‘Boost engineering by gaining professional status’ call

Speaking after a reception at the House of Commons to mark the 10th anniversary of professional registration for engineers, he said giving engineers such status would help to tackle the need to recruit two million new engineers by 2020 to keep Britain's infrastructure ticking over. He said "Professional registration is one way of boosting the status of engineers and celebrating the crucial and unique role they play in our everyday lives. "The engine room that drives successful industry is its employees and better, more professional employees makes for a more successful industry." The House of Commons reception, hosted by defence equipment Minister Sir Peter Luff, marked a decade since the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC). Sir Peter said: "What we now need is world-class registrants who proudly display their titles after their name and companies who recruit because they know titles such as EngTech and CEng represent a benchmark for the 21st Century skills they need to succeed."