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ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA Candidacy and Registration Matters

ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA Candidacy and Registration Matters. 28 MAY 2013. CATEGORIES. WHY REGISTER (1). Professional status Marketability and financial gain Trust and recognition by peers in the profession Professional competence. WHY REGISTER (2).

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ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA Candidacy and Registration Matters

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  1. ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICACandidacy and Registration Matters 28 MAY 2013

  2. CATEGORIES

  3. WHY REGISTER (1) • Professional status • Marketability and financial gain • Trust and recognition by peers in the profession • Professional competence

  4. WHY REGISTER (2) • Prerequisite in terms of external legislation (e.g. National Water Act 36 of 1998, in terms of which an approved professional person must be "approved" before being permitted to undertake certain dam safety related tasks) • Statutory requirement (compulsory registration under Act 46 of 2000 under development) • Work reservation • International recognition • High risks involved in engineering

  5. Professional Development Model 5 - Yearly Renewal of Professional Registration Practice (Life long) Observe Code of Conduct and Maintain Competence through CPD Meet Standard For Professional Competency Professional Registration Training And Experience Candidate Registration Graduation / Certification Meet Standard for Engineering Education Accredited Programme 5

  6. TRAINING PROGRESSION

  7. PLANNING PRINCIPLES:TRAINING PROGRAMMES • Two principles must be followed by supervisors and mentors when planning training programmes for candidates: • Firstly, a variety of work activities is necessary for the proper development of a candidate. • Variety may be obtained at the various stages in the lifecycle of an engineering activity: conception, planning, design, construction, implementation, operation and closure. • Associated with this lifecycle are specific functions, including commissioning, testing, improving, trouble-shooting. Candidate should experience several stages in the lifecycle of a project or projects.

  8. PLANNING PRINCIPLES: Continued… • Secondly, increasing responsibility and accountability • within the organization must be imposed on and accepted by • the candidate until he/she is capable of accepting professional • responsibility in making and executing engineering decisions • at the full professional level.

  9. NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM • Implemented as from April 2013 for the Engineer category • and not before October 2013 for the Technologist and • Technician categories. • New policy guideline documents are competency based and will • substitute current documents. • Moving towards electronic system of applying for registration as • from July 2013. • New documents already available on the following • link: http://www.ecsa.co.za/index.asp?x=NewReg

  10. TRANSITION TO NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM • The new system for the engineer category will be phased in over a period of two years, commenced as from July 2013.  • Candidate engineers who trained  under the current registration system will be allowed to apply in terms of the current  requirements/ documentation till 31 March 2015. • The two systems would therefore be run concurrently for a period of two years to phase out all “previous system” applicants. • All applicants submitting after 1 April 2015 would therefore also have to provide New Registration System evidence of competence and will be assessed against Competency Standard R-02-PE.     

  11. New Registration Process Guideline Documents New Guideline format: • R-01-P Policy on Registration of Persons in Professional Categories • R-02-PE Competency Standard for Registration as a Pr Engineer • R-03-PE Processing of Applications for Registration as Candidate Engineer and Professional Engineer • R-04-P Training and Mentoring Guide for Professional Categories • R-08-PE Guide to the Competency Standards for Registration as a Professional Engineer • R-05-PE Discipline-specific Training Guidelines (still under development) • E-17-P Criteria and Processes for Recognition of Educational Qualifications (all professional categories)

  12. THANK YOU! Website : www.ecsa.co.za Email : engineer@ecsa.co.za Tel No : (011) 607 9500 Offices : Waterview Corner, Building 2 Ernest Oppenheimer Avenue, Bruma

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