Sign Off Requirements -Australia

[Trainee339]

Hi Engineers Practising in Australia,

I have a question regarding the sign off requirements (legally required) for various states of the Australia. Can someone please confirm?

1) QLD: RPEQ
2) VIC : Registration Professional Engineer with VBA/BLA.
3) NSW : ?
4) WA : ?
5) NT : ?
6) SA : ?
7) TAS : ?

And can NER registered/ Cpeng can sign off in any off the states? Is single PI insurance covers all the states?
I would really appreciate if someone with thorough knowledge of Australia can give me a complete overview of various states/territories?


Thanks

 

[Settingsun]

Queensland's RPEQ system requires you to be registered to practise engineering in Qld or for projects in Qld. The legislation has no requirements for sign-off; that's between you an the client.

I'm not up to date on the other states but I believe they're modelled on Qld so likely similar.

CPEng/NER are non-government credentials so between you and the client again.

 

[Ng2020]

See engineers Australia website. Explains state requirements

https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/engineering-registers/statutory-registration

 

[human909]

This sounds like a stupid question for anybody who has studied or even is a practicing structural engineer but it really isn't. There is not a clear national structure and even the state structure leave plenty of wriggle room. A complete overview isn't as easy as it sounds. Ng2020's link to Engineers Australia is a good start but it is also glaringly wrong regarding Victoria. (unless I'm grossly mistaken)

As Steveh49 state it is largely between you and the client or you and the regulatory body that might be approving the construction (eg a local council). The client and the councils are essentially the gatekeepers to stop random person from providing structural engineering advice.

Kinda scary really. But so far the system has mostly worked from what I have seen. The big headline structural issues have not been due to lack of 'qualified' people on the job.

That said there are back room structural engineers able who seem to be willing to sign off rubbish for small clients.