The Institute of Explosives Engineers is a Professional Affiliate of the Engineering Council and through an appropriate agreement with our fully licensed partner can register our own engineers for Chartership (CEng), Incorporation (IEng) and the designation Engineering Technician (Eng Tech).
In addition, the Institute has a national network of mentors distributed over 7 sectors of the UK, and serving three specialist sectors. Through this network we can pair our candidates with experienced explosive engineers who stand ready to advise during your journey to professional registration. The Institute is also developing a number of suitably qualified assessors who represent the Institute directly in the Professional Review Interviews that ultimately decide on candidate registration.
After joining IExpE, you may proceed with professional registration immediately, but should initially have prepared a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) record in some organised form such as the online application MyPath. After your professional registration application has been processed you will be advised regarding your route to registration and assigned a mentor. Your mentor will assist with your on-going application, and provide support through the process of initial and continued professional development. Depending on your qualifications and experience you will proceed to registration at an appropriate grade by one of two routes.
Each candidate’s educational base and work experience is taken into account, and if adequate will allow the candidate to proceed by what is known as the Standard Route. The IExpE in conjunction with its licensed partner, and to meet the requirements of the UK Standards for Professional Engineering Competence , requires a candidate to have the following qualification in order to proceed to Chartership by the Standard route:-
The most common degrees encountered are the Explosives Ordnance Engineering and Shock Mechanics masters degrees from Cranfield University, Cavendish Laboratories and Imperial College. If accepted for the standard route the candidate will be asked to attend a Professional Review interview (PRI). This is typically carried out by 2 assessors with an Engineering Council representative present. Candidates applying for registration as an Engineering Technician will follow the same procedure described above, though the decision to register is usually be made from the submitted evidence, without the need for an interview.
If a candidate’s qualifications are not accredited (or the candidate may have no formal qualifications, chartership is possible by extraordinary experience) he/she may alternatively be invited to proceed by the Individual Application Route. This route can involve any of the following:
The most usual individual route is the Technical Report Option, which begins with a preliminary (500-750 word) synopsis on a subject of choice. The synopsis is evaluated by the Institutes licensed partner before the candidate is asked to produce a full technical report. After the full technical report is assessed, the candidate undergoes a specific interview regarding its subject matter.
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European Explosives Sector
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