Recently, I spoke with a young engineer who was describing his ordeal in being registered as an engineer within St. Lucia. He indicated to me that after three years of effort, he believes he is close to completion of this important aspect of his career. I believe the Engineering Registration Board has become a law unto itself in creating procedures that have no basis in law. The Act is clear as to the requirements for Registration, yet the Board over the years has introduced various conditions which they have said should form part of the registration process. No young engineer should be subjected to three years of frustration to be registered. The hypocrisy however is that the conditions that are inscribed in law were the basis of the registration of the Board members as engineers. How could you now say that these provisions in the Act are allowing inexperienced engineers to become...
