Use this material to examine your own work. Confirm current requirements, forms and dates with ICE before applying.
Understand the EngTech route, build an account of your own technical work and prepare for the Technician Professional Review.
Who this guide is for
Use this guide if your work involves applying established engineering methods to practical problems in civil or infrastructure engineering. Your job title alone does not determine eligibility. Look at the work you carry out, the decisions you make and the responsibility you accept. Drawing, site and inspection technicians may have quite different examples to discuss.
EngTech is professional registration with the Engineering Council. MICE is ICE membership. Qualification through ICE brings these together as EngTech MICE. The Forum provides learning guidance; ICE decides whether an application meets its standards.
Work through the route
- 01
Check your foundation
Read Technical foundation. ICE accepts suitably experienced candidates with or without approved qualifications. Establish which evidence applies to your circumstances.
- 02
Develop and record practice
Use the seven EngTech attribute areas to examine your work. Identify examples showing a method, your checks, safe working and an outcome.
- 03
Prepare the application
Read Application and sponsors. Use the Technician form and current instructions. Assemble your own account, supporting examples and CPD records with suitable sponsors.
- 04
Prepare for the discussion
The Technician Review examines your practical work against EngTech attributes. Practise explaining the engineering behind your examples.
- 05
Continue developing
Keep your learning and practice current after qualification. Use the EngTech CPD guide to plan and reflect on learning.
Apprenticeships and recognised routes
Some apprenticeships assessed by ICE can lead to EngTech MICE without a further membership assessment. Ask ICE about the particular apprenticeship standard and assessment you completed. Completion of a course or employment on an apprenticeship does not by itself establish that this arrangement applies. Retain written confirmation with your route records.
Questions to ask yourself
- What can I explain beyond my job description?
Choose a task where your own contribution is clear.
- Which attribute is supported only by a claim?
Find the work record or plan the missing experience.
- What does ICE still need to confirm?
Separate eligibility questions from a personal learning plan.
A useful first meeting
Take a short work history, representative records and your questions to a mentor. Ask them to examine one example in detail. Use the evidence worksheet to capture what remains unclear. Agree a practical next task and a review date.
Related learning
Official sources
These technician sources were checked on 14 October 2026. The Chartership Forum is independent of professional engineering institutions. Read this guidance alongside the relevant institution’s current requirements.
Version 3 Revision 7, 10 July 2024; current publisher link checked 14 October 2026
ICE attributes: use the EngTech section ↗EngTech tab checked 14 October 2026
ICE technician and apprenticeship advice ↗Current page checked 14 October 2026