The fourth and final article in a series of four on the remit and responsibilities of IHEEM AEs working within four key disciplines looks at the role of the AE (Electrical).
In the final HEJ article of four published since January looking at the remit and responsibilities of IHEEM’s four current Authorising Engineer (AE) Registers and those registered on them, Mark Richards, chair of the Institute’s Electrical Technical Platform, who also sits on the AE (Electrical) Registration Board, examines the role of the Authorising Engineer (Electrical), and the process and criteria for registration. He also argues that collaboration between all the AE registers is essential to provide consistency across the profession, and to confirm to organisations employing AEs that the individuals have satisfied the technical and ‘soft skills’ criteria to become an Authorising Engineer.
Having read the three previous AE Register articles in HEJ (published in the January 2017, February 2017, and March 2017 issues), written by my peers, Graham Stanton, Dr Nick Hill, and Ian Sandford, I was pleased to discover that we all have a similar perception as to the role of the Authorising Engineer – with all the core principles associated with the role aligning with Health Technical Memoranda (HTM) 00, S(Scottish)HTM 00, W(Welsh) HTM 00, and the associated discipline-specific HTMs.
HTM 00 addresses the general principles, key policies, and factors common to all engineering services within the healthcare organisation. These include, but are not limited to:
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