Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000)Board NoticesRules: Continuing Professional Development and Renewal of Registration, 201610. Recording of CPD Activities |
| (1) | Unless exempted by the Council in terms of these rules, registered persons are responsible for documenting the relevant professional development activities which they have undertaken. This is in addition to each registered person's responsibility for planning and undertaking activities that maintain and develop their professional competence. |
| (2) | Members are required to demonstrate participation in a relevant CPD activity by keeping record of their CPD activities in the following manner: |
| (a) | Either manually on form ECPD1 and by either emailing it or sending it by courier to the Council. Posting of CPD activities is not permitted; or |
| (b) | Electronically, in a password protected private domain for each registered person, via the Council's website www.ecsa.co.za. |
| (3) | Registered persons may record individual CPD activities on a continuous basis as they occur during each annual cycle, provided that all CPD activities undertaken during each annual cycle must be recorded no later than 30 days after the completion of each annual cycle. |
| (4) | When recording CPD activities under this rule, any person who is registered in more than one professional category must inform the Council which category of registration is the most appropriate to his or her area of practice, in which case the Council evaluates the appropriateness of the CPD activities so recorded in the context of the registration category preferred by such registered person. |
| (5) | Every registered person must retain documentary evidence of all CPD activities undertaken during each three-year cycle, and be able to present such evidence when requested by the Council to do so. Examples of such supporting documentation are: |
| (a) | Certificates of attendance; |
| (b) | Attendance registers; |
| (c) | Minutes of meetings; |
| (d) | Examination results; |
| (e) | Published papers; |
| (f) | Independent assessments of a learning activity performed; etc. |