INNOVATION January/February 2019

ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS

■ Most members (81 percent) are satisfied with Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s performance in fulfilling its mandate

■ Public awareness of Engineers and Geoscientists BC is increasing: 32 percent in 2018, compared to 27 percent in 2017, and 21 percent in 2014 ■ British Columbians continue to demonstrate a high level of respect for both professions (93 percent for engineers, 80 percent for geoscientists). They use broad terms to describe what each profession does, describing engineering as mostly civil (build/construct roads, bridges, structures) and geoscience as studying the earth or checking for ground stability.

MEMBERS SAY ENFORCING STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND PROTECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM

Selected as important

75%

PROTECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST

87%

STANDARDS OF PRACTICE

57%

STANDARDS FOR ENTRY

32%

PROTECTING MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

14%

PROMOTING THE PROFESSIONS

19%

PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

2%

CHAMPIONING DIVERSE WORKPLACES

8%

TAKING PUBLIC POSITIONS ON SOCIETAL ISSUES

Most important

Second most important

Third most important

MOST MEMBERS ARE SATISFIED WITH OUR PERFORMANCE IN FULFILLING OUR MANDATE

43%

STRONGLY SATISFIED

81%

38%

SOMEWHAT SATISFIED

9%

NEITHER SATISFIED NOR DISSATISFIED

7%

SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED

2%

STRONGLY DISSATISFIED

2%

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