Page 41 - Annual Report 2014-2015

REPORT OF THE ICELANDIC FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
REPORTS FROM NATIONAL MEMBERS 41
Association of Chartered Engineers of Iceland
Year of Adhesion : 1965
Declared engineers: 3 900
Number of EUR INGs: 17
Member associations: The two Associations connected with the National Committee of Iceland are The Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland and The Icelandic Society of Engineers.
The Icelandic Society of Engineers. Engjateigur 9 - IS-105 Reykjavik
Tel: +354 5359300 - Fax: +354 5359311 v @verktaekni.is
www.v .is
Main key-activities and events of our national association over 2014-2015
VFI (Master Educated Engineers; Verkfræðingur):
• Engineers’ day held for the second time on April 1st
2016. The event gained great publicity in media
and is very important to encourage young people to study engineering. New technology is presented and colleagues have opportunity to meet. It also plays a big role in recruiting new members.
• New rules for the Assessment of application
for permission to use the professional title “Verkfræðingur”. These rules are a cooperative work of the Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland and the Ministry of Industries and Innovation and came in to effect in late 2015.
• Submission of FCD and SCD education elds in Icelandic Universities to FEANI (INDEX).
TFI (3,5 years BSc Engineers; Tæknifræðingur )
• Producing presentation material on what includes in the education and professional life of “tæknifræðingur” (BSc 3,5 years)
• New rules for the Assessment of application for permission to use the Professional title Tæknifræðingur. These rules are a cooperative work of the Society of Chartered Engineers in Iceland and the Ministry of Industries and Innovation. Will come in to effect in autumn 2016.
• Submission of FCD and SCD education elds in Icelandic Universities to FEANI (INDEX).
• A formal wish on talks about merging TFI and VFI
As to our next, future key-activities, educational matters are of utmost importance as the professional title is protected by special law in Iceland.
In this context, cooperation with FEANI is very important. The VFI sees the FEANI INDEX an important tool in the future.