Competence Standards

Applying Engineering Knowledge

C1: Comprehend and apply knowledge of accepted principles underpinning widely applied good practice for professional engineering.

C2: Comprehend and apply knowledge of accepted principles underpinning good practice for professional engineering that is specific to Hong Kong.

C11: Maintain the currency of his or her professional engineering knowledge and skills.

Developing Technical Solutions

C3: Define, investigate and analyze complex engineering problems in accordance with good practice for professional engineering.

C4: Design or develop solutions to complex engineering problems in accordance with good practice for professional engineering.

Managing Engineering Work

C5: Be responsible for making decisions on part or all of one or more complex engineering activities.

C6: Manage part or all of one or more complex engineering activities in accordance with good engineering management practice.

C7: Identify, assess and manage engineering risk.

C12: Exercise sound professional engineering judgement.

Upkeeping Professional Acumen

C8: Conduct engineering activities to an ethical standard prescribed by the HKIE.

C9: Recognize the reasonably foreseeable social, cultural, health, safety, sustainability and environmental effects of professional engineering activities generally.

C10: Communicate clearly with other engineers and others that he or she is likely to deal with in the course of his or her professional engineering activities.

Complex Engineering Activities     

 “Complex engineering activities” mean engineering activities or projects that have some or all of the following characteristics:      

1. involve the use of diverse resources including people, money, equipment, materials and technologies       

2. require resolution of critical problems arising from interactions between wide-ranging technical, engineering and other issues       

3. have significant consequences in a range of contexts       

4. involve the use of new materials, techniques, or processes or the use of existing materials, techniques, or processes in innovative ways 

Complex Engineering Problems       

“Complex engineering problems” have some or all of the following characteristics       

1. involve wide-ranging or conflicting technical, engineering, and other issues       

2. have no obvious solution and require originality in analysis       

3. involve infrequently encountered issues       

4. are problems beyond the scope of standards and codes of practice for professional engineering      

5. involve diverse groups of stakeholders with widely varying needs       

6. have significant consequences in a range of contexts       

7. cannot be resolved without in-depth engineering knowledge

Competency areas explanation