Engineer's Mobility
Expectations for APEC Engineers
The APEC Engineer Register is a scheme
for enabling competent engineers to work freely across national borders, based o
the APEC Engineer Project. If you register yourself as an APEC Engineer, it will
prove that your technical capabilities are sufficient to work overseas and
provide great opportunities to promote your Professional Engineer careers in
other countries.
In October 2003, Japan and Australia mutually agreed to
recognize professional qualifications in the fields of APEC Engineer in three
areas, namely, Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical.
It should also be
noted that EMF. The Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF) is the result of an agreement
among the Washington Accord signatories to explore mutual recognition for
experienced Engineers. The Agreement was signed at Thornybush in South Africa on
25th June 2001. The EMF International Register of Professional Engineers is
intended to provide a framework for the recognition of experienced professional
engineers by responsible bodies in each of the Member organizationfs economies.
In particular, such bodies will be encouraged to use the Register as a secure
benchmark for arrangements, which provide mutual recognition or exemption and/or
streamline access by professional engineers to licensing or registration in
economies other than that in which they first gained recognition. Members are :
Australia, Canada, Hongkong, China, Japan, Korea, Ireland, Malaysia, New
Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States. IPEJ is currently
preparing to implement this registration.
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