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

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.

Professional Development Model

WHY REGISTER?

2013 Tongaat Mall Collapse

2013 Tongaat Mall Collapse

2015 Grayston Drive Bridge Collapse

2018 Warning from SAFEhouse Association

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

Registration Statistics

Registration Statistics

Registration Trends

Registration Trends

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

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

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

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

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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