Institute of Engineers Australia

Engineers Australia is the national forum for the advancement of engineering and the professional development of its members. Engineers Australia administers three National Engineering Registers on advice from a board established to ensure the registers operate with integrity and in the public interest.

National Engineering Registration Board

All registered engineering practitioners observe a common Code of Ethics, undertake to accept responsibility for outcomes only within their area of competence and specifically commit to keeping up-to-date through continuing professional development to support their engagement in delivering engineering services. They deliver engineering outcomes that minimise adverse social, economic and environmental consequences, with due regard for the safety, health and welfare of the community.

The National Professional Engineers Register (NPER), launched in 1994, has gained support from many sectors of industry and government and is often referred to when expertise in an area of practice is needed, or when certification of compliance is required.

Publicly available information about individual practitioners, based on their geographic location and NPER areas of practice, can be obtained from the online search facility rpsearch.

The National Professional Engineers Register (NPER) and the National Engineering Technologists Register (NETR) and the National Engineering Associates Register (NEAR) are administered to safeguard the community at no cost to government.