ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA

Candidacy and Registration Matters

28 MAY 2013

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CATEGORIES

CATEGORY SECTION IN ACT SUB-CATEGORY

PROFESSIONAL 18.(1)(a) Professional Engineer Professional Engineering Technologist Professional Certificated Engineer Professional Engineering Technician

CANDIDATE 18.(1)(b) Candidates for above categories

SPECIFIEDCATEGORY

18.(1)(c) Lift Inspector Lifting Machinery Inspector, etc.

WHY REGISTER (1)o Professional status

oMarketability and financial gain

oTrust and recognition by peers in the profession

oProfessional competence

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o 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)

o Statutory requirement (compulsory registration under Act 46 of 2000 under development)

o Work reservation

o International recognition

o High risks involved in engineering

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WHY REGISTER (2)

Professional Development Model

AccreditedProgramme

Training And

Experience

Practice(Life long)

Meet Standardfor Engineering

Education

Meet StandardFor Professional

Competency

Candidate Registration

Graduation / Certification

Professional Registration

Observe Code of Conduct and Maintain Competence through

CPD

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5 - Yearly Renewal of Professional

Registration

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TRAINING PROGRESSION Level Nature of

WorkResponsibility Level of

SupportTypical

time1. Being Exposed Induction/

ObservesNone Explains

challenges/ solutions

6to12

months

2. Assisting Performs under close supervision

Limited for work output

Coaches and feedback

3. Participating Performs under limitedsupervision

Full for supervised work

Progressively reduces support 12 to

18 months

4. Contributing

Performs with approval of work output

Full to supervisor for quality of work

Candidate articulates own reasoning and compares

5. Performing Works without supervision

Full as appropriate for a registered person

Candidate takes on without support/ limited guidance

12 months

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PLANNING PRINCIPLES:TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Two principles must be followed by supervisors and mentors when planning training programmes for candidates:

o 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.

PLANNING PRINCIPLES: Continued…

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o 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.

NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM

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o Implemented as from April 2013 for the Engineer category and not before October 2013 for the Technologist and Technician categories.

o New policy guideline documents are competency based and will substitute current documents.

o Moving towards electronic system of applying for registration as from July 2013.

o New documents already available on the following link: http://www.ecsa.co.za/index.asp?x=NewReg

oThe new system for the engineer category will be phased in over a period of two years, commenced as from July 2013.

oCandidate engineers who trained under the current registration system will be allowed to apply in terms of the current requirements/ documentation till 31 March 2015.

oThe two systems would therefore be run concurrently for a period of two years to phase out all “previous system” applicants.

oAll 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.

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TRANSITION TO NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM

New Guideline format:

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

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New Registration Process Guideline Documents

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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