Is available to all with an interest in fire engineering in New Zealand and who support the goals and objectives of SFPE. Membership of SFPE is not a requirement for membership of the NZ Chapter as the NZ Chapter is also a Technical Interest Group of IPENZ (Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand).
Descriptions of the various grades of SFPE membership are available from the SFPE, Membership classes depend on your qualifications and experience. Further information on SFPE membership grades is available here.
For Chapter members who are not members of SFPE, membership is classified as ‘Friend of the Chapter’.
Membership of the NZ Chapter in this class requires no formal qualification or any particular level of experience. It secures a place on the NZ Chapter mailing list, invitations to Chapter meetings, copies of newsletters, technical papers etc. Friends of the Chapter do not have voting rights and are not eligible to stand for election to positions on the Executive Committee (although they are able to assist with Chapter activities if co-opted). Membership of the NZ Chapter as a Friend does not qualify as membership of SFPE in any way.
Membership of the NZ Chapter as a Friend does not qualify as membership of IPENZ in any way. Friends who are not members of IPENZ are not entitled to use post nominals such as MIPENZ in recognition of their Chapter membership. Further information about membership of IPENZ is available here.
Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) is the most important quality mark attesting to the current competence of a professional engineer in New Zealand. It is a statutory title under the Chartered Professional Engineers Act of New Zealand 2002.
In New Zealand the title CPEng can be used only by engineers on the CPEng register administered by IPENZ as the Registration Authority under the Act. Registration is gained by demonstrating competence, which is re-assessed for currency at intervals not exceeding five years.
Chartered Professional Engineers are assessed for competence in the practice area they have chosen; practice areas are particular to each CPEng, and may include unique mixes of competencies. The Chartered Professional Engineers’ code of ethical conduct requires that CPEngs work only within their competence – they must refuse to undertake any proposed work that lies outside their area of expertise.
The CPEng register is available to the public and can be searched online. Further information, including a link to search the CPEng register is available from the IPENZ website here.