CPEng Australia Requirements For Candidates With 15+ Years Of Experience If you have more than 15 years of experience as an engineer, you are likely to be a senior leader in your engineering profession. You would have also shown the 16 competencies necessary to get registered as a CPEng Australia many times in your career. Taking this fact into account, Engineers Australia has made it much easier for senior engineering professionals to apply for Chartered using an interview. This pathway has excluded the industry review and formal assessment steps, accepting your years of experience with a minimal time commitment. Eligibility criteria for CPEng Australia: To attain Chartership, you need to meet the following criteria: · A minimum of 15 years of post-graduate experience · You must have held major responsibility across your engineering career including leading projects and teams · Engineers Australia membership at Member level or higher