The Professional Engineers Act 2002 (QLD) requires that anyone carrying out a professional engineering service in Queensland must meet these standards and then be registered as an RPEQ.
A professional Engineering Service is defined as that which requires, or is based on the application of engineering principles and data to a design or to a construction, production, operation, or maintenance activity relating to engineering.
A full description can be found on page 113 of the Professional Engineers Act 2002 (QLD)
The guidelines define these areas as:
Civil Engineers
As a guide, this may include:
- structures (including those made from steel, concrete or timber), for example, roads, railways, bridges, airports, pipelines, dams, canals, harbours, dockyards, towers and buildings
- analysing the likely behaviour of soil and rock when placed under pressure and designing above and below ground natural or build structures or foundations
- environmental impacts, for example, transport, urban development and municipal services, resource protection of building and construction of other infrastructure and service industries, and
- hydraulic supply and waste systems.
Civil engineering has many different areas of focus or speciality areas. As a guide, some of the main areas of focus are:
- structural engineering
- geotechnical engineering, and
- hydrology engineering.
Professional engineers providing professional engineering services in any of the above or main areas of focus must be registered in the area of civil engineering.
A civil engineer who intends to work in the building industry must:
- be registered as a professional engineer in the area of civil engineering, and
- have their registration endorsed to work in the building industry in the area of civil engineering.
Civil engineers working in the building industry can work with foundations and footings systems, construction materials and structural systems, and hydraulic supply and waste systems.