President:
Mr. Jóhannes BENEDIKTSSON
Engjateigur 9
IS-105 Reykjavik
Tel. : +354 5 688 511
Fax : +354 5 689 703
Email: vfi@vfi.is
Secretary General :
Mr. Logi
KRISTJÁNSSON
Association of Chartered Engineers Iceland
Engjateigur 9
IS-105
Reykjavik
Tel. : +354 5 688 511
Fax : +354 5 689 703
Email vfi@vfi.is
http://www.vfi.is
Adhesion: 1965
Declared
Engineers: 2.100
Number of EUR INGs: 16 (as at May 2007)
The titles "verkfrĉdingur" for chartered engineer and "tĉknifrĉdingur". for technical engineer are protected by law in Iceland. Permission to use these titles is granted by the Ministry of Industry to those persons deemed qualified by the individual engineering associations.
A member of VFÍ or TFÍ is normally also a member of one of the various sections relating to the respective engineering profession, namely in civil, electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering In addition, a number of affiliated societies are available to the engineer, such as The Society of Chartered Engineers (SV) and The Union of Technical Engineers (KTFI) (Employees), The Icelandic Association of Consulting Engineers (FRV) and The Association of Independent Technical Engineers (STFI) (Employers). In addition there are The Chartered Engineers’ Pension Fund (LVFI) and The Technical Engineers’ Pension Fund (LTFI).