Welcome to the Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago (BOETT)
The Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago (BOETT) is the licensing authority for engineers in Trinidad &Tobago. It regulates the practice of engineering by registering engineers who meet the recognized academic and professional standards and a legislated Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics is included as a Schedule in the Engineering Profession Act, No. 34 of 1985.
What we do
ASSESS THE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF PERSONS APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION AS REGISTERED ENGINEERS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
MAINTAIN A REGISTER OF ENGINEERS WHO ARE LICENSED TO PRACTICE ENGINEERING IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
EXERCISE DISCIPLINARY CONTROL OVER REGISTERED ENGINEERS AND GENERALLY REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION ACT OF THE LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
Registered Engineers
There are over 1000 engineers registered in 21 disciplines in Trinidad and Tobago. They are listed on this website and published annually in the T&T Gazette.
CATEGORIES OF REGISTRATION WITH THE BOETT
There are currently twenty-one (21) Categories of Registration with the Board or Engineering.
| CODE | DISCIPLINE | CODE | DISCIPLINE | CODE | DISCIPLINE |
| 01 | AERONAUTICAL | 08 | GEOLOGICAL | 15 | PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS |
| 02 | AGRICULTURAL | 09 | INDUSTRIAL | 16 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT |
| 03 | CHEMICAL | 10 | MARINE | 17 | REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING |
| 04 | CIVIL | 11 | MECHANICAL | 18 | SANITARY |
| 05 | COMMUNICATIONS | 12 | METALLURGICAL | 19 | STRUCTURAL |
| 06 | ELECTRICAL | 13 | MINING | 20 | SPECIALIST ENGINEERING |
| 07 | ELECTRONIC | 14 | NUCLEAR | 21 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING |
Each Registrant is assigned a unique registration number comprised of five to six digits. The first two digits identify the Category of Registration while the other three or four digits constitute a chronological number assigned to the registrant at the time of Registration.
For example, the number 04-0110, indicates that the Engineer is registered in the category of Civil Engineering and his chronological number at the time of registration is 110. Currently there are just over 1000 active registrants and the current chronological number of registrants after 37 years of registration is just about 1700.