| DESCRIPTION: |
| Professional Engineering Technologists are persons who, by virtue of a combination of education, training and experience have attained a level of competence, which enables them to apply engineering principles and techniques to the solution of engineering challenges of varying complexity as required by industry. Their work may include a combination of, but not necessarily all the engineering functions of design, research and development, quality assurance, production, maintenance, management and any other activities which require a high level of competence. Their decision-making requires mature judgement, the ability to conceive, identify and optimise technical solutions beyond the mere comparison with accepted standards and norms. |
| AWARDING CRITERIA |
| For the Professional Designation to be awarded, professionals must comply with the following minimum requirements: |
| Underlying Registered Qualification or Part Qualification: |
| A Bachelor of Technology Degree in engineering from a University of Technology (NQF level 7). |
| Experiential Learning or Experience |
| A minimum of three years post-graduate experience of a broadly defined nature, which entails exposure to the full life cycle of an engineering project: conceptualisation, planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, maintenance and closure. |
| Competency Assessment |
| A formal written application in the prescribed format, followed by a full experience appraisal assessment by an ECSA committee of peers in the same discipline of engineering as the applicant (there are nine accepted disciplines of engineering), followed by a final assessment of the Registration committee for professional engineering technologists on the registerability of the candidate. |
| Designation RPL Statement |
| This Designation may not be awarded through Recognition of Prior Learning. |
| RETAINING CRITERIA |
| In order to ensure the currency of professional knowledge and to retain the Professional Designation, the professional must comply with the following minimum requirements: |
| Code of Conduct |
| Members must adhere to the Professional Body Codes of Conduct and Ethics. |
| Continuing Professional Development (CPD) |
| All professionally registered engineering practitioners have to obtain at least five CPD credits in at least two of the three categories of CPD activities prescribed by ECSA. (Developmental activities, Work-based activities and Individual activities) per year and twenty five credits over a five year cycle. |
| Fees |
| Ensure that the annual membership fee is paid. |
