Afterword - What's next?

Registering as PEPC
Congratulations! Now you are the 'crème de la crème' of all successful candidates who took PCE. On average, only a measly 8-10% candidates pass either one paper. Only a rare few manage to pass both on the first try. Many have to retake before passing on their second try. Now is the step is to register yourself as a PEPC.

According to BEM,

Applicant shall be entitled on application to be registered as a Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate if he/she:


 * 1) is a registered Professional Engineer with the Board;
 * 2) has passed a Professional Competency Examination conducted by the Board;
 * 3) has been residing in Malaysia for a period of not less than six months immediately prior to the date of application.

Maintaining your PEPC
It should be noted that the Practising Certificate is essentially a "license" which is renewable every year subject to the Professional Engineer meeting the requirements of a "continuing professional development programme".

BEM under Section 4(1)(ec) of the Act will enforce "continuing professional development programmes" for a Professional Engineer, Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate and Inspector of Works. This will be in form of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours which will be submitted upon renewal of the person's certificate.

The IEM constantly conducts seminars and technical visits that carry BEM-approved CPD points. Other industry-related seminars conducted by third-party trainers also carry CPD points, with prior approval by BEM.

Further information about CPD is detailed in this page.

Setting up your own consultancy/ freelancing
According to REA clause 8(1), only PEPCs or Engineering Consultancy Practices (ECP) can :

8(1) Except as otherwise provided under any other written law, no person or body, other than a Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate who is residing and practising in Malaysia or an Engineering consultancy practice providing professional engineering services in Malaysia, shall be entitled to submit plans, engineering surveys, drawings, schemes, proposals, reports, designs or studies to any person or authority in Malaysia

which means the following available pathways for the newly minted PEPC:


 * 1) Freelance/Moonlighting as his/her own person
 * 2) Create a Sole proprietorship
 * 3) Join a Partnership
 * 4) Form a Body corporate

There are many websites and resources online to learn about the above 4 pathways. This wiki will only elaborate the legal requirements as stated in the REA regarding the last 3 pathways.

Sole proprietorship
Guidelines are available on BEM to register


 * The sole proprietor must be a Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate:

Partnership
Guidelines are available on BEM to register


 * For partnership, all partners must be Professional Engineers with Practising Certificates

Body corporate
Guidelines are available on BEM to register

The body corporate must have:


 * 1) it has a board of directors who shall be subject to such conditions and qualifications as may be prescribed by the Board;
 * 2) its shareholdings shall be as may be prescribed by the Board:
 * 3) it has a minimum paid-up capital which shall be of an amount to be prescribed by the Board; and
 * 4) the day-to-day affairs of the body corporate shall be under the control and management of a person who -
 * 5) is a Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate; and
 * 6) is authorized under a resolution of the board of directors of the body corporate to make all final engineering decisions on behalf of the body corporate in respect of the requirements under this Act or any other law relating to the supply of professional engineering services by the body corporate."

It should be noted that the composition of the Board of Directors, shareholdings and minimum paidup capital are to be prescribed by the Board in the Regulations under Section 26 of the REA. Section 7A(3)(iv) also requires all body corporate to name a person who is in charge of the firm as the composition of the Board of Directors may also include non-engineers. This ensures that the management of the firm is still under control of the Professional Engineer. The registration of firms is illustrated in Figure 2.

Regulation 34A Paid up capital and Equity states as follows:


 * 1) A body corporate registered as an Engineering consultancy practice under section 7A of the Act shall have -
 * 2) a minimum paid up capital of fifty thousand ringgit;
 * 3) at least seventy percent of its share equity held by Professional Engineers with Practicing Certificate: and
 * 4) the remaining share equity may be held by -
 * 5) any person; or
 * 6) any body corporate; or
 * 7) any person and body corporate.
 * 8) A body corporate registered under Section 7B of the Act shall have
 * 9) a minimum paid up capital of one hundred and fifty thousand;
 * 10) at least sixty percent of its share equity held by Professional Engineers with Practising Certificate with combination of service comprising Architects or Professional Quantity Surveyors:
 * 11) minimum share of ten percent shall be held by the Professional Engineers with Practising Certificate; and
 * 12) the remaining share equity may be held by -
 * 13) any person; or
 * 14) any body corporate; or
 * 15) any person and body corporate.

Regulation 34A is illustrated in Figure 3

And finally

Regulation 34B Composition of Board of Directors states that:


 * 1) A body corporate registered as an Engineering consultancy practice under Section 7A of the Act shall have -
 * 2) a Board of Directors where at least two third of its members are Professional Engineers with Practicing Certificate;
 * 3) the remaining members of the Board of Directors may be any persons; and
 * 4) one of the Board of Director shall be the person named under paragraph 7A(3)(iv) of the Act
 * 5) A body corporate registered under Section 7B of the Act shall have -
 * 6) a Board of Directors where at least two third of its members are Professional Engineers with Practising Certificate with combination of service comprising Architects or Professional Quantity Surveyors;
 * 7) the remaining members of the Board of Directors may be any persons; and
 * 8) one of the Board of Director shall be the person named under paragraph 7B(2)(d) of the Act.

Regulation 34B is illustrated in Figure 4