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Function of COREN
The COREN has three main functions;
1 Engineering regulations monitoring
2 Education and Training – Accreditation
3 Registration of practitioners and Firms (consulting and contracting) and licensing
Registration
COREN carries out registration of Engineers, Technologists, Technicians,
Contracting Firm, consulting firms and craftsmen.
Registration of Engineers: Achieving the tittle of a Registered engineer is an
important landmark in any engineering career. “Registered Engineer” means a
person who holds an accredited engineering qualification and after obtaining a
minimum professional experience of four years whether working privately or in the
employment of an engineering public organization, has passed the prescribed
engineering practical examination and is registered as such by the council.
Eligibility/ Requirements for Registration as Engineer
Category I: An engineering graduate after obtaining a professional experience of
four years minimum requirement.
✓ Submission of application through COREN online registration portal
✓ Certified copies of engineering qualification / certificate
✓ Evidence of earning of 10 continuous professional development points
✓ Professional competency profile as contained in the certificate of experience
sheet as obtained from COREN website
✓ NYSC certificate
✓ He or she has passed professional examination conducted by COREN.
Category II: A holder of a title of MNSE, C.Eng or P.Eng of internationally recognized
engineering council e.g ECUK, PEC, Engineers Australia etc
Requirements
✓ Submission of application through COREN online registration portal
✓ Submission of MNSE certificate
✓ Submission of certified true copy of C.Eng, P.Eng or such internationally
recognized engineering council certificate and academic transcript.
Technologist
“Registered engineering Technologist” means a person who hold a COREN
accredited HND engineering qualification its equivalent or full technological
certificate (FTC)+PGD in relevant field and after obtaining a minimum professional
experience of three years whether working privately or in the employment o an
engineering public organization, has passed the prescribed practical examination
and is registered as such by the council.
Eligibility/Requirement
Category I: An HND graduate or it’s equivalent after obtaining a professional
experience of three years minimum
✓ Submission of application through COREN registration portal
✓ Certified copies of engineering qualifications certificate
✓ NYSC certificate
✓ He or she has passed professional examination conducted by COREN
✓ Evidence of earning of 6 continuous professional development points
✓ Professional competence as contained in the certificate of experience sheet
as obtained from COREN website.
Category II: Absorption
✓ Submission of application through COREN registration portal
✓ Submission of certified true copy of NATE certificate
✓ Submission of certified true copy of incorporated engineering (UK) certificate
or its equivalent
Quackery
This is the characteristic practice of quacks or charlatans who pretend to have
knowledge and skills that they do not possess.
A quack is a person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and
practicing a skill he/she does not have. Quackery can endanger lives, cause physical
and financial harm, and great anxiety and regret among the public. A quack can
easily do a shoddy construction work for immediate gains because he or she has
little or nothing to lose.
Engineering Contracts
Contracts are agreement in which a person or business agrees to specific terms and
conditions that can be legally enforced. In a contract, responsibilities and
obligations are outlined and agreed upon by te two parties involved.
Engineering contracts are legal agreements between a business and an engineering
company detailing service promised, and payment for those services.
Functions of Engineering Contract
1 Scope of work: it clearly lays out what is expected of the contracted engineer. To
be completely clear, the company proposing the work should outline each task that
is part of the project and provide deadlines. They should also be clear about their
vision for the project and the end goal.
2 Period of Performance: - Engineering contracts should give the expected time
frame for the project and a deadline for total completion. Companies usually
provide payment for the project at its beginning, so it is especially important to set
deadline in a contract.
3 Payment: - Contracts make sure that products and services are paid for in a timely
manner. An engineering contract should outline when payments will be received,
from whom and how much. Some projects with a longer time span will be pad in
installments at preset milestones in the progress of the project. If this is the case,
the contract should lay out these milestones and payment amounts.
4 Termination: - Engineering contracts usually contain termination clauses. These
types of clauses specify how, and for what reasons the contractor or customer can
terminate the agreement.
Engineers’ duties in execution of contracts
(i) Notifying the contractor of the commencement date
(ii) Reviewing programmes
(iii) Issuing instruction (including variations)
(iv) Inspection and testing of the works
(v) Issuing notices to correct failures
(vi) Determining the reduction in the contract price for unremedied defects
or damage
(vii) Issuing the performance certicate
(viii) Assessing and making fair determination for additional costs and time
Risk Management
Risk management is the process of identifying, accessing and controlling threats to
an organization’s capital, earnings and operations. This risk stern from a variety of
sources, incuding financial uncertainties, legal liabilities, technological issues
strategic management errors, accidents and natural disaster.
Risk Management Tools
(i) Advance warning
o Adversely affect the work of the contractor’s personnel
o Adversely affect the works when completed
o Increasing the contract price
o Delaying the work
(ii) Recovery programme
o Revised method for expediting progress and completing on time
o Cost ‘s at contractor’s risk
(iii) Meetings
o The Engineers can require attendance at meeting of the
contractor’s representative, other contractors, subcontractors or
suppliers
o The Engineer should keep records and supply them to others in
attendance
(iv) Records
o Monitor contractors’ contemporary records after events giving rise
to a claim.
o Instruct contractor to keep additional record
o Inspect those records (during normal working hours or as agreed)
(v) Payment
o The Engineer is much more involved in the payment provisions
o The Engineer must give reasons and details of its calculations if it
withholds any payment from the contractor.
Ethics of Engineers
Ethics are moral principles that governs behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Morals are shortly defined as codes or guides of conduct (implicit or explicit) that
are based on personal long-standing beliefs and values or those of surrounding
society.
Code of Ethics of Engineers
Engineers uphold and advance the integrity, honour and dignity of the engineering
profession by:
(i) Using their knowledge and skills for the enhancement of human welfare
(ii) Being honest and impartial and serving with fidelity their clients (including
their employee) and the public.
(iii) Striving to increase the competence and prestige of the engineering
profession.
(iv) Supporting the professional and technical societies of their discipline.