Category 1: Developmental Activities
Attendance of structured educational/developmental meetings will be credited with one (1) credit per ten (10) notional hours. A full day activity is regarded as being ten (10) notional hours and a half-day activity is regarded as five (5) notional hours, hence half a credit. A minimum of five (5) credits (50 notional hours) must be accumulated over a five-year cycle and may be undertaken in any period within the five (5) year cycle. Additional credits earned in a five-year cycle are not transferrable to the following cycle.
| • | Relevant additional completed accredited qualifications at benchmark level or above = (five (5) credits). |
| • | Relevant additional qualification (these are exceptional qualifications). A completed post graduate qualification = (five (5) credits). |
Category 2: Work-based Activities:
Since registered persons also improve their knowledge and competence by performing their day-to-day engineering responsibilities, a weighting of one (1) credit for every 300 notional hours per year for engineering related work (including management) is awarded in this category. A maximum of two (2) credits for 600 notional hours per year may be earned in respect of this activity.
In addition, the mentoring of candidate persons in the workplace will be recognised as a CPD activity with a maximum of one (1) credit for 50 notional hours of mentoring per year. In-house skills training sessions organised by employer/engineering company as well as career guidance for candidates may also be presented under this sub-category.
Category 3: Individual Activities
Membership of an ECSA recognised Voluntary Association will result in a maximum of one (1) credit per year.
Other activities include and will be credited as follows:
| • | Part-time lecturing to undergraduate and postgraduate students: one (1) credit for every 10 notional hours of lecturing. |
| • | Supervision of students undertaking postgraduate studies: two (2) credits per year. |
| • | Supervision of oral examinations of final year and postgraduate students: one (1) credit for every 10 notional hours of active involvement. |
| • | Evaluation of M dissertations and PhD theses by external examiners: two (2) credits per year. |
| • | Evaluation of final year engineering student’s by external examiners: one (1) credit per year. |
| • | Publication of research papers in peer reviewed journals: a single author: two (2) credits per publication. Where paper has a number of authors: one (1) credit per publication per author. |
| • | Publication of technical articles: one (1) credit per article published. |
| • | Papers presented at conferences or congresses/poster presentations: one (1) credit each. |
| • | Participation in statutory, professional, institutional, engineering or non-engineering committees or task groups: one credit for every 10 notional hours of active participation. |
| • | Evaluation of educational programmes at Universities and Universities of Technology for accreditation purposes: one (1) credit for every 10 notional hours of active involvement. Evaluation of educational qualifications for ECSA’s Committee: one (1) credit for every 10 notional hours of active involvement. |
| • | Evaluation of competence and applications for registration for ECSA’s Committees: one (1) credit for every 10 notional hours of active involvement. |
| • | Self-study which includes, but is not restricted to studying of journals or electronic or computerized material, one credit for every 10 national hours of study. All activities under this item must be verified. |
