International Mobility
ACPECC has the authority to confer and withdraw the title of ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE). ACPECC is established as an overseeing body at regional level to :-
- facilitate the development and maintenance of authoritative and reliable Registers of ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers (ACPER)
- promote the acceptance of ACPEs in each participating ASEAN Member Country as possessing general technical and professional competence that is substantially equivalent to that of professional engineers registered or licensed in the Country of Origin
- develop, monitor, maintain and promote mutually acceptable standards and criteria for facilitating practice by ACPEs throughout the participating ASEAN Member Country
- gain a greater understanding of existing barriers to such practice and to develop and promote strategies to help governments and licensing authorities reduce those barriers and manage their processes in an effective and non-discriminatory manner
- encourage relevant governments and licensing authorities to adopt and implement streamlined procedures for granting rights to practice to ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers (ACPEs)
- Identify and encourage the implementation of best practice for the preparation and assessment of engineers intending to practice at the professional level
- Continue mutual monitoring and information exchange
The Committee is led by a Chairman (ASEAN Country) appointed by rotation for 2 years and supported by a Permanent Secretariat which is currently Indonesia.
To facilitate mobility of engineering services professional, a register on Asean Chartered Professional Engineer is introduced.
Click here to view ACPECC.org
Under the MRA, a professional engineer or practitioner who holds the nationality of an ASEAN Member Country and who possesses qualifications and experience that complies with the requirements specified in Part B of this Assessment Statement may apply to be placed on the ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers Register (ACPER) and accorded the title of ASEAN Chartered Professional engineer (ACPE).
The Professional Regulatory Authority of each participating ASEAN Country will authorise a Monitoring Committee (MC) to receive and process applications from its professional engineers or practitioners for registration as ACPE and to maintain the ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers Register (ACPER).
Qualification for registration
- - complete an accredited engineering degree recognised by BEM
- - possess current and valid professional registration with BEM
- - acquire practical and diversified experience of not less than seven (7) years after graduation, at least two (2) years of which shall be in responsible charge of significant engineering work
- - having Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points at satisfactory level
- - no record of serious violation on technical, professional or ethical standards, local and international, for the practice of engineering.
Procedure for Registration
- - An application as ACPE shall be made through filling up and submitting the online ACPE application form in BEM registration portal through link provided below :
https://engineer.org.my - - Upon recommendation of BEM Monitoring Committee, an application as ACPE will be submitted to ACPECC for approval
- - Successful candidate will be accorded the title of ACPE/MY and the name will be listed on the ACPER.
- - Certificate of registration will be issued in the next coming meeting
An ACPE who wishes to provide professional engineering services in another participating ASEAN Country shall be eligible to apply to the Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA) of a host participating ASEAN country to be registered as a Registered Foreign Professional Engineer (RPFE). A RPFE will be permitted to work in collaboration with designated professional Engineers in the said host country, but subject to domestic law and regulations and where applicable, not making submissions to statutory authorities of the host country.
Privilege and obligation of a Registered Foreign Professional Engineer (RFPE)
A Registered Foreign Professional Engineer (RFPE) shall not be eligible to work in independent practice in the host country, unless specifically permitted by Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA) of a host participating ASEAN Country. As the PRA of a host participating ASEAN Country have statutory responsibility to register and/or license a practitioner so as to protect the health, safety, environment, and welfare of the community within its jurisdiction, it may require a RFPE seeking the right to independent practice to be subjected to some form of supplemental assessment which aims to determine the RFPE:
- understand the general principles behind applicable codes of practice and laws in the country;
- has demonstrated a capacity to apply such principles safely efficiently; and
- is familier with other special requirements operating within the country.A RFPE shall provide engineering services only in the areas of competence as may be recognized and approved by the PRA of the host participating ASEAN Country, and shall undertake assignments only in the specific discipline or disciplines in which he/she has been registered. He/she shall also be bound by:
- codes of professional conduct in accordance with the policy on ethics and conduct established and enforced by the country in which he is registered as an ACPE; and
- prevailing laws and regulations of the host participating ASEAN Country in which he is permitted to works as a RFPE.
Requirements and Procedure
- An application as RFPE shall be made through filling up and submitting the online RFPE application form in BEM registration in BEM application form in BEM registration portal through link provided below :
https://engineer.org.my/Account/loginrfpe
- a complete application form together with necessary enclosure and payment of RM300.00 will be submitted to BEM Monitoring Committee for recommendation.
- Upon recommendation of BEM Monitoring Committee, the application will be submitted to the ACPECC Meeting for approval.
- Successful candidate will be placed on RFPE list (not practising) and will be given a registration number. An RFPE (not practising) will be invited to practise via Form B2 B (Application to practice as RFPE) with payment of RM300.00
- Successful candidate will be given a certificate valid for a duration of 1 year
Form
Click here to see RFPE List.No. Documents Attachments 1. Form B 2A (Application Form) Download 2. Form B 2B (Application to Practice) Download 3. Form B 2C (Renewal Form) Download
** To register visit MyBEM
ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer Coordinating Committee (ACPECC) is initiating the PEEP Programme within ASEAN country. Engineering - based companies are invited to participate in this programme. BEM will facilitate with authority in Malaysia and the participating countries.
Form
The International Engineering Alliance (IEA) is a global not-for-profit organisation, which comprises members from APEC economies and the world, covers seven international agreements. These international agreements govern the recognition of engineering educational qualifications and professional competence.
Through the Educational Accords and Competence Agreements members of the International Engineering Alliance establish and enforce internationally bench-marked standards for engineering education and expected competence for engineering practice
Malaysia is currently signatory of APEC Engineers Agreement, International Professional Engineers Agreement (IntPE), Washington Accord, Sydney Accord and Dublin Accord.
Registration on the IPER register with APEC Engineer ensures that professional engineers have the opportunity to have their professional standing recognised within the APEC region thereby contributing to the globalization of professional engineering services.
Malaysia through the Institution of Engineers Malaysia has been the APEC members since year 2000.
- Australia - Represented by Engineers Australia (EA) (2000)
- Canada - Represented by Engineers Canada (EC) (2000)
- Chinese Taipei - Represented by Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) (2005)
- Hong Kong China - Represented by Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) (2000)
- Indonesia - Represented by Persatuan Insinyur Indonesia (PII) (2001)
- Japan - Represented by Institution of Professional Engineers Japan (IPEJ) (2000)
- Korea - Represented by Korean Professional Engineers Association (KPEA) (2000)
- Malaysia - Represented by Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) (2000)
- New Zealand - Represented by Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) (2000)
- Philippines - Represented by Philippine Technological Council (PTC) (2003)
- Russia - Represented by Association for Engineering Education Russia (AEER) (2010)
- Singapore - Represented by Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) (2005)
- Thailand - Represented by Council of Engineers Thailand (COE) (2003)
- United States - Represented by National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
- Must have completed an accredited or recognized engineering programme;
- Has been assessed within their own economy as eligible for independent practice;
- Has gained a minimum of 7 years practical experience since graduation;
- Has spent at least 2 years in responsible charge of significant engineering work;
- Has maintained their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at a satisfactory level.
- Be a Registered Professional Engineer under the Registration of Engineers Act; and
- Be a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
Registration URL : Click here
The international professional engineers agreement recognises the substantial equivalency of standards establishing the competency of professional engineers for independent practice. Previously known as the Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF), the standard of competence applied is the same as for the APEC Engineer Agreement. Most of the APEC Agreement members are also members of the IPEA Agreement, but the latter is truly global so that countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa have become members of IPEA even though they cannot join the APEC Agreement.
- Must have completed an accredited or recognized engineering programme;
- Has been assessed within their own economy as eligible for independent practice;
- Has gained a minimum of 7 years practical experience since graduation;
- Has spent at least 2 years in responsible charge of significant engineering work;
- Has maintained their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at a satisfactory level.
- Be a Registered Professional Engineer under the Registration of Engineers Act; and
- Be a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
Registration URL : Click here
Originally signed in 1989, the Washington Accord, is a multi-lateral agreement between bodies responsible for accreditation or recognition of tertiary-level engineering qualifications within their jurisdictions who have chosen to work collectively to assist the mobility of professional engineers.
As with the other accords the signatories are committed to development and recognition of good practice in engineering education. The activities of the Accord signatories (for example in developing exemplars of the graduates’ profiles from certain types of qualification) are intended to assist growing globalization of mutual recognition of engineering qualifications. The Washington Accord is specifically focused on academic programmes which deal with the practice of engineering at the professional level.
The Accord acknowledges that accreditation of engineering academic programmes is a key foundation for the practice of engineering at the professional level in each of the countries or territories covered by the Accord.
The Accord outlines the mutual recognition, between the participating bodies, of accredited engineering degree programmes. It also establishes and benchmarks the standard for professional engineering education across those bodies..
The Accord has grown from a initial group of six signatories to a well-structured and sought-after organisation.
Currently there are eighteen signatories that make up the Washington Accord.
There are also six organisations, who hold provisional signatory status
View Washington Accord page here
The Sydney Accord was signed in June 2001, by seven founding signatories representing; Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and South Africa.
As with the other Accords the signatories are committed to development and recognition of good practice in engineering education. The Sydney Accord is specifically focused on academic programmes dealing with engineering technology.
The Accord acknowledges that accreditation of these academic programmes is a key foundation for the practice of engineering technology in each of the countries or territories covered by the Accord.
It recognises the importance of the roles engineering technologists as part of a wider engineering team. Even though the term engineering technologist is used throughout, it is mindful that these are often termed differently within the specific jurisdictions. It also includes roles such as; certified or applied science technologists, which may also be called associate or incorporated engineers.
Currently there are ten signatories that make up the Sydney Accord.
View page Sydney Accord here
The Dublin Accord was signed in May 2002, by the founding signatories representing; Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and South Africa. The agreement established mutual recognition of the qualifications which underpin the granting of Engineering Technician titles.
As with the other Accords the signatories are committed to development and recognition of good practice in engineering education. The Dublin Accord is specifically focused on the mutual recognition of academic programmes/qualifications that underpin the educational base for Engineering Technicians.
The Accord acknowledges that the educational base is a key foundation for practice as an engineering technician, in each of the countries or territories covered by the Accord.
It recognises the importance of the roles engineering technicians play as part of a wider engineering team. Even though the term engineering technicians used throughout, it is mindful that these roles are often termed differently within the specific jurisdictions. It also includes roles such as; certified or professional technician, which may also be called engineering associates.
Currently there are eight signatories that make up the Dublin Accord.
View Dublin Accord page here
Reinstatement
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