IT professionals may face mandatory Victorian registration
Work under supervision of someone who is Victoria’s IT and network engineers may face a future obligation of having to register themselves as professional courteousness of a law that approved state parliament this week. The law in Victoria mimics a longstanding law in Queensland – and industry bodies like Engineers Australia are pushing other territories and states to follow with parallel laws of their own. The Victorian law primarily targets engineers in structural, civil, electrical, and mechanical and fire-safety domains, with the aim of vetting those working on key infrastructure projects. Engineers in these domains will be mandatory to have their qualifications and experience appraised by a designated third-party to expand registration; to keep it they will have to pay fees and undertake a certain amount of professional progress. Passage of the Professional Engineers Registration Bill 2019 in Victoria currently rang alarm bells in some engineering forums as...