Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000)

Board Notices

Rules: Continuing Professional Development and Renewal of Registration, 2017

1. Interpretation
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(1) "Conditions for Renewal of Registration", in the context of section 22(2) of the Act, refers to those contained in these rules.

 

(2) In these rules, a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned by the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No 46 of 2000) has the same meaning unless the context indicates otherwise, and

 

(i) “applicant” refers to a person applying for registration, re-registration, recording or approval of CPD activities and/or credits;
(ii) “approved CPD provider” refers to a recognised “voluntary association” by the Council or an “approved educational institution” or any private educational institution approved by Council for purposes of offering appropriate learning in respect of category 1 CPD activities as contemplated in Appendix A;
(iii) “approved educational institution” refers to an educational institution which offers engineering programmes which have been granted accreditation by the Council in terms of section 13(b) of the Act;
(iv) “competence” refers to a cluster of related abilities, commitments, knowledge, skills and experience necessary to perform engineering work effectively;
(v) “continuing professional development” also referred to in these rules as “CPD” refers to continuous education and training as contemplated in section 13(k) of the Act and also refers to the systematic maintenance improvement and broadening of knowledge and skills and the development of personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and engineering duties through a person’s engineering career. It is the learning and development that takes place after completion of educational studies and by refers to of which registered persons maintain and develop competencies to continue to perform their role competently
(vi) "CPD validator” refers to a Recognised Voluntary Association, Approved Educational Institution or the Council (ECSA) which verifies CPD providers and/or validates CPD activities;
(vii) “credit” is defined in notional hours where one (1) credit is equal to ten (10) hours of learning towards the defined outcomes;
(viii) “effective date” refers to the date of the coming into effect of these rules;
(ix) “expiry date” as contemplated in section 22(1) of the Act, refers to the date marking every cycle end date (or every fifth year) on which such a registered person has to renew his/her registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa;
(x) “non-engineering management role” refers to a management role where no engineering-related decisions that are normally carried out by registered persons that practice engineering, are taken;
(xi) “Registered person” refers to a person registered in terms of section 18(a) and 18(c) of the Act; viz. Professional Engineers, Professional Engineering Technologists, Professional Engineering Technicians and Professional Certificated Engineers. It is also applicable to those persons who are registered in the category of Registered Technicians, including Master Technicians and all specified categories.
(xii) “Recognised Voluntary Association” refers to an association, institute, institution or society which is recognised by the Council as a voluntary association in terms of section 25(3) of the Engineering Profession Act, 2000.
(xiii) “the Act” refers to the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000);
(xiv) “the Council” for purposes of these rules refers to the Council, established in terms of section 2 of the Act, the members of which are approved in terms of section 4 of the Act, and which is the ultimate policy-making authority under the Act, and includes the executive committee thereof in so far as the executive committee is authorised to make the same decisions as the Council. For purposes of these rules, it also refers to a generic reference to any committee established by the Council, person or persons duly authorised by the Council to perform specified functions in terms of these rules;