1. Thandiwe Nkambule 23 August 2018
ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA Trends and Efforts to Propel Engineering Professional Registration
Thandiwe Nkambule
23 August 2018

2. Who is Ecsa?
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is a statutory body established in terms of the Engineering Profession Act (EPA), 46 of 2000.
ECSA's primary role is the regulation of the engineering profession in terms of this Act.
 Our core functions are the accreditation of engineering programmes, registration of persons as professionals in specified categories, and the regulation of the practice of registered persons. 
Consequently, ECSA is the only body in South Africa that is authorised to register engineering professionals and bestow the use of engineering titles, such as Pr Eng, Pr Tech Eng, Pr Techni Eng, Pr Cert Eng, on persons who have met the requisite professional registration criteria.

3. Professional Development Model

4. WHY REGISTER?

5. 2013 Tongaat Mall Collapse

6. 2013 Tongaat Mall Collapse

7. 2015 Grayston Drive Bridge Collapse

8. 2018 Warning from SAFEhouse Association

9. Benefits of Professional Registration
COUNTRY
Public Safety 
Professional Standards
International Recognition
PROFESSION
Professional Status
Public Recognition
EMPLOYERS
Confidence
Recourse
Marketability
Compliance
INDIVIDUALS
Peer Recognition
Public Confidence

10. Registration Statistics

11. Registration Statistics

12. Registration Trends

13. Registration Trends

14. Registration Trends (New Registrations)
Professional Engineers
Race
1996
2006
2016
Black 38 75
119
Coloured 2 8
266
Indian 32 15
White
498
178
462
Candidate Engineers 58
163
2081 3
100 59 50
574
459
243
1794

15. Registration Trends (Cumulative)
Professionals
Female
1996
2006
2016
Black 2 74
1062
Coloured 6 46
Indian 40
216
White 85
224
605
Candidates 66
2599 1 5
110 38
411 24 93
747

16. Efforts to improve
Composition of Council as appointed by the Minister of Public Works

17. Efforts to improve Engenius programme (high school)
Number of programmes and institutions accredited
Increasing the number of specified categories (e.g. Lift Inspectors, Medical Equipment Maintainers)
Online system for registration and for continuous development
Satellite centres - Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu Natal, and Western Cape
Stakeholder relations and branding
Member of IEA (signatory of Washington, Sydney and Dublin Accords) , SAFEO, FAEO, WAFEO
Signed employer accords for training programmes

18. Voluntary Associations
Association recognized by ECSA in terms of section 25(3) of the Engineering Profession Act (45 of 2000).
Categories of Voluntary Associations
Category A Associations whose membership consists of natural persons who, subject to the applicable provisions of Rule 4, are :
- practising in any particular discipline or sub-discipline of engineering; or
- practising in any particular category of registration contemplated in section 18 of the Act.
Category B Associations whose membership consists of natural persons who, subject to the applicable provisions of rule 5, are:
- practising in engineering or in any of the professions in the built environment contemplated in section 1(iv) of the Council for the Built Environment Act, 2000; or
- practising in engineering or in any of the scientific professions contemplated in Section A and B of Schedule I of the Natural Scientific Professions Act, 1993 (Act No. 106 of 1993).
Category C Associations whose membership consists of juristic persons, including sole proprietors, who, subject to the applicable provisions of rule 6, are engaged in carrying out work of an engineering nature.

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