Comments on: Competency Demonstration Report (CDR)

By: saghir

saghir — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:39:33 +0000

Dear Ian,

This is in reference of my comments made on 29th july 2009. My CDR got approved and I applied for visa, now waiting of my medical to come. All the documentation has been completed. I would like to thank you for your guidance and support which ultimaltely made my CDR got approved by engineers austraila.
You are doing a humanitarian work, God bless you. Ian, please inform me what sort of books are available that can help engineers getting job easily in australia.

By: ianlittle

ianlittle — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:54:33 +0000

Elaine – The CDR has to demonstrate how you have employed engineering competencies in the episode. It is not enough to just write about agricultural engineering done by others. Write down about ten one line points of things you are thinking of writing about. Then mark which competencies you can demonstrate. If there are not enough. Lokk for another topic.

By: elaine

elaine — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:02:08 +0000

hi ian,
I am an agricultural engineer from india.
one of the projects i want to include in the cdr is some research work i did in the food industry,.. the problem is that it is related to agricultural science and not agricultural engineering . Can i still use it and try to explain the engineering concepts related to the equipment i used?

By: ianlittle

ianlittle — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:58:45 +0000

Hi Rex – I have had a holiday

By: ianlittle

ianlittle — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:58:16 +0000

Joe – You will need to do a CDR as you have not studied in a university in a Washington Accord signatory country. Accreditation by Engineers Australia is the only accreditation that is recognised.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:13:46 +0000

hi Ian.
have completed my Electrical and telecommunication Engineering degree and I got my Qualification validated from Greenwich university in UK but my study was in Egypt. do I still have to do the CDR or I cant apply for Washington accord ??

By: rex

rex — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:41:14 +0000

Hi Ian ,

Wher are you? No posts from the last month.

By: ianlittle

ianlittle — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:07:44 +0000

Yes

By: Shyam

Shyam — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:37:44 +0000

Hi its shyam. I have just simple question. Do i need to subbmit IELTS score to get access if i have studied 1- 2 years of course in Australia.

By: ianlittle

ianlittle — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:27:55 +0000

Singh -You may well be a technologist, but certainly not an engineering technologist. You need to look at medical related occupations.

By: Naga

Naga — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:57:37 +0000

Ian Little, I am new to this website. Really appreciated your service,
In Short,
I have completed my Electronics Engineering degree. I have 12 years experience in embedded software (writing Firmware using Assembly and C) in different countries. All my experience letters shows different different designations for example,
Indian Company shows Software Engineer, Korean Company Shows Sr. Technical Engineer, and USA Company shows Sr. Programmer Analyst (Embedded Systems).
However, my role is to design and develop Software and Firmware for Digital boards (Ex. Board Support Package, Device Drivers, and Interrupt handling…..)
My question is Am I eligible for Engineering Assessment or IT professional Assessment

By: ianlittle

ianlittle — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:00:57 +0000

Naga – It does not matter what people in different countries call you. Look at the ASCO occupation definition. This is what Engineers Australia will use to assess you. You are clearly an electronics engineer.

By: ianlittle

ianlittle — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:40:03 +0000

Sau – The only engineering occupation I can see you fitting is as an Professional Engineer (nec) = not elsewhere classified. You have skills and experience which are in demand and you should not have any trouble getting a job in Queensland or Western Australia. You will need to wait and see what happens with the new guidelines to be published soon. Another possibility may be engineering manager. Engineers Australia could take the general post graduate qualification plus your three years basic qualification as equivalent to a 4 year Australian degree. I suggest you send an email to Engineers Australia and ask them. The contact details are on their website. If you make an application as a mechanical engineer and Engineers Australia think you fit better in another occupation they will either give you accreditation as another occupation or ask for more details. They will not simply throw out your application so you have to pay more money to apply again. Seeking employer sponsorship may be your best path.

By: Sau

Sau — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:28:00 +0000

Dear Ian, I have gone through your website and it looks really great. Indeed you are helping needy people and aspirants like me. I wanted your suggestion on following matter :

I am working in Oil & Gas Industry since year 1997 and placed as Senior Planning Engineer in an Operating Company.

I did Higher National diploma in Mechanical Engineering (after 12th exams) 3 years fulltime course from India (year 1997) and got selected in Campus Interview conducted by EPC Major in India itself.

Having worked for various departments initially, I was assigned with Project Controls work primarily Planning, scheduling, Cost, Engineering & materials coordination etc. In the process and having spent few years in Project Controls, I felt necessity to undertake Engineering Graduation course due to multidiscipline environment of Oil & Gas Projects. Hope you can understand well because you worked for Worley Parsons !!!
Hence I started pursuing BS in Engineering & Technology degree (6 semesters/ 3 years) in Multidiscipline Engineering, which was WILP (Work integrated learning programme) from BITS – Pilani India. The selection criteria for BS E&T was ‘Employed persons in Engineering Industries with minimum 2 years work experience and a Technical Diploma / B.Sc. or its equivalent with adequate background in Mathematics. Employer consent with suitable mentor availability will be additional requirements’. Apart from Merit List obviously.
I completed BS in year 2006. In the meantime I left India and worked for couple of companies in SE Asia including one Engineering & Project Management Consultancy before moving and joining Present Organization. My total experience is now exceeding 13 years in this field.

Well, now I want to migrate to Australia with a Professional Engineer degree accreditation. Can you help me in guiding me 1) Can I apply for Professional Engineering accreditation 2) Can I apply Mechanical Engineering as my Major Engineering subject. I understand there is no multiple discipline Engineering course appearing on MODL/ SODL List. 3) Appreciate if you could also suggest me a good Migration agent who can undertake my case professionally.

Thanks a Lot in advance.

Rgds..Sau

By: Rohit

Rohit — Tue, 25 May 2010 04:35:24 +0000

hi ….i have completed instrumentation engineering…which is out of sol but it is similar to electrical engineering….can i apply to engg aust as an electrical engineer…as i have done my project in plc which is a electrical engg concept.

You could apply either as an electrical or an electronics engineer. You need to look at the ANZSCO definitions for each, and your specific experience to see which occupation you fit closest to. You can see the ANSCO definitions on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)web site.