ME 102

ME Orientation
Lecture #3
What is Engineering?
What is Engineering?
What is Mechanical
Engineering?
What is Mechanical
Engineering?
The Pros and Cons of ME
Profession
The Pros and Cons of ME
Profession
 Republic Act No. 8495

An Act Regulating the Practice of

Mechanical Engineering
Article 1 – Section 1
• Title
The act shall be known as the Philippine
Mechanical Engineering Act of 1998
Article 1 – Section 2
• Statement of Policy
The State recognizes the importance of mechanical
engineers in nation- building and development. Their
talents through sustainable human development shall
be promoted. Thus, the State shall develop and
nurture competent, virtuous, productive and well-
rounded mechanical engineers whose standard of
professional practice and service shall be excellent,
qualitative, world-class and globally competitive
through regulatory measures, programs and activities.
Article 2 – Section 4
• Creation and Composition of the Board of
Mechanical Engineering
1 – Chairman
2 – Members
Article 2 – Section 5
• Qualification of Members of the Board
(a)Natural born citizen and resident of the Philippines
(b)Must be at least thirty-five (35) years of age
(c)Holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering or its equivalent, conferred by a
school, academy, college or university in the Philippines
or abroad that is accredited by the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED)
(d)A Professional Mechanical Engineer with a valid
professional license and an active practitioner as such,
for not less than ten (10) years prior to his appointment
Article 2 – Section 5
• Qualification of Members of the Board
(e) Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to
appointment, be a member of the faculty of any school, academy,
institute, college or university where a regular course in mechanical
engineering is being taught, nor have pecuniary interest in or
administrative supervision over any such institutions of learning
(f) Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to
appointment, be connected with a review center or with any group
or association where review classes or lectures in preparation for
the licensure examination are offered or conducted at the time of
appointment; and
(g) Has never been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude.
Article 3 – Section 12
• Examination Required
All applicants for registration for the practice of
mechanical engineering shall be required to
undergo and pass a written technical
examination as provided for in this Act.
Article 3 – Section 13
• Categories
(a)Professional Mechanical Engineer
(b)Mechanical Engineer
(c)Certified Plant Mechanic
Article 3 – Section 14
• Qualifications of Applicants for Professional
Mechanical Engineer
(a) He is a citizen of the Philippines;
(b) He must not have been convicted by a court of law of a
crime involving moral turpitude;
(c) He has a valid certificate of registration and he is a
registered mechanical engineer and a holder of a
valid professional license;
(d) He has graduated from an engineering school or college
of recognized standing, after completing an
approved course in mechanical engineering;
Article 3 – Section 14
• Qualifications of Applicants for Professional
Mechanical Engineer
(e) He has specific record of a total of four (4) years or
more of active mechanical engineering practice,
reckoned from the time he registered a mechanical
engineering practice; and
(f) He is competent to practice, as attested to by at least
two (2) professional mechanical engineers
Article 3 – Section 15
• Qualifications of Applicants for Mechanical
Engineer
(a)He is a citizen of the Philippines
(b)He must not have been convicted by a court of
law of a crime involving moral turpitude
(c)He holds the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering from a university, school,
College, academy, or institute duly constituted
and recognized as such by the government
Article 3 – Section 16
• Qualifications of Applicants for Certified Plant
Mechanic
a)He must not have been convicted by a court of
law of a crime involving moral turpitude;
b)He has graduated from a vocational or trade
school duly recognized by the government after
completing an approved course of not less than
two (2) years in stationary or power plant
engineering or any mechanical plant operation
Article 3 – Section 16
• Qualifications of Applicants for Certified Plant Mechanic
(c) He has specific record of an additional one (1) year or
more of active practice in mechanical plant
operation of such character as indicated in an affidavit of
a registered professional mechanical engineer and,
likewise establish to the satisfaction of the Board, that
the applicant is competent to undertake the operation,
tending and maintenance of mechanical works, projects
or plant of not less than one hundred (100) kilowatts.
Article 3 – Section 17
• Scope of Examination
PME - submission of an enumeration of the
applicants - experience including the presentation
of an engineering report/technical paper
pertinent to his line of experience attested to by
two (2) or more profession mechanical
engineers in an affidavit for this purpose
Article 3 – Section 17
• Scope of Examination
RME - Machine Design, Materials, and Shop
Practice, Industrial and Power Plant Engineering
and Mathematics Engineering Economics and
basic engineering sciences
Article 3 – Section 17
• Scope of Examination
CPM - Elements of Power Plant Machinery,
Elements of Industrial Plant Machinery and Shop
Machinery and Practice
Article 3 – Section 18
• Ratings
70% on all subjects
with no ratings below 50% in any subjects
Article 3 – Section 20
• Re-examination
An applicant who fails to pass the examination
for the third time shall be allowed to take another
examination only after the lapse of one year.
Article 4 – Section 33
• Field of Action Authorized for each Category

(a) to be in responsible charge of the preparation

of plans, designs, investigations, valuation,
technical reports, specifications, project studies
or estimates or to be in performance of other
professional mechanical engineering activities
unless he is a duly licensed Professional
Mechanical Engineer
Article 4 – Section 33
• Field of Action Authorized for each Category

(b) to teach professional subjects in mechanical

engineering course unless he is a duly licensed
Professional Mechanical Engineer, or a Masters-
degree or Doctorate degree holder in
mechanical engineering.
Article 4 – Section 33
• Field of Action Authorized for each Category

(c) to be in responsible charge of the construction,

erection, installation, alteration, or of the
performance of a mechanical engineering service
in connection with the manufacture, sale, supply
or distribution of any mechanical works, project
or plant either for himself or for others, unless he
is a duly registered Professional Mechanical
Engineer or Mechanical Engineer.
Article 4 – Section 33
• Field of Action Authorized for each Category

(d) to operate, tend or maintain, or be in-charge of

the operation, tending, or maintenance of any
mechanical works, projects, plant of 100 kw., or
more but not more than 300 kw unless he is a
duly licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer,
Mechanical Engineer or Certified Plant
Mechanic.
Article 4 – Section 33
• Field of Action Authorized for each Category

(e) to operate, tend, or maintain or be in-charge of

the operation, tending, or maintenance of any
mechanical equipment, machinery or process for
any mechanical works, projects or plants of 300
kilowatts or above but not more than 2000 kw
unless he is a duly licensed Professional
Mechanical Engineer or Mechanical Engineer.
Article 4 – Section 33
• Field of Action Authorized for each Category

(f) to operate, tend or maintain, or to be in charge

of the operation, tending or maintenance of any
mechanical equipment, machinery, process for
any mechanical works, projects or plants of over
2000 kw unless he is a duly licensed
Professional Mechanical Engineer.
Article 4 – Section 34
• Personnel Required in Mechanical Plant
(a)100 kw – 300 kw
1 CPM
1 RME
1 PME

*more than one shift every 24 hrs, shall have in addition

to the minimum personnel herein required, 1 CPM, or
1 RME, 1 PME in-charge of each and every
additional shift.
Article 4 – Section 34
• Personnel Required in Mechanical Plant
(b) 300 kw – 2000 kw
1 RME
1 PME

*more than one shift every 24 hrs, shall have in

addition to the minimum personnel herein
required, 1 RME, 1 PME in-charge of each and
every additional shift.
Article 4 – Section 34
• Personnel Required in Mechanical Plant
(b) Over 2000 kw
1 PME

*more than one shift every 24 hrs, shall have in

addition to the minimum personnel herein
required, 1 PME in-charge of each and every
additional shift.
Article 5 – Section 42
• Penalties
…upon conviction be penalized by a fine of not
less than P50,000.00 nor more thanP200,000.00
or imprisonment of not less than 6 months nor
more than 3 years, or both fine and
imprisonment at the discretion of the court
Questions?
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Thermodynamics