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CPD & Renewal of Registration Rules 23 Dec 2005.pdf
2ECSA_CPDForm_ECPD1.pdf

1.  BACKGROUND

1.1  Registration in South Africa

As you might know legislation is on its way to force all professionals to register with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and the South African Council for the Built Environment (SACBE) in order for them to be able to continue working as professionals in South Africa. These professionals are:

v     Professional Engineers

v     Technologists

v     Technicians and

v     Certified Engineers

 

1.2  CPD Updates

Another drive has already started world – wide to ensure that professionals remain up to date within their fields of business. South Africa has also embarked on this program of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in which professionals are required to obtain a minimum amount of CPD points within a certain period of time in order to remain certificated with ECSA.

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Attached is a form you will need to complete if you would like to do this administration yourself. We will do it for you should you complete any courses with us.

 

2.2 CPD Rules

All professionals (see above) need to update their skills according to the requirements stated in the CPD rules in order for them to have their qualification recognized internationally. Steps have been taken by government to enforce registration by all professionals (which will include CPD updates) in order for them to continue working as professionals.

It does not help to flee the country to bypass these requirements. The CPD system was not implemented by government because they thought professionals needed it. It is an initiative started by the professionals world-wide themselves. CPD updates are already standard in most other countries.

Please see CPD Rules

Professionals are not only professional engineers. It includes technologists, technicians and certified engineers.

 

2.  OUR SERVICES

2.1 Administration

Professional people are finding it difficult to complete the administration and arrange the necessary activities for them to remain certificated with ECSA. We have therefore decided to embark on a duel – pronged approach in which we can assist professional people to remain certificated:

As a company that has professional people on their staff we have seen the administration burden and lack of training opportunities in especially remote areas. Our purpose is to eliminate these burdens and let our professional people carry on with what they love – doing real work.

We will administer the CPD points on behalf of Professionals who train with us in order to ensure that they remain in - date with ECSA in their particular category.

  •  We will advise them of what they need to do in order to obtain the required points

  •  We will remind them throughout the year of items they need to complete

  •  We will complete the forms for their annual registration

  •  This service is free and only for professionals who do at least one training per annum through MaartensPRO - Training.

2.2  Training

v     MaartensPRO - Training provides relevant training courses for professionals to remain in-date

v    MaartensPRO - Training provides customised on-site training to meet your company’s unique requirements


We offer the following courses:

v     Project Management (Basic, Advanced and Practical)

v    Quality Management for Professionals

 

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