Welcome to your new and modern portal of the Professional Council of Transport and Highway Engineering, in it you will find a renewed and optimal service that will allow you to develop your professional activity, with ethics, honesty, and efficiency. This portal is at your service and has the most up-to-date technological tools that will allow you to perform your profession efficiently as an Engineer, Specialist, Technician, Technologist, and/or Assistant of Transport and Highway Engineering.
We, the engineering professionals, are committed to complying with the following ethical principles: truthfulness, integrity, responsibility, and precision.
Mission
- Comply the functions of inspection, supervision, and control assigned to transport and highway construction;
- Comply the functions of inspection, supervision, and control of related and auxiliary professions, complying with the law;
- Control the timely issuance of professional registrations, certificates of validity, and permits for foreign specialists;
- Register of Auxiliary Engineer of Transport and Roads;
- Registration and issuance of a professional postgraduate card or specialization in the field of mechanical engineering of transport and/or its infrastructure.
By 2022, the Professional Council of Transport and Highway Engineering will be recognized nationally and internationally as an autonomous quality assurance body that will ensure the professional and ethical activities of transport and highway engineers of allied and support professions, guaranteeing high-quality products and services based on values and services to the public.
Vision
The Professional Council of Transport and Highway Engineering, being an autonomous public body created by law, will participate in the inspection, control, and surveillance given by law, to the exercise of Transportation and Highway Engineering. In 2015, the Professional Council of Transport and Highway Engineering will be recognized as a private law entity, a model and leader in inspection, control, and surveillance processes, in accordance with the functions established by law and its regulations, strengthening its presence at a national and international level to achieve competitiveness, with the improvement of the quality of the service, in association with the government and the universities.
Frequently asked questions
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What is professional registration?
It is the administrative act by which the state, through the Professional Council of Transport and Highway Engineering, authorizes the practice of this profession in the national territory, an authorization that is accredited by means of the professional card. Fulfilling the established requirements, the Council studies the documentation and if it is found to be true and complete, it is registered in the professional registry through an administrative act and proceeds to issue the corresponding certificate through the professional card.
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What is the professional card?
It is the only suitable document through which professional registration is accredited and authorizes its owner to practice the profession of transportation and highway engineering in the national territory.
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What documents accredit the legal practice of transport and road engineering?
The only suitable document that authorizes the engineer to practice the profession is the professional registration card, in which the number of their respective professional registration is certified.
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How do I legalize the professional situation?
If you are an engineer who graduated from a Higher Education Center recognized by the Ministry of Education, in order to practice the profession in accordance with the current legislation in the country, you must process the professional registration and the professional registration card, in the respective professional council. Transport and Highway Engineers must apply to the Professional Council for Transport and Highway Engineering.
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When and where should I process the registration and professional registration card?
Once you have obtained the Degree in Transport and Highway Engineering, granted by a legally recognized university or institution, go to the Transport and Highway Engineering Council, or request your card. The council will study your request and the attached documentation and if it is found to be correct, it will register you in the professional registry and proceed to issue the corresponding specialist, professional, technical, or auxiliary technological registration card through which your professional registration is accredited. Remember that the professional card is now digital.