Mission & Objectives
The Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago is a learned society of professional engineers dedicated to the development of engineers and the engineering profession. The association promotes the highest standards of professional practice and stimulates awareness of technology and the role of the engineer in society.
Objectives of APETT
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To safeguard the life, health and welfare of the public by restricting the practice of engineering to properly qualified persons.
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To advance the status of the engineering profession by the establishment and observance of high ethical standards.
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To promote the proficiency, knowledge and skill of Professional Engineers, and to increase their usefulness to the public.
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To protect and advance the interests of Professional Engineers.
A new executive council was elected recently to lead and manage the affairs of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT) for the 2011-12 term. The new team comprises Dr. Rae Furlonge,President; Narine Singh,President-Elect; Simon Westcott and Matthew Julien, Vice Presidents; Colin Clarke, Treasurer; Kevin Granger, Assistant Treasurer; Danielle Steele, Public Relations Officer; Margarita Leonard,Honorary Secretary; Wayne Nunes and Kyle Jackman, Assistant Secretaries; and Richard Saunders, Immediate Past President.
The Executive Council also includes representatives from the four existing engineering divisions: mechanical and industrial, electrical, civil, and chemical. The election of officers for these divisions should be held shortly and their representatives identified. However, current division representatives are: Derwin Celestine, Bernard Mitchell, Naeem Hasnain, and Prof. Winston Mellowes, respectively.
The theme for this year is “Becoming More Relevant,” and the immediate goal is to transform APETT into an entity that is relevant to the needs of the public, attractive to potential members and responsive to demands and opportunities. The organisation has set about a ten point plan to achieve this: (1) Improved administration; (2) Improved website and associated strategic applications; (3) Increased information sharing to members in more timely, reliable and easily accessible fashion; (4) Increased membership satisfaction; (5) Promoting engineering excellence through public policy involvement; (6) Developing a quick response capability for short notice issues; (7) Educating and assisting public decision-makers to better understand the engineering impacts of plans and proposals; (8) Building strong coalitions with allied industry associations to speak with a unified voice on issues that affect us all; (9) Promoting the understanding and participation of members in mentoring younger engineers; and, (10) Engineering Legacy: Documenting the significant contributions of individual engineers to society through public service or civic involvement.
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Latest Events
- Forensic Accounting and Fraud Auditing (1.12MB Adobe PDF)
- Safety and Health in Laboratories (2.78MB Adobe PDF)
- Seismic Design of Building Structures (2.01MB Adobe PDF)
- Environmentally Sustainable Construction (2.33MB Adobe PDF)
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