FAQs

The BOE is authorized to administer the Engineering Profession Act #2 of 2002 and does the following inter alia:

• Registers engineers
• Determines categories of engineering work in which they are to be registered
• Regulates the practice of engineering in DOMINICA
• Assesses and accredits persons applying for registration as engineers
• Promotes and ensures the maintenance of acceptable standards of professional conduct by persons registered as engineers under the BOE.
• Prescribes the procedure to be followed in instituting disciplinary proceedings against engineers in relation to professional conduct

Registration is compulsory for all persons, firms and organizations wishing to offer engineering services in DOMINICA.

Applicants must be:

• Citizens of Dominica or ordinarily resident in Dominica and the CARICOM region
• Of good character and reputation
• Members of or, hold a certificate granted by an accredited institution, or other body recognized by the Board as having competence to approve qualification as an engineer in a category of engineering work.

OR

• Hold a certificate recognized by the Board indicating competence in some category of engineering work. They must provide proof to at least four years post qualification practical experience in that category of engineering work.

Yes. The public may lodge a complaint in writing against a registered engineer with the BOE, addressed to the Registrar at BOE’s offices. The board, after investigation, may take disciplinary action including censure, reprimand or delisting.

Persons who contravene the Act will be guilty of an offence and will be liable to be fined on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate.

Yes. Applicants who meet all the requirements under the Act may be qualified for registration by the Board in the categories deemed appropriate. They may then carry on the practice of engineering in these categories and charge fees in accordance with services rendered

Those who may qualify for special registration are:
Persons working for a specified time on a particular project, persons on the staff of the University of the West Indies, persons at other institutions approved by the Minister of Transport and Works such as the Parish Councils and persons engaged in a teaching or research capacity in engineering work.

The special registration remains valid as long as they remain engaged, as they were when the special registration was granted. This only applies as long as they continue to work for the particular organization for which they received special registration.

By the Act, registration is intended to uphold public safety by ensuring that only persons qualified as engineers are authorized to carry on engineering work in Dominica. Registration provides a guide to the public by identifying whom they should engage as engineers. Persons who are not registered under the BOE may not lawfully carry on the practice of engineering nor take nor use any designation, title, name, initials nor description indicating or implying that they are entitled to carry on the practice of engineering in Dominica.

The Registrar of the BOE is required by law to keep a Register of Professional Engineers with the names, addresses and qualifications and other relevant particulars of all persons who are registered under the Act.

The register of engineers is updated annually and published in the Dominica Official Gazette and on the Board of Engineering’s website for public viewing.

The Register is available for inspection by the public during the hours of 10:00am to 4:00pm, at the BOE’s offices at: CEP (DOMINICA) Old Street, Roseau, Dominica W.I.

Copies of the Engineering Profession Act may also be purchased from the Government’s printery or downloaded from the GoCD’s website.

The register of engineers is updated annually and published in the Dominica Official Gazette and on the Board of Engineering’s website for public viewing.