Common use of EQUIVALENCE OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Clause in Contracts

EQUIVALENCE OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. For the purposes of this Agreement, this requirement will be deemed to have been met if the practitioners have engineering qualifications, which are covered by the following: a) An engineering degree programme at the appropriate level – (i) Delivered and accredited in accordance with the best practice guidelines developed by the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific, or its predecessor, the Federation of Engineering Organisations of South East Asia and the Pacific; or (ii) An engineering degree accredited by an organisation holding full membership of, and operating in accordance with the terms of, the Washington Accord; or b) An appropriate engineering degree programme validated by – (i) The Engineer-in-Training examination set by the Institution of Professional Engineers Japan (formerly: the Japan Consulting Engineers Association); or (ii) The combined Fundamentals of Engineering and Principles and Practices of Engineering examinations set by the United States National Council of Examiners in Engineering and Surveying; or (iii) A structured programme of engineering education accredited by an agency independent of the education provider, and/or one or more written examinations set by an authorized body within a jurisdiction, provided that the accreditation procedures and criteria and/or the examination standards have been endorsed by all Authorized Members.

EQUIVALENCE OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. For Authorized Membership of the purposes Agreement, if the organization accrediting engineering degrees in a jurisdiction holds signatory status of this the Washington Accord, the above- mentioned requirement for the academic achievement will be deemed to have been met in full. For Provisional Membership only of the Agreement, if the organization accrediting engineering degrees does not hold signatory status of the Washington Accord, this requirement will be deemed to have been met if the practitioners have engineering qualifications, which are covered by the following: a) An engineering degree programme at the appropriate level – (i) Delivered and accredited in accordance with the best practice guidelines developed by the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific, or its predecessor, the Federation of Engineering Organisations of South East Asia and the Pacific; or (ii) An engineering degree accredited Listed in the Index compiled by an organisation holding full membership of, and operating in accordance with the terms of, the Washington AccordFederation Européenne d'Associations Nationales d’Ingénieurs (FEANI); or b) An appropriate engineering degree programme validated by – (i) The Engineer-in-Training examination set by the Institution of Professional Engineers Japan (formerly: the Japan Consulting Engineers Association); or (ii) The the combined Fundamentals of Engineering and Principles and Practices of Engineering examinations set by the United States National Council of Examiners in Engineering and Surveying; or (iii) A a structured programme of engineering education accredited by an agency independent of the education provider, and/or one or more written examinations set by an authorized body within a an jurisdiction, provided that the accreditation procedures and criteria and/or the examination standards have been endorsed by all Authorized Members.