Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000)Board NoticesRules: Continuing Professional Development and Renewal of Registration, 201719. Validation of CPD Activities |
| (1) | Any provider who desires validation of a Category 1 CPD activity must apply to approved CPD Validator for validation of such activity, using Form ECPD2, which is published on the Council’s website www.ecsa.co.za. |
| (2) | In validating a Category 1 CPD activity, the CPD Validator must ensure that the following aspects are covered: |
| (a) | The accessibility of the activity to registered people (the location of its offering); |
| (b) | The costing of the activity; |
| (c) | The relevance of the activity; |
| (d) | The extent to which the activity is to serve to maintain or enhance the knowledge, skills and competence of all those who participate in it; |
| (e) | The extent to which the activity meets an educational and developmental need to provide an effective learning experience for the participants; |
| (f) | The participant or group of participants must be specified (e.g. professional engineers, professional technologists, professional certificated engineers, professional technicians, registered technicians or a specified category, e.g. registered lift inspectors) and where appropriate, the discipline should also be specified; |
| (g) | The depth and breadth of the subject matter covered must be appropriate allowing sufficient time for discussion; |
| (h) | The subject covered should provide a balanced view and should not be unduly promotional; |
| (i) | The presenters should have proven practical and/or academic experience and be good communicators; and |
| (j) | Post-activity evaluation forms (for obtaining feedback from participants on the activity) must be provided for rating of the relevance, quality and effectiveness of the activity. |
| (3) | The provider of these courses, conferences or seminars. would therefore have to approach the approved CPD validator for such validation or approval of the activity that they wish to present and will be charged a fee for such validation or approval. |
| (4) | An approved CPD activity, which must be identified by a unique identification number, is valid for such period as specified by the Council on its website. |