The Professional Engineers’ Registration Board is the body, under the Professional Engineers Registration Act of 1987, with responsibility for the registration of professional engineers and for regulating the practice of engineering in Jamaica.

The Board is made up of nine persons including a Chairman and Registrar/Secretary, and is assisted in its work by six Standing Committees.

• Credentials Committee
• Engineering Programmes Accreditation Committee
• Registration Act Enforcement Committee
• Disciplinary Committee
• Communications Committee
• The Board is responsible for
• Accrediting Engineering Training Programmes and
• Determine the suitability of candidates for registration

There are fifteen categories under which individuals and organizations may be registered to practice engineer these are