Several years ago there was a big push for people to be come registered with The Engineering Council through the appropriate institutions. I chose the RAeS route. Quite proud of my achievements as without a degree I was subject to greater scrutiny. I had to spend a great deal of effort writing a paper and being mentored. The rules changed somewhere in between the start and end of the process but I made the grade.
In my dying days in the MoD I thought they had made it compulsory for those in some posts to become registered. I don’t see much evidence of this. Has the requirement been relaxed or does it not matter any more?