PII Commits to Improving Engineer Certification Services

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Engineers Association (PII) has stated its commitment to improving engineer certification services in order to accelerate the growth in the number of professional engineers and support the reindustrialisation process.

“Reindustrialisation requires more professional engineers in Indonesia because no developed country exists without strong industrial support, so there is no other choice but to improve engineer certification services that can accelerate the number of professional engineers in Indonesia,” said PII Chairman Ilham Akbar Habibie in a statement confirmed in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Ilham said the association is also committed to improving certification services because, out of a total of around 700,000 engineers in Indonesia at present, there are engineers who have not yet been certified.

The three parties concerned are engineers, users of engineering services, and the public who enjoy the results of engineering work.

For this reason, he views certification as necessary for engineers to improve quality while providing legal protection in accordance with the mandate of the Engineering Law.

Furthermore, PII Deputy Chairman Agus Taufik Mulyono explained that the association will accredit professional bodies (HKK). In this way, he said, these HKK can organise engineering certification such as the Engineer Competency Certificate (SKI) and the Engineer Registration Letter (STRI).

“By analogy, SKI and STRI certification can be carried out ‘at home’ within each HKK accredited by PII. This will make the process much faster, more measurable, and in line with each respective scientific discipline,” said Agus.