Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000)Board NoticesRules: Continuing Professional Development and Renewal of Registration, 20164. Application of these Rules to Registered Persons |
| (1) | These rules must be read and applied in conjunction with ECSA's CPD policy as amended. |
| (2) | These rules apply in respect of all persons registered in all categories of registration as embodied in section 18 of the Act. The rules also apply to voluntary associations recognised by the Council (to an extent that they play a role in the Council's CPD regime). |
| (3) | These rules also apply in respect of registered persons who are practicing abroad, subject to the following conditions: |
| (a) | Registered persons who are registered with other engineering statutory councils that are either signatories to the International Engineering Alliance Accords and Agreements; or who are registered with statutory or related professional bodies with which the Council has concluded reciprocity agreements or Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) as well as those that are registered/ affiliated with professional bodies linked to the International Engineering Alliance or such professional bodies with which the Council has concluded reciprocity agreements or Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) shall, upon formal written notification of the Council, be recognised for the Council's CPD purposes. |
| (b) | In respect of persons registered with engineering statutory councils that are signatories to the International Engineering Alliance Accords and Agreements or those with which the Council has concluded reciprocity agreements or Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), such persons may opt to comply either with the Council's CPD policy requirements, or that of the other statutory council. |
| (c) | Should registered persons opt to comply with the CPD policy of the engineering statutory councils that are signatories to the International Engineering Alliance accords and Agreements or those with which the Council has concluded reciprocity agreements or Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), then such compliance will be deemed to be compliance with the Council CPD policy requirements for the year in question. There will not be a need to also comply with the Council's CPD requirements for that year. |
| (d) | Registered persons who elect this option (i.e. compliance with the CPD policy of the engineering statutory councils that are signatories to the International Engineering Alliance accords and Agreements or those with which the Council has concluded reciprocity agreements or Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)); are required to inform ECSA of this fact on an annual basis in writing and declare compliance with the other professional body's CPD policy. Documentary proof of CPD activities undertaken abroad must be submitted to the Council for evaluation against the requirements of these rules and the Policy. |
| (e) | Once a registered person has opted as to which CPD policy they are to comply with, then that member will not be allowed to do so partially and wish to also partly comply with the Council's CPD policy in the same year. Opting for the CPD regime of a statutory council or professional body in any given year shall be required to be complete and not partial. |
| (f) | In the absence of full compliance by any registered person with rule 3(2) of these Rules, then registered persons registered abroad shall be expected to fully comply with the Council's CPD policy framework. |