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ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMPOPO ROAD SHOW ECSA OPERATIONS

ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMPOPO ROAD SHOW ECSA OPERATIONS. Date: Thursday, 10 April 2014. Presentation Outline. Overview of ECSA Staff profile Size and Shape of the Engineering Profession Key Challenges facing the Profession Transformation of ECSA & the Eng. Profession

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ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMPOPO ROAD SHOW ECSA OPERATIONS

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  1. ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICALIMPOPO ROAD SHOWECSA OPERATIONS Date: Thursday, 10 April 2014

  2. Presentation Outline • Overview of ECSA Staff profile • Size and Shape of the Engineering Profession • Key Challenges facing the Profession • Transformation of ECSA & the Eng. Profession • ECSA’s Strategic Projects

  3. i) Overview of ECSA Staff Race Profile

  4. Overview of ECSA Staff Gender Profile

  5. ii) Shape and Size of the Profession • Register by Race • Register by Gender

  6. Register of Engineering Professionals At March 2013 by Race At March 2013 by Gender

  7. iii) Six key Challenges Facing the Engineering Profession Shape and size of the profession • Aging cohort of engineers • Increased access to Engineering for Black students • Increased numbers of Black graduates • with 4 year BSC Eng degrees. • Industry should be engaged to provide appropriate • experience for graduates

  8. Key Challenges facing the profession 2. Improved Numbers of Engineering graduates from our national HE system. • Need to understand the barriers to student success • Institutional factors play a role in student success • Create a national platform for sharing experiences • Establish a co-ordinated national response to • increase graduate output from universities

  9. An analysis of the 2001 national intake cohortof engineering students at SA HEIs. Scott, I., Yeld, N., & Hendry, J. (2007). A case for improving teaching and learning in South African higher education. Pretoria: Council on Higher Education (CHE) and Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), http://www.che.ac.za/documents/d000155/index.php.

  10. % of Students who graduate from a 4 year BSc Eng programme within 5 yrs Scott, I., Yeld, N., & Hendry, J. (2007). A case for improving teaching and learning in South African higher education. Pretoria: Council on Higher Education (CHE) and Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), http://www.che.ac.za/documents/d000155/index.php.

  11. Comparison of Citizens per Registered Engineer Allyson Lawless: Numbers and Needs (2005)

  12. Actual & Targeted graduate output

  13. World Economic ForumGlobal Competitiveness Report

  14. Key Challenges facing the profession – Cont. • The need to provide comprehensive experience for graduates in order to register professionally • Finalization of the Identification of Engineering Work (IDoEW) regulations with the CBE • Approved on 17 March 2014 • Awaiting Competition Commission Exemption Status • Stakeholder Consultative Process • Promotion of the Engineering profession and careers to Black, rural, and indigent communities. • Increasing women participation in Engineering

  15. v) ECSA’s Key Strategic Projects • Engineering Education Pipeline Throughput Research Study : • Barriers to students passing on Engineering studies • Engineering Education Summit 16 October 2012 • Proposal presented to Minister Nzimande • ECSA/DHET Joint Working Group established • Engenius • Promotes Engineering Careers to Black School Learners • Candidacy Phase • Barriers to graduates obtaining experience for registration • Role ECSA & Industry must play

  16. ECSA’s Key Strategic Projects – cont. iV. Engineering Education Trust V. National Infrastructure Initiative • ECSA convened a discussion group of industry leaders from the Construction and Consulting Engineering sectors. • Working via Minister T.W. Nxesi with Department of Economic Development and PICC. • Facilitation of support for Government’s National Infrastructure Programme Vi. Registration of Foreign Engineers Vii. World Federation of Engineering • ECSA Hosts WFEO’s Committee on Eng. Capacity Building

  17. Thank you - Enkosi - Ha khensa - Re a leboga - Ro livhuwa - Siyabonga - Siyathokoza - Dankie

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