Ingenieurs Australia Society

A Public Relations, Community Service and Fraternal Society
for all Australia Professional Engineers

Our Society

Professional Engineers Welcome You

The technological needs of our community’s modern lifestyle are numerous and sophisticated. Think about the technological services we use as a community – water, electricity, gas, transport and telephone services to mention a few. And think about the technological products we use – TV sets, satellites, aeroplanes, bridges, computers, robots, video games, domestic appliances and motor cars, etc. Also, think about our energy and mineral resource developments and the wealth they earn for Australia. Professional Engineers are responsible for the design and project management of all these things.

Like Scientists, Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants and Architects, Professional Engineers are highly qualified men and women. First they complete a four-year professional engineering Bachelor’s degree at a University, then they undertake supervised experience in a professional engineering office. Some proceed to Master’s and Doctorate degrees and some become high level planners, designers, applied research workers and managers. Professional Engineers each operate in a different field such as electrical, electronics, mechanical, manufacturing, civil, environmental, chemical and space. They must continue to keep themselves up-to-date with technology to provide our community with the best possible engineering products and services.

Professional Engineers use their knowledge of mathematics, science and technology, coupled with high level ingenuity and creativity, to design material benefits for the community. They also manage the manufacture, construction and maintenance of the projects they conceive. Professional Engineers must keep the safety of workers and the community uppermost in their minds, particularly when designing bridges that span great distances and multi-storey buildings. They must also communicate well with Politicians, community groups and local government people, etc to ensure that the needs of the whole community are being met by the Professional Engineers’ designs.

Professional Engineers Mastermind Technology

There are about 150,000 Professional Engineers in Australia working in public authorities, local councils, manufacturing industry, infrastructure companies and consulting practices. A small but growing proportion of Australian Professional Engineers are women. Many more Professional Engineers are needed to be employed in manufacturing industry to put Australia on the road to a better high-tech future with the resultant wealth this will bring for all Australians.

Please don’t confuse Professional Engineers with Engine Operators, Tradespeople, Mechanics, Technicians, Technical Officers and Technologists who are often called Engineers in English speaking countries like Australia. Having said this, however, Professional Engineers respect and value these team members and their roles as technical experts helping with the detail designing, drafting, building, maintaining and operating of the technological products designed by Professional Engineers.

If you would like to know more about the engineering profession please feel free to contact Professional Engineers Australia. The next time you meet a Professional Engineer ask him what field of technology he is masterminding in.