The domestic professional engineer qualification system has been changed after the enactment of the law in 1963. However, the domestic professional engineers have been unaccepted and unrecognized internationally. In addition, the domestic professional engineer system is operated in accordance with the individual laws of each ministry, but the official qualification examination is conducted by the Human Resource Development Service of Korea. Thus, the domestic professional engineer system has many problems in system itself and operating. In this research, we compare the domestic qualification system with the systems of other foreign countries, and propose how to improve the qualification system. This study limits the scope to the qualification examination for PㆍE. We suggest 3 ways to improve the qaulification examination; (1) The structure of the qualifications, (2) The testing method, and (3) The unification of the qualification system and operation.

Abstract
1. 서 론
2. 이론적 고찰
    2.1 국내 기술사 현황
    2.2 국외 기술사 자격제도
    2.3 국가직무능력표준(NCS)
3. 기술사 등급의 NCS 연계
    3.1 NCS-자격체계상 기술사 자격
    3.2 기술사 검정방법 개선요인 및 방향
4. 기술사 등급의 검정방법 개선방안
    4.1 국가기술자격 등급체계 개선방안
    4.2 기술사 자격검정방법 개선방안
    4.3 자격제도 및 운영의 일원화 방안
5. 결론 및 향후연구과제
6. References

• 박재현(한국산업인력공단) | Jaehyeon Park (Human Resouce Development Service of Korea) Corresponding Author
• 최성희(명지전문대학) | Sunghee Choi (Myongji College)
• 정영득(전주비전대학교) | Youngdeuk Jung (Vision College of Jeonju)