ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA

Your gateway to a professional engineering future

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Registration with ECSA…

Faried Allie 13 June 2006

THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION

ECSA: STATUTORY LEG Public interest

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VOLUNTARY LEG Own interest

Public Safety, Health & Interest

Accreditation

Registration Professional Conduct

Continuous Professional Development

Internationalisation

ECSA : STATUTORY LEG

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Standards & Procedures

VOLUNTARY LEG Comprises of Institutes and Societies

Continuing education

“Coal Face” Expertise

Lifestyle Benefits

Service to ECSA

Journals

Seminars & Workshops

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WHAT IS ECSA?

• Statutory body in terms of the Engineering Professions Act, 46 of 2000

• Principle Focus: Public Safety, Health & Interest through registration

• Sets and audits Academic & Professional Development Standards for engineering practitioners

• Sets & enforces Standards of Professional Conduct

• Builds relationship bridges internationally to achieve international recognition for registered persons

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WHY REGISTER?

• Peer recognition of Qualification and Experience

• Public confidence in professional competence

• Membership of professional societies

• International recognition

• Lifestyle benefits

• Marketability in employment market

• Exclusive use of reserved names

• Statutory Empowerment

• Compulsory registration through work reservation

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REGISTRATION CATEGORIES

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Candidate Categories:

• Candidate Engineer

• Candidate Engineering Technologist

• Candidate Certificated Engineer

• Candidate Engineering Technician

REGISTRATION CATEGORIES

• Professional Engineer

• Professional Engineering Technologist

• Professional Certificated Engineer

• Professional Engineering Technician

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Professional Categories:

Specified Category:

• Registered Lift Inspector

HOW AND WHEN TO REGISTER

Obtain your engineering qualification

Apply for “candidate” registration in your particular category

Candidate Engineer BSc(Eng)/BEng

Candidate Eng Techno BTech,Mdip Tech

Candidate Cert Eng Cert of Competency

Candidate Eng Techni NDip

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Step 1: “Candidate” Registration

HOW AND WHEN TO REGISTER

Commitment and Undertaking (CU)

- Company CEO registers CU

- Undertakes to train “candidate” persons in accordance with ECSA’s discipline specific guidelines

- Ensures internal training programme is in place and being implemented

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Step 2: Training and Professional Development while employed

HOW AND WHEN TO REGISTER

Listing of registered mentors

- CEO appoints mentors from own organisation

- ECSA and the Institutes, if need be, assist with external mentors

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Step 2 continued:

HOW AND WHEN TO REGISTER

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Step 3: Apply for Registration

Application Form for Registration

Referee Reports

Qualification

Letter of Appointment

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

CATEGORY ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

Prof Engineer BSc(Eng)/BEng 3 Years

Prof Engineering Technologist

BTech, MDip Tech 3 Years

Prof Certificated

Engineer

Certificate of Competency

3 Years

Prof Engineering Technician

NDip 3 Years

“Specified” Registered Lift

Inspector

NND 2 Years

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DISCIPLINE SPECIFICS - ELECTRICAL

•Developing an engineering brief

•Documentation/literature review

•Designing a solution

•Reporting

•Implementation

•Project summary report(s)

•Training period: •Basic Practical training 3-6 months

•Exposure to design 6-9 months

•Project work 36 months

IN CONCLUSION…

• Higher level of professional accountability

• High standards of professionalism and conduct

• Continuing professional development

• International comparability

• Self-regulation (‘Whistle Blowing’)

• That ALL practitioners be competent

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Through the Act the Public Demands:

IN CONCLUSION….

• Recognition of Profession as a “National Asset”

• Relevance nationally as important stakeholder

• Only registered persons to perform reserved work

• Leveled playing fields -

(non-registered persons can’t unfairly compete)

• Instruments to achieve international recognition

• Higher level of recognition of Voluntary Societies

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Through the Act the Public Offers:

QUESTION TIME…

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