Glossary

A full professional registration with the Engineering Council, awarded after a successful Incorporated Professional Review. It describes an engineer who maintains and manages applications of current and developing technology and exercises independent judgement.

A full professional registration awarded after a successful Chartered Professional Review. Passing a CPR or CIPR with ICE also carries the title Chartered Civil Engineer or Chartered Infrastructure Engineer.

A registration at technician level. EngTech applicants do not need to complete IPD formally, and do not need a Career Appraisal, although they may follow the ICE Training Scheme if it helps their development.

ICE's standards of professional competence and commitment, set out in seven areas. They contextualise the Engineering Council's UK-SPEC. All must be met at the level applied for, and both reviewers must agree.

The Engineering Council standard that ICE's seven attribute areas contextualise. For an ICE application, ICE's own wording is what governs.

The period in which you develop the knowledge, understanding, skill and professional attitude needed to practise. Completing it formally is what allows you to apply for a Professional Review — it does not guarantee success at one.

The review leading to IEng MICE registration for civil engineering candidates. Presentation and interview together last up to 60 minutes, and the Communication Task is 60 minutes.

The review leading to CEng MICE registration for civil engineering candidates. Presentation and interview together last up to 75 minutes, and the Communication Task is 90 minutes.

The equivalents for infrastructure engineering candidates. Same attributes, same review format; the administration differs, including submitting by email rather than through the civil candidates' upload portal.

The route for an existing IEng MICE registering as CEng. Assessed against the additional Chartered attribute statements plus professional commitment, rather than the whole standard again.

A way of completing IPD from experience already gained, through a written submission assessed monthly by ICE members and staff. Cannot be used while on a Training Agreement or registered for mentor-supported training.

A formal agreement between a trainee and an ICE Approved Employer setting out the commitments of each. Registered with ICE, with a one-off non-refundable fee, and completed through a Training Review.

The structured IPD route for engineers whose employer is not an ICE Approved Employer. Registered through IPD Online with an ICE mentor; the completion form is downloaded from IPD Online.

The underpinning knowledge and understanding ICE requires for a grade — through an accredited qualification, an Academic Assessment, Further Learning, or the Technical Report Route.

Study that closes the gap between an accredited qualification that partially meets the Chartered requirement and the full requirement. A genuine programme of learning, not an administrative step.

ICE's individual assessment of a qualification that is not accredited, or is from outside the UK, against the educational requirement for a stated grade.

The route for engineers with the experience but no academic qualifications, demonstrating the educational base through a technical report. ICE directs those holding no academic qualifications here rather than to a Career Appraisal.

The assessment at the end of an apprenticeship. ICE's guidance refers to the Professional Review and End Point Assessment together throughout, and a Career Appraisal pass allows an application for either.

Approved by ICE and provided by an Approved Employer to mentor trainees. Personally and professionally accountable to ICE, and — ICE states — primarily responsible to the profession rather than to the employer who nominated them. Should not have more than six trainees, or ten with Delegated Engineers.

Appointed by an SCE to carry out day-to-day mentoring and routine progress reviews, normally every three months. May not be the trainee's line manager.

Runs the day-to-day administration of the Training Scheme within an Approved Employer. Can view trainee records but cannot edit evidence or sign off attribute levels.

A nominated person at an apprenticeship training provider who can see high-level attribute progress for apprentices on their courses, but not the underlying evidence.

ICE staff who give guidance on professional qualification, support and monitor Approved Employers, recommend SCEs for approval, and verify and register Training Agreement completions.

One of your two sponsors, nominated as lead. Must be an ICE Member or Fellow and Engineering Council registered at your grade or higher, and has a duty to act as your mentor through the application — reviewing your report, advising on the presentation and arranging practice interviews.

Your other sponsor. Must be professionally qualified at your grade or higher with one of the organisations listed on the statement of support — and does not have to be an ICE member.

The two peer reviewers who assess your Professional Review. Both must be satisfied, on the day, that you have met every attribute. A third may attend where specialist knowledge is needed, and an observer may be present but takes no part.

The form each sponsor completes and uploads to the sponsors portal before you submit your application. It also carries the eligibility criteria, including the list of organisations acceptable for a second sponsor.

Your CPD objectives for the next twelve months. Required with a Professional Review or Career Appraisal application, and reviewed at annual appraisals under a Training Agreement.

Your record of completed CPD. A minimum of one year for applicants with formal ICE IPD completion, three years for everyone else, and it must include current formal health, safety and welfare training.

Up to 5,000 words of body text, with a signed cover page carrying a recent photo. A narrative from your role activities rather than a march through the attributes.

Supporting evidence from your work, within 3 sides of A3 and 12 sides of A4, hyperlinked to and from the report. Not included in the word count. CPD records sit outside the appendix limits.

The record an SCE makes in IPD Online when a trainee leaves before completing a Training Agreement. It preserves what has been achieved and notifies ICE. Ask for it before you leave.

The final appraisal covering the whole training period, carried out by the SCE in IPD Online once all attributes are signed off. ICE must then register the completion — allow up to eight weeks — or a Professional Review application will be rejected.

The invigilated written task taken after the interview, forming part of the assessment of the Interpersonal Skills and Communication attribute. 60 minutes at IEng level, 90 at CEng, closed book, with two sides of A4 reference material permitted. It replaced what was previously called the Written Exercise.

A historic name for the written element of the review. It is not the current assessment — the current one is the Communication Task, with its own current rules. Check older advice against current guidance.

Your reviewers read and assess your report before the review. If they agree it is not of a satisfactory standard, the review is deferred until you address their comments.

Postponing your review. Before your date is issued, your fee carries over if you re-apply within 12 months. Afterwards you are liable for the next fee unless ICE grants an exception for medical reasons, bereavement or a local emergency.

ICE's term covering reasonable adjustments — disabilities, specific learning difficulties, temporary conditions — and also commercial or security restrictions on what you can discuss. Stated on the application form, with evidence, at the time you apply.

Presenting others' work as your own, and any agreement to conceal someone else's contribution. Samples of reports and Communication Task responses are put through detection software. Consequences include a ban on applying for membership, or expulsion for existing members.

The ICE system where a trainee's progress against the attributes is recorded, reviewed and signed off. Accessed through MyICE. Your attribute record is a working document and is not part of the Professional Review application.

The system Approved Employers use to administer Training Agreements, with automated payment. It is not linked to IPD Online.

Your ICE account. Where you find your membership or non-member number, update your work details, and access IPD Online.

Where your sponsors upload their statements of support, by the published deadline and before you upload your own application.

An organisation approved by ICE to operate the ICE Training Scheme. Approval normally lasts five years, after which reapproval is sought.

The UK regulatory body for the engineering profession. It licenses ICE to award IEng and CEng registration and publishes UK-SPEC.

The body through which ICE and other institutions accredit civil engineering degree programmes. Accreditation attaches to a specific course, institution and year.

The ICE panel that approves Approved Employers and SCEs on the recommendation of the Membership Recruitment Team, and decides on removal from the Approved Employers list.

An agreement under which ICE recognises a professional qualification awarded by another body. Check current agreements and contact details with ICE.