NEWREGISTRANTS ENGINEERING Becoming a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Water has definitely been a rewarding experience and also, perhaps surprisingly to me, confidence boosting. I have worked in the water industry ever since leaving school, with the exception of three years at university completing a degree in Civil Engineering. I have had a varied, but rewarding career carrying out my responsibility as a civil engineer in a sewerage design office, along with an extensive period as a hydraulic modeller of urban scale drainage systems. With a total of 33 years of experience in the water industry, I decided that becoming a Chartered Engineer would fulfill a long held personal goal and would also be a fitting recognition of my time served. I also wanted to inspire professional development within my section and felt the best course of action would be to lead by example.
John Bell
Principal Consultant, Wood Plc Chartered Engineer
I have always been conscious that my career has not necessarily followed an orthodox path that would naturally lead me to become a Chartered Engineer through the Civil or CIWEM route, although these options were open to me. The Institute of Water very much appealed as it specifically recognises the diverse range of contributions that scientists, environmentalists and engineers, like us, make to the health and wellbeing of the environment and everyone and everything living in it, through caring about the essential life source that is water.
ENVIRONMENT I was encouraged to apply for REnvTech by my departmental manager, but when I thought about it properly, it was clearly something I should always have been encouraging myself to do a long time ago. From a very early age I was lucky enough to be dragged out into the countryside every weekend going camping, walking, cycling, fell walking, fishing, caravanning, canoeing. I just loved being out in the great outdoors and threw myself in and out of most Rivers and Lakes across Northern Britain. This love of being outside was reflected in my studies, I loved geography and science and learning about how the weather, elemental forces and human activities have shaped our Environment.
Richard Salmon
Technical Support Advisor, Northumbrian Water Registered Environmental Technician
So it is no surprise that my career immersed me into the water industry. My career path has so far been convoluted and covered many different roles such as vent stack testing at agrochemical plants, chemical analysis in various pharmaceutical laboratories, and as an Environmental Analytical Chemist before I became a Commissioning Chemist for Water and Wastewater treatment sites. After that I joined the Environment Agency as an Environment Officer before taking on the role of Technical Officer for Groundwater and Contaminated Land. I am currently a Technical Support Advisor for Northumbrian Water. I would urge anyone with a personal and professional interest in the Environment, and who cares about the impact that Humans are having on the water cycle to join up both as part of their personal development, and to share their experience and knowledge, and to help others in their careers.
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Professional registration recognises competence and expertise in a subject
area and demonstrates an understanding and knowledge of this expertise. Having a professional accreditation brings high self-esteem, higher earnings potential and improved career prospects. Becoming professionally registered is a great example of Continuing Professional Development and is often recommended or preferred by certain industry bodies and regulators.
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