Career Appraisal Guidance
Career Appraisal Guidance
Career Appraisal Guidance
Guidance
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3
A 2-page CV ............................................................................................................................. 6
Report ...................................................................................................................................... 6
Appendices ............................................................................................................................. 7
Plagiarism ................................................................................................................................ 7
Collusion ................................................................................................................................. 8
Fees .......................................................................................................................................... 8
If you can proceed to applying for the Professional Review/End Point Assessment ...... 9
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Introduction
A Career Appraisal is a way to complete your initial professional development (IPD) for those who
already have the experience to meet the Member attributes at IEng MICE or CEng MICE.
IPD is the period when you develop the knowledge, understanding and skill, and professional
attitude needed to practice as a professional.
This guide will take you through the process. It will help you find out if you’re eligible, tell you how to
apply and what you have to demonstrate.
It should be used by those who have already gained relevant experience and would like to become
a Member of ICE (MICE) and to register as a Chartered (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng). It
can also be used by current IEng MICE members wishing to progress to CEng MICE via the
Chartered Professional Review Progressive (CPRP) route (see Who can apply).
If you want to become a Technician Member (MICE) and register as an Engineering Technician
(EngTech), you don’t need to do a Career Appraisal.
It’s normally used by those who haven’t been able to join an ICE Training Scheme, Mentor-
supported Training or have worked in the industry for some time but never applied for a professional
qualification.
You can apply by sending us a report to demonstrate your experience against the ICE attributes with
appendices, a CV and CPD plans and records. This shows that you have the same level of
competence as someone who has completed structured IPD via an ICE Training Agreement for the
same grade of membership.
Once you’ve passed a Career Appraisal you can apply to sit the Professional Review or End Point
Assessment.
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2. Have enough work experience to demonstrate how you have achieved the ICE attributes for
IEng MICE or CEng MICE
Additionally, if you are already IEng MICE and wish to apply for a Chartered Professional Review,
via CPRP (Progressive Route), you can use the Career Appraisal to ‘top-up’ your IPD, providing you
have the required educational base. Your report should focus on the additional levels of
responsibility required for CEng MICE ONLY (plus evidence or professional commitment).
Please note:
1. If you have already completed the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Training
Scheme A for civil or geotechnical engineers, you should apply directly for Chartered
Professional Review
2. If you are currently undertaking an ICE Training Agreement or are registered with IPD Online
to undertake Mentor Supported training, or HKIE training scheme A in the civil or
geotechnical discipline you cannot apply for a Career Appraisal. Please contact
[email protected] for advice on your options
3. If you don’t hold any academic qualifications, you should make a stage 1 application for the
Technical Report Route instead
4. If you’re already professionally qualified, you may be eligible to apply directly by a
recognition route or be exempt from our Career Appraisal. Please contact [email protected]
with details of your academic and professional qualifications for advice on your options if you
are:
1. A holder of EEA or Swiss qualifications
2. Registered CEng or IEng through any Engineering Council licensed institution (listed
here)
3. Professionally qualified with one of our Mutual Recognition Agreement partners
4. Registered IntPE through another engineering body
5. Registered Professional Engineer with the Idaho State Board of Engineers, USA
6. A Senior Engineer level 2 member with the Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
You may be eligible to apply for recognition of that qualification or apply directly for Professional
Review instead. Please contact [email protected] with your CV and details of your professional
qualification for advice.
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Your mentor should also understand our procedures and standards so that they can assess your
competence and advise you on your application. It’s also helpful if they’re familiar with your work
and must verify and sign the cover page of your report for the Career Appraisal application.
It’s not compulsory to have a mentor, but it will strengthen your application because they can verify
the information in your report.
Individual Requirements
If there are individual requirements that you would like taken into account when we assess your
career appraisal application you must state these when you apply– for example, if there are
commercial or security restrictions on what you can discuss about a particular project you’ve worked
on. You can find out more in Appendix A.
You can find details on how to submit and format your documents at the end of this section.
Academic qualifications
If you are not already a member, we have to verify all qualifications as part of our internal audit
process. This means we may need to contact your university/college to check the authenticity of
your qualification.
Cover Page
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A 2-page CV
You should include a brief, two-page CV, which shows your professional development progression,
gives an indication of the size and financial value of projects undertaken and your role and
responsibilities in each project.
It should cover the main projects that you have worked on, focus on the roles you have had and the
experience you have gained. It should demonstrate how you have developed through your career
and that you are now working at an appropriate level for the grade of membership you are applying
for.
Report
Your report for the Career Appraisal is a vehicle for you to demonstrate to the assessors how you’ve
met the relevant attributes, set out in Appendix C. It is important not to address them in sequence
but instead to give your assessors a narrative, from your role activities, which will allow them to see
how you have met all the attributes at the required level.
It should have a professional layout with table of contents and appendices, and could include items
like tables of figures, lists of abbreviations etc. which are not included in the word count. Hyperlinks
should be used to link between the report sections, but not to items outside the application itself.
This report should be up to 5,000 words long if you are applying for Career Appraisal at IEng MICE
or CEng MICE. It should be your own work and presented in an ordered manner. If you are already
IEng MICE and are using the Career Appraisal to ‘top-up’ your IPD to CEng MICE level (providing
you have the required academic base), your report should be up to 3000 words long.
It’s essential that you emphasise your responsibilities and experience for each attribute. You should
expand on decisions you made, problems you met, and occasions when you gained unusual or
extensive experience and learned valuable lessons.
You must clearly indicate your role in the projects you have included by giving the background to the
important decisions you were responsible for or made a significant contribution to. You must show
where you’ve exercised independent judgement as an engineer and a practising professional.
The report should put particular emphasis on one or two projects in which you played a major part. If
you’re applying for a Career Appraisal at Chartered Engineer (CEng) level, you should also describe
how you took a lead in some or all of the elements of the project/s. For CPR Progressive you could
concentrate on significant work that you have carried out since your success at the Incorporated
Professional Review (IPR). You should use this work to demonstrate how the additional professional
attributes required at CPR have been achieved.
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You must clearly state at the end of each paragraph and/or section of your report, the attributes you
have demonstrated by referencing the attribute/s, by number. Please do check (along with your
mentor if you have one) that you have clearly demonstrated all the attributes at the required level.
Appendices
Appendices help to show the Career Appraisal assessors examples of your work and the extent of
your experience.
Supporting documentation such as numerical analyses, cost data, drawings or other relevant
evidence from your work should be included as appendices to support the content in your report.
The appendices are not included in the word count.
Your appendices should include no more than 3 sides of A3 and 12 sides of A4.
You should
1. Include hyperlinks to link the appendices with the relevant text in the main body of the
report (and back), they should not link to documents outside of your application
2. Use colour where necessary – for example, images and drawings
When you apply for your Career Appraisal, you’ll need to show a commitment to continuing
professional development CPD. You do this by submitting a current development action plan (DAP)
and a personal development record (PDR) for at least the last three years.
▪ A development action plan (DAP) which details your objectives for the current/forthcoming
year
▪ Your personal development record (PDR) should describe all the formal and informal
training you’ve undertaken over the last three years or more. As a guide, you should have
at least 30 CPD hours per year. Note that this must include current formal training related
to health, safety, and welfare (health, safety and welfare attribute in Appendix C)
For more information on how best you can plan and record your CPD, please read our CPD
guidance, which includes templates for your DAP and PDR.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is presenting the work of others as your own. This means using words or ideas, for
example, without the permission of the original author or authors, or without their acknowledgement.
Plagiarism should be avoided at all times and this includes any reports, drawings and presentations
that you submit.
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1. Don’t cut and paste material from others
2. Where you have directly quoted others, or the work of others, attribute the source fully and,
where appropriate, use quotation marks. As a rule of thumb, material derived from others
should be considered a quote, unless it’s assumed to be common knowledge – for example,
standard equations that are in the public domain
Plagiarism is taken seriously by the ICE. Should there be concerns, ICE will investigate including
using plagiarism detection software. If this shows significant levels of similarity with any unattributed
sources, you will be contacted by the ICE and asked to provide an explanation.
Collusion
In the context of your application, collusion is any agreement to conceal someone else’s contribution
to your piece of work. The guidance above equally applies to avoiding collusion.
Plagiarism and collusion may lead to a ban on applying for membership or, for existing members,
permanent expulsion as an ICE member.
If an allegation of plagiarism or collusion is made relating to your application for membership, your
result may be delayed until an investigation has taken place.
Fees
You need to pay a non-refundable fee before you send your documents.
If you have previously completed your IPD at IEng level and now wish to be assessed against the
additional requirements for CEng, you do not need to pay again but you do need to submit an
application form with accompanying evidence.
You can find details of the fee on the fees page of our website.
Please ensure that the final document is printable and legible and that it does not exceed the above
limits. Any application exceeding the limits will be rejected and returned to you for editing, this could
impact on the timing of any application for a Professional Review or End Point Assessment.
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Once you’ve paid the fee this file must be uploaded to the Career Appraisal submission portal.
Your application will be assessed by experienced ICE members and ICE staff, who will assess
whether your experience meets the requirements for the attributes at the level for which your
application is made.
If you can proceed to applying for the Professional Review/End Point Assessment
If the Career Appraisal assessors are satisfied that you have demonstrated your experience against
the attributes (IEng or CEng) and therefore have completed your IPD, you’ll receive confirmation to
say you can proceed with a Professional Review/End Point Assessment application.
If appropriate you may receive an additional document that may point out where your evidence of
achieving the attributes wasn’t particularly strong. These comments will help you prepare for the
Professional Review/End Point Assessment, so you can discuss them with your mentor and
sponsors but you should not submit them with your Professional Review/End Point Assessment
application.
The Career Appraisal result letter only must be shown to the lead sponsor for your Professional
Review/End Point Assessment application to demonstrate completion of IPD. Your Career
Appraisal result letter must be submitted with your application for Professional Review/End Point
Assessment so your reviewers or End Point assessors will see confirmation that you have
completed your IPD.
Your assessors believe that there are gaps in your submission, and they need to see more
information before they can reach a decision. You will need to review and edit your documentation
to address the findings of the assessors. You’ll need to clearly identify where you have addressed
the feedback from the original application within your resubmitted report, keeping to the original
word count of your application.
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Any resubmission will be assessed at no additional cost. You will receive your result within 6 weeks,
which may affect when you are able to apply for your Professional Review.
If you don’t resubmit your report taking into account the assessor feedback within six months, you’ll
have to send all the documents from your original Career Appraisal application, plus details
identifying how you have addressed the original assessor feedback. A new application form is not
required.
In certain cases, you may be invited to meet with your Membership Recruitment Team for advice on
your application before proceeding.
If you are asked to attend a verification meeting this indicates that your assessors believe that your
submission demonstrates the majority of the requirements, however, it is felt that a Verification
meeting with a member of the Membership Recruitment Team would be beneficial to complete the
assessment.
Your result letter will advise you of the area/s you will need to discuss at the Verification meeting.
The assessors have been unable to assess your submission as it contains insufficient evidence for
any assessment to be made, and/or you do not appear to have understood what is required of the
Career Appraisal process. The career appraisal assessment process has ended
A meeting with the Membership Recruitment Team is required to give information advice and
guidance on the Career Appraisal process and preparing a new Career Appraisal submission
You will need to make a new career appraisal application and submission, when applicable or
appropriate for you, following this discussion with the MRT
Passing a Career Appraisal means that you have the required qualifications and demonstrated
appropriate experience to apply for your chosen grade of membership, but it doesn’t guarantee your
success at a Professional Review/End Point assessment. You will still need to show full competence
at the required level at the Professional Review/End Point Assessment.
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You can find out about any Career Appraisal workshops taking place in your area on the events
page of the ICE website.
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Appendix A – Individual Requirements
Individual requirements
ICE is committed to making reasonable adjustments to our Career Appraisal process to
accommodate specific individual requirements.
Individual requirements may include disabilities, specific learning difficulties (such as dyslexia),
temporary conditions, and security clearance.. You need to tell us about these requirements in the
space provided in your Career Appraisal application form.
If your submission is affected by security issues, you should consider the following suggestions:
1. Make your report non-site specific – for example don’t state that the facility was on the
Sellafield site or on the Hinkley site or that the asset serves a critical function to the site or
country, or is or was vulnerable to various threats
2. Don’t state building numbers or names – it’s sufficient to say ‘nuclear facility’ or ‘nuclear
store’
3. Remove site and building names from drawings or snapshots of models
4. Don’t include photographs or other images which reveal the location of buildings and
facilities
5. Avoid stating, or showing in drawings or extracts from models, technical details (such as wall
thickness) which may reveal security-sensitive information If you work on a security-sensitive
project, we recommend that your organisation’s information security manager (and also the
asset owner’s/client’s) reads your Career Appraisal submission and approves the content
before submission.
Familiarise yourself with the Engineering Council’s guidance note on Security (published May 2016).
You should also let us know if you believe your assessors need security clearance.
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Appendix B - Finding sponsors for your Professional Review
When you eventually apply for Professional Review, you’ll need sponsors to support your
application. These sponsors must meet particular requirements, which are explained in the
in the sponsors statement of support.
You don’t need to tell us who your sponsors are when you apply for a Career Appraisal, but we
recommend that you decide now who they will be. If you don’t have suitable sponsors ready, your
Professional Review application will be delayed considerably. If you have a mentor to help with your
Career Appraisal application, they should, if possible, be your lead sponsor.
It is your personal responsibility as a candidate to identify suitable sponsors, but this can sometimes
be a challenge, particularly for the lead sponsor, if you don’t work directly with ICE members. If you
don’t think you know anybody that meets the requirements, you should first check whether any of
your work colleagues or contacts are members, as they will already have a good knowledge of you
and your work. You can also use our members’ directory to check for ICE members by name, grade,
location, or employer.
Alternatively, you may need to start networking with ICE members, for example by attending ICE
events in your region. You can find out more about events near you on the regional pages of our
website.
If you can’t find any suitable sponsors after following the steps above, please contact
[email protected] for advice.
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Appendix C – IEng/CEng MICE attributes.
This appendix presents the Institution of Civil Engineers’ standards of professional
competence and commitment for civil engineers who wish to register as Incorporated
Engineers (IEng) or Chartered Engineers (CEng).
Introduction
ICE’s purpose has always been, and remains, to improve lives by ensuring the world has the
engineering capacity and infrastructure systems it needs to allow our planet and those who
live on it, to thrive.
ICE’s standards of professional competence and commitment (the ‘Attributes’) enable our
professionally qualified members to act on that purpose: addressing the needs of both society and
business, deploying the most appropriate engineering methods and technologies, solving complex
challenges, enhancing welfare, health and safety, and working with the environment. Going further,
ICE recognises the extraordinary challenge of the Climate Emergency as a very necessary central
cultural feature in the development and work of civil engineers; and uses the United Nations’
Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) as a framework for addressing that extraordinary
challenge. Therefore, it is essential for ICE members to understand how the work they do can have
a positive (and sometimes negative) impact on delivering the goals. Members should consider their
impact on the UNSDGs throughout the entire project lifecycle and ensure that it is a fundamental
factor in all decision making.
The sections below present the ICE Attributes for those sitting an Incorporated Professional Review
(IPR), a Chartered Professional Review Progressive (CPRP)1, or a Chartered Professional Review
(CPR). In each case they are presented in seven areas of professional competence and
commitment, contextualising Engineering Council’s Standard for Professional Engineering.
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i.e. for those who are already IEng MICE and seeking registration as a Chartered Civil Engineer.
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A professional engineer will be able to demonstrate their competence in all the areas listed, but the
depth and extent of their experience and competence will vary with the nature and requirements of
their role.2
3. Commercial Ability
▪ Manage, prepare and control costs/budgets of engineering tasks or projects
▪ Use sound knowledge of statutory and commercial frameworks within their own area of
responsibility and have an appreciation of other commercial arrangements
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As a prospective professional civil engineer, you must have a sound knowledge and understanding of the
construction process together with the activities connected to it. You must have an appreciation of, and be
able to identify and manage, risks to all those engaged and affected by the design, construction, operation,
use, maintenance, and demolition of any works. For those whose experience includes the construction
process, site experience will ordinarily be required.
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5. Sustainable Development
▪ Understand the principles of sustainable development and apply them in work
▪ Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs)
6. Interpersonal Skills and Communication
▪ Communicate well with others at all levels including effective use of English orally and in
writing3
▪ Discuss ideas and plans competently and with confidence
▪ Demonstrate effective personal and social skills
▪ Demonstrate awareness of diversity and inclusion
7. Professional Commitment
▪ Understand and comply with the ICE Code of Conduct
▪ Understand the ethical issues that may arise in their role and carry out their responsibilities in
an ethical manner
▪ Plan, carry out and record Continuing Professional Development necessary to maintain and
enhance competence in their own area of practice
▪ Identify the limits of their personal knowledge and skills
▪ Engage with ICE activities
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This will be demonstrated by your submitted report and completion of a written communications task as part
of the Professional Review.
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▪ Develop others to meet changing technical and managerial needs.
▪ Demonstrate continuous quality improvement and promote best practice
3. Commercial Ability
▪ Manage, prepare and control costs/budgets of a significant engineering task or project.
▪ Demonstrate sound judgement on statutory, contractual and commercial issues in relation to
their own area of responsibility.
4. Health, Safety and Welfare
▪ Demonstrate leadership by promoting good practice and improvements in health, safety and
welfare.
5. Sustainable Development
▪ Take a professional and responsible role in improvements that support sustainable
development and reduce resource demand, set in the context of a whole project life cycle
6. Interpersonal Skills and Communication4
▪ Communicate new concepts and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
▪ Proactively manage diversity and inclusion
7. Professional Commitment
▪ Exercise sound holistic independent judgement and accept responsibility
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Please note: All assessments and reviews for Engineering Council registration will be conducted in English,
subject to the provisions of the Welsh Language Act 1993. This will also be demonstrated by your submitted
report and completion of a written communications task as part of the Professional Review
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Chartered Professional Review (CPR)
Solve engineering problems using a sound And engage in the creation and/or introduction
theoretical approach, based on evidence, of new, advancing or improved techniques and
and contribute to continuous improvement. technology.
Identify, review and select techniques, And take an active role in the identification and
procedures and methods to undertake definition of requirements, challenges, risks,
engineering tasks. and opportunities and undertake appropriate
investigation and action.
Contribute to the design and development And undertake the design, development and
of engineering solutions, implement those implementation of engineering solutions and
solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the
in the context of the whole project life cycle. whole project life cycle.
Manage the planning and organisation of And manage (organise, direct and control),
tasks and resources. programme or schedule, tasks and resources
3. Commercial Ability
Manage, prepare and control costs/budgets And manage, prepare and control
of engineering tasks or projects. costs/budgets of a significant engineering task
or project.
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Use sound knowledge of statutory and And demonstrate sound judgement on
commercial frameworks within their own statutory, contractual and commercial issues in
area of responsibility and have an relation to own area of responsibility.
appreciation of other commercial
arrangements.
Manage risks.
5. Sustainable Development
Understand the principles of sustainable
development and apply them in work.
Manage engineering activities that And take a professional and responsible role in
contribute to sustainable development and improvements that support sustainable
the United Nations Sustainable development and reduce resource demand, set
Development Goals (UNSDGs). in the context of a whole project life cycle.
Discuss ideas and plans competently and And communicate new concepts and ideas to
with confidence. technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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Please note: All assessments and reviews for Engineering Council registration will be conducted in English,
subject to the provisions of the Welsh Language Act 1993
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This will be demonstrated by your submitted report and completion of a written communications task as part
of the Professional Review.
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7. Professional Commitment
Understand and comply with the ICE Code
of Conduct.
Identify the limits of their personal And exercise sound holistic independent
knowledge and skills. judgement and accept responsibility.
Engage with ICE activities.
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Our vision
Civil engineers at the heart of society, delivering sustainable
development through knowledge, skills and professional expertise.
Core purpose
▪ To develop and qualify professionals engaged in civil
engineering
▪ To exchange knowledge and best practice for the creation of
a sustainable and built environment
▪ To promote our contribution to society worldwide
Diversity statement
As a membership organisation and an employer, we value diversity
and inclusion - a foundation for great engineering achievement
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