INGENIEUR
SAFEGUARD MEASURES
TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE
& PROTECT PUBLIC INTEREST
BOARD OF ENGINEERS
1st. Safeguard Measure
Board register Graduates provided that their under
graduate degree meets the standards set
Basic undergraduate
degree meets
2nd. Safeguard Measure
Board registers Professionals provided they have
obtained the required technical competence or
obtained it through an accredited programme
Pass the 1st. tier of
examination (PAE)
3rd. Safeguard Measure
Before the issue of a ‘license’ the Professional must
demonstrate competence in understanding the
national & local standards, rules, regulations & laws
4th. Safeguard Measure
The ‘license’ is renewable every year subject to the
Professional have undergone Continuous
Professional Development programmes accredited by
the Board
Pass the 2nd. tier of
examination i.e. the
Competency Exam
(PCE)
Issued a ‘license’ to
supply services which
is renewable every
year. The license is
not perpetual
Figure 19 – Safeguard Measures
Engineers Act, making provision under
Ar ticle 56 for cer tified engineers
from countries with which Taiwan has
concluded a MRA to obtain accredited
engineer certification by means of oral
test or review and then apply to practise
as professional engineers in Taiwan.
The Public Construction Commission in
line with Taiwan’s membership of the WTO
and the APEC Engineer agreement scheme
... foreign engineers with which Taiwan
has concluded an MRA will be permitted
to participate in Taiwan’s engineering
examinations ... and on passing will be
issued accredited engineer certification
and may apply for a license to practice
engineering in Taiwan.
A foreign engineer who has been
licensed to practice in Taiwan will be able to
conduct professional engineering work and
signing of engineering documents jointly
with local engineers or independently and
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undertake other professional activities ...
and all documents and drawings related
to work undertaken in Taiwan must use
Chinese as the primary language.”
Developed countries such as Australia or
Taiwan use “licensing” through competency
examinations as a tool to ensure that
professional engineering services provided in the
country are of high quality. These examinations
apply to both local and foreign engineers and
in the case of Taiwan, Japan or Korea use their
national language as a further “barrier”. Even
our neighbour Singapore has in place their
Professional Practice Examination to ensure
that only “competent” engineers can practise.
At the same time the competency examination
serve the purpose to raise the standard of local
engineers.
Following the footsteps of countries like
Australia, Taiwan and Singapore and to protect
the safety, welfare and interest of the public,
ACEM in 2009 with the support of BEM embarked