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BEM and IEM

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Engineers practicing (Malaysia) engineering must register with Board of

Engineers, Malaysia (BEM) in order to acknowledge their experience when
certifying the engineers to be professional engineer. The number or years
acknowledged by BEM is the year started from the date registered with them.

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In order to certify an engineer as professional engineer, the engineer must

have at least three years experience (acknowledged by BEM).
People might wonder if BEM is the one giving certification for professional
engineer, what goes with Institutions of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM). So, the
main difference between these two is that IEM is learning organization for
engineers. In order to get privileges from IEM, an engineer need to register to
be member first and there are a lot of membership types. Engineers need to
register to be graduate member to start getting privileges in term of trainings,
industry exposure, etc. Differ from BEM, IEM recognize experience from the

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with Board of Engineer (BEM),
Corporate Member with Institute of
Engineers,
Malaysia
(IEM),
Corporate Member with Institute of
Chemical Engineers, UK (IChemE),
Chartered
Engineer
from
Engineering Council, UK with more
than nine (9) years experiences in
process engineering in oil and gas
industry.

graduation date.
In order to upgrade the membership from graduate member to member, the
engineer needs to practice engineering work which consists of design, site,
project management, etc for at least three years. The work was done by the

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engineer must be supervised by an engineer that member of IEM (MIEM).

So, this supervision can go in two different ways; direct supervision if the
engineer (MIEM) and graduate engineer in one organization and indirect
supervision by mentoring scheme or log book scheme. After practicing
minimum three years of working experience from the date of graduation, the
graduate engineer can apply for professional interview (PI) in order to

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kEnnY G. April 21, 2009 at 10:00 PM

I have some questions for you. However, let me tell you my
background first. I am graduating soon with Petroleum Eng. degree
and will be working with a prominent oil and gas company in a few
months. I am a member's of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

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Engr MAA: BEM and IEM

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1) Should I register with IEM/BEM although I am registered to SPE?

2) If yes, to whom should I register? IEM or BEM? What are the
difference of IEM and BEM?
3) How does one get the title Ir.?
Looking forward for your reply :)
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Engr MAA

April 22, 2009 at 12:58 AM

Kenny,
Answers:
1. Yes you should.
2. Both. BEM then to IEM.
3. BEM will certify you as Ir. or PE if you are practising your
engineering.

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alvin July 26, 2009 at 12:48 AM

May i ask what is the relationship between BEM and IEM?
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