ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA KIMBERLEY ROADSHOW 16 OCTOBER 2014 1 PROCEDURE TO REGISTER WITH ECSA Step 1:“Candidate” Registration in order to have qualifications evaluated. o All applicants with non-accredited and non South African qualifications have to apply for “Qualification Evaluation” which is done by ECSA’s Qualification Examinations Committee(QEC). Candidate Engineer BSc(Eng)/BEng Candidate Eng Techno BTech Candidate Cert Eng Cert of Competency Candidate Eng Techni NDip 2 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL Practice Observe Code of Conduct and Maintain Competence through CPD Professional Registration Training And Experience Meet Standard For Professional Competency Candidate Registration Graduation Accredited Programme Meet Standard for Engineering Education 3 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER (Pr Eng) Experience standards characterised by: • Activities that are essentially intellectual • Analysing and solving complex problems • Developing and applying new technologies creatively and innovatively • Exercising Professional judgement • Managing resources • (Dreamers) 4 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS (Pr Tech Eng) Experience standards characterised by: • Solving broadly defined problems through application of proven techniques and procedures • Developing, maintaining and managing today’s technologies • Exercising Professional judgement • Managing resources • (Doers) 5 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (Pr Techni Eng) Experience standards characterised by: • Solving well defined problems using proven techniques and procedures • Supervision and technical responsibility • Contributing to implementation, operation and maintenance of products, equipment, processes and services • (Fixers) 6 HOW AND WHEN TO REGISTER Step 2: Training and Professional Development while employed (Current system in place for the engineer and technologist categories only) Commitment and Undertaking (CU) • Employer CEO/Chief Engineer registers CU • Undertakes to train “candidate” persons in accordance with ECSA’s policy and discipline specific guidelines • Ensures internal training programme is in place and being implemented • So far 573 C&Us signed by employers of engineers countrywide and 3 773 mentors listed doing training. 7 REGISTRATION PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING New Registration System 8 Role Players Related to Registration Experience Appraiser Applicant Professional Reviewer Referee Assessing Committee Member Supervisor Registration Manager/Asst Assessing Committee Chair Employers Registration Officer Registration Committee Chair Mentor Central Registration Committee Chair Application Qualifications Evaluator Qualifications Validator Staff Education Officer Call Centre Agent External: Industry Finance Staff VA Staff Advisor Volunteers (VA and ECSA) 9 What Policy Changes? Aspect Prior to the NRS Under the NRS • Embedded in Document R2/1A: Acceptable Work for Candidate Engineers; • Single, integrated policy R-01P, defining • registration and education Registration policy, Policy • Does not consider other • links with standards (R-02PE) classes of applicants explicitly. • links with processes (R-03PE), toto allaccredited applicants.or • Accredited or recognized • •Noapplies change qualification recognized qualifications. or • Accelerated evaluation of Education • prior evaluation of listed qualifications. Requirements qualification(s) as meeting • .Evaluation criteria defined in Policy educational requirements. document E-17-P for qualifications and assessed learning. 10 What Changes in Standards? Aspect Prior to the NRS Standards of • Training requirements for Competency Candidate Engineers, in for Registration R2/1A Section 5 • Further requirements in the Discipline Specific Guidelines (Professional Attributes in section 5 for seven disciplines) Under the NRS Competency Standard for registration as a Professional Engineer in document R-02-PE. • Eleven generic outcomes, with definitions for the level of problem solving and engineering activities. (No DSG’s in Standard) • Professional Attributes included in standard • Level descriptors differentiate categories • Criterion-based method of Seeking • Only the Engineer “alternate meeting education requirements Registration route” available by evaluation and assessment Without • ND or equivalent plus 10 defined in E-17-P. Accredited or years working at level of Pr • When educational requirements Recognised Eng: (Experience Appraisal, are complete, apply for Qualification then write prescribed final registration in normal way. year exams). • No additional time limits. • Identified methods of further learning and assessment. 11 11 What Changes in Application: 3 Aspect Prior to the NRS Evidence of • For all disciplines: Training/ • Training and Experience Competency Summary • Training and Experience Reports • Varying requirements across disciplines: • Project Report • Essay Test • Claim to Competency • Presentation • Prof Development report Under the NRS • Uniform requirements across disciplines: • Training and Experience Summary (TES) • Training and Experience Reports (TER) • Training and Experience Outlines (TEO) • Engineering Report • Presentation • Pre-registration CPD-type activity (IPD) 12 What Changes in Assessment: 4 Aspect Prior to the NRS • Embedded in part in other documents (or not documented) Application • Manual Processing Process Definition Assessment • Different assessment of instruments used in Competency professional reviews. • Civil (incl essay) and • Electrical. Other disciplines. Decision Making • • • • Delegation to the PAC of: decision to register or defer, Reserve refusal to Central Registration Committee Under the NRS • High level process definition (R-03-P) • Detailed IT system • specification. On-line • Workflow-enabled • Policy (R-01-P) defines main stages and permitted decisions in the assessment process. • Common assessment instruments addressing the outcomes and an integrative judgement, • provide consistent trails through all stages 13 • No change to delegation or refusal • Two-deferment practice regularised • Credit given for outcomes fulfilled What Changes in Guidance: 5 Aspect Training And Mentoring Guidelines Prior to the NRS • Discipline Specific guidelines having force of standards/policy. Variants: • Chemical • Civil • Remaining seven • Differing definitions of Professional Attributes to be demonstrated Under the NRS • Layered set of guidelines: • Training and mentoring (all categories) (R-04-P) with defined responsibility levels. • Guide to competency standards for Professional Engineers (R-08-PE) • Discipline-specific Training Guidelines (R-05-ddd-PE) 14 The NRS and its Phases at a Glance … Category Policy Candidate and Professional Engineer R-01-P Standard s Process On-line System R-02-PE R-03-PE (EA & PR) Application & Assessment Process 1 R-02-PT R-03-PT (EEA) Candidate and Professional Engineering Technologist Candidate and Professional Engineering Technician Candidate and Professional Certificated Engineer Specified Categories Registration under International Agreements Status: Fully Developed R-01-P R-02-PN R-03-PN (EEA) No Change * R-03-CE (EEA) To Follow To Follow To Follow No Change No Change No Change R-01-P Documents at final dev W-I-P Assessment Process 2 (variant of Process 1) Assessment Process 2 Assessment Process 3 (P1simplified) * Assumes no change to Cert Eng Model 15 Registration Process: Logging in New User Enter Essential Details Assign User ID, Generate Password Log In Existing User Log In Or Forgot User ID/PW Select: Continue my application Apply for Candidate Engineer Apply for Professional Engineer Apply for Educational Evaluation more … Educational Evaluation CE/PE Application 16 TRANSITION TO NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM The new system for the engineer category will be phased in over a period of two years, commencing as from April 2013. Candidate engineers who trained under the current (legacy) registration system will be allowed to apply in terms of the current requirements/ documentation. However, the current requirements for civil candidates of writing two essays at the professional review and mechanical candidates to hand in a design report and for electrical/electronic engineers to hand in forms AD7, AD8 and AD9, would then still apply. 17 TRANSITION PHASE continued… • 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. • Alternatively, candidates who trained under the current system would have to apply in terms of the new system requirements/documentation, but they would have to supply the New Registration System evidence of competence to be assessed against competency standard R-02-PE. 18 ECSA Professional Competencies – where training must lead D 9: Exercise Judgement 7: Meet regulatory requirements 8: Act Ethically CEPLevel 2: Analyse Engineering Problems 10: Be Responsible DoR 11: Life-long Learning E 3: Synthesize Solutions 1: Use Engineering and Contextual Knowledge A C 6: Address Impacts on People and Environment 4: Manage Engineering Activities 5: Communicate Effectively B CEALevel A Outcome Group CEP = Complex Engineering Problem CEA = Complex Engineering Activity DoR = Degree of Responsibility 19 1. PLANNING PRINCIPLES : TRAINING PROGRAMMES Two principles must be followed by supervisors and mentors when planning training programmes for candidates : 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. 20 PLANNING PRINCIPLES : TRAINING PROGRAMMES (cont…) 2. 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. 21 Progression throughout the candidacy period Level Nature of work: the candidate Responsibility of Candidate Level of Supervisor/Mentor Support 1. Exposure …undergoes induction, observes processes, work of competent practitioners No responsibility Mentor explains challenges and forms of solution 2. Assist …performs specific processes under close supervision Limited responsibility for work output Supervisor/Mentor coaches, offers feed back 3. Participate …performs specific processes as directed with limited supervision Full responsibility for supervised work Supervisor progressively reduces support, but monitors outputs 4. Contribute …performs specific work with detailed approval of work outputs Full responsibility to supervisor for immediate quality of work Candidate articulates own reasoning and compares it with those of supervisor 5. Perform … works in team without supervision, recommends work outputs Level of responsibility to supervisor is appropriate to a registered person Candidate takes on problem solving without support, at most limited guidance 22 PROGRESSION OF TRAINING • At each of the 5 levels of responsibility, the table shows the nature of the candidate’s work, ranging from being oriented at level A to working at the degree of responsibility required for registration, namely level E or Performing • By the end of the training period, the candidate must have performed individually and as a team member at the level of problem solving and engineering activity required for registration and performed at responsibility level E for at least twelve months. 23 REGISTRATION PROCESS • Registration process for all categories of registration basically the same and will become even more uniform when the new system is implemented. • Exception: Pr Eng category which has a compulsory professional review. • Other categories have the discretion to call applicants in for an interview. 24 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS (EXISTING SYSTEM) • Personal details (Forms A1.1 & 1.2 engineers and B.1& B.2 technologists and C.1 & C.2 technicians) • Summary of Training Periods (A2.2, B2.2 & C2.2 respectively) • Training/Experience Reports(approx 2000 words)(A 2.1, B2.1, C2.1) • Confidential Referee Reports • Project Report/Design Report • Certified copies of qualification documents (and transcripts of subjects take for technologist category) • Proof of membership of Voluntary Association (if applicable) • Application fee 25 TIPS ON EXPERIENTIAL REPORTS • • • • • • SELL YOURSELF WRITE in the FIRST PERSON DETAIL what YOU have DONE DETAIL YOUR level of RESPONSIBILITY DO NOT GENERALISE ALL PERIODS must be COVERED 26 THANK YOU! www.ecsa.co.za Email : engineer@ecsa.co.za Tel No : (011) 607 9500 Offices : Waterview Corner, Building 2 Ernest Oppenheimer Avenue, Bruma 27