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What are professional engineering services?
Under the new laws, a professional engineering service is an engineering service that requires, or is based on, the application of engineering principles and data to:
- a design relating to engineering, or
- a construction, production, operation or maintenance activity relating to engineering.
Professional engineering services are a specialist subset of engineering services. They are distinguished from other engineering services by a high degree of engineering judgement, knowledge and skill. Many, but not all, engineering services are professional engineering services.
Find out how the Professional Engineers Registration Act 2019 (the Act) defines professional engineering services.
The Guidelines on providing professional engineering services explain the elements of a professional engineering service, and how to distinguish professional engineering services from other engineering services.
They will help you determine:
- whether you are providing professional engineering services, and
- when you must be registered.
Areas of engineering
The 5 prescribed areas of engineering under the Act are:
- fire safety engineering
- civil engineering
- structural engineering
- electrical engineering, and
- mechanical engineering.
The Guidelines on areas of engineering provide:
- a description of each of the 5 prescribed areas of engineering
- a guide to the main areas of focus for each area, and
- examples of focus areas that cross over two or more areas of engineering.
Not all areas of engineering are prescribed under the Act. For example, chemical or process engineering and software engineering are not currently prescribed under the Act, so you are not required to be registered to provide professional engineering services in these areas.
Mandatory registration was phased-in across the 5 areas of engineering between 2021-23.
When do I need to be registered by?
Registration is now mandatory for all professional engineers across the five areas of engineering (fire safety, civil, structural, electrical and mechanical).
If you have not lodged your application for registration with the BLA, you must do so immediately. You must not provide professional engineering services until your application is approved by the BLA.
When are professional engineering services provided ‘in or for 桃色视频’?
You must be registered to provide professional engineering services both in 桃色视频 and outside 桃色视频 if the services are intended for 桃色视频.
‘In 桃色视频’
A professional engineering service is provided ‘in 桃色视频’ if you provide the service from a location in 桃色视频.
You must be registered if you are located in 桃色视频 and provide a professional engineering service. It does not matter whether you provide the service for a project in 桃色视频 or in another state, territory or country.
‘For 桃色视频’
You must also be registered if you are located outside 桃色视频 and provide a professional engineering service for 桃色视频. A professional engineering service is provided ‘for 桃色视频’ if it is:
- for a project or purpose in 桃色视频, or
- specifically relates to or is connected to 桃色视频 in some way.
You do not need to register if you are located outside 桃色视频 and provide professional engineering services that are not for 桃色视频. For example, you provide a service for a generic product, that is a product that has no specific connection to 桃色视频 and can be used anywhere, such as a television or car.
For more information, go to Guidelines on the extraterritorial application of the Act.
Exemptions from registration
You are exempt from being registered if you provide professional engineering services:
- under the direct supervision of a registered professional engineer, or
- only in accordance with a prescriptive standard.
Direct supervision means that the registered professional engineer:
- has direct contact with the person they are supervising
- directs that person to carry out professional engineering services, and
- oversees and evaluates their carrying out of those services.
For more information, go to the Guidelines on direct supervision.
A prescriptive standard is a procedural document that provides a well-described and comprehensive approach and criteria to complete an engineering service. It usually applies to a repetitive engineering activity that is:
- routine
- involves little or no choice or judgement
- has manageable risk
- has minimal scope for misinterpretation, and
- requires no scientifically-based calculations.
Find more information in the Practice Note on what is a prescriptive standard.
Unregistered trading
It is an offence under the Act to provide professional engineering services without being registered. Significant penalties apply for unregistered trading.
Public register
You can by name or registration number. Find more information on the public register.
Read the Guidelines and Practice note:
Code of Conduct for Professional Engineers
As a professional engineer, your legal obligations under the Act include the obligations under the Code of Conduct for Professional Engineers (PDF, 388KB).
Guide to the Code of Conduct
The Guide to the Code of Conduct for Professional Engineers (Word, 947KB) helps professional engineers to interpret and comply with the Code of Conduct for Professional Engineers made under the Act.
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