, gas | |Entertainment & Gaming |

| |51 |Aerospace - Avionic & Air Traffic |77 |Engines & Compressors - Reciprocating |103 |Medical & Healthcare equipment - |

| | |Control Systems | |Cylinder, e.g. Diesel & Petrol | |Biomedical & Biomechanical Technology|

| |52 |Aerospace - Satellites & Space |78 |Mechanical Power Transmission, Hydraulic |104 |Material Sciences, Development and |

| | |Vehicles | |& Pneumatic Equipment | |Optimisation including Metallurgy |

| |53 |Autonomous Vehicles |79 |Metal Production, Smelting, Casting, |105 |Boilers, Steam and Thermal Energy |

| | | | |Forging, Welding & Cutting | |Systems |

| |54 |Instrumentation, Measurement, |80 |Automotive Design and Manufacturing |106 |Chemical Fluid Process Plant |

| | |Control & Automation including PLC | |Processes | |including Oil & Gas Processing |

| | |& SCADA | | | | |

| |55 |Manufacturing - Large Scale Bespoke|81 |Electronic Equipment - Hardware & Systems|107 |Rail - Electrification & Plant |

| | | | |Integration | | |

| |56 |Manufacturing - Precision, Machine |82 |Broadcast Engineering - Studio & Film |108 |Rail - Rolling Stock Development & |

| | |Tools, Mechatronics, Food, | |Production, Systems Design & Operation | |Operation including Traction |

| | |Pharmaceutical, Printing | | | | |

| |57 |Manufacturing - Production Process |83 |Airport Infrastructure including Airfield|109 |Renewable Energy Generation and |

| | |Efficiency Optimisation , Quality | |Lighting | |Demand Management |

| | |Control | | | | |

| |58 |Metrological Equipment & Operations|84 |Architecture and Design within the Built |110 |Railway Signalling & |

| | | | |Environment | |Telecommunications |

| |59 |Military - Air Operations & |85 |Building Services Electrical & Controls, |111 |Commission or Fault Finding, |

| | |Airworthiness Fixed & Rotary | |Commercial, Industrial & Domestic | |Equipment or Systems |

| |60 |Military - Combat Engineering & |86 |Building Services, Heating, Ventilation,|112 |Crafting of Electrical & Mechanical |

| | |Infrastructure | |Air Conditioning & Refrigeration | |Artefacts or Systems |

| |61 |Military - Secure Communications |87 |CCTV, Security & Public Information |113 |Oil, Gas & Mineral Extraction |

| | | | |Systems | |including Geotechnics |

| |62 |Military - Weapon Systems |88 |Ceramic & Refractory Production (e.g. |114 |Product Development for Industrial |

| | | | |Concrete) | |and Consumer applications |

| |63 |Military - Marine Operations |89 |Cranes - Specialist Handling & Access |115 |Reliability, Risk & Performance |

| | |Surface & Undersea | |Machinery - including Ports | |evaluation of Engineered Systems |

| |64 |Military - Specialist Land |90 |Electricity Transmission & Distribution -|116 |Research & Development - Academic & |

| | |Vehicles, Machinery & Plant | |Plant, Cabling, & Substations | |Other Institutions |

| | |Operation | | | | |

| |65 |Optical, Laser and Image Processing|91 |Electricity Transmission & Distribution -|117 |Training & Development |

| | |Technologies | |Protection, Control & Metering | | |

| |66 |Robotics & Artificial Intelligence |92 |Highways & Road Traffic Management |118 |Water, Waste, Environmental |

| | | | | | |Management & Protection |

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|D Membership |

Please provide your membership number in the space provided.

Non-members must join the IET before submitting an application for professional registration. You can apply to become a member of the IET at: armed-forces/membership.

Alternatively, please call the join team on +44(0)1438 767648

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|E Registration |

Select the category of Registration you wish to apply for.

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|F Education |

CEng/IEng:

You should give details of:

▪ Any relevant military courses and qualifications.

▪ All academic qualifications, including any which you have already registered with the IET e.g. MEng, BEng, MSc, HNC etc.

▪ Any formally assessed work-based learning.

Please provide a copy of your further or higher education certificate(s) with your application. These must be signed by one of your Supporters as a true copy of the original.

EngTech:

You should give details of:

▪ Any relevant military courses and qualifications.

▪ Any educational qualifications e.g. City & Guilds, HND/C etc.

▪ Any formally assessed work-based learning e.g. NVQ’s.

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|G Career History |

CEng/IEng:

Please provide details of your work experience, following the tips below.

▪ This part of your application is particularly important and you need to present your evidence carefully and concisely. Remember that your objective is to ‘sell’ yourself to the interviewers and/or assessors in your application form, so that before you walk into the interview they already think you are registrable and all they have to do is confirm your competence.

▪ Summarise your employment history by giving the following for each post you have held:

o Dates

o Rank and Unit

o Full Job Title

o Your Main Responsibilities and Achievements in that role

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▪ Arrange your experience in chronological order. Our preference is that you start with your earliest post.

▪ You should place more emphasis on your most recent posts.

▪ Remember when presenting evidence:

o Keep it personal, i.e. talk about your own achievements, not what the team did.

o Use terms such as "I led, designed, built, tested, negotiated, presented, implemented, achieved…….”

o Avoid use of jargon and unnecessary or unexplained abbreviations.

▪ Current role: Give an extended description of your current role, or the role that is most relevant to the demonstration of your current competence, giving details of your responsibilities together with any relevant metrics. You should aim to be very specific in your examples and if you have held lots of different roles, you should select examples that best illustrate your competence.

▪ Indicate the size and complexity of the projects or tasks for which you have had direct responsibility, and quantify any budget(s) for which you have had overall responsibility. Use numbers to show the size and scale of your responsibility; for example, numbers of people supervised, or the value in financial terms of the activity for which you were responsible.

▪ Remember that your application form will be used as an agenda for the interview (where applicable), therefore it is in your own interest to give a full and clear summary of your responsibilities and competence, otherwise time will be wasted while the interviewers try and understand facts which should be on the form.

▪ The Assessors will be looking to identify there is the following evidence within your career history:

o Sufficient background to explain the context in which you made technical / engineering decisions.

o Examples of how you present technical information e.g. plans and diagrams for review by other engineers in your field.

o Description of a technical investigation, including the gathering of data, identifications of sources and explanation of results; and how you ensured the quality of the data used.

o Investigation results; to include calculations / use of simulations, prototypes or engineering software that guided your technical / engineer’s decisions.

o Example of reasoned justification for technical / engineering decisions e.g. how the data is pulled together and the results of calculations.

o Description of how a project outcome was reached and an indication of how technological changes would affect your methods or decisions.

▪ Please continue on a separate sheet as necessary.

EngTech:

Please provide details of your work experience, following the tips below. Include details of all your job roles/posting, highlighting any career gaps if applicable.

Experience in the workplace is vital to professional registration, so this section is your first chance to ‘sell yourself’ through your experience.

You should write an extended description of your current role, or the role that is most relevant to your application.

For your past employment, you should order these starting with your earliest post.

Here are some other useful tips:

▪ Describe your roles and responsibilities carefully and concisely.

▪ Keep it personal. This is your chance to talk about your own achievements, tasks and actions, not the team’s.

▪ Use terms such as “I developed, built, tested, commissioned, operated, maintained, supervised, achieved…”

▪ “I achieved X at…” is a more useful statement than “X was achieved at…”

▪ Avoid using jargon and unnecessary or unexplained abbreviations.

▪ Remember to use language that can be easily understood by someone who is not a specialist in your field.

▪ Remember to include the dates, employer, job title and the roles and responsibilities you had,

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|H Declaration |

Sign and date the application, confirming the statements given are true to the best of your knowledge.

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|I Supporters’ Details |

Aim to choose a Supporter who has detailed and up-to-date knowledge of your work so that all the information in the application can be verified.

Please see below who may act in the roles of Supporter:

▪ Mandatory: a supporter who has known or knows your professionally, working at a senior level to you and with direct knowledge of your role and responsibilities, such as your current line manager, employer or Training Scheme Coordinator.

▪ Preferred: As well as the mandatory requirement it is preferable to also choose a supporter who is Engineering Council or international equivalent registered engineer, who is a Member or Fellow of the IET or another Professional Engineering Institute (PEI).

▪ A second supporter is optional and may be necessary, for example, if you work on contracts, as an additional signature to enable adequately verified periods for your employment.

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|Endorsement |

Please ensure that you submit your application form to the relevant scheme coordinator as listed on the branch specific page of armed-forces.

You must ensure that a completed and signed endorsement form (available in the zip file) is submitted with your application form, and has been completed by the relevant SRA Endorser.

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|Development Action Plan (CEng/IEng only) |

You are required to provide a development action plan to accompany your application for registration. This shows a demonstration of your commitment to maintaining and continuing your professional competence. This does not need to be linked to an organisation and can be self-managed. Your development action plan is not a record of past development – this will be evidenced in your application; this is a plan for the future with short and long term goals and how you are going to achieve them.

Please note your registration cannot be started until the DAP has been received.

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|Additional Information |

▪ For further information on the eligibility criteria for the Armed Forces routes to registration can be found at: armed-forces

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▪ You are able to consult a Professional Registration Advisor (PRA) for guidance and feedback on draft applications prior to submission/endorsement. PRAs are members with detailed knowledge of the requirements and routes to professional registration. A PRA will also be able to advise on the presentation aspect of making a formal application. You can locate your local PRA here: advice

▪ The information you provide initially will be used to carry out a review of your application. As a result, you may be asked to provide further information about your work experience to successfully demonstrate the competences set out in UK-SPEC.  You will receive guidance notes to assist you if you are asked to provide additional information.

▪ If you have any enquiries, please contact the IET: Email: profreg@

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|Fee for professional registration |

You will be required to pay a non-refundable application fee for professional registration. This fee should be paid within seven days of submission of your application in order for the application process to begin.

Professional registration fees are payable in Sterling (GBP £), with special arrangements in some other currencies. Please visit armed-forces/membership/fees.cfm for up to date fees.

Successful applicants are also required to pay an entrance fee which is collected by the IET on behalf of the Engineering Council. Only on receipt of this payment can your details be sent to the Engineering Council for inclusion on their register. Once your details have been added to the Engineering Council register you are able to use your professional registration designatory letters.

Please note that if the Engineering Council payment is not received within three months of notification of success, your application may be closed.

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