Review of the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 (Revised 2007)

By Engr. Dr. Teoh Seng Giap, incorporating comments from Engr. David N. Welch, Engr. Dr Aminuddin Mohd Baki & Engr. Nor Hisham b Mohd Ghazali.

1) Clause 8: Only Professional Engineer and Engineering consultancy practice may submit plans, drawing, etc.

1.1) Interpretation:

1.1.1) Who is qualified to do submission?

1.1.2) Submissions of products of engineering services (e.g. plans, drawings, design, and etc. al.) are exclusive to qualified Professional Engineer (PE) or Engineering Consultancy Practice (ECP).

1.1.3) Except otherwise provided under other written law and sub-clause (4).

1.2) Intent:

1.2.1) To ensure engineering services are delivered with predetermined standards by qualified personnel.

1.2.2) To safeguard public from misled by unqualified personnel.

1.3) Review:

1.3.1) There are engineers without Ir., but are qualified in technical experience. Perhaps the Act could be amended to differentiate this group of engineers from recent graduated engineers. The contributions of these experienced engineers toward mentoring and training the recent graduated engineers in technical areas are worth noticing. Also, these experienced engineers surely could perform many “professional engineering services”.

1.3.2) Currently the submitting person is responsible for the submitted plans, design, etc. al., and not the ECP. Perhaps ECP could be made to share responsibility, just like a PE. In my opinion, ECP has an essential role in ensuring the quality of engineering services. This is just another corporate social responsibility.

1.3.3) A variation to the above Item 1.3.2 is a suggestion for the rules to state that the submitting body (person or company) be the entity named by the Client in the Agreement as the Consulting Engineer. If this is an individual, said individual should undertake all submissions in compliance with the ACT; if on the other hand the service provider in the Agreement is an ECP, then the ECP should undertake the submission, not a staff of the ECP in his individual capacity. Who can represent and be held responsible for the ECP should also be clearly spelt out.

1.3.3.1) Incidentally, this suggestion is somewhat inline with "Universal Declaration of Engineers' Rights" by Walter L. Elden, i.e.” ... Further, as nearly all Professional Engineer licensing laws provide that there is an "industry exemption" from those laws, employee engineers engaged in industry have no recourse to these regulatory bodies either when their employment is threatened as they attempt to "protect the public", in opposition to some wish or dictate from their employer to the contrary....”.

1.3.4) The Clause implies that any of the listed “professional engineering services” should be signed on handover by a PE. This means, say, a resident engineer representing ECP on site must be a PE because only then he can perform “professional engineering services”, and sign and submit as-built plans to the ECP on completion of works (as he is employed by the ECP). The ECP will subsequently engage another staff (a PE) to submit the plans to the Authority (as very often the resident engineer is not the first or original submitting person). Is this the correct interpretation?

1.3.4.1) If yes, it also implies that as-built plans must be submitted by more than one qualified person, namely, M&E PE to submit M&E as-built plans and C&S PE to submit C&S as-built plans.

1.3.4.2) Item 1.3.6.1 is further complicated by various sub-disciplines that the PE is qualified. E.g. a resident engineer may be a qualified structural PE, but not necessary qualified geotechnical PE or drainage PE or highway PE.

1.3.5) The liability for the submission should not be carried indefinitely but for a stipulated duration, say 10 years.

1.3.6) Submitting person is normally fully responsible for the plans submitted to Authorities. In today’s practice, contractors often propose alternate design to the original design that has been submitted. Currently, if the alternate design is accepted either “at-will” or being “coerced into accepting” by the first original design engineer, the first design engineer will have to take a huge responsibility. Because of this and other commercial reasons, the first design engineer and the second alternate design engineer often spend quite a bit of time in resolving the acceptance. Sometimes, the second design engineer is overly simplified and optimistic (and occasionally overly commercial), while the first design engineer could be conservative and unreasonably demanding on the second design engineer. The Client often has to mediate between the two and it is not always easy to find an agreement (especially if the Client is not technical incline).

1.3.6.1) I propose second design engineer ought to take full responsibility of the alternate design and be allowed to re-submit to Authority, and hence discharge the first design engineer of his duty.

2) Clause 9: Registered Engineers, etc., subject to this Act.

2.1) Interpretation:

2.1.1) Who is bound by the Act?

2.1.2) All registered engineers and ECP must comply with this Act.

2.1.3) The Act stipulates who is permitted to provide “professional engineering
services”; they are essentially those who are registered with the Board and thereby required to comply with the provisions of the Act. The exceptions to this are those listed in Clause 8 (4)(a) to (4)(d).

2.2) Intent:

2.2.1) To regulate engineers and ECP.

2.3) Review:

2.3.1) Consequences for unqualified personnel or ECP submitting plans and providing professional engineering services are stipulated in Clause 24. However, bringing public awareness on the matter, policing and enforcement machinery and procedure of enforcement on non-engineers (or companies engaging engineers) are silent. Perhaps the revised Act could improve on this.

2.3.2) Interesting question that needs to be answered is whether the Act enables criminal proceedings to be brought against those (engineers or non-engineers) unregistered with the Board (and not in the list mentioned in Clause 8 (4)) who have provided “professional engineering services” in Malaysia. If so who initiates actions.

2.3.3) Hypothetically, an engineer recently graduated from University and currently practicing engineering, but does not registered with the Board. What will happen next? Does the Act entrust the Board to take actions and stop the engineer from continuing the service?

2.3.4) Another scenario. Say a sale person is promoting an engineering product. In the process of promoting sales, the sale person extends additional service to the potential purchaser. The sale person advises the purchaser on the usage of the product from the engineering perspective and claiming performance of the product in resolving issues at hand. However, the sale person is not a qualified engineer and does not register with Board. Does the Act entrust the Board to take actions and regulate the engineering service?

3) Clause 10: Qualifications for registration.

3.1) Interpretation:

3.1.1) Who is qualified to register with the Board?

3.1.2) Briefly, Graduate Member of IEM or person with the recognized qualification may register with the Board.

3.1.3) Who is qualified to register as PE?

3.1.4) Person who complies with the requirements of the Board and passes the professional assessment examination or a Corporate Member of IEM.

3.2) Intent:

3.2.1) To regulate engineers (with or without Ir.) and ECP.

3.3) Review:

3.3.1) In between Graduate Engineer and PE, perhaps there should be another group of engineers, namely those who have graduated many years and have adequate technical experience but no Ir. (See Item 1.3.1 above).

3.3.2) Person who is holding a position carrying the title “engineer” perhaps should be registered with Board (e.g. sale engineer). This is to ensure the word “engineer” is used in appropriate context. Likewise, all graduate engineers ought to register with the Board.

4) Clause 10A: Registration of Temporary Engineers.

4.1) Interpretation:

4.1.1) Can foreign engineers register with the Board?

4.1.2) Foreign engineers with the necessary qualification and reside in Malaysia for not less than 180 days may registered as Temporary Engineers and perform the function of PE.

4.2) Intent:

4.2.1) To regulate foreign engineers.

4.3) Review:

4.3.1) As worded in Clause 2(a), it implies that a foreign engineer becomes eligible for consideration if “he possesses the necessary qualification which is recognized for the practice of engineering as a professional engineer in the country where he normally practices”. Therefore

4.3.1.1) the person need not be currently registered in his country to practice (he may have allowed his registration to lapse, or perhaps have had his registration revoked temporarily or otherwise for one reason or another).

4.3.1.2) it could be any country, regardless of whether Malaysia recognizes their standards for licensing professional engineers.

4.3.2) A suggestion for alternative wording on Clause 2(a):

4.3.2.1) “he holds a current registration for the practice of engineering as a professional engineer in a country in the Board’s list of approved countries.”

4.3.3) Clause 2(b) excludes a resident representative of a local based foreign company from providing “professional engineering services” unless the foreign company is in a joint venture with a local company? Is this by design?

4.3.4) Can the Board (or any other body) impose and enforce the Act on a Temporary Engineer who has submitted plans, design, and etc. al. or perform engineering services and left the country (or after their temporary registration has lapsed, especially since it would seem from Clause 15 (1), that Board can only take action against engineers registered with it)? Legal help may be necessary to clarify this and tighten loose ends, should there be any.

4.3.5) Incidentally, concern described in Item 4.3.4 also applies to local engineers, who have retired or decided to discontinue with their Board’s registration (like if they suspect some very drastic action could be pending).

5) Clause 10B: Registration of Accredited Checker

5.1) Interpretation:

5.1.1) Who is qualified to register as Accredited Checker?

5.1.2) A person with a recognized standing in the profession may be registered as
Accredited Checker.

5.2) Intent:

5.2.1) To regulate the Accredited Checkers.

5.2.2) To ensure Accredited Checker could perform their function to predetermined standards.

5.3) Review:

5.3.1) It would seem from 10B (1)(b) that the services of Accredited Checkers are only anticipated for review of structural works, particularly with respect to “design and construction of buildings”. What about infrastructure and geotechnical works or for that matter for disciplines other than civil? Even if the present intention is have accredited checking only for limited applications, why be restrictive in the Act. Why not allow now for future expansion of the scope for Accredited Checkers, as and if the need arises? Suggest wording as follows for 10B (1)(b):

5.3.1.1) “he has at least 10 years practical experience satisfactory to the Board in the relevant branch and discipline of engineering.”

5.3.2) The scope for accredited checkers is not clear and needs to be explained. Elaboration of Clause 10B (2) is necessary.

A new and fit-for-purpose Malaysian “Engineering Act”

By Engr. HT Wong

A new and fit-for-purpose Malaysian “Engineering Act” relevant for the time and the 21^st Century borderless and competitive global market; a primer by Engr. Rocky HT Wong for the proposed IEM Blog to enable exchange of views and ideas among IEM members – with a view to float up a consensus towards a brain-storming session among the IEM membership:-.

Historical back-drop:

In the early 60’s when certain failures of engineering works occurred; especially the high-profile case of the collapse of a shop-house, under construction, in Jalan Raja Laut K.L, which resulted in fatalities – a Royal Commission of Enquiry was formed to look into the causes.

Typically of the “pendulum-swing theory” and in response to the public out – cry, the call to regulate the practice of engineering, among other reasons, resulted in the “Registration of Engineers” Act (REA) passed by Parliament in 1967.

However, the Board of Engineers, Malaysia (i.e BEM) was only operationalised on 22nd August 1972; and that too, was after an amendment was made to the REA on 7th July 1972.

The original intention of the Act was to register all Malaysians who practice engineering (one way or another, either in private practice, or in employment). Hence, the BEM was effectively the “Register” of Malaysian engineers who were expected to follow a set of “Do’s” and “Don’ts” rules; with additional guidelines for those natural persons, the engineers, in private practice as Consulting Engineers such as “Model Forms” of Agreement etc.

Then in 1987, by Act A662 (of 16th January 1987), the REA (1967) was amended to also register “Bodies Corporate” (in other words, legal persons) with the introduction of Clause 7A.

With WTO coming into being in 1995-following that and on the instruction from the Cabinet (the Minister of Works then was Leo Moggie instead of Sammy) the BEM was instructed to amend the REA to be relevant for globalization and trade liberalization.

It was a long time in coming among the various reasons given was that the consisting REA was a “mosquito act” but frankly, the “powers that be” did not understand “globalization”; and that the Board consisting of too many government servants, who were not in private-practice, and hence their views were not in sign with the realities of the market practice.

However, for all the “long and the short”, and with much “cut and paste” and the Act still remaining in its original forum, the “major” amendment was finally approved by Parliament on 1st December 2002 via Act A1158 – with “Bodies Corporate” being replaced by Engineering Consultancy Practices; ie ECP’s - applying to natural and legal persons.

Then with the Prime Minister’s call to improve the public delivery system (after the 2004, 11th general elections) – with the introduction of the “CCC” the REA (1967) was promptly amended by Act A1288 on 1st April 2007.

All the amendments to date (there were 6 in total) kept the REA in its original form but has since shifted from purely a “Register” of natural persons – the engineers – to be both a “Register” of natural persons – the engineers, and the “Licensing Board” of ECP’s (be they natural or legal persons).

The Board’s Amendments to the REA Committee (or Engineers Act Committee), has been tasked since 2004, to look into the “re-vamp” of the REA to be relevant for the time and the globalized economy which is highly competitive.

Then, the Board (i.e the BEM) at its meeting held on 15th April 2006, resolved to embark on a major effort to critically and comprehensively review the current Act and to propose necessary changes to note; it is not going to be a “revamp” of the Act! Well, well.

There is a recommendation to the Board to solicit feedback and inputs from various stakeholders; and accordingly, the IEM (which has representations to the Board of the BEM, the Engineers Act Committee as well as the Committee’s Working Group) in tern is now, by way of its blog, seeking feedback and inputs from the IEM membership at large.

The Position-to-Date

To date, work by the various parties and the BEM’s and EA Committee’s WG have gone through the fundamentals of a relevant Act for the practice of engineering from the dual stand points of:

1. Protect public interests; and
2. The practice of the full spectrum of engineering and integrated engineering services in a competitive market environment.

Areas covered so far include the following: -

1. To look at the safety of the public
2. To emphasis more on the qualification regulation
3. To emphasis more on the professional services application
4. To emphasis more on the consultancy license
5. Do wee need to register the graduate engineers?
6. Issues of safety and competency
7. CPD requirements; is it necessary?
8. MRA

Request:-

Please post your views on any or all of the above areas, or other areas, which you believe, are of importance to the practice of engineering and to the profession of engineering.

A new and fit-for-purpose Malaysian “Engineering Act”

By Engr. HT Wong

A new and fit-for-purpose Malaysian “Engineering Act” relevant for the time and the 21^st Century borderless and competitive global market; a primer by Engr. Rocky HT Wong for the proposed IEM Blog to enable exchange of views and ideas among IEM members – with a view to float up a consensus towards a brain-storming session among the IEM membership:-.

Historical back-drop:

In the early 60’s when certain failures of engineering works occurred; especially the high-profile case of the collapse of a shop-house, under construction, in Jalan Raja Laut K.L, which resulted in fatalities – a Royal Commission of Enquiry was formed to look into the causes.

Typically of the “pendulum-swing theory” and in response to the public out – cry, the call to regulate the practice of engineering, among other reasons, resulted in the “Registration of Engineers” Act (REA) passed by Parliament in 1967.

However, the Board of Engineers, Malaysia (i.e BEM) was only operationalised on 22nd August 1972; and that too, was after an amendment was made to the REA on 7th July 1972.

The original intention of the Act was to register all Malaysians who practice engineering (one way or another, either in private practice, or in employment). Hence, the BEM was effectively the “Register” of Malaysian engineers who were expected to follow a set of “Do’s” and “Don’ts” rules; with additional guidelines for those natural persons, the engineers, in private practice as Consulting Engineers such as “Model Forms” of Agreement etc.

Then in 1987, by Act A662 (of 16th January 1987), the REA (1967) was amended to also register “Bodies Corporate” (in other words, legal persons) with the introduction of Clause 7A.

With WTO coming into being in 1995-following that and on the instruction from the Cabinet (the Minister of Works then was Leo Moggie instead of Sammy) the BEM was instructed to amend the REA to be relevant for globalization and trade liberalization.

It was a long time in coming among the various reasons given was that the consisting REA was a “mosquito act” but frankly, the “powers that be” did not understand “globalization”; and that the Board consisting of too many government servants, who were not in private-practice, and hence their views were not in sign with the realities of the market practice.

However, for all the “long and the short”, and with much “cut and paste” and the Act still remaining in its original forum, the “major” amendment was finally approved by Parliament on 1st December 2002 via Act A1158 – with “Bodies Corporate” being replaced by Engineering Consultancy Practices; ie ECP’s - applying to natural and legal persons.

Then with the Prime Minister’s call to improve the public delivery system (after the 2004, 11th general elections) – with the introduction of the “CCC” the REA (1967) was promptly amended by Act A1288 on 1st April 2007.

All the amendments to date (there were 6 in total) kept the REA in its original form but has since shifted from purely a “Register” of natural persons – the engineers – to be both a “Register” of natural persons – the engineers, and the “Licensing Board” of ECP’s (be they natural or legal persons).

The Board’s Amendments to the REA Committee (or Engineers Act Committee), has been tasked since 2004, to look into the “re-vamp” of the REA to be relevant for the time and the globalized economy which is highly competitive.

Then, the Board (i.e the BEM) at its meeting held on 15th April 2006, resolved to embark on a major effort to critically and comprehensively review the current Act and to propose necessary changes to note; it is not going to be a “revamp” of the Act! Well, well.

There is a recommendation to the Board to solicit feedback and inputs from various stakeholders; and accordingly, the IEM (which has representations to the Board of the BEM, the Engineers Act Committee as well as the Committee’s Working Group) in tern is now, by way of its blog, seeking feedback and inputs from the IEM membership at large.

The Position-to-Date

To date, work by the various parties and the BEM’s and EA Committee’s WG have gone through the fundamentals of a relevant Act for the practice of engineering from the dual stand points of:

1. Protect public interests; and
2. The practice of the full spectrum of engineering and integrated engineering services in a competitive market environment.

Areas covered so far include the following: -

1. To look at the safety of the public
2. To emphasis more on the qualification regulation
3. To emphasis more on the professional services application
4. To emphasis more on the consultancy license
5. Do wee need to register the graduate engineers?
6. Issues of safety and competency
7. CPD requirements; is it necessary?
8. MRA

Request:-

Please post your views on any or all of the above areas, or other areas, which you believe, are of importance to the practice of engineering and to the profession of engineering.

Shape shifting skyscraper

Imagine a skyscraper with floors that each rotate independently at different speeds. That's the idea behind architect David Fisher's Dynamic Tower, which, once built, would be the world's first 'moving' building.

Because each floor of such a tower would rotate independently, the building would constantly change shape, resulting in a unique and evolving architectural structure.

The tower would also be designed to be self-powered, generating its own electricity, as well as power for other nearby buildings, with wind turbines fitted between each rotating floor. 'An 80-story building would have up to 79 wind turbines, making it a true green power plant,' Dr Fisher said.

The skyscraper itself could be built entirely from prefabricated parts that are custom made in a workshop, resulting in cost savings. The approach - known as the Fisher Method - requires far fewer workers on the construction site, lowering costs.

Indeed, Fisher believes that construction of one tower would require only 600 people in an assembly facility and 80 technicians on a construction site, instead of the 2,000 workers usually required to erect a traditional building of a similar size.

The Rotating Tower might make its first appearance in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, if Fisher has his way. This week, he said that a 420 metre, 80 floor tower would be be constructed there housing apartments ranging in size from 124 to 1,200 square metres. But although he has received a development license for construction in Dubai, he has not disclosed the site of the building, according to CNN reports.

fr: http://www.theengineer.co.uk

Network Engineer aka jurutera rangkaian ;-D

Jurutera rangkaian atau network engineer merupakan salah satu cabang kerjaya dibidang teknologi maklumat. Bidang tugas Jurutera rangkaian ialah membuat lakaran dan menyelengara rangkaian LAN dan WAN di sesebuah organisasi. Ini termasuklah memilih atau mengesyorkan apakah jenis peralatan dan perisian yang patut digunakan bagi menepati kehendak sesuatu organisasi disamping memperbaiki peralatan dan sistem yang lama supaya menepati kehendak pelangan atau organisasi.

Tugas sebagai jurutera rangkaian termasuklah membuat analisis keperluan organisasi dan kemudian membuat lakaran, membangunkan dan membuat penyelengaraan kepada infrastruktur rangkaian tersebut bagi memenuhi keperluan perniagaan.
Siapakah Jurutera Rangkaian ?

Jurutera rangkaian ialah mereka yang mengendalikan kesemua urusan yang berkaitan dengan rangkaian. Diantaranya ialah membuat lakaran kepada rangkaian yang akan dibangunkan, kemudian membangunkan rangkaian yang telah dipersetujui oleh sesuatu organisasi dan akhirnya membuat penyelengaraan terhadap rangkaian yang telah dibangunkan. Penguasaan didalam memahami bagaimana kebolehan sistem operasi rangkaian, kelengkapan rangkaian dan protokol rangkaian adalah penting begitu juga kebolehan dalam memprogramkan skrip dan sejumlah fail.

Kekuatan dalaman juga penting, jurutera rangkaian mesti memahami keperluan rangkaian bukan hanya penguna malah organisasi luar dan berkemampuan mempromosi pengurusan syarikat sebagai mempunyai kelengkapan infrastruktur yang terbaik. Akhir sekali jurutera rangkaian mestilah berkebolehan merancang rangkaian, mengetahui pelbagai teknologi terkini dan mengetahui teknologi manakah yang berpotensi dan yang mana tidak. Selain itu jurutera rangkaian juga berkebolehan mendokumenkan semua keperluan rangkaian yang telah dibangunkan, berunding dengan penyelesaian teknikal yang disediakan dan membuat penyelesaian masalah serta mencari penyelesaian terbaik kepada masalah pekerja bawahan yang tidak dapat diselesaikan.

Bagaimana hendak menjadi Jurutera Rangkaian

Sesorang yang ingin menjadi jurutera rangkaian perlulah mengambil kursus yang berkaitan dengan teknologi maklumat didalam bahagian yang berkaitan rangkaian. Seseorang itu mestilah mendapatkan ijazah sarjana muda dan mempelajari perkara berkaitan dengan rangkaian seperti LAN, WAN, CCNA, CISCO dan sebagainya.

Sesorang yang menjadi jurutera rangkaian mempunyai gaji permulaan sebanyak RM1800 keatas. Jika mempunyai pengalaman yang lama dan luas gaji mereka boleh mencapai sehingga ratusan ribu.

Kelebihan menjadi Jurutera Rangkaian

Diantara kelebihan jurutera rangkaian ialah kebolehan mencipta sesuatu yang baru seperti telefon bimbit, talian baru seperti streamyx, dan sebagainya. Jurutera rangkaian juga dapat menjadi seorang yang mahir dalam rangkaian wireless dan teknologi keselamatan.
Peluang Pekerjaan

Peluang pekerjaan luas. Sesorang yang ingin menjadi jurutera rangkaian perlulah pandai berkomunikasi dan mencipta kerjaya. Di Malaysia, jurutera rangkaian tidak ramai kerana bidang ini masih baru. Jika di negara-negara maju, bidang ini sudah pun meluas. Peluang pekerjaan dibidang ini sangat banyak.

JURUTERA...PELUANG KERJA TERBUKA LUAS

JURUTERA...PELUANG KERJA TERBUKA LUAS

KERJAYA jurutera penting dan besar kepada kemajuan negara. Tanpa jurutera, siapakah yang akan merancang dan mereka bentuk projek-projek seperti pengairan, jalan raya, jambatan, perlombongan, jana kuasa dan kilang?

Malah tugas mereka meliputi kajian dan pembangunan, pembinaan, penyenggaraan dan pengawalan, pengeluaran, perundingan, pengurusan serta latihan.
Apa itu kejuruteraan? Kejuruteraan secara umumnya ialah penggunaan pengetahuan sains dan matematik untuk menyelesaikan masalah-masalah praktikal.
Pengetahuan itu digabungkan dengan pengalaman yang dipraktikkan sebaik-baiknya menggunakan bahan dan sumber semula jadi.

Jurutera ialah individu yang terlatih dalam mereka, membuat dan menggunakan (menjaga) jentera atau terlatih dalam mana-mana cabang kejuruteraan seperti jurutera awam, elektrik dan kapal terbang.

Mereka perlu menitikberatkan inovasi mengenai komposisi sesuatu produk dan struktur, mengubah idea-idea baru kepada realiti, menyelesaikan masalah-masalah kemahuan dan kehendak manusia, memperbaiki kaedah-kaedah sedia ada dan merintis kaedah baru dengan menekankan pengetahuan saintifik, kebolehan dan kepandaian yang kreatif.
Pelbagai pengkhususan di bidang kejuruteraan ditawarkan oleh institusi pengajian tinggi tempatan atau luar negara.

Di antara pengkhususan itu ialah kejuruteraan awam, elektrik, elektronik dan sistem, kimia, proses, sumber asli, mekanikal, bahan, komputer, kaji terbang, pembuatan, telekomunikasi dan pertanian.

Perkembangan semasa di Malaysia mendorong permintaan yang tinggi terhadap profesion ini.
Setiap hari, pasti ada syarikat mengiklankan jawatan kosong sebagai jurutera di akhbar-akhbar tempatan.

Walaupun kerjaya ini mencabar, ia mampu memberi kepuasan kepada mereka. Tambahan pula gaji dan imbuhannya lumayan sekali gus mampu menarik minat pelajar untuk menceburi kerjaya ini.

• Ciri-ciri peribadi yang diperlukan
• Meminati profesion ini
• Mempunyai pengetahuan di bidang sains, matematik dan bahasa
• Mempunyai kemahiran komputer
• Tekun dan bekerja keras
• Mempunyai keinginan untuk berjaya
• Seorang yang dinamik
• Dapat bekerja secara berkumpulan

Syarat menceburi bidang ini

Calon harus memiliki ijazah mana-mana bidang kejuruteraan dari universiti tempatan atau luar negara.
Lulusan kejuruteraan perlu menjadi ahli Institute of Engineers Malaysia sebelum boleh mendaftar dengan Board of Engineers Malaysia.
Mereka memerlukan tiga tahun pengalaman pekerjaan yang diiktiraf di dalam bidang-bidang berkaitan sebelum layak ditemuduga bagi mendapat tauliah jurutera profesional.

Tempat melanjutkan pengajian
Universiti yang menawarkan kursus di peringkat ijazah sarjana muda ialah Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Malaya (UM), UKM, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM), Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) dan Institut Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (ITTHO).
UTM, UPM, UiTM dan politeknik Kementerian Pendidikan menawarkan kursus di peringkat diploma.
Universiti-universiti luar negara seperti di Amerika Syarikat, United Kingdom, Australia, Kanada, New Zealand dan Singapura turut menawarkan kursus ini.


Syarat melanjutkan pengajian

Calon perlu lulus peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)/ Vokasional (SPMV) dan mendapat kepujian mata pelajaran matematik moden, matematik tambahan, fizik, kimia, biologi, bahasa Melayu dan Inggeris.

Bagi peperiksaan Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) pula, calon perlu lulus matematik tulen, matematik gunaan, fizik, kimia, biologi dan pengajian am.
Tempoh pengajian adalah di antara empat hingga enam tahun.

Lulusan Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) boleh memohon masuk ke UKM, UM, UPM, USM, UNIMAS, UMS dan UiTM serta universiti-universiti di Australia, Kanada, United Kingdom, New Zealand dan Singapura.

Lulusan program matrikulasi atau asasi sains yang berjaya akan diterima masuk ke peringkat ijazah pertama di universiti-universiti tempatan.
Di UTM pula, kursus kejuruteraan yang memakan masa lima tahun pengajian boleh diikuti secara terus selepas SPM.

Universiti swasta tempatan seperti Universiti Telekom, Universiti Tenaga Nasional dan Universiti Teknologi Petronas juga menawarkan kursus di peringkat ijazah sarjana muda.
Lulusan diploma dari UTM, UPM, UiTM, politeknik Kementerian Pendidikan dan kolej swasta juga boleh memohon.

MMC Corp. Bhd.

Tahukah kamu salah sebuah syarikat kepunyaan tokoh korporat terulung diMalaysia yang berbangsa melayu, iaitu Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary? Ya memang betul… MMC Corp. adalah salah sebuah dari puluhan syarikat milik beliau. Adakah anda bercita-cita menjadi Jurutera yang tak boleh “dikencing”?

Mohon lah untuk bekerja disini.


MMC CORPORATION BERHAD
Website: www.mmc.com.my
Human ResourcesFax: +603 2093 9924 E-mail: career@mmc.com.my

Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, MMC is an investment holding company with interests in transport & logistics, energy & utilities and engineering & construction.


MMC holds equity stakes in Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Berhad (the fastest growing container port in South East Asia), highway concessionaire Konsortium Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim (KLBK) Sdn Bhd, Malakoff Berhad (the country's largest independent power producer) and natural gas distribution company Gas Malaysia Sdn Bhd, among others.
MMC is also involved in major engineering and construction projects such as the Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) project, a flood mitigation project for the city of Kuala Lumpur.

Through Tronoh, MMC has interests in IJM, a leading construction company with a strong track record locally and overseas, and Zelan, a specialist design & civil contractor for power plants
In all this, we have strived to maintain MMC's core values of innovation, transparency and integrity; as well as a commitment to our employees and the community we work in.
We trust this section provides you with sufficient information from a corporate perspective. Should you require additional corporate information, please check our Corporate FAQs section or contact us at corporatecomm@mmc.com.my.

Core Business
· Port Operations
· Natural Gas
· Power Engineering
· Power Plant
· Smelting
· Defense contracting
· Contractor

Gamuda Berhad

Gamuda Berhad adalah salah sebuah syarikat kejuruteraan yang bertaraf antarabangsa. Syarikat ini sememangnya di huni oleh ramai jurutera yang bertaraf antarabangsa. Dengan projek-projek yang bernilai ratusan juta ringgit, maka memang tidak diragui lagi keupayaan syarikat ini dalam bidang kejuruteraan. Terutama dalam kejuruteraan awan. Walaupun begitu, terdapat juga disiplin kejuruteraan yang lain. Sekiranya anda berminat dengan kerjaya yang mencabar dan pasti memberatkan poket anda, silalah mohon untuk bekerja disini. Mungkin anda juga berpeluang untuk mendapat seorang kekasih dari negara lain ;-)

website: www.gamuda.com.my


Company review.

Gamuda is a leader in turnkey and B.O.T. civil engineering infrastructure and township development, with projects and investments in South East and Far East Asia, Indochina, South Asia and the Middle East.

We have delivered more than USD3billion of civil infrastructure, operate and maintain 230km of highways that serve more than two million road users daily, provide water supply to more than 2 million consumers as well as built more than 13,000 homes in our lifestyle townships.
Our scope of expertise covers highways and expressways, bridges, tunnels, dams and hydropower, hydraulic engineering and water treatment, railways and mass-rapid transit systems, marine works and ports, and building, which are delivered through general contracting, design & build, turn-key, as well as Build–Operate–Transfer methods.
We are also a major township and property developer with four township projects that will eventually provide more than 30,000 homes when completed.
Our emphasis on differentiation and value-creation, as well as on operational excellence has enabled the group to consistently deliver distinctive infrastructure and homes bearing Gamuda’s hallmark traits of innovation, superior quality, outstanding value and assured completion.


Engineering and Construction

Construction is the mainstay of Gamuda’s earnings and the heart of the Group’s activities. For the past 28 years our engineering and construction teams have realized the visions and aspirations of our clients and customers through our relentless focus on operational excellence and reliability in delivery.

Over the years, we have achieved a number of significant milestones as we help build Malaysia to its status of world-class infrastructure. We have undertaken more than 40 major sized civil engineering projects and these have demonstrated our expertise in the construction of marine ports and industrial buildings, highways, bridges, tunnels, water infrastructure and storm water management projects.

Leveraging on our breakthrough successes in Malaysia as well as banking on our financial strength and good track records, we first ventured into India in 2001 and secured two deferred payment projects: the Panagarh-Palsit Highway and the Durgapur Expressway, Dankuni-Palsit Section, in the State of West Bengal.

In 2002, we have also become the first Malaysian company to successfully penetrate the Taiwanese construction market when we, together with New Asia Construction & Development Corporation, Taiwan signed an agreement with Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation, Taiwan to undertake the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) System Project, Orange line Package CO4.
We had in 2004 signed a Project Development Agreement (PDA) with the Government of Laos to develop the 450 MW Nam Theun 1 (NT1) hydropower project, located in Bolikhamsay province, central Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR).
We are also constructing the Dukhan Highway from Shahaniya to Zekreet in Qatar.
We are focused on further enlarging our presence in international infrastructure construction in West Asia, India, Indo-China and the far east.


Construction Services

To enable cost effective and reliable operational support to Gamuda’s projects, several business units provide the following services;
Construction equipment & plant supply and maintenance
Asphaltic pre-mix and ready-mixed-concrete production and supply
Quarrying operations and aggregates production
Pre-cast concrete products production
Road pavement laying and maintenance

Northern Malaysia University College of Engineering (KUKUM)

KUKUM is established as a public institution of higher learning on 25th July, 2001. The Rector and Deputy Rector were officially appointed in February, 2002. It now has a workforce of approximately 300 people comprising of academic and non-academic staff. KUKUM aims to produce engineers who have good technical skills to support the Malaysian National Industrial Plan.

KUKUM adopts a practical-oriented approach whereby 60% of the time students are guided in laboratory settings, including industrial exposure; whilst the remaining 40% is spent on formal lectures. This facilitates in the development of competency in design and assembly of parts, as well as the ability to test, maintain, and apply whatever theoretical concepts imparted during lecture sessions. In addition, KUKUM students are also groomed to be competent and confident enough to explore entrepreneurial possibilities upon graduation. Students also take part in various co-curricular activities that build their strength and character outside of the academic domain. KUKUM graduates are expected to not only exhibit excellence in knowledge and skills directly related to their academic fields of study, but are also proficient in communication and ICT skills, as well as possessing unsurpassed traits of professionalism and patriotism.

School that being offered in KUKUM
1) School of Computer & Communication Engineering
2) School of Microelectronics Engineering
3) School of Mechatronic Engineering
4) School of Electrical System Engineering


For more information, don't hesitate to visit www.kukum.edu.my. the heaven for all engineers

Engineer Identification Test

You walk into a room and notice that a picture is hanging crooked. You...

1. Straighten it.
2. Ignore it.
3. Buy a CAD system and spend the next six months designing a solar- powered, self-adjusting picture frame while often stating aloud your belief that the inventor of the nail was a total moron.

The correct answer is "3" but partial credit can be given to anybody who writes "It depends" in the margin of the test or simply blames the whole stupid thing on "Marketing."

SOCIAL SKILLS

Engineers have different objectives when it comes to social interaction.
"Normal" people expect to accomplish several unrealistic things from social interaction:

• Stimulating and thought-provoking conversation
• Important social contacts
• A feeling of connectedness with other humans

In contrast to "normal" people, engineers have rational objectives for social interactions:

• Get it over with as soon as possible.
• Avoid getting invited to something unpleasant.
• Demonstrate mental superiority and mastery of all subjects.

FASCINATION WITH GADGETS

To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories:
(1) things that need to be fixed, and (2) things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them. Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don't understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.

No engineer looks at a television remote control without wondering what it would take to turn it into a stun gun. No engineer can take a shower without wondering if some sort of Teflon coating would make showering unnecessary. To the engineer, the world is a toy box full of sub-optimized and feature-poor toys.

FASHION AND APPEARANCE

Clothes are the lowest priority for an engineer, assuming the basic thresholds for temperature and decency have been satisfied. If no appendages are freezing or sticking together, and if no genitalia or mammary glands are swinging around in plain view, then the objective of clothing has been met. Anything else is a waste.

LOVE OF "STAR TREK"

Engineers love all of the "Star Trek" television shows and movies. It's small wonder, since the engineers on the starship Enterprise are portrayed as heroes, occasionally even having sex with aliens. This is much more glamorous than the real life of an engineer, which consists of hiding from the universe and having sex without the participation of other life forms.

DATING AND SOCIAL LIFE

Dating is never easy for engineers. A normal person will employ various indirect and duplicitous methods to create a false impression of attractiveness. Engineers are incapable of placing appearance above function.
Fortunately, engineers have an ace in the hole. They are widely recognized as superior marriage material: intelligent, dependable, employed, honest, and handy around the house. While it's true that most normal people would prefer not to date an engineer, many normal people harbor an intense desire to mate with them, thus producing engineerlike children who will have high-paying jobs long before losing their virginity.
Male engineers reach their peak of sexual attractiveness later than normal men, becoming irresistible erotic dynamos in their mid thirties to late forties. Just look at these examples of sexually irresistible men in technical professions:

• Bill Gates. (NB - this IS fantasy isn't it?)
• MacGyver.
• Etcetera.

Female engineers become irresistible at the age of consent and remain that way until about thirty minutes after their clinical death. Longer if it's a warm day.

HONESTY

Engineers are always honest in matters of technology and human relationships. That's why it's a good idea to keep engineers away from customers, romantic interests, and other people who can't handle the truth.
Engineers sometimes bend the truth to avoid work. They say things that sound like lies but technically are not because nobody could be expected to believe them. The complete list of engineer lies is listed below.

• "I won't change anything without asking you first."
• "I'll return your hard-to-find cable tomorrow."
• "I have to have new equipment to do my job."
• "I'm not jealous of your new computer."

FRUGALITY

Engineers are notoriously frugal. This is not because of cheapness or mean spirit; it is simply because every spending situation is simply a problem in optimization, that is, "How can I escape this situation while retaining the greatest amount of cash?"

POWERS OF CONCENTRATION

If there is one trait that best defines an engineer it is the ability to concentrate on one subject to the complete exclusion of everything else in the environment. This sometimes causes engineers to be pronounced dead prematurely. Some funeral homes in high-tech areas have started checking resumes before processing the bodies. Anybody with a degree in electrical engineering or experience in computer programming is propped up in the lounge for a few days just to see if he or she snaps out of it

RISK

Engineers hate risk. They try to eliminate it whenever they can. This is understandable, given that when an engineer makes one little mistake, the media will treat it like it's a big deal or something.

EXAMPLES OF BAD PRESS FOR ENGINEERS

• Hindenberg.
• Space Shuttle Challenger.
• Hubble space telescope.
• Apollo 13.
• Westgate Bridge
• P76
• Ford Capri

The risk/reward calculation for engineers looks something like this:
RISK: Public humiliation and the death of thousands of innocent people.
REWARD: A certificate of appreciation in a handsome plastic frame.
Being practical people, engineers evaluate this balance of risks and rewards and decide that risk is not a good thing. The best way to avoid risk is by advising that any activity is technically impossible for reasons that are far too complicated to explain. If that approach is not sufficient to halt a project, then the engineer will fall back to a second line of defense: "It's technically possible but it will cost too much."

EGO

Ego-wise, two things are important to engineers:

• How smart they are.
• How many cool devices they own.

The fastest way to get an engineer to solve a problem is to declare that the problem is unsolvable. No engineer can walk away from an unsolvable problem until it's solved. No illness or distraction is sufficient to get the engineer off the case. These types of challenges quickly become personal -- a battle between the engineer and the laws of nature.

Engineers will go without food and hygiene for days to solve a problem. (Other times just because they forgot.) And when they succeed in solving the problem they will experience an ego rush that is better than sex--and that includes the kind of sex where other people are involved.
Nothing is more threatening to the engineer than the suggestion that somebody has more technical skill. Normal people sometimes use that knowledge as a lever to extract more work from the engineer. When an engineer says that something can't be done (a code phrase that means it's not fun to do), some clever normal people have learned to glance at the engineer with a look of compassion and pity and say something along these lines: "I'll ask Bob to figure it out. He knows how to solve difficult technical problems."

At that point it is a good idea for the normal person to not stand between the engineer and the problem. The engineer will set upon the problem like a starved Chihuahua on a pork chop.

Are You is a Real Engineers?

Real Engineers consider themselves well dressed if their socks match.

Real Engineers buy their spouses a set of matched screwdrivers for their birthday.

Real engineers have a non-technical vocabulary of 800 words.

Real Engineers repair their own cameras, telephones, televisions, watches, and automatic transmissions.

Real Engineers say "It's 70 degrees Fahrenheit, 25 degrees Celsius, and 298 Kelvin" and all you say is "Isn't it a nice day?"

Real Engineers wear badges so they don't forget who they are. Sometimes a note is attached saying "Don't offer me a ride today. I drove my own car".

Real Engineers' politics run towards acquiring a parking space with their name on it and an office with a window.

Real Engineers know the "ABC's of Infrared" from A to B.

Real Engineers know how to take the cover off of their computer, and are not afraid to do it.

Real Engineers' briefcases contain a Phillips screwdriver, a copy of "Quantum Physics", and a half of a peanut butter sandwich.

Real Engineers don't find the above at all funny.

Engineer jokes

How many first year engineering students does it take to change a light bulb?
None. That's a second year subject.

How many second year engineering students does it take to change a light bulb?
One, but the rest of the class copies the report.

How many third year engineering students does it take to change a light bulb?
"Will this question be in the final examination?"

How many civil engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to do it and one to steady the chandelier.

How many electrical engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
None. They simply redefine darkness as the industry standard.

How many computer engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
"Why bother? The socket will be obsolete in six months anyway."

How many mechanical engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
Five. One to decide which way the bulb ought to turn, one to calculate the force required, one to design a tool with which to turn the bulb, one to design a comfortable - but functional - hand grip, and one to use all this equipment.

How many nuclear engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
Seven. One to install the new bulb and six to figure out what to do with the old one for the next 10,000 years.

What is an engineer?

What Is An Engineer?

Ask what an engineer is and you will usually be given a description of a person in dirty overalls who fixes cars. In reality, this is a common misconception that is totally untrue. Today, the word "engineer" is far too often twisted to explain train delays and dirty construction work. In fact, the job of a toilet cleaner often comes with the title of sanitary engineer!


So What Is The Truth?

The word engineer is derived from the latin word ingeniare. Its actual meaning is to invent or devise. Engineers are creative designers who invent, develop and manage the manufacture of their creations. These creations can be as far ranging as from computers to robots to space vehicles.Engineers are characterised by their search for how and why. Their task is continuous a quest for knowledge and their work revolves around it.An engineer's work may or may not involve visits to a workshop. When work at a workshop is involved, this is usually to oversee and manage the manufacture of a design created by the engineer. In a growing number of cases, jobs undertaken by an engineer can be done totally from a computer screen.


The Definition Of An Engineer

Engineers are highly skilled people who invent, design and innovate. They are the people who are advancing humanity into an era of space flight and Internet appliances. Who knows what they will do next?