The Obligations & Responsibilities Of A PE/Engineer As An Employee , Partner Or Director Of An Engineering Practice Or Business Organisation

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Obligations & Responsibilities Of A PE/Engineer/Contractor As An Employee, Partner Or Director Of An Organisation (Re-run No. 69)

Former MP found guilty for breach of director's duties; two board directors of old NKF liable for offences under the Companies Act and also sued for breach of directors' duties; unfortunately engineer directors can also face the same criminal & civil liabilities!! Find out more in this course!

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Date Scheduled	24 May 2024 (Friday)
Time	8.30 am - 6.00 pm
Venue	Hotel Grand Pacific 101 Victoria Street. Singapore 188018 This course is available either by zoom or at the hotel
Registration Fee	$410 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable)
Early Bird Registration (Pay on or before 17 May 2024)	$360 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable)

Qualified by the PE Board for 8 PDUs

For whom:

Professional Engineers, engineers, technical staff, managers, etc.

**Note: For all disciplines of engineering

Objectives:

1 To provide participants with a general knowledge of their duties, responsibilities and liabilities as employee, partner or director of an engineering practice or business organisation under the various relevant statutes, contract and common law obligations;

2. To enable participants to acquire and use their knowledge of their statutory, common law & contractual duties & obligations in order to support their roles as good and responsible employee, partner or director of an engineering practice or business organisation; and

3. To share some suggestions on avoidance of possible pitfalls.

Course Outline:

1. A short introduction on the laws of Singapore;

2. The differences between statutory, common law & contractual duties;

3. The statutory, common law & contractual duties and responsibilities of a PE/engineer as an employee;

4. An overview of the laws on sole proprietorship, partnership, Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and the related or relevant provisions under the PE Act affecting professional engineers;

5. The role, power, duties and responsibilities of a PE/Engineer as a sole proprietor in an engineering practice, partner in an engineering partnership or LLP;

6. An overview of company laws and the related or relevant provisions under the PE Act affecting professional engineers; and

7. The role, power, duties and responsibilities of a PE/Engineer as a board director/executive director in an engineering corporation.

Trainer’s CV:

Mr.Lee Kwok Weng, B.Eng. (Mech.)(S'pore), M.Sc.(Ind.Eng)(NUS), DipBA(NUS), GradDip Mktg.(MIS), LLB(Hons)(Bucks), LLM(Lond), Barrister-at-Law, Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (Retired), Accredited Arbitrator & Mediator, MMIS, FIES, Honorary Legal Advisor, IES & SISO, a senior lawyer, was in continuous private legal practice for almost 29 years running his own law firm before his retirement from legal practice.

Mr. Lee is a very experienced lecturer and trainer and a much sought after speaker. He conducts teaching & training for various corporations, organizations and tertiary institutions as well as provide in-house courses for many businesses. Mr. Lee has been for many years an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, teaching in the MBA programme, He was also an Adjunct Lecturer for many years at the Nanyang Technological University and BCA Academy. He still conducts courses at IES Academy.

He specialises in Business Contracts, Negligence, Information Technology and Engineering & Building Laws. He is a very experienced lecturer and trainer and is well-versed in the technical field, marketing and management practice too.

Mr. Lee brings with him considerable industrial project and business development management experience, having worked more than 12 years inter alia as a project engineer with the Singapore Government and senior project manager in a leading multi-national energy, engineering and construction corporation.