HISTORY OF NSE

Effective Preparation for NSE Corporate Membership

History of The Nigerian Society of Engineers and Professional Ethics
INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) was founded in 1958, in London.
- To become the national umbrella organization for the engineering
profession in Nigeria.
- It was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and not having a
share capital in 1967.
- The original Memorandum and Articles of Association were amended to take effect from 1st May,
1996.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
The Society from the onset, has as its aims to:
- Promote, encourage and maintain a high standard of engineering study
and practice.
- Enhance the professional status of engineers,
- Cooperate with similar professional organizations throughout the world.

MEMBERSHIP
There are six grades of membership namely:
- Fellow
- Honorary Fellow
- Member
- Associate
- Graduate and
- Student
Overall individual membership of all categories is in excess of 30,000
members, currently (2006):
Additionally, there are 200 Corporate Firm Members
Application for membership can be via one of the following routes:
- Corporate Membership interview
- Graduateship Examination
- Graduate membership enrolment
- Associate membership enrolment
- Corporate member application

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP
Requirements for corporate membership:
- Must be a graduate of at least 4 years post graduate qualification in
Engineering from a COREN
accredited University or School of Engineering in Nigeria or abroad
- Present three bounded copies of post graduate experience
- pass written test on Engineering in Society
GRADUATESHIP EXAMINATION

 For holders of Higher National Diploma and equivalent qualification in

engineering approved by the Council of the NSE for Graduate membership
of the Society towards eventually satisfying the requirements for full
professional status for registration by COREN
GRADUATE MEMBERSHIP
Degree or Higher National Diploma from a recognized engineering
awarding institution
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP
Degree or Higher National Diploma from a recognized engineering related
discipline awarding institution
CORPORATE FIRM MEMBERSHIP
Engineering or Engineering Consulting Firm
Must have at least 1 engineer as a director and also on the board of the
company.

ORGANISATION & OPERATIONS

The highest policy-making body of the Society is its Council which is
elected by Corporate Members
The President heads the Council
Other members of the Council includes
- 13-Member Executive Committee
Other members of the Council includes
- Registrar of COREN (Council for regulation of Engineering in Nigeria)
- Representative of the Federal Minister of Works
- Representative of Deans of Engineering in Universities
- Representative of Directors of Engineering in Polytechnics

OPERATIONS
The Society operates through
- Committees
- Divisions
- Branches
OPERATIONS: Committees
Committees include:
- Codes & Ethics
- Failure Investigation
- Information & Library
- Engineering Regulation Monitoring
- Welfare
- Education
- Etc.

OPERATIONS: Divisions
Divisions include:
- Aeronautical
- Agricultural
- Chemical
- Civil
- Electrical
- Geotechnical
- Industrial
- Mechanical
- Metallurgical
- Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Structural
-The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN)
OPERATIONS: Branches
Branches include:
- Aba, Abeokuta, Abakaliki, Abuja, Ado-Ekiti, Ajaokuta, Akure, Apapa,
Asaba, Awka, Bauchi,
Benin, Calabar, Damaturu, Dutse, Ekpoma, Eket, Enugu, Egbin, Gombe,
Ibadan, Ikeja, IkotAbasi, Ile-Ife, Ilesha, IIorin, Jos, Kaduna, Kano,
Katsina, Lafia, Lagos, Lokoja, Maiduguri, Makurdi, Minna, New Bussa,
Nsukka, Onitsha, Oshogbo, Owerri, Port-Harcourt, Sokoto, Umuahia,
Uyo, Warri, Yenagoa, Yola, Zaria,

COREN
Acronym for Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria
Resulting from activities of the NSE and later establish by
(a) Decree No. 55 of 1970 as Council of Registered Engineers in Nigeria.
(b) Amendment Decree no. 27 of 1992 as the Current Council for the
Regulation of Engineering
in Nigeria.
The Decree provides that Council shall:
i. Be a corporate body
ii. Determine who are engineers
iii. Determine the knowledge and skill for engineers i.e. body of knowledge
to attain the status of an engineer.
iv. Provide a register for those so qualified
v. Regulate and control the practice of the engineering profession in all its
aspects and
ramifications.
Membership of the Council is drawn from the Register of Engineers to
include:
(a) 1 elected Council as President
(b) 6 elected to represent NSE
(c) 4 appointed to represent Universities with engineering faculties.

(d) 1 appointed to represent Polytechnics in turn.

(e) 1 appointed to represent technical Colleges in rotation
(f) 6 appointed to represent the States of the Federation.
(g) 4 persons nominated by the Minister
(h) 1 person each to represent
(i) Registered engineering technologists
(ii) Registered Engineering technicians and
(iii) Registered Engineering craftsmen.
The Council shall be funded and controlled by the Ministry (Currently
Works)
Possession of required qualification from an approved (accredited)
institution of learning for training
- Engineers (Universities)
- Technologists (Polytechnic)
- Technicians (Technical Colleges)
Craftsmen (Trades Schools)
(Within or outside Nigerian approved qualifications)
Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience/training or 2nd year of
industrial pupilage.
Good character
Registered titles include:
- Engr.
- Engr. Technologists.
- Technicians.
- Craftsman (Trade)
Transfer from one register to the other is possible when conditions are
met.
COREN: COUNCILS OPERATIONS
The Council operates through Standing Committees and Adhoc
Committees.
A. Standing Committees Include:
1. Engineering and Personnel Registration Committee
2. Education and Training (Committee)
3. Engineering Consulting Firms Registration Committee
4. Finance and General Purposes Committee
5. Board of Appeal for Certificate of Experience
6. Registered Engineers investigation panel
7. Regulation and Control Committee.
B. Adhoc Committees
1. Industrial Training Visitation Panel now SITSIE Technical Committee
2. Education and Training of Technicians
3. Committee on Engineering in the next 25years in Nigeria etc

COREN: REGULATION
Registration can be withdrawn by way of discipline by a tribunal due to
unprofessional conduct.
The Council is a regulatory body and not a professional Association.
The Council also registers and regulates
- Consulting Engineering Organizations
- Engineering Firms
Currently the Engineering Regulation Monitoring is established to
implement the provisions of the decree
- The Council organizes an annual Engineering for a The Engineering
Assembly.
COREN ZONAL OFFICES
Makurdi,
established
Kano

1982
Akure

1982
Owerri

1983

1981

ENGINEERING PROFESIONAL ETHICS

Professional Ethics refers to the rules and conduct or attitudes
permissible by the profession to be displayed in order to attract
confidence, respect and dignity in the course of practicing the profession.
Engineering Professional Ethics defines the engineers responsibility to:
- Himself
- His colleagues
- The Public
ENGINEERING PROFESIONAL ETHICS: Himself
Encourage positive personal traits:
- Professional competence, confidence, creativity, enthusiasm, dedication,
reliability, pursue high
quality
- Self evaluation, continuous improvement through continuous learning,
good social relations,
good health habits,
- Fairness, trust worthiness, safeguard the public and environment
ENGINEERING PROFESIONAL ETHICS: Public
Act always in public interest in keeping with the professional standards
Act in the interest of your client and employer and consistent with public
interest.
Maintain integrity of professional judgment and promote ethical approach
to design and development.
Fairness and supportiveness of colleagues
Encourage colleagues to adhere to the code of professional practice
Credit the work of others and do not take undue credit

 Give fair hearing to opinion, concerns & complaints

Collaborate with colleagues
THE END
Welcome to the profession that dictates the pulse, pace and pleasure on
earth

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER (NSE)

Computer Fundamentals
HOW DO COMPUTERS WORK?
Computers contain thousands of tiny electrical switches located in
microchip.
The Central Processing Unit, CPU is the brain of the computer and it has a
tiny microprocessor (about 1/4-inch square) and is programmed at the
factory to be able to look at any of the 8-bit panels (or bytes) and figure
out what it is to do with them.
WHAT MAKES COMPUTER BRAIN

In today's computer marketplace there are two main companies that

manufacture microprocessor CPUs; Intel Corporation and Motorola
Corporation. Intel makes CPUs for IBM and IBM-compatible computers.
ARE ALL COMPUTERS THE SAME?
In the 1980's most computers were designed with the 8-bit architecture.
This configuration is obsolete today These can only handle many simple
office tasks such as word-processing, accounting, filing.
To extend the capabilities of personal computers, engineers designed the
newer 16-bit architecture which still has limitations
For multimedia applications, even more capabilities are required. Today's
minimum standard for a multimedia computer is a 32-bit design. This can
effectively work with Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)
WHAT ARE FLOPPY DISKS AND HARD DISKS?
A floppy disk is a circular piece of very thin plastic coated with
microscopic-sized iron particles. It is used to store computer information
much like digital audio tape stores music and songs. Like an audio tape, a
floppy disk can be erased and reused over and over again.
Floppy disks are 3.5" in diameter.
A typical floppy disk can store 1.44 MB of information.
A hard disk drive contains circular platters of highly polished steel which
can also store computer information and can be erased and reused.
A hard disk has its steel disks permanently contained inside a sealed
cabinet rather than being inserted and removed by the computer user.
Hard disks can store much more information than floppy disks. A typical
hard disk today can store 6,000 MB (6Gig) to 75,000 MB (7.5Gig) of
computer information.
OTHER STORAGE DEVICES
Fortunately, several new products have arrived on the market for storing
greater amounts of information. One popular item is the ZIP drive (from
Iomega Corporation). This drive uses a disk or cartridge just slightly
larger than a 3.5 inch floppy but capable of storing 100 MB of data! These
devices can be installed inside the computer case or connected outside the
computer via a special cable.
Another useful storage device is the CD or Compact Disc. The new CD
drives can record and store approximately 650 MB of data.
All computers today come with CD-ROM drives. These drives cannot be
used for recording -- they can only be used to retrieve the data that's prerecorded on them by the manufacturer. The term CD-ROM, which stands
for Compact Disc Read Only Memory, is rather misleading.
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERM WINDOWS

 Many people used to fear using computers because they didn't understand
the cryptic language that people typed at the keyboard to get their
computers to do something.
Therefore a company called Microsoft Corporation designed a mousedriven interface called Windows.
With Windows you point by using a mouse which is a small device
connected with a wire to the computer.
Microsoft first released Windows 3.11 followed by Windows 95, 98, 2000
and ME
WHAT IS DISK OPERATING SYSTEMS (DOS)
As mentioned at the beginning of the previous section, only a PART of the
Operating System of a computer is contained in the ROM chip. The
greater majority comes from your hard drive and is loaded into RAM every
time you turn the computer on. This portion of the Operating System is
called DOS, meaning Disk-based Operating System.
OTHER HARDWARES
1. Printers
In the last five years, printer technology has advanced significantly and
prices have fallen dramatically.
We have Black & White Laser Printers and Colour Inkjet Printers
2. Modems
The modem is a device that allows a computer to be connected to your
telephone line. Modems may be installed inside the computer's case or
connected to the computer's exterior serial port.
Once connected, you can send or receive faxes and electronic mail or even
the Internet.
3. Scanners
A scanner is used to transfer text or photos (illustrations) to the computer.
A flatbed scanner resembles a small photocopier. You insert the original
document face down onto a glass plate. A special software program
controls the scanner. Once the document is scanned, it can sent to the
printer or faxed via the modem.
WHAT IS NETWORKING?
A network refers to two or more computers that are connected so they can
share hardware and software. For example, a home-based business might
have two computers and only one laser printer. By connecting the two
computers with special network cables, and implementing some basic
networking software, both computers could access the laser printer.
Networked computers require hardware called network interface cards
Offices and schools often have all their computers networked to each
other. This is commonly called a Local Area Network or LAN.

 Wide Area Network, or WAN, consists of computers that are connected

over a wide geographic area, such as a city or a country. In this setup,
information is transmitted via telephone lines, microwaves or satellites.
THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS
MARCH 2006 PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW
ESSAY TOPICS
ANSWER ONE QUESTION ONLY
1) what are the merits and demerits of relying heavily on imported
technologies for industrial
development in Nigeria?
2) Suggest ways of improving energy generation in Nigeria?
3) What factors are responsible for the under-utilization of the Nigerian
Engineer?
4) Engineering programme in the Nigerian university should last for six
years. Do you agree
and why?
5) There can be no meaningful industrialization without the development of
the agricultural
sector. Discuss
6) How can the engineer promote the use of indigenous technology for the
development of
small and medium scale enterprises?
7) As design engineers, what structural medications would you recommend
in the production of a
Nigerian car?
8) Discuss the importance of energy in a manufacturing industry.
Professional Examination, March 2006
PART B: The Engineer in Society
The professional Engineer is now operating in a rapidly changing society
dictated by the computer revolution. This will undoubtedly continue to
influence his methods of working and how he meets
the challenge of the future.
Extensively discuss this phenomenon elaborating on the opportunities and
threats it presents. Describe what you see as the future trends in
engineering.