{"id":287440,"date":"2019-10-19T16:05:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T15:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=287440"},"modified":"2019-10-19T16:05:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T15:05:12","slug":"coren-registration-requirements-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/coren-registration-requirements-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"COREN Registration Requirements &#038; Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>What is COREN?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COREN is the council responsible for the Regulation of Engineering and its practice in Nigeria. This body was established by decree 55 of 1970 and amended by Decree 27 of 1992(now Acts 110), now known as the Engineers (Registration or Act) CAP E11 of 2004 Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This Act establishes COREN as a statutory body of the Federal Government empowered to regulate the practice of Engineering in Nigeria. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-287441\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/COREN-600x191.jpg\" alt=\"COREN Registration Requirements &amp; Guidelines\" width=\"600\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/COREN-600x191.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/COREN.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The council is charged with the following duties:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Determining who are engineers for the purpose of this act<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Determining the standards of knowledge to be met with what and skills to be attained by those seeking to become registered as engineers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raising standards of practice from time to time as circumstances may permit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Securing the establishment and maintenance of register of persons entitled to practise as Engineers and to publish this list from time to time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Controlling and regulating the practice of the engineering profession<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regulating and controlling the training of engineers in Nigeria<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure and enforce the registration of all engineering personnel such as Engineers, Engineering Technicians, Engineering Technologists and Engineering Craftsmen) and consulting firms who wish to engage in the practice of engineering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performing the other functions conferred on the Council by its Act of establishment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decree specifies the abbreviation to be used by each cadre and each category which are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A registered Engineer will use the abbreviation \u2018Engr\u2019 before his name<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A registered Engineering Technologists will use the abbreviation \u2018Engn. Tech\u2019 after his name<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A registered Engineering Technician will use the abbreviation \u2018Tech\u2019 after his name<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A registered Engineering Craftsman will use his full title \u2018Craftsman\u2019 with his trade in bracket under his name<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Engineering Personnel Registration and Guidelines<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Requirements for Sole Ownership<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This business must be owned by a COREN registered engineer who must be up to date in the payment of his practicing fee<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The firm must be registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission with a certificate of registration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Documents required to be submitted include:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corporate Affairs Form 2 (this is the form of application)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brochure of the firm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CV of the owner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment of an appropriate processing fee<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corporate Affairs form CAC 101 (Annual Returns)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed COREN Application form<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Requirements for Partnership<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A firm to be owned by two or more registered engineers must be up to date in the payment of their practicing fees<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The firm must be registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) with evidence of a Certificate of incorporation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Documents for submission include:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corporate Affairs Commission Form 2 (this is the form of application for registration)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CV of partners<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment of the appropriate processing fee<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deed of partnership<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corporate Affairs Form CAC 10 (Annual returns)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company Brochure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complete COREN firm Application form<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Requirements for Limited Liability Firms\/Companies<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directors on the board who are registered Engineers must be shareholders of the firm and must hold at least 55%<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registered engineers must be up to date in the payment of their practicing fees<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The firm must be registered with Corporate Affairs Commission with a Certificate of incorporation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Documents for submission are:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of Certificate of incorporation by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certified true copy of memorandum and articles of Associate of firm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certified true copy of CAC form of C07<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certified true copy of CAC form of CO2<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of current tax clearance certificate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of VAT registration certificate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of PENCOM registration certificate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company\u2019s profile\/brochure of the firm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detailed CV of partners\/Directors endorsed by proposers who must be members of ACEN and up to date in the payment of practicing fees<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comprehensive list of staff<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brief description of office<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List of office furniture and equipment owned by the firm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List of office facilities and computer equipments owned or made available to the firm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List of speciality software owned or made available to the firm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List of ACEN\/COREN training courses or its equivalent attended in the last tow years (the copies of certificates of attendance must be attached)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List of current codes of practice, design standards and specificationed owned by the firm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Name type of contact formats that your firm has and uses such as ICE, FIDIC, JCT, NECetc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of professional indemnity insurance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of quality assurance (QA), Quality Control(QC) and policy manual<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of HSES policy manual<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A signed statement of compliance with COREN code of conduct<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy of the business plan of the firm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A copy of COREN certificate of the director9s)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment of an appropriate application and processing fee<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Other requirements include:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All directors of the firm must demonstrate technical expertise shown by a detailed engineering report of studies, designs and supervision of works carried out with organizations (with a minimum of 2000 words) Such work experience must not be less than five years<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All directors of the firm must demonstrate a sense of responsibility shown having worked in a consulting firm or similar organizations. It is required that the candidate lead a project team of a reasonable size. This experience must have been acquired not less than three years after initial registration with COREN or other recognized bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A statement of consultancy experience signed by the registered consulting firm as a reference letter with a copy of the firm\u2019s COREN certificate attached.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All firms will apply for a renewal of the membership of their firm every five years. The application for renewal must be submitted three months before the expiry date of the last membership.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any firm that has stayed off consulting for a period of five years or more must re-apply for fresh registration\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expatriate engineers who have been granted provisional registration cannot register a 100% owned engineering consulting firm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expatriate engineers registered with COREN and who wish to register a consulting firm can only do so in partnership with a Nigerian engineer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the partnership agreement, the Nigerian engineer must be the major shareholder with at least 55% of the shares while the foreign partner holds a minority<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consulting firms must indicate that they are consulting firms when registering with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memorandum of the Association should be specified that the company is solely in the business of consultancy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Note the following<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COREN does not accept documents in hard copy for the Engineering Personnel Registration (All applications are to be submitted online)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inaccurate information supplied by applicant will lead to automatic disqualification<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Application, processing and interview fees are non-refundable<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants with statements of results and professional qualification are to request their institutions to send their transcripts directly to COREN so their results can be forwarded for the approval of the council. (However, those who have certificates are exempted from the instruction above. The above instruction applies only to those writing professional interviews)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The institution can send the transcript directly to COREN via any of the following means:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Electronic delivery:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is done via the ETX-NG network<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Manual delivery:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Manual copies will be set to the Registrar, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria at No. 22, Addis Ababa Crescent Wuse Zone 4, P.O. Box 8461, Wuse, Abuja or sent as e-transcripts using the school\u2019s official email address to: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:transcripts@coren.gov.ng\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transcripts@coren.gov.ng<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The processing timelines for the Engineering Personnel Registration is 6 months for Nigerian applicants and 3 months for expatriates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Contact address of COREN<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COREN\u2019s official email: transcripts@coren.gov.ng<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call Head MIS for technical issues on 07088697792, only on working days, between 8a.m and 4p.m<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complaints and inquiries on issues related to payment, call 07016833173<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For issues related to the status of application or transcript, call 07088697820<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is COREN? 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