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)
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CANDIDATE
18.(1)(b)
 Candidates for above categories
SPECIFIED
CATEGORY
18.(1)(c)
 Lift Inspector
 Lifting Machinery Inspector, etc.
Professional Engineer
Professional Engineering Technologist
Professional Certificated Engineer
Professional Engineering Technician
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WHY REGISTER (1)
o Professional status
o Marketability and financial gain
o Trust and recognition by peers in the profession
o Professional competence
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WHY REGISTER (2)
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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Professional Development Model
5 - Yearly Renewal
of Professional
Registration
Practice
(Life long)
Professional Registration
Training
And
Candidate Registration Experience
Graduation / Certification
Accredited
Programme
Observe Code of Conduct and
Maintain Competence through
CPD
Meet Standard
For Professional
Competency
Meet Standard
for Engineering
Education
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TRAINING PROGRESSION
Level
1. Being Exposed
Nature of
Work
Responsibility
Level of
Support
Induction/
Observes
None
Explains
challenges/
solutions
2. Assisting
Performs
under close
supervision
Limited for work
output
3. Participating
Performs
under limited
supervision
Full for supervised Progressively
work
reduces support
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
Coaches and
feedback
Typical
time
6
to
12
months
12
to
18 months
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:
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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.
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PLANNING PRINCIPLES:
Continued…
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.
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NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM
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
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TRANSITION TO NEW
REGISTRATION SYSTEM
o The new system for the engineer category will be phased in over a
period of two years, commenced as from July 2013.
o 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.
o The two systems would therefore be run concurrently for a period of
two years to phase out all “previous system” applicants.
o 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.
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New Registration Process
Guideline Documents
New Guideline format:
o R-01-P Policy on Registration of Persons in Professional Categories
o R-02-PE Competency Standard for Registration as a Pr Engineer
o R-03-PE Processing of Applications for Registration as Candidate
Engineer and Professional Engineer
o R-04-P Training and Mentoring Guide for Professional Categories
o R-08-PE Guide to the Competency Standards for Registration as a
Professional Engineer
o 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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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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