About
Founded in 1871, the IEE was the largest professional engineering society in Europe and has a worldwide membership of 120,000. While its head office is in the UK it has local networks in many other countries, including Australia.
In 2006, the Institute of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) was merged with the IEE to form the IET which now represents the profession of electrical, electronic, manufacturing and systems engineering and related sciences for its members, it sets standards of qualifications for professional electrical, electronics, software, systems and manufacturing engineers which are recognized throughout the world, it provides an extensive range of lectures, meetings, conferences, seminars in Australia and awards scholarships, grants and prizes.
The SA and NT IET local network is active within Australia to provide benefits to it members. Check out the April 2007 presentation of what IET is about, then have a look around the web site to find out what is on.
- What can the SA & NT Local Network do for me?
- Does logging into the site make me a member of the IET?
- How do I become a member of the IET?
- What’s this website for?
- How to use your username@theiet.org email
- The use of TMIET, MIET, and FIET postnominals after names.
- Contact Us
What can the SA & NT Local Network do for me?
Download a presentation delivered to first year engineering students early 2006:
- Explore your world - why limit yourself to an Australian engineering association?
- Maximise your potential �?? scholarships up to $25,000, travel awards, short paper competitions
- Direct your career
- Control your future �?? become a Chartered Engineer (CEng), an international accreditation, unlike the Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with Engineers Australia
- Optimise your opportunities
- Plus as a member you will receive a magazine subscription of your choice on various engineering topics including:
- Communications
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Computing and Control
- Electronics Systems and Software
- Engineering Management
- Power Engineer
- Information Professional
Does logging into the site make me a member of the IET?
No, it does not. The login system for this website (located in the top right corner) exists for members and non-members alike to become a “Subscriber” so you can receive various email notifications specific to our Local Network. Once you become a member, you are invited to send the YMS Secretary your membership number so your login can be upgraded to “Member Subscriber”, which may be used to give you priority notice for events where numbers are restricted (i.e. site visits).
Please refer to the “Join Now!” page for information on becoming a member of the IET. Once you are a member of the IET, you will also be able to access your login to http://theiet.org where you can enjoy the full range of IET member benefits and account details.
How do I become a member of the IET?
Please refer to the “Join Now!” page for information on becoming a member of the IET.
What’s the deal with this website?
We created this website seperate from the global IET site because, quite frankly, it was too difficult for us to use! The global site is great for a lot of resources, as we encourage you to discover, although for local activity of the SA & NT Local Network we really needed something more customised to our, and your needs.
The main pages of this site are along the top. You may find the ‘Home’ page the most useful to bookmark, as every time the site is updated, the article will appear at the top of the page below the welcome notice. This way, you never have to sort through old material to get to the new stuff. There is a list of site updates on the right hand side of the site for your quick reference.
The ‘Awards’ page outlines all the possible awards you may be able to qualify for, and also programs you can participate in. As deadlines approach and results are revealed, this is displayed on the main page to keep you informed.
The ‘Upcoming Events’ page is also very useful so you can see in reverse chronological order which event in SA & NT is occuring next. That is, the next event is at the top of the page. Lookout on this page for some other convenient ways to keep in touch with what’s going on in the SA & NT Local Network.
The ‘People’ page outlines the structure of our Local Network, and how to contact committee members.
On the right hand side of the site are News, Events, and Awards & Competitions filters of articles, so if you want the ‘Home’ page to display only the articles posted about competitions, then you would click on ‘Competitions’.
Finally, but not least importantly, you can login to this website. Anyone (not just IET members) can register and login to our Local Network’s site so you can sign up for email notifications of new material on the website, which is applicable and ONLY applicable to the SA & NT Local Network. Committee members of the Executive and YMS alike will need to register and login in order to add material to the site and access committee documents.
How to use your username@theiet.org email
In order to get your very own IET email address, you need to join to become a member. Once you have joined, go to http://theiet.org and login with the username and password fields at the top of the site. You can then go to My IET in which you can set your email alias and forwarding address. Now whenever someone sends an email to your IET alias (i.e. username@theiet.org) it will go directly to your forwarded address. But, how can you send email from your IET address? This can be done in several ways:
- GMail: Otherwise known as Google Mail, is an increasingly popular web email system, with extremely generous data allowance (nearly 3Gb) and powerful features. If you have a Google Account, you can login to your GMail and follow these steps to send and receive email from your IET alias.
- Login to GMail
- Go to settings in the upper right corner, and then the Accounts tab.
- Click on ‘Add another email address’ and enter your name, and your IET email alias in the email address field, and save the changes.
- Select the radio button ‘Reply from the same address the message was sent to’.
- If desired, select ‘Make Default’ alongside your IET email alias to make your IET email alias your default. This will permanently save you the troubles of the next step when sending IET emails from your IET email address instead of from your Google email address.
- When composing an email, select your IET email address from within the ‘From’ field at the top of the composition window. That’s it! The recepient of your email will now receive email from your IET email alias, and will also reply to it, so they shouldn’t ever see your GMail address.
If you ever have any problems with this method, you are welcome to contact Tom at:
The use of TMIET, MIET, and FIET postnominals.
The global IET website explains the difference between the postnominals that the IET have to offer, and how to apply for them.
Contacting the SA & NT Local Network
Any queries relating to anything to do with the SA & NT Local Network are invited to email anyone from our committee. You can view the committee list on our People Page. For a first point of contact you may like to send the email to the Local Network Secretary to ensure you are replied to in the shortest time possible.