What the Board can and cannot do

The Board can

Pursue disciplinary matters for unsatisfactory professional conduct by RPEQs, including: 

• Conduct that is of a lesser standard than that which might reasonably be expected of the registered professional engineer by the public or the engineer’s professional peers

• Conduct that demonstrates incompetence, or a lack of adequate knowledge, skill, judgement or care, in the practice of engineering

• Misconduct in a professional respect

• Other improper or unethical conduct

• Fraudulent or dishonest behaviour in the practice of engineering.

Follow up on compliance matters for suspected non-compliance with the Act

• Claiming to be or allowing themselves to be held out as a RPEQ

• Using the title ‘RPEQ’ when not registered

• carrying out professional engineering services when unregistered or not directly supervised.

The Board cannot

• resolve contractual disputes or other similar grievance

• require the person the subject of a complaint to do anything (e.g. undertake rectification, remediation,
  pay compensation or other legal remedy)

• assess safety risks and ordinarily will not visit a subject site and/or assess the safety standards of an
  engineering service that is the subject of a complaint

• provide legal advice or influence a matter before a
  court or tribunal

• investigate a complaint that falls outside its statutory jurisdiction.