desirable levels of expertise likely to
be held by new entrants to engineering
careers. This document is the result of
that examination.
The following is a
recommendation to the
professional bodies for the
minimum level of understanding,
by a new graduate, of the are generated, including oblique views manufacturers who do not speak the same
documentation required to specify and sections, with particular reference language.
a product to be manufactured. to 3rd angle projection.
In making these recommendations Incorporated Engineers should have
we have adopted the following Chartered Engineers and Product knowledge of:
definitions, following the current Designers should have knowledge of: The full range of tolerance symbols
practice in engineering accreditation A basic range of tolerance symbols in use in their industrial fi eld and their
documentation: in use in their industrial fi eld and their implications on the organisation of the
Knowledge is information that can meaning. manufacturing processes.
be recalled.
Understanding is the capacity to Chartered Engineers and Product Incorporated Engineers should have the
use concepts creatively, for example, Designers should have the skill to: skill to:
in problem solving, in design, in Read a set of engineering drawings and Read a set of engineering drawings and
explanations and in diagnosis. correctly interpret their meaning as to the correctly interpret their meaning as to the
Skills are acquired and learned geometry of the artefact they represent, geometry of the artefact they represent,
attributes which can be applied almost even if they do not fully appreciate all of appreciating the full meaning of the
automatically. the detailed tolerance requirements. tolerance requirements.
Know-how is the ability to apply
learned knowledge and skills to perform Chartered Engineers and Product Incorporated Engineers should have the
operations intuitively, efficiently and Designers should have the know-how to: know-how to:
correctly. Manufacture a simple artefact from the Manufacture an appropriate artefact
Awareness is general familiarity, information contained in an engineering from the information contained in an
albeit bounded by the needs of the drawing. engineering drawing, correctly interpreting
particular discipline. the tolerance requirements.
Chartered Engineers and Product Advise designers on ways to improve
Since Chartered Engineers and Product Designers should be aware of: the effi ciency of manufacture by using more
Designers have less need to be aware of The limitations of their expertise in this appropriate tolerance specifi cations in their
the details of TPS, the recommendations fi eld (although they may gain familiarity as documentation.
for them are the baseline, with enhanced their career progresses), and the need to
requirements for IEng and Eng Tech. defer to more knowledgeable practitioners Incorporated Engineers should be aware of:
when the situation requires it. The limitations of the range of
Chartered Engineers And Sources of the necessary information application of their expertise, and the need
Product Designers to expand their expertise as needed. to defer to practitioners in other fi elds
In general, these recommendations refer when the situation requires it.
mainly to the scope of BS8888. Courses Incorporated Engineers Sources of the necessary information
with a strong manufacturing emphasis Courses for Incorporated Engineers are to expand their expertise as needed.
may also wish to additionally refer to likely to be more focused on specifi c
BS8887 and BS8889, as appropriate. areas of engineering expertise, so these Engineering Technicians
Chartered Engineers and Product recommendations should be interpreted as Engineering Technician courses are likely
Designers should understand: they apply to those areas, referring to the to concentrate on the requirements of
How engineering drawings form the three standards as necessary. a specifi c industry or engineering task,
basic language by which the unambiguous Incorporated Engineers should so these recommendations should be
detailed specification, resulting from the understand: interpreted as they apply to that industry
design process, is communicated to the The engineering drawing language, or task, referring to the three standards as
manufacturer(s). including the detailed use of orthographic necessary. Two sets of requirements may be
The basis of the GPS system and projection, and be profi cient in its use to identifi ed, for those mainly involved in the
the necessity of proper tolerance communicate an unambiguous detailed design process, and those in manufacturing.
specification as they affect manufacturing engineering specifi cation of a product. Those in design should concentrate more
costs. The importance of the GPS system on the scope of BS8888, while those in
Orthographic projection and the way in transmitting engineering information manufacture should refer more to BS8887
in which the various views of an artefact unambiguously, even between designers and and BS8889 as appropriate.
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