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STRATEGIC PLAN

Financial Years2015 - 2020

ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA

ContentsAcronyms Council..........................................................................................................................3

Message from the President of the Council...................................................................................5Message from the CEO.................................................................................................................7PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW................................................................................................81.Purpose and Values of the ECSA...............................................................................................8 Vision............................................................................................................................................8 Mission.........................................................................................................................................8 Values...........................................................................................................................................81.1. Legislative Revisions..............................................................................................................81.2. Legislative Mandates..............................................................................................................81.3. Policy mandates...................................................................................................................101.4 Relevant Court rulings...........................................................................................................102 Macro Situational Analysis and Performance Environment......................................................102.1 Performance Environment.....................................................................................................122.2 Organisational Environment..................................................................................................132.3 Description of the strategic planning process........................................................................153 Strategic outcome-oriented goals of the ECSA........................................................................19PART B: STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES...........................................................................................214 Aligning ECSA objectives to the mandate.................................................................................215 PROGRAMMES........................................................................................................................235.1 Programme 1: Education and Registration............................................................................235.1.1 Resource considerations....................................................................................................285.1.2 Risk Management...............................................................................................................285.2 Programme 2: Public awareness of the engineering profession...........................................285.2.1 Resource considerations …………………………………………………………....................305.2.2 Risk Management………....................................................................................................305.3 Programme 3: Proactive response to Socio-Economic requirements...................................305.3.1 Resource considerations....................................................................................................325.3.2 Risk Management…………………………………………………………………………..........325.4 Programme 4: A sustainable, transformed and coherent organisation..................................325.3.1 Resource considerations....................................................................................................335.3.2 Risk Management ………………………………………………………….................………...336 Financial Resources.................................................................................................................33Programme 1. Education and Registration..................................................................................34Programme 2: Public awareness of the engineering profession.................................................37Programme 3: Proactive response to Socio-Economic requirements.........................................38Programme 4: A sustainable, transformed and coherent Organisational....................................407 Governance..............................................................................................................................42PART C: LINKS TO OTHER PLANS...........................................................................................501. Risk Management Plan...........................................................................................................502. Fraud Prevention Plan.............................................................................................................503. Materiality Framework.............................................................................................................50

Acronyms and Definitions Used in the Plan:APP Annual Performance Plan BBBEE Broad Based Black Economic EmpowermentBE Built EnvironmentBEE Black Economic EmpowermentBEPs Built Environment ProfessionsBEPCs Built Environment Professional CouncilsCBE Council for the Built EnvironmentCEO Chief Executive Officer CERTEC Certificated Engineers Accreditation committeeCHE Council for Higher EducationCPD Continuing Professional Development CRC Central Registration CommitteeC & U Commitment and Undertakings DHET Department of Higher Education and TrainingDoE Department of EducationDPW Department of Public WorksEC Education CommitteeECSA Engineering Council of South AfricaEEA Employment Equity ActEMI Engineers mobility ForumEPA Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act no. 46 of 2000)EPAC Engineering Programme Accreditation Committee ESGB Engineering Standards Generating BodyF&S Finance and staff committeeHEQC Higher Education Quality CommitteeHR Human Resources IAC International Affairs CommitteeIDoW Identification of WorkIDoEW Identification of Engineering WorkIC Investigations committeeIETA International engineering Technologist mobility forumIPEA International Professional Engineers Agreement IT Information TechnologyMinister Minister of Public WorksMoU Memorandum of UnderstandingMTBPS Medium Term Budget Policy StatementMTEF Medium Term Expenditure FrameworkMTSF Medium Term Strategic FrameworkNIP National Infrastructure Plan NDP National Development Plan NRS New Registration System PAIA Promotion of Access to Information ActPAJA Promotion of Administrative Justice ActPDI Previously Disadvantaged IndividualsPESTEL Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal FactorsPIA Protection of Information ActPICC Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating CommitteePIP Property Incubator ProgrammePFMA Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act 1 of 1999)QC Quality CouncilsQCTO Quality Council for Trades and Occupations

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QMS Quality Management Systems RSA Republic of South AfricaSAC Strategic Advisory CommitteeSAQA South African Qualifications AuthoritySCM Supply Chain Management SIPs Strategic Integrated Projects SLA Service Level AgreementSOE State Owned Entities SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and ThreatsTC Transformation committeeTPAC Technology Programme Accreditation committeeTVET Technical and Vocational Educational and Training VAs Voluntary AssociationsWFEO World Federation of Engineering Organisations

Message from the President of the CouncilThe world of engineering is an ever changing landscape because of the need to keep up with the socio-economic demands. The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) has been given a legislative mandate to regulate the engineering profession. ECSA must also contribute in the development of a stable engineering environment that balances supply and demand. It is also important to uphold the integrity of the profession. The registration process should be rigorous and of high standard whilst retaining the principles of transparency and fairness. All registered persons must conduct themselves in an ethical manner at all times. It is therefore our legislative mandate to ensure that those engineers who are registered with us adhere to the spirit and the letter of the conduct of registered persons.

In this report, we show how ECSA business impacts on the macro-environmental factors such as the triple challenges of unemployment, inequality and poverty within the context of South Africa. As a result, we have partnered with government as we promote the realization of the National Development Plan (Vision 2030). Our continuous engagement with the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Committee through our Thought Leadership Forum is an effort to facilitate and nurture the culture of innovation and research within the Built Environment. We envisage that our core business between 2015 and 2020 will be focussed on supporting the development priorities of government by developing a reliable pipeline of engineering skills.

The strategic alignment between the Department of Public Works (DPW), Council for the Built Environment (CBE) and ECSA is a strategic partnership that seeks to enhance the engineering profession through cooperation and using shared resources. This will eventually translate to meaningful support of the government mandate.

The development of the annual performance plan has been a rigorous process where the first phase involved preparation and gathering of information from internal and external stakeholders. The second phase was analysis and synthesis of information in order to come up with a plausible support model for delivering the mandate of ECSA. We therefore commend ECSA staff for a job well done in concluding this plan. Lastly, the committees of Council had to be realigned to the new organogram structure as approved by Council in order to achieve a well functional operational plan. This clearly redefines the roles of committees and seeks to

alleviate duplication where necessary. This will enhance effectiveness and efficiency of ECSA. I am therefore pleased to deliver the strategic document and the Annual Performance Plan of ECSA for 2015 to 2020 and 2015/16 financial years respectively as documents that will guide us to achieve our mandate and continue to support the socio-economic mandate of government.

Yours sincerely

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Mr. Cyril Vuyani Gamede, Pr EngPresident: ECSA




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Official Sign-Off__

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Cyril Gamade (Mr)President: ECSA

___________________________Sipho Madonsela (Mr)Chief Executive Officer

Message from the CEOThe main focus on ECSA business has been to facilitate transformational drives within the organisation. This has proven to be a mammoth task considering that our internal operations are by and large influenced by our external stakeholders, which we do not, most often than not, have control over. However, we pride ourselves with the inroads that we have made notwithstanding all challenges embedded deep within the organisational legacy.

The imperatives of this Annual Performance Plan (APP) are aimed at demonstrating the relevance of ECSA to South Africa, within the continent of Africa and around the globe in the next five years. We are working hard to put the reputation of ECSA in a better light and to give our clientele the kind of service that is due to them. This effort is being enforced by the adjustments that are currently underway to align the organogram with the overall strategy. This new strategy is aimed at repositioning ECSA in order to retain the professionals who are already registered and to appeal to the new and upcoming generation of engineers as the regulator of choice.

We have developed 4 strategic outcome oriented goals which will set us at a momentous trajectory. These goals are aimed at addressing matters relating to providing a conducive professional engineering registration environment for practitioners, public awareness of the profession, high impact socio-economic interventions in response to national and other priorities and lastly, forming a sustainable, transparent and coherent or-ganisation. Moreover, an effort has been done in aligning ECSA objectives to the mandate and to answer a question of how we can add value to the political and economic imperatives facing South Africa.

The New Registration System (NRS) is in the process of being implemented in order to simplify the process of registration. In our road shows throughout the country in 2014 we were confronted with the quest from engineering practitioners who are willing to be part of the roll-out of this system and the appreciation for its simplicity and accessibility. This is one of the ways which we are using to increase our efficiency and also improve the number of registered persons in South Africa. The increased pool of registered persons means an increased number of competent engineering practitioners, which in turn translates to improved quality of engineering work within our communities.

In order to fully professionalize the environment, we envisage forging relationship with the employers, es-pecially those offering services in the public space, in order to give ECSA an opportunity to ensure that their employees are professionally registered. Moreover, it will create conducive employment conditions to abide by the code of conduct.

Let me end off by congratulating the ECSA staff for all the hard work that has been demonstrated in putting the 2015/16 Annual Performance Plan together. I have to attest to the fact that it is a well-thought through document and, if implemented to the letter, it will take ECSA to the new and lofty heights.

Yours truly,

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Mr. Sipho Madonsela, Pr EngChief Executive Officer




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PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW

1. Purpose and Values of the ECSA Vision

Engineering excellence, transforming the nation

Mission

ECSA seeks to achieve this vision through:• Determining standards for education and accreditation of educational programmes as well as registration

of Engineering Practitioners• Developing and sustaining a relevant, transformed, competent and internationally recognized engineering

profession• Educating the public on expected engineering quality standards and protecting the interests of the public

against sub-standard quality of engineering work• Regulatory efforts to ensure environmental protection; and• Engaging with Government to support national priorities

Values

• Professional – Conduct beyond reproach to the highest ethical standards underpinned by quality, timeli-ness, trust and respect

• Accountable – Doing what we commit to do in an environment of trust and respect and being answerable for our failures to meet our committed obligations

• Collaborative – Working as a team to achieve exceptional results• Transparent – Honest and open communication and sharing of information between stakeholders

Revisions to Legislative and other Mandates

1.1. Legislative Revisions

No legislative revisions have been made to the Engineering Professions Act, (EPA,) to date, however the Council recognises that there is a need to review the dated Act as some parts of the Act inhibit the Council to execute its mandate. Council plans to engage the Minister of Public Works through the CBE to make proposals with a view to review the Act. It should be noted that in May 2013, the Ministry of Public Works gazetted the BEP policy review proposing amendments of the statutory regulatory framework, but not much was achieved from the process.

1.2. Legislative Mandates

The ECSA is established by section 2 of the EPA with the mandate to regulate the engineering Profession. There are other regulatory prescripts in the country that have a direct or indirect bearing on the operations of the Council. The following are some of the many legislations, regulations and policies that ECSA must observe:

Short Title of The Act Purpose of the ActRepublic of South Africa Constitution of 1996

The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. No other law or government action can supersede the provisions of the Constitution.

Consumer Protection Act 2011 To promote a fair, accessible and sustainable marketplace for the consumer.

Construction Industry Development Board Act, 2000

To provide for the establishment of the Construction Industry Development Board; and matters incidental thereto.

Council for the Built Environment Act, 2000

To provide for the establishment of the Council For the Built Environment and matters incidental thereto.

Architectural Profession Act, 2000

To provide for the establishment of the Council for the Architectural Profession and matters incidental thereto.

Landscape Architectural Professional Act,2000

To provide for the establishment of the Council for the Landscape Architectural Profession and matters incidental thereto.

Engineering Profession of South Africa,2000

To provide for the establishment of the Council for the Engineering Profession and matters incidental thereto.

Project and Construction Management Profession Act, 2000

To provide for the establishment of the Council for the Project and Construction Management Profession and matters incidental thereto.

Quantity Surveying Profession Act, 2000

To provide for the establishment of the Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession and matters incidental thereto.

Property Valuers Profession Act of 2000

To provide for the establishment of the Council for the Property Valuation Profession and matters incidental thereto.

Public Finance Management Act of 1999

To regulate financial management and to ensure that all revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of Government departments or entities are managed efficiently and effectively.

Skills Development Act 97 of 1998

To govern training, education and skills development in the workplace.

Employment Equity Act Applies to all employers and workers and protects workers and job seekers from unfair discrimination, and also provides a framework for implementing affirmative action.

Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000

To give effect to the right to administrative action that is lawful, reasonable and procedurally fair and to the right to written reasons for administrative action as contemplated in section 33 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000

To give effect to the constitutional right of access to any information held by the State and any information that is held by another person and that is required for the exercise or protection of any rights; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Minimum Information Security Act

(1) Maximises the degree to which unclassified geographic informa-tion from various sources can be made electronically compatible and accessible; and(2) Promotes the development of interoperable geographic information systems technologies that shall -:(a) allow widespread, low-cost use and sharing of geographic data by National, Provincial, local governments and state entities, and the public; and(b) enable the enhancement of services using geographic data




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Occupational Health and Safety Act

The Occupational Health and Safety Act aims to provide for the health and safety of persons at work and for the health and safety of persons in connection with the activities of persons at work and to establish an advisory Council for occupational health and safety.

National Treasury Regulations These regulations are issued on a regular basis by National Treasury and are applicable to all public entities as listed on Schedules 2, 3B and 3D. These regulations are also applicable to public entities listed on Schedules 3A and 3C until 31 March 2001

National Archives of South Africa Act 1996

Provides for the proper management and care of the records of gov-ernmental bodies; and the preservation and use of a national archival heritage.

Construction Charter Provides a framework for the construction sector to address BBBEE, enhance capacity and increase productivity in the sector to meet world best practice

Property Charter Promote the BBBEE Act as these relate to the property sectorProtection of Personal Informa-tion

Ensures that all South African institutions conduct themselves in a responsible manner when collecting, processing, storing and sharing another entity’s personal information by holding them accountable should they abuse or compromise personal information in anyway.

CHE Provides for the establishment of a Council that regulates the develop-ment and implementation of quality assurance of higher education.

Table 1: Legislative Mandates

1.3. Policy mandatesThe Council has recently approved the delegation of authority policy to guide the management of ECSA re-sources and it covers the following areas:

• Non-financial delegations • Governance• Strategic planning and reporting• Corporate Services• Statutory Services

• Finance Activities • Accounting Activities/Transactions • Budgeting Activities/Transactions • Treasury Activities/Transactions

1.4 Relevant Court rulings

No court rulings since the proclamation of the EPA in 2000 had a bearing on ECSA operations.

2 Macro Situational Analysis

The 2014 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)in the first instance sets the broad macro-eco-nomic environment of the country which will have an impact on the configuration of the Built Environment, and set the policy priorities of government through trade-offs that will be enforced by the macro-economic environment.

The 2014 MTBPS identifies the policy priorities of government. It states that Government’s 2014-19 Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) provides a roadmap to address these challenges. It is the first five-year

policy framework designed in sync with the 2030 vision of the National Development Plan. The 2014-19 MTSF aims to improve policy coherence, alignment and coordination across government. It highlights the need for partnerships between a capable developmental state, a thriving business sector and a strong civil society. It identifies employment, education and enhancing the capacity of the state as core policy objectives. The following are the outcomes targeted in the 2014-2019 MSTF:

1. Quality basic education2. A long and healthy life for all South Africans3. All people in South Africa are and feel safe 4. Decent employment through inclusive growth 5. A skilled and capable workforce to support an inclusive growth plan6. An efficient, competitive and responsive economic infrastructure network 7. Vibrant, equitable, sustainable rural communities contributing to food security for all 8. Sustainable human settlement and improved quality of household life9. Responsive , accountable, effective and efficient local Government10. Protect and enhance our environmental assets and natural resources11. Create a better South Africa and contribute to a better Africa and better world12. An efficient, effective and development-oriented public service 13. A comprehensive, responsive and sustainable social protection system14. A diverse, socially cohesive society with a common national identity

The Department of Public Works (DPW) as the Executive Authority of the ECSA contributes directly to out-comes 4, 6, 7 and 12; and indirectly to outcomes 1, 5, 8, 10 and 14 as identified in Honourable Minister Nxe-si’s - Five Year Policy Statement and Vision for the period 2014-2019. These have an impact on the strategic programmes and projects of the ECSA and the CBE,

The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) is the overarching body that coordinates the activities of the Built Environment Professional Councils. The CBE is of the view that the period between 2015 and 2020 is the time to consolidate and position the Built Environment Professions (BEPs) as important contributors to the development priorities of the State in support of the 14 outcomes of government, and those outcomes to which DPW has a direct and indirect contribution.

The CBE have identified the following core policy objectives in order to provide key areas that will anchor its effort and activities. The MTSF priorities over the period ahead as identified in the MTBPS, which are amena-ble, to the CBE mandate, include the following

• Building the capacity of the public sector, particularly at local government level, through the “back-to-ba-sics” approach, focused on improving service delivery, accountability and financial management.

• Improving the quality of the education system, starting with greater attention to human resources manage-ment and annual assessment of learners to benchmark progress.




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CBE, following the policy priorities stated above set the following key priorities objectives in the medium-term as follows:

• Ensuring that Built Environment (BE) academic programmes curricula addresses issues of Labour Inten-sive Construction, implementation of the Infrastructure Delivery Management System (IDMS), Sustainable Development and Health and Safety.

• Promotion of high demand skills for Strategic Infrastructure Projects (SIPs).• Stepping up mechanisms, programmes, projects and interventions to drive transformation and ensur-

ing adequate representation of women and black people within the BE through the CBE Transformation Model;

• Scaling up the Maths and Science support programme to reach learners in grade 1 to 12 in 2018;• Establishing a structured candidacy programme for candidates and interns to address bottlenecks in the

skills pipeline; • Supporting workplace training of BE graduates/candidates and interns to deepen competencies and to

promote professional registration;• Strengthening the technical capacity of local, provincial and national government;• Aligning the policy planning and reporting processes of Built Environment Professional Councils (BEPCs)

to the government’s planning cycles and the government’s priorities; • Strengthening monitoring and regulatory work on delegated public functions of the BEPCs; and • Enhancing internal systems, controls and capabilities to allow the organisation to deliver on its mandate

and strategic goals.

2.1 Performance Environment

ECSA has aligned its strategy to the Department of Public Works as the accounting authority and the Council for the Built environment as the body charged with oversight role over the six built Environment Professional Councils. ECSA is of the view that the strategic objectives identified will impact positively on the socio-economic growth and development of South Africa. The following are the strategic goals and strategic objectives of the ECSA within its context and in alignment with the national priorities:

• Recognising engineering practitioners through excellent, relevant and globally accepted educational standards;

• Registering engineering practitioners through accessible, fair, transparent , efficient and credible systems;• Growth and retention of registered engineering practitioners;• Achieve growth of the engineering profession by increasing the number of engineering practitioners to

meet the existing and future demands;• Engineering practitioners successfully renew their registration through fair, credible, transparent and

accessible processes;• Promote public awareness of the profession and its standards through public education, information and

awareness programmes;• Protection of the health, safety and interests of the public through effective regulation of the profession;• Regulate the profession in accordance with the legislative requirements;• Undertake Research to into strategic contributions the profession could make to support national

programmes including and not limited to NDP, NIP and the national beneficiation strategy;• Be responsive to decision makers through excellent stakeholder relationships;• Development of funding proposals for implementation of specific projects from Government and other

stakeholders; and • Manage a sustainable, transformed and coherent organisation that is capable of delivering the impact

desired by its stakeholders and society.

2.2 Organisational Environment

The engineering Council has been in existence since 1968 and have had the founding statutes repealed twice in 1999 and 2000. Since its establishment, this is the first time that the ECSA develop its strategy in line with the Government priorities. A business strategy and business plan was developed for the first time in 2010 since its existence. Since 2010 the Council has put in place monitoring and evaluation tools for con-tinues improvement. During March 2015 CBE impressed on ECSA that an annual performance plan should be developed in the recommended format of the National Treasury.

The strategy developed considered both the internal and external factors and mainly shaped by the transfor-mational factors in an endeavour to correct the overt disparities in the registration regime. Council recognis-es that the new strategic direction is a major milestone in the history of the council. Effective implementation and monitoring of the operation plan in realising the strategic objectives is imperative. Resources are needed to realise the strategy.

A new organogram was developed to support the new strategy. A high level organogram to support the strat-egy is as depicted below in figure 1.




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2.3 Description of the strategic planning process The ECSA’s strategy came about as a result of an intense consultation process that began in August 2013 and the first draft of the strategic plan was approved on the 27 March 2014 and the final reviewed strategy was approved by Council on the 19 March 2015 which forms the basis for the Annual Performance Plan (APP). The process was divided into two phases.

Phase one – preparation and information gathering

1. Desktop review and research was conducted on secondary data to gain a better understanding of the industry, including competitors and the market.

2. Interviews were held with key people within ECSA leadership, DPW, CBE, various formations of the Built Environment, consumers of the engineering services and service providers.

The primary purpose of this phase was twofold:

A. To gain a better understanding of the organisation, industry and markets. This embraced:

• A reflection on the organisation itself including the understanding of its core competencies; and• An understanding of the stakeholders at ECSA and their perspectives on strategic direction

B. Generating ideas through dialogue with key stakeholders. The ideas were analysed and informed the formulation of an agenda for phase 2 of the process being facilitation of the strategic session with the Council.

The following are the common themes advanced by the participants of phase 1 as possible strategic direction of which Council echoed the same sentiments in its deliberations:

• Maintain and strengthen focus on accreditation and registration of engineering professionals;• Expand within the mandate an outward focus to support national priorities;• Position ECSA for growth opportunities in the continent;• Strengthen ECSA’s approach to education in the engineering sector to develop much needed skills and

relevance;• Develop an approach to transformation that embrace impact and competence without neglecting • demographics; and • Broaden funding base beyond application and annual fees to project funding from Government and else-

where.

Phase two – Facilitation phase A strategic review session was held on the 21 November 2013. The CBE CEO also attended and made contributions in order to ensure strategy alignment between DPW, CBE and ECSA.

The process for both phase one and two culminated in the formation of the Strategic Plan, the context is that there was increased pressure from stakeholders for the Built Environment organisations to cooperate with one another but also demonstrate their ability to transform as well as show relevance to the South African context and beyond. The foregoing is required in addition to the imperative to continue to find more effective, transparent, credible and accessible ways of fulfilling its traditional mandate with regard to registration and accrediting professionals.

An environmental scan was conducted using SWOT and PESTEL analysis. The following is the outcome of the analysis:

SWOT analysis produced the results as set out below:




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tione

rs, e

duca

tion

and

regi

stra

tion

stan

dard

s, e

tc)

• C

onse

rvat

ive

in th

e m

aint

enan

ce o

f hig

h st

anda

rds

• So

me

cred

ibilit

y w

ith p

oliti

cal l

eade

rshi

p•

Link

s to

Vol

unta

ry A

ssoc

iatio

ns•

Res

pect

ed in

indu

stry

as

a re

gula

tory

bod

y

• La

ck o

f sha

red

visi

on•

Res

ista

nce

to tr

ansf

orm

atio

n am

ongs

t som

e•

Inw

ardl

y fo

cuse

d on

regu

latio

n•

His

toric

ally

poo

r im

age

• Se

en a

s an

unt

rans

form

ed o

ld b

oys

club

• Th

is p

erce

ptio

n do

es n

ot r

eflec

t cu

rrent

rea

litie

s bu

t lin

gers

and

ne

eds

to b

e co

rrect

ed•

Lim

ited

staff

eng

inee

ring

capa

bilit

y•

Ove

r rel

ianc

e on

retir

ed v

olun

teer

s•

No

succ

essi

on p

lan

for v

olun

teer

s•

Lack

of i

nvol

vem

ent o

f you

nger

, par

ticul

arly

bla

ck e

ngin

eers

and

fe-

mal

es•

Lack

of r

esea

rch

capa

bilit

y•

Low

mor

ale

amon

gst s

taff

• St

aff d

on’t

own

the

stra

tegy

and

und

erst

and

how

they

mus

t con

tribu

te•

Cou

ncil

chan

ges

too

ofte

n –

lack

of c

ontin

uity

• N

ot e

noug

h be

nefit

s fo

r reg

iste

red

engi

neer

ing

prac

titio

ners

.•

No

qual

ity m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

acr

oss

the

orga

nisa

tion

• In

adeq

uate

legi

slat

ive

fram

ewor

k•

Inad

equa

te re

gist

ratio

n sy

stem

• In

adeq

uate

ICT

envi

ronm

ent

• La

ck o

f tra

nsve

rsal

sys

tem

to a

ccom

mod

ate

regi

stra

tion

of s

peci

fied

cate

gorie

s•

Poss

ible

mis

alig

nmen

t of s

truct

ure

to s

trate

gy•

Inad

equa

te fu

ndin

g

• St

reng

then

exi

stin

g Pr

ogra

mm

es

Syst

ems

Br

oade

n ed

ucat

iona

l infl

uenc

e an

d sc

ope

Ex

pand

mem

bers

hip

A

dd v

alue

to m

embe

rs

Em

brac

e yo

unge

r eng

inee

rs•

Dev

elop

stra

tegi

es to

resp

ond

to g

over

nmen

t and

SO

E pr

iorit

ies

N

DP,

PIC

C

Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t

Esko

m, T

rans

net.s

Bu

ilt E

nviro

nmen

t

Skills

dev

elop

men

t•

Rep

ositi

on th

e br

and

• A

stro

ng e

ngin

eerin

g pr

ofes

sion

ser

ving

the

natio

n an

d be

yond

• St

reng

then

EC

SA O

rgan

isat

iona

lly a

nd it

s St

aff•

Tran

sfor

mat

ion

Te

chni

cal c

apab

ility

Su

cces

sion

pla

nnin

g

Expa

nd m

embe

rshi

p

Dev

elop

a n

atio

nal f

ootp

rint

Im

prov

e st

aff m

oral

e

Inte

rnat

iona

l par

ticip

atio

n

• C

hang

ing

soci

al, p

oliti

cal a

nd e

cono

mic

env

ironm

ent

• Po

litic

al “i

nter

vent

ion”

if w

e ar

e no

t see

n to

be

doin

g ou

r job

• EC

SA d

oesn

’t re

mai

n re

leva

nt to

new

tech

nolo

gies

• U

nwilli

ngne

ss to

cha

nge

• Yo

ung

engi

neer

s re

ject

ing

ECSA

PEST

EL A

naly

sis

CR

ITER

IA/ F

AC

TOR

SIN

TER

NA

L FA

CTO

RS

EXTE

RN

AL

FAC

TOR

SIN

TERV

ENTI

ON

SPo

litic

alVo

lunt

eers

v/s

sus

tain

able

sta

ff ca

paci

tyG

row

ing

impa

tienc

e w

ith la

ck o

f tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

i. D

emon

stra

te a

ctiv

e tr

ansf

orm

a-tio

n of

the

prof

essio

nii.

Add

ress

cap

acity

, sys

tem

and

pr

oces

s iss

ues t

o ad

dres

s and

im

prov

e th

e “v

olun

teer

s” sy

stem

Econ

omic

Inad

equa

te fu

ndin

gIn

adeq

uate

fund

ing

i. I

nves

tigat

e an

d im

plem

ent a

th

ird

s

tream

inco

me




16 18

OPP

ORT

UN

ITIE

STH

REA

TS

Soci

alPo

sitio

ning

EC

SA m

anda

te to

be

resp

onsi

ve to

loca

l and

nat

iona

l so

cio-

econ

omic

requ

irem

ents

Gro

win

g pr

essu

re to

mee

t soc

ial

infra

stru

ctur

e de

velo

pmen

t de-

man

ds

i. P

ositi

on p

rofe

ssio

n fo

r effe

ctiv

e

d

eliv

ery

of s

ocia

l inf

rast

ruct

ure

Tech

nolo

gica

lO

ut d

ated

tech

nolo

gy u

nabl

e to

su

ppor

t int

erna

l bus

ines

s pr

oces

s-es

Tech

nolo

gica

l set

up

not g

eare

d to

war

ds e

lect

roni

c in

tera

ctio

n w

ith

exte

rnal

app

lican

ts i.

e. E

lect

roni

c ap

plic

atio

ns

i. D

esig

n ne

w a

nd a

ppro

pria

te

tech

n

olog

y to

sup

port

ECSA

bus

i-ne

ssEn

viro

nmen

tQ

uest

to in

tegr

ate

envi

ronm

en-

tal c

once

rns

in th

e en

gine

erin

g so

lutio

ns

Pres

sure

to in

tegr

ate

envi

ronm

en-

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

in th

e gi

ven

engi

neer

ing

solu

tions

i. D

eter

min

e ap

prop

riate

env

ironm

enta

l sen

sitiv

ities

to b

e

in

tegr

ated

with

eng

inee

ring

s

olut

ions

Le

gal

Inad

equa

te le

gal &

pol

icy

fram

e-w

ork

Inab

ility

to p

rogr

ess

regi

stra

tion

of s

peci

fied

cate

gorie

s in

line

with

S1

8(3)

of t

he A

ct

Cum

bers

ome

and

ineffi

cien

t reg

is-

tratio

n pr

oces

ses/

syst

em

Lack

of a

com

puls

ory

mec

hani

sm

to e

nsur

e pr

otec

tion

of th

e w

ord

“Eng

inee

r” an

d co

mpu

lsor

y re

gis-

tratio

n of

all

Engi

neer

s pe

rform

ing

engi

neer

ing

wor

k of

wha

teve

r typ

e

Inad

equa

te le

gal a

nd p

olic

y fra

mew

ork

i. R

evie

w a

nd a

men

d le

gisl

atio

n to

alig

n it

to b

est r

egul

ator

y

pra

ctic

esii.

Cre

ate

a fra

mew

ork

to re

gist

er

s

peci

fied

cate

gorie

s of

Eng

i-ne

ers

out

side

of t

he P

rofe

ssio

nal E

ngi

n

eer c

ateg

ory

or c

urre

ntly

reco

gniz

ed c

ateg

orie

siii.

Est

ablis

h a

track

ed s

yste

m o

f

reg

istra

tion

from

enr

olm

ent o

f

stu

dent

s to

pro

fess

iona

l

Eng

inee

r with

qui

cker

turn

-aro

und

times

iv. E

ngag

e in

dust

ry w

ith a

vie

w to

pro

curin

g th

eir s

uppo

rt to

onl

y

h

ire E

ngin

eers

who

are

regi

ster

ed w

ith E

CSA

3 St

rate

gic

outc

ome-

orie

nted

goa

ls o

f the

ECS

A

The

follo

win

g fo

ur S

trate

gic

Out

com

e O

rient

ated

Goa

ls w

ere

iden

tified

as

the

stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

of E

CSA

: St

rate

gic

Goa

l 1En

gine

erin

g pr

actit

ione

rs e

njoy

the

bene

fit o

f wor

ld c

lass

edu

catio

n an

d re

gist

ratio

n G

oal s

tate

men

tAn

effi

cien

t, in

clus

ive,

tran

spar

ent r

egis

tratio

n an

d ed

ucat

ion

prac

tices

that

pro

mot

es d

eman

d, e

mpl

oyab

ility,

mar

keta

bili-

ty, m

obilit

y an

d pr

otec

tion

of w

ork

envi

ronm

ent

Link

to n

atio

nal

outc

ome(

s)•

Dire

ctly

- C

BE s

trate

gic

goal

2 –

a tr

ansf

orm

ed b

uilt

envi

ronm

ent w

ith a

ppro

pria

te, a

dequ

ate

skills

and

com

pete

ncie

s,

resp

onsi

ve to

the

coun

try’s

infra

stru

ctur

e de

liver

y, o

pera

tion

and

mai

nten

ance

nee

ds

• D

irect

ly -

MTS

F ou

tcom

e 5

– A

skille

d an

d ca

pabl

e w

orkf

orce

to s

uppo

rt an

incl

usiv

e gr

owth

pla

n.

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

9 –

Res

pons

ive,

acc

ount

able

, effe

ctiv

e an

d effi

cien

t loc

al G

over

nmen

t.

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

11

– C

reat

e a

bette

r Sou

th A

frica

and

con

tribu

te to

a b

ette

r Afri

ca a

nd a

bet

ter w

orld

. •

Dire

ctly

with

sec

tion

3 ( C

) of

the

Cou

ncil

for t

he B

uilt

Envi

ronm

ent

Act,2

000

(Act

43

of 2

000)

• D

irect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 1

2 –

An e

ffici

ent,

effec

tive

and

deve

lopm

ent o

rient

ed p

ublic

ser

vice

.

Stra

tegi

c G

oal 2

Publ

ic a

war

enes

s of

the

Prof

essi

on a

nd it

s st

anda

rds

and

regu

latio

n to

ens

ure

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

thos

e st

anda

rds

in

the

publ

ic in

tere

stG

oal s

tate

men

tAn

info

rmed

pub

lic th

at c

an h

old

the

Prof

essi

on a

ccou

ntab

le to

the

regu

lato

ry s

tand

ards

Link

to n

atio

nal

outc

ome(

s)•

Dire

ctly

- M

TSF

outc

ome

5 –

A sk

illed

and

capa

ble

wor

kfor

ce to

sup

port

an in

clus

ive

grow

th p

lan.

• C

BE S

trate

gic

goal

4 –

Bui

lt En

viro

nmen

t Pro

fess

iona

ls (B

EPs)

that

ope

rate

with

in a

regu

late

d po

licy

and

legi

slat

ive

fram

ewor

k•

Indi

rect

ly -

MTS

F ou

tcom

e 3

– Al

l peo

ple

in S

outh

Afri

ca a

re a

nd fe

el s

afe.

• In

dire

ctly

- M

TSF

outc

ome

11 –

Cre

ate

a be

tter S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd c

ontri

bute

to a

bet

ter A

frica

and

bet

ter w

orld

. •

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 9

– R

espo

nsiv

e, a

ccou

ntab

le, e

ffect

ive

and

effici

ent l

ocal

Gov

ernm

ent

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

10

– Pr

otec

t and

enh

ance

our

env

ironm

enta

l ass

ets

and

natu

ral r

esou

rces

Stra

tegi

c G

oal 3

Engi

neer

ing

prac

titio

ners

pro

activ

ely

resp

onsi

ve to

loca

l and

nat

iona

l soc

io-e

cono

mic

requ

irem

ents

Goa

l sta

tem

ent

Hig

h im

pact

soc

io-e

cono

mic

inte

rven

tions

in re

spon

se to

nat

iona

l and

oth

er p

riorit

ies




18 19

Link

to n

atio

nal

outc

ome(

s)•

CBE

Stra

tegi

c go

al 1

– a

Bui

lt En

viro

nmen

t tha

t is

resp

onsi

ve to

the

deve

lopm

enta

l and

eco

nom

ic p

riorit

ies

of g

over

n-m

ent

•

CBE

Stra

tegi

c go

al 3

– a

n op

timal

ly fu

nctio

ning

bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t with

a re

spon

sive

and

rele

vant

pol

icy

and

legi

slat

ive

fram

ewor

k ba

sed

on in

form

ed a

nd re

sear

ched

pos

ition

s.•

CBE

Stra

tegi

c go

al 2

– a

tran

sfor

med

bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t with

app

ropr

iate

, ade

quat

e sk

ills a

nd c

ompe

tenc

ies,

resp

on-

sive

to th

e co

untry

’s in

frast

ruct

ure

deliv

ery,

ope

ratio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce n

eeds

.•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 2

– A

long

and

hea

lthy

life

for a

ll So

uth

Afric

ans.

•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 3

– A

ll pe

ople

are

in S

outh

Afri

ca a

re a

nd fe

el s

afe.

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

9 –

Res

pons

ive,

acc

ount

able

, effe

ctiv

e an

d effi

cien

t loc

al G

over

nmen

t•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 1

1 –

Cre

ate

a be

tter S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd c

ontri

bute

to a

bet

ter A

frica

and

a b

ette

r wor

ld.

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

12

– An

effi

cien

t, eff

ectiv

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t-orie

nted

pub

lic s

ervi

ce.

Stra

tegi

c G

oal 4

A su

stai

nabl

e, tr

ansf

orm

ed a

nd c

oher

ent o

rgan

isat

ion

that

is c

apab

le o

f del

iver

ing

the

impa

ct d

esire

d by

its

stak

ehol

ders

an

d so

ciet

y w

ithin

the

prov

isio

ns o

f the

EPA

Goa

l sta

tem

ent

A co

here

nt a

nd w

ell r

un o

rgan

isat

ion

Link

to n

atio

nal

outc

ome(

s)In

dire

ctly

- C

BE S

trate

gic

goal

4 –

Bui

lt En

viro

nmen

t Pro

fess

iona

ls (B

EPs)

that

ope

rate

with

in a

regu

late

d po

licy

and

leg-

isla

tive

fram

ewor

k

PART B: STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES4 Aligning ECSA objectives to the mandate

ECSA was established under the Engineering Professions Act No 46 of 2000. This Act, inter alia empowers ECSA to perform a variety of functions as outlined below:

1. Setting and auditing of academic standards for purposes of registration through a process of accredita-tion of engineering programmes at Tertiary Education Institutions.

2. Setting and auditing of professional development standards through the provision of guidelines which set out the ECSA’s post-qualification requirements for registration in the four professional categories of registration; namely Professional Engineer, Professional Engineering Technologist, Professional Certif-icated Engineer and Professional Engineering Technician as well as for Specified Categories, such as Registered Lift inspectors.

3. Prescribing and enforcing requirements for Continuing Professional Development and determining the period within which registered persons must apply for renewal of their registrations.

4. Prescribing a Code of Conduct and Codes of Practice, and enforcing such conduct through appropriate Investigating Committees and a Disciplinary Tribunal.

5. Identification of work of an engineering nature that should be reserved for registered persons by the Council for the Built Environment (CBE), after consultation with the Competition Board.

6. Advising the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) and Minister of Public Works on matters relating to the engineering profession and cognate matters.

7. Recognition of professional associations, such as engineering associations, institutes, institutions and societies.

8. Publication of a guideline tariff of fees for consulting work, in consultation with government, the profes-sion and industry.

9. Doing such other things as may be necessary for the proper performance of its functions in terms of the Act.

ECSA understands its mandate and the value chain as exhibited in the diagram 2 below:




20 21

Over its history ECSA has sought to execute its mandate effectively. However recent years have seen ris-ing pressure from government and other stakeholders for ECSA to give greater definition to the mandate implicit in points 7 and 9 above. In this respect ECSA needs to answer the strategic question of how it can add value to the political and economic imperatives facing South Africa. This is especially critical in the light of the significant infrastructure development plans indicated by the current regime as evident in the National Development Plan (NDP), Presidential Infrastructure coordinating commission (PICC), and the Strategic In-tegrated Projects (SIPS) as well as state owned enterprises such as Transnet and Eskom. Further to that, Council resolved to Assist (within the ambit of the EPA) cross border academic institutions to set-up accred-itations systems and accredit engineering programmes upon request as a strategic imperative in support of aspirations 1 and 7 as espoused in Africa Agenda 2063 that reads “a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development” and “Africa as a strong, united and influential global player and partner” respectively.

5 PROGRAMMES5.1 Programme 1: Education and Registration Strategic Goal 1: Engineering practitioners enjoy the benefit of world class education and registration.

Strategic objectives: An efficient, inclusive, transparent registration and education practices that promotes demand, employability, marketability, mobility and protection of work environment.




22 23

Polic

y,St

anda

rds

and

Proc

edur

esD

evel

opm

ent

Reg

istr

atio

n,A

ccre

dita

tion

& q

ualit

yas

sura

nce

Con

tinui

ngPr

ofes

sion

alD

evel

opm

ent

(CPD

)

Prof

essi

onal

Con

duct

Man

agem

ent

Figu

re 2

: und

erst

andi

ng o

f EC

SA’s

cor

e m

anda

te

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 1.

1En

gine

erin

g pr

actit

ione

rs a

re re

cogn

ised

thro

ugh

exce

llent

, rel

evan

t and

glo

bally

acc

epte

d ed

ucat

ion

stan

dard

s

Obj

ectiv

e st

atem

ent

• Ac

cred

itatio

n of

eng

inee

ring

prog

ram

mes

in h

ighe

r edu

catio

n in

stitu

tions

in S

outh

Afri

ca

• C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e re

quire

men

ts fo

r the

inte

rnat

iona

l acc

ords

and

agr

eem

ents

with

the

glob

al e

ngin

eerin

g or

gani

satio

ns

• En

gage

men

t of t

he e

mpl

oyer

bod

ies

to c

reat

e a

cond

uciv

e w

ork

envi

ronm

ent f

or e

ngin

eerin

g pr

actit

ione

rs

Bas

elin

e1.

Acc

redi

tatio

n of

Eng

inee

ring

prog

ram

mes

As o

f 31

Mar

ch 2

015,

222

eng

inee

ring

prog

ram

mes

wer

e ac

cred

ited

by E

CSA

in 1

7 in

stitu

tions

bei

ng U

nive

rsity

of C

ape

Tow

n, U

nive

rsity

of K

waz

ulu-

Nat

al, N

elso

n M

ande

la M

etro

polit

an U

nive

rsity

, Nor

th-W

est U

nive

rsity

, Uni

vers

ity o

f Pre

toria

, U

nive

rsity

of J

ohan

nesb

urg,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ste

llenb

osch

, the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Witw

ater

sran

d, V

aal U

nive

rsity

of T

echn

olog

y, T

sh-

wan

e U

nive

rsity

of T

echn

olog

y, U

NIS

A, U

nive

rsity

of J

ohan

nesb

urg,

Cen

tral U

nive

rsity

of T

echn

olog

y (F

ree

Stat

e), M

ango

-so

tho

Uni

vers

ity o

f Tec

hnol

ogy,

Dur

ban

Uni

vers

ity o

f Tec

hnol

ogy,

Cap

e Pe

nins

ula

Uni

vers

ity o

f Tec

hnol

ogy

and

Wal

ter S

isul

u U

nive

rsity

. Th

e en

gine

erin

g pr

ogra

mm

es a

re a

ccre

dite

d as

follo

ws:

• 50

Bac

helo

r of S

cien

ce in

Eng

inee

ring

• 93

Bac

helo

r of T

echn

olog

y in

Eng

inee

ring

• 79

Nat

iona

l Dip

lom

a in

Eng

inee

ring

ECSA

is a

war

e of

one

inst

itutio

n th

at is

cur

rent

ly o

fferin

g en

gine

erin

g pr

ogra

mm

e th

at is

not

acc

redi

ted.

The

re c

ould

be

mor

e ot

her i

nstit

utio

ns th

at a

re o

fferin

g en

gine

erin

g pr

ogra

mm

es th

at a

re n

ot k

now

n to

EC

SA.

2. G

loba

lly a

ccep

ted

educ

atio

n st

anda

rds

ECSA

is a

mem

ber o

f the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Eng

inee

ring

Allia

nce

(IEA)

that

pro

mot

es th

e m

obilit

y of

the

engi

neer

ing

prof

essi

on v

ia

the

educ

atio

nal a

ccor

ds a

nd c

ompe

tenc

y ag

reem

ent a

mon

g th

e m

embe

r cou

ntrie

s. A

s of

31

Mar

ch 2

015,

EC

SA is

a s

igna

-to

ry to

thre

e ed

ucat

iona

l Acc

ords

and

two

com

pete

ncy

agre

emen

ts b

eing

:

• W

ashi

ngto

n ac

cord

• Sy

dney

acc

ord

• D

ublin

acc

ord

• In

tern

atio

nal p

rofe

ssio

nal e

ngin

eers

agr

eem

ent(I

PEA)

• In

tern

atio

nal e

ngin

eerin

g Te

chno

logi

st a

gree

men

t (IE

TA)

ECSA

par

ticip

ate

in a

ll ac

tiviti

es o

f the

allia

nce

that

incl

udes

pee

r rev

iew

s of

mem

ber c

ount

ries;

mak

e in

puts

in c

ompe

tenc

y st

anda

rds,

pol

icie

s an

d at

tribu

tes

of th

e en

gine

erin

g pr

actit

ione

rs.

Just

ifica

tion

Legi

slat

ive

inju

nctio

n as

pro

vide

d fo

r in

sect

ion

13 o

f the

Eng

inee

ring

Prof

essi

ons

Act,

2000

(Act

46

of 2

000)

read

toge

ther

w

ith s

ectio

n 5(

c )(

iii) o

f the

Hig

her E

duca

tion

Act,

1997

(Act

101

of 1

997)

Link

s•

Dire

ctly

- M

TSF

outc

ome

5 –

A sk

illed

and

capa

ble

wor

kfor

ce to

sup

port

an in

clus

ive

grow

th p

lan.

•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 1

1 –

crea

te a

bet

ter S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd c

ontri

bute

to a

bet

ter A

frica

and

bet

ter w

orld

. •

Dire

ctly

with

sec

tion

3 ( C

) of

the

Cou

ncil

for t

he B

uilt

Envi

ronm

ent

Act,2

000

(Act

43

of 2

000)

• D

irect

ly -

CBE

stra

tegi

c go

al 2

– a

tran

sfor

med

bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t with

app

ropr

iate

, ade

quat

e sk

ills a

nd c

ompe

tenc

ies,

re

spon

sive

to th

e co

untry

’s in

frast

ruct

ure

deliv

ery,

ope

ratio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce n

eeds

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 1.

2En

gine

erin

g pr

actit

ione

rs a

re re

gist

ered

thro

ugh

acce

ssib

le, f

air,

trans

pare

nt, e

ffici

ent a

nd c

redi

ble

syst

em

Obj

ectiv

e st

atem

ent

Impr

oved

regi

stra

tion

syst

em in

line

with

bes

t pra

ctic

e th

at s

trive

s to

pro

mot

e ac

cess

ibilit

y, fa

irnes

s, tr

ansp

aren

cy, e

ffici

ency

an

d cr

edib

ility

Bas

elin

e•

The

regi

stra

tion

appl

icat

ion

proc

ess

is c

urre

ntly

cen

tralis

ed a

s th

ere

is o

nly

one

natio

nal E

CSA

offi

ce b

ased

in G

aute

ng,

whi

ch p

osse

ss a

cha

lleng

e of

acc

essi

bilit

y fo

r the

pro

spec

tive

appl

ican

ts.

• Th

e re

gist

ratio

n ap

plic

atio

n pr

oces

s is

don

e m

anua

lly a

nd in

som

e ca

ses

affec

ted

by a

num

ber o

f ext

erna

l fac

tors

incl

ud-

ing

the

natio

nal P

ost o

ffice

stri

kes.

•

Ther

e ar

e ov

erw

helm

ing

sent

imen

ts a

mon

gst t

he s

take

hold

ers

that

EC

SA p

roce

sses

are

obs

truct

ive

and

non-

trans

pare

nt.

• Fu

rther

to th

at, t

here

are

stro

ng s

entim

ents

exp

ress

ed th

roug

h cr

itica

l ski

lls s

urve

y co

nduc

ted

in 2

013

that

the

regi

stra

tion

syst

em is

not

tran

spar

ent,

the

regi

stra

tion

is c

umbe

rsom

e, th

ere

is p

oor c

omm

unic

atio

n of

real

tim

e in

form

atio

n fo

r app

li-ca

nts

and

inte

rvie

ws

are

callo

us, t

o m

entio

n a

few.

Just

ifica

tion

Legi

slat

ive

inju

nctio

n as

pro

vide

d fo

r in

sect

ion

11, 1

8 an

d 19

, 21

and

22 o

f the

Eng

inee

ring

Prof

essi

ons

Act,

2000

(Act

46

of

2000

). Th

e id

entifi

ed c

halle

nges

will

be a

ddre

ssed

thro

ugh

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

a p

rogr

amm

e re

ferre

d to

as

a N

ew R

egis

-tra

tion

Syst

em (N

RS)

. NR

S pu

rpor

ts to

ove

rhau

l the

ent

ire re

gist

ratio

n by

(i) r

evie

win

g ed

ucat

ion

and

regi

stra

tion

stan

dard

s,

polic

ies

and

proc

edur

es, (

ii) m

ake

atte

mpt

s to

reac

h ou

t to

the

appl

ican

ts in

thei

r res

pect

ive

prov

ince

s fo

r ass

essm

ent i

nter

-vi

ews,

(iii)

Incr

ease

the

pool

of a

sses

sors

in v

ario

us p

rovi

nces

, (iv

) offe

r gui

danc

e to

app

lican

ts w

hom

thei

r app

licat

ion

for

regi

stra

tion

is d

efer

red

to a

late

r dat

e, a

nd (v

) the

dev

elop

men

t of a

n on

line

regi

stra

tion

syst

em to

mak

e re

gist

ratio

n sy

stem

th

at is

out

com

e ba

sed.

The

ben

efit f

or th

e ap

plic

ants

with

the

onlin

e sy

stem

will

be th

e ab

ility

to tr

ack

appl

icat

ion

prog

ress

on

line.

Link

s•

Dire

ctly

- M

TSF

outc

ome

5 –

A sk

illed

and

capa

ble

wor

kfor

ce to

sup

port

an in

clus

ive

grow

th p

lan.

•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 1

1 –

Cre

ate

a be

tter S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd c

ontri

bute

to a

bet

ter A

frica

and

bet

ter w

orld

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

12

– An

effi

cien

t, eff

ectiv

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t-orie

nted

pub

lic s

ervi

ce

• D

irect

ly -

CBE

stra

tegi

c go

al 2

– A

tran

sfor

med

bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t with

app

ropr

iate

, ade

quat

e sk

ills a

nd c

ompe

tenc

ies,

re

spon

sive

to th

e co

untry

’s in

frast

ruct

ure

deliv

ery,

ope

ratio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce n

eeds




24 25

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 1.

3G

row

th a

nd re

tent

ion

of re

gist

ered

Eng

inee

ring

prac

titio

ners

Obj

ectiv

e st

atem

ent

• Th

e pr

omot

ion

of th

e pr

ofes

sion

;•

The

deve

lopm

ent o

f add

ition

al a

ttrac

tive

bene

fits

for r

egis

tere

d pr

actit

ione

rs;

• Th

e st

reng

then

ing

of re

latio

nshi

ps w

ith re

cogn

ised

Vol

unta

ry A

ssoc

iatio

ns

• En

gagi

ng th

e em

ploy

ers

of e

ngin

eerin

g pr

actit

ione

rs to

pro

mot

e th

e be

nefit

of E

CSA

• In

fluen

ce e

mpl

oym

ent p

ract

ices

with

resp

ect t

o en

gine

erin

g pr

actit

ione

rs•

Influ

enci

ng tr

ansf

orm

atio

n ac

ross

the

sect

or;

• Pr

otec

ting

the

Envi

ronm

ent.

B

asel

ine

• C

urre

ntly

ther

e is

a g

ener

al c

onse

nsus

that

app

roxi

mat

ely

38%

of t

he p

ract

isin

g en

gine

ers

are

regi

ster

ed w

ith E

CSA

. •

Prof

essi

onal

regi

stra

tion

rem

ains

non

-com

puls

ory

in te

rms

of th

e EP

A.

• Th

e th

ird te

rm C

ounc

il ta

rget

ed to

regi

ster

50

000

engi

neer

ing

prac

titio

ners

by

end

of 2

014

and

only

44

621

was

ach

ieve

d.

Ther

e ha

s be

en a

ste

ady

grow

th o

f new

regi

stra

tions

bet

wee

n th

e ye

ars

2011

and

201

4 at

an

aver

age

of 6

.3%

how

ever

th

ere

has

been

a n

otab

le in

crea

se o

f per

sons

that

do

not m

aint

ain

thei

r reg

istra

tion

lead

ing

to a

dec

line

in th

e ne

t figu

res

and

rete

ntio

n fa

ilure

.

Volu

ntar

y A

ssoc

iatio

ns -

ECSA

has

reco

gnis

ed 4

4 Vo

lunt

ary

Asso

ciat

ions

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith s

ectio

n 25

of t

he E

ngin

eerin

g Pr

ofes

sion

Act

, 200

0(46

of 2

000)

. A p

latfo

rm is

est

ablis

hed

to c

reat

e a

dial

ogue

bet

wee

n EC

SA a

nd th

e Vo

lunt

ary

Asso

cia-

tions

how

ever

; the

re is

a n

eed

to jo

intly

impl

emen

t ind

ustry

initi

ativ

es fo

r max

imum

impa

ct.

Prot

ectin

g th

e en

viro

nmen

t Pr

otec

tion

of th

e en

viro

nmen

t is

embe

dded

in th

e co

de o

f con

duct

, the

ele

ven

exit

leve

l out

com

es a

nd th

e en

gine

erin

g cu

rric-

ulum

.

Just

ifica

tion

Pro

tect

ing

the

Pub

lic a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tTh

ere

is a

nee

d, to

a g

reat

er e

xten

d, to

regu

late

eng

inee

ring

prac

titio

ners

that

will

be g

uide

d by

a c

ode

of c

ondu

ct in

ord

er to

pr

otec

t the

mem

bers

of t

he p

ublic

. Eng

inee

ring

solu

tions

are

nec

essa

ry fo

r the

del

iver

y of

infra

stru

ctur

e, g

oods

and

ser

vice

s.

Beca

use

engi

neer

ing

invo

lves

exp

loiti

ng a

nd c

ontro

lling

natu

ral f

orce

s an

d co

mpl

ex s

yste

ms

and

proc

esse

s, th

e at

tain

men

t of

sol

utio

ns is

acc

ompa

nied

by

risks

. Miti

gatio

n of

thes

e ris

ks re

quire

s co

mpe

tent

and

acc

ount

able

eng

inee

ring

prof

essi

onal

s.

The

regi

stra

tion

syst

em h

as b

een

esta

blis

hed

by la

w to

ens

ure

this

com

pete

nce

and

acco

unta

bilit

y.Th

ere

is a

nee

d to

com

e up

with

an

aggr

essi

ve re

tent

ion

stra

tegy

. Li

nks

• D

irect

ly -

MTS

F ou

tcom

e 5

– A

skille

d an

d ca

pabl

e w

orkf

orce

to s

uppo

rt an

incl

usiv

e gr

owth

pla

n.

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

9 –

resp

onsi

ve, a

ccou

ntab

le, e

ffect

ive

and

effici

ent l

ocal

Gov

ernm

ent.

•

Dire

ctly

with

sec

tion

3 ( C

) of

the

Cou

ncil

for t

he B

uilt

Envi

ronm

ent

Act,2

000

(Act

43

of 2

000)

• D

irect

ly -

CBE

stra

tegi

c go

al 2

– A

tran

sfor

med

bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t with

app

ropr

iate

, ade

quat

e sk

ills a

nd c

ompe

tenc

ies,

re

spon

sive

to th

e co

untry

’s in

frast

ruct

ure

deliv

ery,

ope

ratio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce n

eeds

.

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 1.

4Th

e en

gine

erin

g pr

ofes

sion

is g

row

n by

incr

easi

ng th

e nu

mbe

r of e

ngin

eerin

g pr

actit

ione

rs to

mee

t exi

stin

g fu

ture

dem

ands

Obj

ectiv

e st

atem

ent

• Br

oade

ned

scop

e of

regi

ster

ed p

erso

ns u

nder

EC

SA’s

man

date

• O

pera

tiona

lise

the

engi

neer

ing

educ

atio

n tru

st

Bas

elin

eB

road

enin

g sc

ope

of re

gist

ered

per

sons

und

er E

CS

A’s

man

date

Nin

e en

gine

erin

g di

scip

lines

are

cur

rent

ly re

cogn

ised

for r

egis

tratio

n by

EC

SA w

hich

cap

ture

s m

ainl

y th

e 38

% o

f the

per

sons

on

the

data

base

. Th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

62%

of p

ract

ition

ers

not r

egis

tere

d do

not

nec

essa

rily

form

par

t of t

he re

cogn

ised

dis

-ci

plin

es.

Cou

ncil

wou

ld li

ke to

exp

and

the

scop

e of

the

disc

iplin

es to

incl

ude

emer

ging

mar

kets

suc

h as

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y,

shal

e oi

l and

gas

, etc

. O

pera

tiona

lise

the

engi

neer

ing

educ

atio

n tru

st

In 2

014,

EC

SA re

gist

ered

Sak

him

fund

o Ed

ucat

ion

Trus

t. A

pilo

t pro

ject

bas

ed o

n th

e Th

uthu

ka M

odel

is c

urre

ntly

und

erw

ay

base

d on

a tr

ipar

tite

agre

emen

t bet

wee

n EC

SA, G

aute

ng D

epar

tmen

t of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e D

evel

opm

ent a

nd th

e U

nive

rsity

of

Joha

nnes

burg

. 23

eng

inee

ring

stud

ents

are

ben

efici

arie

s of

the

prog

ram

me

and

are

enro

lled

at th

e U

nive

rsity

of J

ohan

nes-

burg

. Th

e pi

lot p

roje

ct w

as la

unch

ed o

n th

e 06

Oct

ober

201

4.

Just

ifica

tion

Expa

nsio

n of

the

scop

e of

dis

cipl

ines

will

crea

te v

alue

in p

ositi

onin

g EC

SA a

s re

leva

nt a

nd a

ddre

ssin

g th

e ne

eds

on th

e gr

ound

.

Link

s•

Dire

ctly

- M

TSF

outc

ome

5 –

A sk

illed

and

capa

ble

wor

kfor

ce to

sup

port

an in

clus

ive

grow

th p

lan.

•

Dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

12

– An

effi

cien

t, eff

ectiv

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t orie

nted

pub

lic s

ervi

ce.

• D

irect

ly -

CBE

stra

tegi

c go

al 2

– A

tran

sfor

med

bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t with

app

ropr

iate

, ade

quat

e sk

ills a

nd c

ompe

tenc

ies,

re

spon

sive

to th

e co

untry

’s in

frast

ruct

ure

deliv

ery,

ope

ratio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce n

eeds

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 1.

5Pr

actit

ione

rs s

ucce

ssfu

lly re

new

thei

r reg

istra

tion

thro

ugh

fair,

cre

dibl

e, tr

ansp

aren

t and

acc

essi

ble

proc

esse

s

Obj

ectiv

e st

atem

ent

Proa

ctiv

e re

gist

ratio

n re

new

al s

yste

m a

nd p

roce

ss w

orkfl

ows

Bas

elin

eTh

e C

PD s

yste

m p

rese

nts

with

cha

lleng

es to

the

regi

ster

ed p

erso

ns.

The

curre

nt s

yste

m is

slu

ggis

h. R

egis

tere

d pe

rson

s ar

e ve

ry d

isgr

untle

d w

ith th

e sy

stem

. Th

ere

is a

nee

d to

cre

ate

a pl

atfo

rm th

at is

use

r frie

ndly.

Just

ifica

tion

Legi

slat

ive

inju

nctio

n to

rene

w re

gist

ratio

n in

term

s of

sec

tion

22 o

f the

Eng

inee

ring

Prof

essi

on A

ct, 2

000

(Act

46

of 2

000)

Link

s•

Dire

ctly

- C

BE s

trate

gic

goal

2 –

A tr

ansf

orm

ed b

uilt

envi

ronm

ent w

ith a

ppro

pria

te, a

dequ

ate

skills

and

com

pete

ncie

s,

resp

onsi

ve to

th

e co

untry

’s in

frast

ruct

ure

deliv

ery,

ope

ratio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce n

eeds

•

Indi

rect

ly -

MTS

F ou

tcom

e 5

– A

skille

d an

d ca

pabl

e w

orkf

orce

to s

uppo

rt an

incl

usiv

e gr

owth

pla

n.




26 27

5.1.

1 Re

sour

ce c

onsi

dera

tion

s

This

pro

gram

me

is a

tran

sfor

mat

ion

flags

hip

proj

ect a

s th

e fo

cus

is o

n im

prov

ing

effici

enci

es a

nd m

akin

g re

gist

ratio

n to

be

acce

ssib

le, f

air

and

trans

pare

nt.

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to in

tens

ely

enga

ge th

e aff

ecte

d st

akeh

olde

rs w

hich

was

nev

er d

one

in th

e hi

stor

y of

EC

SA.

The

New

Reg

istra

tions

Sy

stem

is a

n en

ablin

g pl

atfo

rm fo

r the

pro

spec

tive

appl

ican

ts to

acc

ess

regi

stra

tion

onlin

e. I

t is

antic

ipat

ed th

at th

ere

will

be a

ste

ady

budg

et in

-cr

ease

in th

is a

rea.

The

Cou

ncil

will

have

to fi

nd a

ltern

ativ

e w

ays

of fu

ndin

g th

is p

rogr

amm

e if

it w

ill yi

eld

mea

ning

ful r

esul

ts.

Cou

ncil

is o

n ta

lks

with

CBE

to fi

nd w

ays

to fu

nd th

e pr

ogra

mm

e.

5.1.

2 Ri

sk M

anag

emen

t D

escr

iptio

n of

Ris

kPr

imar

y C

ause

sA

ctio

n Pl

ans

Lack

of a

utom

ated

syst

ems f

or st

atut

ory

func

tion

Unr

elia

ble

IT sy

stem

and

cont

rols

for c

aptu

ring

mem

ber’s

dat

a. A

lso p

oor r

ecor

d ke

epin

g pr

actic

es

resu

lting

in th

e lo

ss o

f im

port

ant d

ocum

enta

tion

Cou

ncil

is in

the

proc

ess

to re

view

the

curre

nt

IT in

frast

ruct

ure

with

the

view

to d

evel

op a

n ap

prop

riate

IT in

frast

ruct

ure

that

is in

form

ed

by th

e cu

rrent

stra

tegy

. La

ck o

f effi

cien

t reg

istra

tion

proc

esse

s Lo

ng tu

rnar

ound

tim

es fo

r bot

h re

gist

ratio

n an

d re

fusa

ls ar

e cu

rren

tly e

xper

ienc

ed

Inve

stig

atio

ns a

re c

urre

ntly

und

erw

ay to

im-

prov

e effi

cien

cies

. Th

is in

clud

es u

nder

taki

ng

benc

hmar

king

exe

rcis

es fr

om s

imila

r ins

titu-

tions

at a

nat

iona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l lev

el. A

n effi

cien

t reg

istra

tion

regi

me

will

be im

plem

ent-

ed o

nce

the

inve

stig

atio

ns a

re d

one

and

on

appr

oval

by

Cou

ncil.

5.2

Prog

ram

me

2: P

ublic

aw

aren

ess

of th

e en

gine

erin

g pr

ofes

sion

St

rate

gic

Goa

l: Pu

blic

aw

aren

ess

of th

e pr

ofes

sion

and

its

stan

dard

s an

d re

gula

tion

to e

nsur

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

ose

stan

dard

s in

the

publ

ic

inte

rest

.

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

: An

info

rmed

pub

lic th

at c

an h

old

the

prof

essi

on a

ccou

ntab

le to

the

regu

lato

ry s

tand

ards

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 2.

1Pu

blic

aw

aren

ess

of th

e en

gine

erin

g pr

ofes

sion

and

its

stan

dard

s th

roug

h pu

blic

edu

catio

n, in

form

atio

n an

d aw

aren

ess

pro-

gram

mes

Obj

ectiv

e st

atem

ent

Prom

otin

g th

e pr

ofes

sion

by

diss

emin

atio

n of

info

rmat

ion

rega

rdin

g th

e en

gine

erin

g pr

ofes

sion

to a

var

iety

of s

take

hold

ers

Bas

elin

eM

ost s

take

hold

ers

have

exp

ress

ed th

at E

CSA

is n

ot v

ery

visi

ble

in th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

Just

ifica

tion

ECSA

is a

ver

y st

rate

gic

natio

nal o

rgan

isat

ion

for s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent

Link

s•

Indi

rect

ly -

MTS

F ou

tcom

e 3

– Al

l peo

ple

in S

outh

Afri

ca a

re a

nd fe

el s

afe.

• In

dire

ctly

- M

TSF

outc

ome

11 –

Cre

ate

a be

tter S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd c

ontri

bute

to a

bet

ter A

frica

and

bet

ter w

orld

.

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 2.

2Pr

otec

tion

of th

e he

alth

, saf

ety

and

inte

rest

s of

pub

lic th

roug

h eff

ectiv

e re

gula

tion

of th

e pr

ofes

sion

Obj

ectiv

e st

atem

ent

• Eff

ectiv

e an

d effi

cien

t reg

ulat

ion

of th

e pr

ofes

sion

with

focu

s on

con

duct

of r

egis

tere

d pr

ofes

sion

als

thro

ugh

a co

de o

f con

-du

ct p

redi

cate

d on

legi

slat

ion

and

best

pra

ctic

e•

Col

labo

ratio

n w

ith th

e em

ploy

er b

odie

s an

d vo

lunt

ary

asso

ciat

ions

to u

phol

d th

e co

de o

f con

duct

and

cre

ate

a co

nduc

ive

wor

king

env

ironm

ent.

• En

ter i

nto

colla

bora

tion

with

rele

vant

Gov

ernm

ent D

epar

tmen

ts a

nd o

ther

sta

keho

lder

s to

join

tly in

vest

igat

e po

or q

ualit

y en

gine

erin

g w

ork

Bas

elin

eU

phol

ding

the

code

of c

ondu

ctTh

e Le

gal S

ervi

ces

Uni

t cur

rent

ly d

eals

with

Mat

ters

for I

nves

tigat

ion

and

Dis

cipl

inar

y ca

ses.

EC

SA h

as a

cod

e of

con

duct

in

plac

e dr

awn

up in

line

with

the

prov

isio

ns o

f sec

tion

27 o

f the

Eng

inee

ring

Prof

essi

on A

ct 2

000,

(Act

46

of 2

000.

The

turn

-ar

ound

tim

es fo

r fina

lisin

g di

scip

linar

y ca

ses

agai

nst r

espo

nden

ts (r

egis

tere

d pe

rson

s w

ho h

ave

alle

gedl

y tra

nsgr

esse

d th

e co

de o

f con

duct

) hav

e be

en u

nsat

isfa

ctor

y du

e to

cap

acity

cha

lleng

es th

at a

re c

urre

ntly

bei

ng a

ddre

ssed

. Bac

klog

is d

efine

d as

cas

es o

ver a

yea

r.

Cre

atin

g an

ena

blin

g w

orki

ng e

nviro

nmen

tEn

gine

erin

g pr

actit

ione

rs h

ave

an e

xpec

tatio

n th

at E

CSA

sho

uld

assi

st in

cre

atin

g a

cond

uciv

e an

d an

ena

blin

g w

ork

envi

-ro

nmen

t for

com

plia

nce

with

the

code

of c

ondu

ct a

nd g

row

th.

Ju

stifi

catio

nLe

gisl

ativ

e in

junc

tion

in te

rms

of s

ectio

n 27

of t

he E

ngin

eerin

g Pr

ofes

sion

Act

200

0, (A

ct 4

6 of

200

0).

It is

pru

dent

for E

CSA

to

com

e up

with

a p

lan

to d

ispo

se o

f the

bac

klog

. EC

SA s

houl

d be

see

n to

be

aggr

essi

ve in

uph

oldi

ng th

e co

de o

f con

duct

fo

r the

pro

tect

ion

of th

e he

alth

, saf

ety

and

inte

rest

of t

he p

ublic

.

Link

s•

Dire

ctly

- M

TSF

outc

ome

5 –

A sk

illed

and

capa

ble

wor

kfor

ce to

sup

port

an in

clus

ive

grow

th p

lan.

•

CBE

Stra

tegi

c go

al 4

– B

uilt

Envi

ronm

ent P

rofe

ssio

nals

(BEP

s) th

at o

pera

te w

ithin

a re

gula

ted

polic

y an

d le

gisl

ativ

e fra

mew

ork

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

9 –

Res

pons

ive,

acc

ount

able

, effe

ctiv

e an

d effi

cien

t loc

al G

over

nmen

t •

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 1

0 –

Prot

ect a

nd e

nhan

ce o

ur e

nviro

nmen

tal a

sset

s an

d na

tura

l res

ourc

es

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

11

– C

reat

e a

bette

r Sou

th A

frica

and

con

tribu

te to

a b

ette

r Afri

ca a

nd a

bet

ter w

orld

.




28 29

5.2.

1 R

esou

rce

cons

ider

atio

ns

The

focu

s of

pro

gram

me

2 is

mai

nly

on m

akin

g EC

SA v

isib

le.

Key

stak

ehol

ders

hav

e ex

pres

sed

conc

ern

that

EC

SA is

no

know

n by

the

peop

le th

at

mat

ters

for i

ts e

xist

ence

. It

was

exp

ress

ed a

s w

ell t

hat t

he v

alue

pro

posi

tion

for E

CSA

is n

ot c

lear

. C

urre

ntly

EC

SA h

as e

ngag

ed th

e se

rvic

es o

f a

Publ

ic R

elat

ions

com

pany

. It

is a

ntic

ipat

ed th

at th

ere

will

be a

n in

crea

se in

bud

get f

or th

is p

rogr

amm

e if

ECSA

is to

be

aggr

essi

ve in

the

tact

ics

for

gain

ing

pres

ence

in th

e m

arke

t pla

ce.

5.2.

2 R

isk

Man

agem

ent

Des

crip

tion

of R

isk

Prim

ary

Cau

ses

Act

ion

Plan

sIn

adeq

uate

stak

ehol

der s

uppo

rt a

nd co

oper

atio

n Th

ere i

s no

effec

tive s

take

hold

er en

gage

men

t, i.e

. the

pr

oces

s by

whi

ch an

EC

SA in

volv

es p

eopl

e who

may

be

affec

ted

by th

e dec

ision

s it m

akes

or c

an in

fluen

ce

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

its d

ecisi

ons

Cou

ncil

plan

to

enga

ge d

iffer

ent

stak

ehol

ders

th

roug

h ro

ad s

how

s in

ord

er to

gai

n a

bette

r in-

sigh

t int

o st

akeh

olde

r nee

ds.

Wea

k va

lue

prop

ositi

on

Redu

ced

inco

me

due

to c

ance

llatio

n of

reg

istra

tion

beca

use

of th

e pe

rcei

ved

lack

of m

embe

rshi

p va

lue

Dev

elop

and

com

mun

icat

e th

e EC

SA’s

val

ue to

th

e pr

ospe

ctiv

e ap

plic

ants

incl

udin

g th

e cu

rrent

da

taba

se.

5.3

Prog

ram

me

3: P

roac

tive

resp

onse

to S

ocio

-Eco

nom

ic re

quire

men

ts

Stra

tegi

c G

oal:

Engi

neer

ing

prac

titio

ners

pro

activ

ely

resp

onsi

ve to

loca

l and

nat

iona

l soc

io-e

cono

mic

requ

irem

ents

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

: Hig

h im

pact

soc

io-e

cono

mic

inte

rven

tions

in re

spon

se to

nat

iona

l and

oth

er p

riorit

ies

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 3.

1R

esea

rch

unde

rtake

n in

to s

trate

gic

cont

ribut

ions

the

prof

essi

on c

ould

be

mak

ing

to s

uppo

rt na

tiona

l pro

gram

mes

incl

udin

g bu

t no

t lim

ited

to N

DP,

NIP

and

Nat

iona

l Ben

efici

atio

n st

rate

gy

Obj

ectiv

e st

ate-

men

tC

ompr

ehen

sive

Res

earc

h in

sigh

ts to

ens

ure

an in

form

ed re

spon

se to

the

natio

nal A

gend

a

Bas

elin

eEC

SA is

see

n to

ope

rate

in is

olat

ion

and

not i

nvol

ved

with

the

soci

o-ec

onom

ic in

itiat

ives

of G

over

nmen

t. C

ounc

il re

solv

ed to

po

sitio

n its

elf t

o pr

ovid

e ex

pert

advi

ce a

nd s

olut

ions

to c

halle

nges

of e

ngin

eerin

g na

ture

.

Just

ifica

tion

ECSA

has

to b

e se

en to

be

rele

vant

to s

ocie

tal n

eeds

. The

re is

bee

n an

ove

rwhe

lmin

g ca

ll fro

m a

num

ber o

f sta

keho

lder

s fo

r EC

SA to

be

in th

e ce

ntre

sta

ge o

f pro

vidi

ng e

ngin

eerin

g so

lutio

ns.

It w

as o

bser

ved

that

EC

SA w

as n

ot re

cogn

ised

by

deci

sion

m

aker

s w

hen

look

ing

for e

xper

t adv

ice

in a

s fa

r as

engi

neer

ing

mat

ters

are

con

cern

ed.

Link

s•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 1

1 –

Cre

ate

a be

tter S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd c

ontri

bute

to a

bet

ter A

frica

and

a b

ette

r wor

ld.

• C

BE S

trate

gic

goal

1 –

A B

uilt

Envi

ronm

ent t

hat i

s re

spon

sive

to th

e de

velo

pmen

tal a

nd e

cono

mic

prio

ritie

s of

Gov

ernm

ent

• C

BE S

trate

gic

goal

3 –

An

optim

ally

fun

ctio

ning

bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t w

ith a

res

pons

ive

and

rele

vant

pol

icy

and

legi

slat

ive

fram

ewor

k ba

sed

on in

form

ed a

nd re

sear

ched

pos

ition

s.

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 3.

2EC

SA is

res

pons

ive

to d

ecis

ion

mak

ers

thro

ugh

exce

llent

sta

keho

lder

rel

atio

nshi

ps. E

CSA

is r

epre

sent

ed in

or

stru

ctur

ally

lin

ked

to k

ey G

over

nmen

t dec

isio

n m

akin

g bo

dies

and

SO

E’s

e.g.

PIC

C, N

DP,

Esk

om, T

rans

net,

Saso

l, et

c.

Obj

ectiv

e st

ate-

men

tSt

reng

then

ing

rela

tions

hips

with

key

stra

tegi

c pa

rtner

s

Bas

elin

eEC

SA n

eed

to s

treng

then

rela

tions

hips

with

key

sta

keho

lder

s th

at a

re u

sers

of e

ngin

eerin

g se

rvic

es a

nd d

ecis

ion

mak

ers

in

Gov

ernm

ent p

artic

ular

ly G

over

nmen

t dep

artm

ents

with

the

man

date

to in

frast

ruct

ure

man

date

Just

ifica

tion

ECSA

nee

ds to

est

ablis

h a

stra

tegi

c w

orki

ng re

latio

nshi

ps w

ith S

OEs

and

Gov

ernm

ent i

n or

der t

o m

ake

mea

ning

ful c

ontri

bu-

tions

to th

e so

cio-

econ

omic

nee

ds o

f the

cou

ntry

Link

s•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 2

– A

long

and

hea

lthy

life

for a

ll So

uth

Afric

ans.

•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 3

– A

ll pe

ople

in S

outh

Afri

ca a

re a

nd fe

el s

afe.

• In

dire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

9 –

Res

pons

ive,

acc

ount

able

, effe

ctiv

e an

d effi

cien

t loc

al G

over

nmen

t•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 1

1 –

Cre

ate

a be

tter S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd c

ontri

bute

to a

bet

ter A

frica

and

bet

ter w

orld

.•

Indi

rect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 1

2 –

An e

ffici

ent,

effec

tive

and

deve

lopm

ent-o

rient

ed p

ublic

ser

vice

.•

CBE

Stra

tegi

c go

al 1

– A

Bui

lt En

viro

nmen

t tha

t is

resp

onsi

ve to

the

deve

lopm

enta

l and

eco

nom

ic p

riorit

ies

of g

over

nmen

t •

CBE

Stra

tegi

c go

al 2

– A

tran

sfor

med

bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t with

app

ropr

iate

, ade

quat

e sk

ills a

nd c

ompe

tenc

ies,

resp

onsi

ve to

th

e co

untry

’s in

frast

ruct

ure

deliv

ery,

ope

ratio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce n

eeds

.

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 3.

3Pr

opos

als

are

deve

lope

d an

d im

plem

ente

d fo

r spe

cific

pro

ject

s an

d fu

ndin

g so

ught

from

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd o

ther

sta

keho

lder

s

Obj

ectiv

e st

ate-

men

tSt

rate

gic

proj

ects

are

fully

reso

urce

d in

ord

er to

resp

ond

to th

e so

cio-

econ

omic

requ

irem

ents

of t

he n

atio

n

Bas

elin

eEC

SA’s

inco

me

is d

eriv

ed fr

om th

e re

gist

ratio

n an

d an

nual

fees

of r

egis

tere

d pe

rson

s. T

he in

com

e re

ceiv

ed is

suffi

cien

t to

run

the

man

dato

ry fu

nctio

ns o

f the

Cou

ncil

at a

bre

ak-e

ven

poin

t. W

ith th

e re

cent

stra

tegi

c po

sitio

n ta

ken

by C

ounc

il to

sup

port

Gov

ernm

ent i

nitia

tives

, the

re is

a n

eed

to ra

ise

fund

s to

fund

the

stra

tegi

c pr

ojec

ts.

Just

ifica

tion

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to e

ngag

e st

rate

gic

fund

ing

partn

ers

to c

ontri

bute

tow

ards

the

initi

ativ

es a

imed

at a

ddre

ssin

g na

tiona

l so-

cio-

econ

omic

nee

ds.

Link

s•

I

ndire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

3 –

All

peop

le a

re in

Sou

th A

frica

are

and

feel

saf

e.•

I

ndire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

2 –

a lo

ng a

nd h

ealth

y lif

e fo

r all

Sout

h Af

rican

s•

I

ndire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

9 –

Res

pons

ive,

acc

ount

able

, effe

ctiv

e an

d effi

cien

t loc

al G

over

nmen

t•

I

ndire

ctly

– M

TSF

outc

omes

11

– C

reat

e a

bette

r Sou

th A

frica

and

con

tribu

te to

a b

ette

r Afri

ca a

nd b

ette

r wor

ld.

•

Ind

irect

ly –

MTS

F ou

tcom

es 1

2 –

An e

ffici

ent,

effec

tive

and

deve

lopm

ent-o

rient

ed p

ublic

ser

vice

.•

CBE

Stra

tegi

c go

al 1

– A

Bui

lt En

viro

nmen

t tha

t is

resp

onsi

ve to

the

deve

lopm

enta

l and

eco

nom

ic p

riorit

ies

of

gov

ernm

ent




30 31

5.3.

1 R

esou

rce

cons

ider

atio

nsTh

e pr

ogra

mm

e is

bas

ical

ly th

e av

enue

thro

ugh

whi

ch E

CSA

pos

ition

s its

elf a

s a

rele

vant

org

anis

atio

n in

the

coun

try a

nd c

omm

and

resp

ect a

s th

e en

gine

erin

g au

thor

ity.

The

prac

tice

out t

here

was

that

dec

isio

n m

aker

s w

ould

app

roac

h in

divi

dual

whe

n se

ekin

g ad

vice

on

engi

neer

ing

mat

ters

. Th

is p

rogr

amm

e is

cur

rent

ly n

ot a

ccom

mod

ated

in th

e cu

rrent

bud

get.

It is

with

the

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

at E

CSA

will

find

stra

tegi

c pa

rtner

s to

fund

su

ch in

itiat

ives

.

5.3.

2 R

isk

Man

agem

ent

Des

crip

tion

of R

isk

Prim

ary

Cau

ses

Act

ion

Plan

sLa

ck o

f a s

usta

inab

le fi

nanc

ial m

odel

M

ain

reve

nue

sour

ce (8

0% fr

om m

embe

rshi

p fe

es) d

oes

not g

uara

ntee

EC

SA’s

via

bilit

y EC

SA w

ill pr

epar

e an

d en

gage

pot

entia

l st

rate

gic

fund

ing

partn

ers

to fu

nd th

e sp

e-ci

al re

sear

ch p

roje

cts.

5.4

Prog

ram

me

4: A

sus

tain

able

, tra

nsfo

rmed

and

coh

eren

t org

anis

atio

n St

rate

gic

Goa

l: A

sust

aina

ble,

tran

sfor

med

and

coh

eren

t org

anis

atio

n th

at is

cap

able

of d

eliv

erin

g th

e im

pact

des

ired

by it

s st

akeh

olde

rs a

nd s

o-ci

ety

with

in th

e pr

ovis

ions

of t

he E

PA

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

: A c

oher

ent a

nd w

ell r

un o

rgan

isat

ion

Stra

tegi

c O

b-je

ctiv

e 4.

1A

rele

vant

org

anis

atio

n th

at s

igni

fican

tly m

eet t

he n

eeds

of b

oth

inte

rnal

and

ext

erna

l sta

keho

lder

s w

ithin

the

ECSA

man

date

.O

bjec

tive

stat

emen

tSe

t-up

syst

ems,

stru

ctur

es a

nd p

roce

sses

that

will

supp

ort t

he e

xecu

tion

of E

CSA

bus

ines

s

Bas

elin

e•

An im

prov

ed IT

infra

stru

ctur

e ha

s be

en d

evel

oped

ove

r the

pas

t rec

ent y

ears

and

is n

ot y

et la

unch

ed. T

he c

urre

ntly

use

d pl

atfo

rm is

not

ade

quat

ely

supp

ortin

g EC

SA to

del

iver

on

its m

anda

te.

• In

adeq

uacy

of f

unds

to m

oder

nise

our

sys

tem

s, s

truct

ures

and

pro

cess

es.

•

Ther

e ar

e 44

act

ive

com

mitt

ees

whi

ch p

rove

to b

e un

man

agea

ble

and

in s

ome

case

s th

eir m

anda

te o

verla

ps.

Ther

e is

a

need

to s

tream

line

the

com

mitt

ees

in o

rder

to e

ncou

rage

effi

cien

cy, e

ffect

iven

ess

and

ease

of s

uppo

rt by

adm

inis

trativ

e st

aff.

Just

ifica

tion

It is

impe

rativ

e fo

r EC

SA to

run

a co

here

nt a

nd e

ffici

ent o

rgan

isat

ion

to m

eet t

he n

eeds

of s

take

hold

ers.

Li

nks

Indi

rect

ly -

CBE

Stra

tegi

c go

al 4

– B

uilt

Envi

ronm

ent P

rofe

ssio

nals

(BEP

s) th

at o

pera

te w

ithin

a re

gula

ted

polic

y an

d le

gisl

ativ

e fra

mew

ork

5.3.

1 R

esou

rce

cons

ider

atio

ns

Ther

e w

ill be

a s

tead

y in

crea

se o

f bud

get f

or p

rogr

amm

e 4

as th

e C

ounc

il is

revi

ewin

g th

e IT

, HR

and

offi

ce s

pace

. Th

ere

is a

lso

a pr

oces

s of

st

ream

linin

g of

pol

icie

s, im

prov

emen

t of e

ffici

enci

es a

nd d

evel

opm

ent o

f qua

lity

man

agem

ent s

yste

ms.

5.3.

2 R

isk

Man

agem

ent

Des

crip

tion

of R

isk

Prim

ary

Cau

ses

Act

ion

Plan

sIn

adeq

uate

bus

ines

s co

ntin

uity

pro

cess

esN

o pl

an to

con

tinue

bus

ines

s op

erat

ions

in th

e ev

ent

of a

maj

or d

isru

ptio

n (

such

as

fire

or

pow

er fa

ilure

) to

ECSA

’s o

pera

tions

A se

rvic

e pr

ovid

er is

eng

aged

to a

sses

s th

e ris

k in

thi

s re

gard

and

mak

e re

com

men

datio

ns t

o m

itiga

te th

e ris

k.

Inap

prop

riate

stru

ctur

e an

d go

vern

ance

ove

rsig

htTh

e cu

rrent

stru

ctur

e an

d go

vern

ance

arra

nge-

men

ts a

re in

appr

opria

te a

s th

ey d

o no

t ena

ble

ECSA

to d

eliv

er s

ervi

ces

wel

l, m

eet t

he o

rgan

-is

atio

nal

obje

ctiv

es a

nd a

chie

ve s

usta

inab

le

outc

omes

.

A pr

oces

s is

und

erw

ay t

o re

view

the

Gov

er-

nanc

e st

ruct

ure

to e

ncou

rage

effi

cien

cies

and

eff

ectiv

enes

s.

Non

-com

plia

nce

with

pol

icie

s, p

roce

dure

s an

d re

gula

tions

The

orga

nisa

tion

has

not i

mpl

emen

ted

the

nec-

essa

ry s

yste

ms

and

proc

esse

s (in

clud

ing

the

rele

vant

com

plia

nce

man

agem

ent p

lans

) with

in

the

busi

ness

to e

nsur

e th

e m

eetin

g of

com

pli-

ance

obl

igat

ions

The

Qua

lity

Man

ager

has

bee

n ap

poin

ted

to

revi

ew th

e st

atus

quo

and

impl

emen

t a c

ompl

i-an

ce re

gim

e.

6 Fi

nanc

ial R

esou

rces

The

Engi

neer

ing

Cou

ncil

of S

outh

Afri

ca d

oes

not g

et a

ny g

rant

fund

ing

from

the

Gov

ernm

ent h

owev

er th

e EP

A em

pow

ers

ECSA

to c

olle

ct fe

es

from

the

regi

ster

ed p

erso

ns.

The

reve

nue

colle

cted

is s

uffici

ent t

o co

ver o

nly

prog

ram

me

1, 2

and

4.

Prog

ram

me

3 w

ill on

ly b

e im

plem

ente

d if

fund

s ca

n be

sou

rced

from

oth

er s

ourc

es.

The

budg

et fo

r the

four

pro

gram

mes

ove

r the

med

ium

term

per

iod

is a

s fo

llow

s:

Expe

nditu

re P

er P

rogr

amm

e A

udite

d R

esul

t C

urre

ntM

ediu

m-T

erm

es-

timat

eR

in T

hous

ands

14

/15

15/1

6 B

udge

t16

/17

Bud

get

17/1

8 B

udge

tPr

ogra

mm

e 1

11, 6

8715

, 691

16, 7

8917

, 964

Prog

ram

me

24,

658

6, 9

687,

456

7, 9

77Pr

ogra

mm

e 3

--

--

Prog

ram

me

455

,153

54, 1

6257

, 954

62, 0

11To

tal

71, 4

9876

, 821

82, 1

9887

, 952




32 33

The

follo

win

g ta

bles

sho

w th

e m

ediu

m-te

rm p

roje

cts

that

will

be u

nder

take

n pe

r pro

gram

me

to m

eet t

he s

trate

gic

goal

s of

the

orga

nisa

tion:

Prog

ram

me

1. E

duca

tion

and

Reg

istr

atio

n St

rate

gic

Goa

l: En

gine

erin

g pr

actit

ione

rs e

njoy

the

bene

fit o

f wor

ld c

lass

edu

catio

n an

d re

gist

ratio

n.

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

: An

effici

ent,

incl

usiv

e, tr

ansp

aren

t reg

istra

tion

and

educ

atio

n pr

actic

es th

at p

rom

otes

dem

and,

em

ploy

abilit

y, m

arke

tabi

lity,

m

obilit

y an

d pr

otec

tion

of w

ork

envi

ronm

ent.

Prog

ram

me

1 Pe

rfor

man

ce In

dica

tors

Perf

or-

man

ce

indi

cato

r

Prog

ram

me

perfo

rman

ce

indi

cato

r A

udite

d ac

tual

Per

form

ance

Estim

at-

ed u

n-au

dite

d pe

rfor-

man

ce

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/1120

11/12

2012

/1320

13/14

2014

/1520

15/16

2016

/1720

17/18

2018

/1920

19/20

1.1

Accr

edita

-tio

n of

all

engi

neer

-in

g pr

o-gr

amm

es

in h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

inst

itutio

ns

in S

outh

Af

rica

con-

duct

-ed

8

accr

ed-

itatio

n vi

sits

con-

duct

ed

12

accr

ed-

itatio

n vi

sits

Accr

edit

engi

neer

-in

g pr

o-gr

amm

es

in in

sti-

tutio

ns

of h

ighe

r le

arni

ng

acco

rd-

ing

to th

e ap

prov

ed

sche

dule

.

Accr

edit

engi

neer

-in

g pr

o-gr

amm

es

in in

sti-

tutio

ns

of h

ighe

r le

arni

ng

acco

rd-

ing

to th

e ap

prov

ed

sche

dule

.

Accr

edit

engi

neer

-in

g pr

o-gr

amm

es

in in

sti-

tutio

ns

of h

ighe

r le

arni

ng

acco

rd-

ing

to th

e ap

prov

ed

sche

dule

.

Accr

edit

engi

neer

ing

prog

ram

mes

in

inst

itu-

tions

of

high

er le

arn-

ing

acco

rd-

ing

to th

e ap

prov

ed

sche

dule

.

Accr

edit

engi

neer

-in

g pr

o-gr

amm

es

in in

sti-

tutio

ns

of h

ighe

r le

arni

ng

acco

rd-

ing

to th

e ap

prov

ed

sche

dule

.

1.2

Mai

ntai

n EC

SA’s

in

tern

atio

n-al

sta

ndin

g th

roug

h co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith in

ter-

natio

nal

acco

rds

and

agre

e-m

ents

Com

-pl

ied

with

the

requ

ire-

men

ts

for t

he

inte

rna-

tiona

l ac

cord

s an

d ag

ree-

men

ts

Com

-pl

ied

w

ith th

e re

quire

-m

ents

fo

r the

in

tern

a-tio

nal

acco

rds

and

agre

e-m

ents

Com

pli-

ance

with

th

e re

-qu

irem

ents

fo

r the

in-

tern

atio

nal

acco

rds

and

agre

e-m

ents

Com

pli-

ance

with

th

e re

-qu

irem

ents

fo

r the

in

tern

atio

n-al

acc

ords

an

d ag

ree-

men

ts

Com

pli-

ance

with

th

e re

-qu

irem

ents

fo

r the

in

tern

atio

n-al

acc

ords

an

d ag

ree-

men

ts

Com

plia

nce

with

the

re-

quire

men

ts

for t

he

inte

rnat

iona

l ac

cord

s an

d ag

reem

ents

Com

pli-

ance

with

th

e re

-qu

irem

ents

fo

r the

in

tern

atio

n-al

acc

ords

an

d ag

ree-

men

ts

Perf

or-

man

ce

indi

cato

r

Prog

ram

me

perfo

rman

ce

indi

cato

r A

udite

d ac

tual

Per

form

ance

Estim

at-

ed u

n-au

dite

d pe

rfor-

man

ce

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/1120

11/12

2012

/1320

13/14

2014

/1520

15/16

2016

/1720

17/18

2018

/1920

19/20

1.4

Prom

ote

ECSA

and

th

e pr

o-fe

ssio

n to

en

sure

pub

-lic

aw

are-

ness

of t

he

engi

neer

ing

Prof

essi

on

12

stak

e-ho

lder

co

nsul

-ta

tion

road

-sh

ows

con-

duct

ed

rega

rd-

ing

the

NR

S (S

ectio

n 36

)

12 s

take

-ho

lder

co

nsul

-ta

tion

road

show

s co

nduc

ted

rega

rdin

g th

e N

ew

Spec

ified

C

ateg

orie

s

12 s

take

-ho

lder

con

-su

ltatio

n ro

adsh

ows

cond

ucte

d re

gard

ing

the

New

Sp

ecifi

ed

Cat

egor

ies

12 s

take

-ho

lder

con

-su

ltatio

n ro

adsh

ows

cond

ucte

d re

gard

ing

the

New

Sp

ecifi

ed

Cat

egor

ies

12 s

take

-ho

lder

co

nsul

tatio

n ro

adsh

ows

cond

ucte

d re

gard

ing

the

New

Sp

ecifi

ed

Cat

egor

ies

12 s

take

-ho

lder

con

-su

ltatio

n ro

adsh

ows

cond

ucte

d re

gard

ing

the

New

Sp

ecifi

ed

Cat

egor

ies




34 35

1.5

To re

tain

re

gist

ered

pe

rson

s w

ith E

CSA

by

80%

ye

ar o

n ye

ar.

--

--

-D

evel

op-

men

t and

im

plem

en-

tatio

n of

a

rete

ntio

n st

rate

gy

Dev

elop

-m

ent a

nd

impl

emen

-ta

tion

of a

re

tent

ion

stra

tegy

Dev

elop

-m

ent a

nd

impl

emen

-ta

tion

of a

re

tent

ion

stra

tegy

Dev

elop

-m

ent a

nd

impl

emen

-ta

tion

of a

re

tent

ion

stra

tegy

Dev

elop

-m

ent a

nd

impl

emen

-ta

tion

of a

re

tent

ion

stra

tegy

1.

6C

reat

ion

of

addi

tiona

l sp

ecifi

ed

cate

gorie

s

--

--

-In

vest

igat

e po

ssib

le

cate

gorie

s of

regi

s-tra

tion

and

open

reg-

istra

tion

for

1 sp

ecifi

ed

cate

gorie

s

Impl

emen

t 3

x re

gis-

tratio

n of

sp

ecifi

ed

cate

gorie

s

Impl

emen

t 3

x re

gis-

tratio

n of

sp

ecifi

ed

cate

gorie

s

Impl

emen

t 3

x re

gis-

tratio

n of

sp

ecifi

ed

cate

gorie

s

Impl

emen

t 3

x re

gis-

tratio

n of

sp

ecifi

ed

cate

gorie

s

Perf

or-

man

ce

indi

cato

r

Prog

ram

me

perfo

rman

ce

indi

cato

r A

udite

d ac

tual

Per

form

ance

Estim

at-

ed u

n-au

dite

d pe

rfor-

man

ce

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/1120

11/12

2012

/1320

13/14

2014

/1520

15/16

2016

/1720

17/18

2018

/1920

19/20

1.7

Supp

ort

engi

neer

ing

stud

ents

th

roug

h Sa

khim

fun-

do e

duca

-tio

n Tr

ust

Fully

re

gist

er

the

ed-

ucat

ion

trust

an

d pi

lot

engi

-ne

erin

g st

uden

t de

vel-

opm

ent

pro-

gram

me

with

1

terti

ary

inst

itu-

tion

Rol

l-out

th

e en

gi-

neer

ing

stud

ent

deve

lop-

men

t pro

-gr

amm

e to

1 m

ore

terti

ary

inst

itutio

ns

Rol

l-out

th

e en

gi-

neer

ing

stud

ent

deve

lop-

men

t pro

-gr

amm

e to

3 m

ore

terti

ary

inst

itutio

ns

Rol

l-out

th

e en

gi-

neer

ing

stud

ent

deve

lop-

men

t pro

-gr

amm

e to

3 m

ore

terti

ary

inst

itutio

ns

Rol

l-out

the

engi

neer

ing

stud

ent d

e-ve

lopm

ent

prog

ram

me

to 3

mor

e te

rtiar

y in

sti-

tutio

ns

Rol

l-out

th

e en

gi-

neer

ing

stud

ent

deve

lop-

men

t pro

-gr

amm

e to

3 m

ore

terti

ary

inst

itutio

ns

1.8

A fu

nctio

nal

user

-frie

nd-

ly o

nloi

ne

CPD

sys

-te

m

--

--

-In

vest

i-ga

te a

nd

impl

emen

t an

onl

ine

CPD

sys

-te

m

Mon

itorin

g an

d im

-pr

ovem

ent

of th

e on

-lin

e C

PD

syst

em

Prog

ram

me

2: P

ublic

aw

aren

ess

of th

e en

gine

erin

g pr

ofes

sion

Stra

tegi

c G

oal:

Publ

ic a

war

enes

s of

the

prof

essi

on a

nd it

s st

anda

rds

and

regu

latio

n to

ens

ure

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

thos

e st

anda

rds

in th

e pu

blic

in

tere

st.

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

: An

info

rmed

pub

lic th

at c

an h

old

the

prof

essi

on a

ccou

ntab

le to

the

regu

lato

ry s

tand

ards

Prog

ram

me

2 Pe

rfor

man

ce In

dica

tors

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Prog

ram

me

perfo

rman

ce

indi

cato

r A

udite

d ac

tual

Per

for-

man

ce

Estim

ated

un

audi

ted

perfo

r-m

ance

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/1120

11/12

2012

/1320

13/14

2014

/1520

15/16

2016

/1720

17/18

2018

/1920

19/20

2.1

Dis

sem

ina-

tion

of in

for-

mat

ion

on

engi

neer

ing

activ

ities

--

--

Laun

ched

a

capa

city

bu

ildin

g co

mpe

ndi-

um

Dev

elop

-m

ent o

f ca

paci

ty

build

ing

initi

ativ

es

Impl

emen

-ta

tion

of

the

capa

c-ity

bui

ldin

g in

itiat

ives

Impl

emen

-ta

tion

and

mon

itor-

ing

of th

e ca

paci

ty

build

ing

initi

ativ

es

Impl

emen

-ta

tion

and

mon

itor-

ing

of th

e ca

paci

ty

build

ing

initi

ativ

es

Impl

emen

-ta

tion

and

mon

itor-

ing

of th

e ca

paci

ty

build

ing

initi

ativ

es2.

2 Fi

nalis

atio

n of

dis

ci-

plin

ary

cas-

es b

y 10

0%

--

--

final

ise

20%

of

disc

i-pl

inar

y ca

ses

back

log

Fina

lise

80%

of

disc

i-pl

inar

y ca

ses

back

log

and

90%

of

cur

rent

di

sci-

plin

ary

case

s.

Fina

lise

100%

of

disc

iplin

ary

case

s ba

cklo

g an

d 10

0%

of c

urre

nt

disc

iplin

ary

case

s.

Fina

lise

100%

of

disc

iplin

ary

case

s ba

cklo

g an

d 10

0%

of c

urre

nt

disc

iplin

ary

case

s.

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lise

100%

of

disc

iplin

ary

case

s ba

cklo

g an

d 10

0%

of c

urre

nt

disc

iplin

ary

case

s.

Fina

lise

100%

of

disc

iplin

ary

case

s ba

cklo

g an

d 10

0%

of c

urre

nt

disc

iplin

ary

case

s.




36 37

2.3

Impr

ove

the

turn

-aro

und

time

to

100%

fina

li-sa

tion

with

in

6 m

onth

s

--

--

-im

prov

e th

e tu

rn-

arou

nd

time

to

80%

fi-

nalis

atio

n w

ithin

6

mon

ths

impr

ove

the

turn

-ar

ound

tim

e to

10

0%

final

isat

ion

with

in 6

m

onth

s

impr

ove

the

turn

-ar

ound

tim

e to

10

0%

final

isat

ion

with

in 6

m

onth

s

impr

ove

the

turn

-aro

und

time

to

100%

fina

li-sa

tion

with

in

6 m

onth

s

impr

ove

the

turn

-ar

ound

tim

e to

10

0%

final

isat

ion

with

in 6

m

onth

sPe

rfor

man

ce

indi

cato

rPr

ogra

mm

e pe

rform

ance

in

dica

tor

Aud

ited

actu

al P

erfo

r-m

ance

Estim

ated

un

audi

ted

perfo

r-m

ance

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/1120

11/12

2012

/1320

13/14

2014

/1520

15/16

2016

/1720

17/18

2018

/1920

19/20

2.4

Prom

otio

n of

hi

gh le

vels

of

Pro

fes-

sion

al e

thic

s by

col

labo

-ra

tion

with

em

ploy

er

bodi

es to

up

hold

the

code

of

cond

uct a

nd

prom

ote

a co

nduc

ive

wor

king

en-

viro

nmen

t

--

--

-En

gage

-m

ent o

f em

ploy

er

bodi

es

for t

he

deve

lop-

men

t of a

fra

mew

ork

of c

olla

bo-

ratio

n an

d en

ter i

nto

an M

oU

with

2

empl

oyer

bo

dies

Impl

emen

-ta

tion

of

the

MoU

w

ith 2

id

entifi

ed

empl

oyer

bo

dies

Expa

nd

the

Impl

e-m

enta

tion

of th

e M

oU

to 4

mor

e id

entifi

ed

empl

oyer

bo

dies

Expa

nd th

e Im

plem

en-

tatio

n of

the

MoU

to 4

ad

ditio

nal

iden

tified

em

ploy

er

bodi

es

Expa

nd

the

Impl

e-m

enta

tion

of th

e M

oU to

4

addi

tiona

l id

entifi

ed

empl

oyer

bo

dies

Prog

ram

me

3: P

roac

tive

resp

onse

to S

ocio

-Eco

nom

ic re

quire

men

ts

Stra

tegi

c G

oal:

Engi

neer

ing

prac

titio

ners

pro

activ

ely

resp

onsi

ve to

loca

l and

nat

iona

l soc

io-e

cono

mic

requ

irem

ents

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

: Hig

h im

pact

soc

io-e

cono

mic

inte

rven

tions

in re

spon

se to

nat

iona

l and

oth

er p

riorit

ies

Prog

ram

me

3 Pe

rfor

man

ce In

dica

tors

Perf

or-

man

ce

indi

cato

r

Prog

ram

me

perfo

rman

ce

indi

cato

r A

udite

d ac

tual

Per

form

ance

Estim

ated

un

audi

ted

perfo

r-m

ance

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/1120

11/12

2012

/1320

13/14

2014

/1520

15/16

2016

/1720

17/18

2018

/1920

19/20

3.1

Con

duct

re

sear

ch to

co

ntrib

ute

in

addr

essi

ng

soci

o-ec

o-no

mic

cha

l-le

nges

of

the

coun

try

--

--

-C

on-

duct

2 x

re

sear

ch

proj

ects

Con

duct

2

x re

sear

ch

proj

ects

Con

duct

3

x re

sear

ch

proj

ects

Con

duct

3

x re

sear

ch

proj

ects

Con

duct

3

x re

sear

ch

proj

ects

Perf

or-

man

ce

indi

cato

r

Prog

ram

me

perfo

rman

ce

indi

cato

r A

udite

d ac

tual

Per

form

ance

Estim

ated

un

audi

ted

perfo

r-m

ance

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/1120

11/12

2012

/1320

13/14

2014

/1520

15/16

2016

/1720

17/18

2018

/1920

19/20

3.2

Ente

r int

o ag

ree-

men

ts w

ith

deci

sion

m

aker

s fo

r hi

gh im

pact

in

terv

entio

n in

offe

ring

engi

neer

ing

solu

tions

--

--

-4

X M

oUs

sign

ed

with

any

G

over

n-m

ent D

e-pa

rtmen

t or

SO

Es

4 ad

ditio

n-al

MoU

s si

gned

with

an

y G

ov-

ernm

ent

Dep

art-

men

t or

SOEs

4 ad

ditio

n-al

MoU

s si

gned

with

an

y G

ov-

ernm

ent

Dep

art-

men

t or

SOEs

4 ad

ditio

n-al

MoU

s si

gned

with

an

y G

over

n-m

ent D

e-pa

rtmen

t or

SOEs

4 ad

ditio

n-al

MoU

s si

gned

with

an

y G

ov-

ernm

ent

Dep

art-

men

t or

SOEs

3.3

Rai

se fu

nds

to im

ple-

men

t the

st

rate

gic

proj

ects

--

--

-D

evel

-op

2 x

fu

ndin

g pr

opos

als

Dev

elop

2

x fu

ndin

g pr

opos

als

and

man

-ag

emen

t of

the

fund

ing

agre

emen

t fro

m th

e pr

evio

us

year

.

Dev

elop

2

x fu

ndin

g pr

opos

als

and

man

-ag

emen

t of

the

fund

ing

agre

emen

t fro

m th

e pr

evio

us

year

.

Dev

elop

2

x fu

ndin

g pr

opos

als

and

man

-ag

emen

t of

the

fund

ing

agre

emen

t fro

m th

e pr

evio

us

year

.

Dev

elop

2

x fu

ndin

g pr

opos

als

and

man

-ag

emen

t of

the

fund

ing

agre

emen

t fro

m th

e pr

evio

us

year

.




38 39

Prog

ram

me

4: A

sus

tain

able

, tra

nsfo

rmed

and

coh

eren

t Org

anis

atio

nal

Stra

tegi

c G

oal:

A su

stai

nabl

e, tr

ansf

orm

ed a

nd c

oher

ent o

rgan

isat

ion

that

is c

apab

le o

f del

iver

ing

the

impa

ct d

esire

d by

its

stak

ehol

ders

and

so

ciet

y

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

: A c

oher

ent a

nd w

ell r

un o

rgan

isat

ion

Prog

ram

me

4: P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Perf

or-

man

ce

indi

cato

r

Prog

ram

me

perfo

r-m

ance

in

dica

tor

Aud

ited

actu

al P

erfo

rman

ceEs

timat

-ed

una

u-di

ted

perfo

r-m

ance

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2013

/14

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

4.1

Rev

iew

of

the

orga

n-is

atio

nal

stru

ctur

e to

sup

port

ECSA

stra

t-eg

y

--

--

-R

evie

w

all e

xist

-in

g EC

SA

com

mit-

tees

and

or

gani

-sa

tiona

l st

ruct

ure

an

d m

ake

reco

m-

men

da-

tions

for

impr

ove-

men

t

Impl

emen

-ta

tion

of

the

rec-

omm

enda

-tio

ns fr

om

the

repo

rt

Mon

itorin

g an

d im

-pr

ovem

ent

of th

e im

plem

en-

tatio

n of

th

e re

com

-m

enda

-tio

ns

Mon

itorin

g an

d im

-pr

ovem

ent

of th

e im

ple-

men

tatio

n of

th

e re

com

-m

enda

tions

Mon

itorin

g an

d im

-pr

ovem

ent

of th

e im

plem

en-

tatio

n of

th

e re

com

-m

enda

-tio

ns

4.2

Rev

iew

of

EC

SA

gove

rnan

ce

polic

ies

--

--

-R

evie

w o

f ex

istin

g G

over

-na

nce

polic

ies

Impl

an-

tatio

n of

th

e re

c-om

men

-da

tions

of

the

revi

ew

repo

rt

Mon

itorin

g an

d im

-pr

ovem

ent

of th

e im

plem

en-

tatio

n of

th

e re

com

-m

enda

-tio

ns

Mon

itorin

g an

d im

-pr

ovem

ent

of th

e im

ple-

men

tatio

n of

th

e re

com

-m

enda

tions

Mon

itorin

g an

d im

-pr

ovem

ent

of th

e im

plem

en-

tatio

n of

th

e re

com

-m

enda

-tio

ns

4.3

ISO

900

1 C

ertifi

ed

man

age-

men

t sys

-te

m

--

--

-D

evel

op-

men

t of

the

QM

S sy

stem

s fo

r the

en-

tire

orga

ni-

satio

n

Impl

emen

-ta

tion

of

the

QM

S sy

stem

s

Mon

itorin

g an

d ev

alu-

atio

n

Mon

itorin

g an

d ev

alua

-tio

nC

ertifi

catio

n of

qua

lity

man

age-

men

t sys

tem

Mon

itorin

g an

d ev

alu-

atio

n

Perf

or-

man

ce

indi

cato

r

Prog

ram

me

perfo

r-m

ance

in

dica

tor

Aud

ited

actu

al P

erfo

rman

ceEs

timat

-ed

una

u-di

ted

perfo

r-m

ance

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2013

/14

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

4.4

Effec

tive

man

age-

men

t of

ECSA

fin

ance

s

Unq

ual-

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7. Governance The Council The Engineering Professions Act 2000, (Act 46 of 2000) establishes council as the highest governing body and accounting authority of the ECSA. The Council is appointed by the Minister of Public Works, as the Executive Authority, in terms of section 3 and is composed of 50 non-executive members as follows:

• Section 3(1)(a) – thirty (30) registered persons, excluding candidates , of whom at least 20 are actively • practicing in the engineering profession • Section 3 (1)(b) – ten (10) persons of whom at least 6 must be professionals in the service of the State.• Section 3(1)(c) – ten (10) members of the public nominated through an open process of public par-

ticipation.

The Council has previously established 44 committees to enable it to execute its mandate, nine (9) of those are high impact committees that report to Council. The rest are sub-ordinate committees to the high impact committees. The 44 committees are established to carry out the mandate of ECSA and the registration sys-tem heavily relies on volunteers and peer review judgement. Given the new strategy, the committees are currently under review for realignment.

A. Statutory Committees

• Investigations committee (as prescribed in the EPA)• Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee (as prescribed and mandated in the Public Finance Management

Act (PFMA)

B. Committees of Council

• Central registration committee • Finance and staff committee• Strategic advisory committee• Education committee• Transformation committee • International Affairs committee• Engineering Standards Generating body

C. Sub-Committees of Council

• Legal matters committee• Communications and information committee• Joint implementation committee• Fees Committee• Identification of Engineering Work Committee • Information and technology Committee • Deans Advisory Committee• Voluntary Associations Committee• Technology Standards Generating Group• Engineering Programme Qualification and Examination Committee• Technology programme Qualifications and Examination Committee• Registrations committee: Technologists • Registrations committee: Engineers• Registrations committee: Technicians • Registrations committee: Lift Inspectors

• Registrations committee: Lifting Machinery Inspectors• Registrations committee: Medical Equipment Maintainers• Registrations committee: Fire Protection Systems Inspectors • Registrations committee: Certificated Engineers• Specified Categories committee• Continuing Professional Development • Professional Advisory committee: Civil• Professional Advisory committee: Aeronautical• Professional Advisory committee: Electrical• Professional Advisory committee: Chemical• Professional Advisory committee: Mechanical• Professional Advisory committee: Metallurgical• Professional Advisory committee: Agricultural • Professional Advisory committee: Mining • Professional Advisory committee: Industrial

INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE (IC)

The Investigating committee is composed of 20 members and is charged with the following responsibilities:

I. To investigate matters and to obtain evidence to determine whether or not, in its opinion, a registered person may be charged for breach of the Code of Conduct and, if so, torecommend to council the charge or charges that may be preferred against that registeredperson and if not, to recommend to Council that charges not be preferred against thatregistered person

II. The committee may, when it becomes aware of engineering related undertakings or unsoundengineering practices that may prejudice public health and safety and the environment,investigate such undertakings and report to the CEO its findings and recommendations.

Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (ARC)

The ARC committee is composed of 6 members and is charged with the following responsibilities:The committee has the following specific responsibilities:

I. Integrated reporting

The Committee oversees integrated reporting, and in particular the Committee must:

a. give regard to all factors and risks that may impact on the integrity of the integrated report, including factors that may predispose management to present a misleading picture, significant judgements and reporting decisions made, monitoring or enforcement actions by a regulatory body, any evidence that brings into question previously published information, and forward-looking statements or information;

b. review the annual financial statements;c. comment in the annual financial statements on the financial status, the accounting practices and the effec-

tiveness of the internal financial controls;d. review the disclosure of sustainability issues in the integrated report to ensure that it is reliable and does

not conflict with the financial information;e. recommend to Council the engagement of an external assurance provider on material sustainability is-

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II. Combined assuranceThe Committee ensures that a combined assurance model is applied to provide aCoordinated approach to all assurance activities, and in particular the Committee must:

a. to adopt and apply an internationally Combined Assurance Framework;b. make sure that the combined assurance received is appropriate to address all the significant risks facing the organisation; andc. monitor the relationship between the external assurance providers and the organisation.

III. Governance and complianceThe Committee is responsible for overseeing governance and compliance and must:

a. ensure compliance to the prescripts of the PFMA;b. establish an Ethics Committee;c. monitor the application of good governance principles by ECSA;d. monitor the progress of governance implementation plans; ande. review and monitor the process in place to ensure that ECSA complies with all relevant legal and statutory requirements.

IV. Internal auditThe Committee is responsible for overseeing the internal audit, and in particular theCommittee must:

a. have input into the appointment, performance assessment and/or dismissal of the Internal Auditor;b. approve the Annual Internal Audit Plan;c. evaluate the performance of the internal audit function;d. ensure that the internal audit function is subject to an independent quality review, as and when the Committee determines it appropriate; ande. receive and oversee internal audit results and recommendations.

V. Risk managementThe Committee is an integral component of the risk management process and specificallythe Committee must:

a. to adopt and apply an internationally accepted Risk Management Framework;b. oversee the development and annual review of a policy and plan for risk management to recommend for approval to the Council;c. monitor implementation of the policy and plan for risk management through risk management systems and processes;d. monitor the dissemination of the risk management plan throughout the organisation, and integration into the day-to-day activities of the organisation;e. ensure that risk management assessments are performed on a continuous basis;f. ensure that frameworks and methodologies are implemented to increase the possibility of anticipating unpredictable risks;g. ensure that management considers and implements appropriate risk responses;h. ensure that continuous risk monitoring by management takes place;i. express the Committee’s formal opinion to the Council on the effectiveness of the system and process of risk management; andj. review reporting concerning risk management that is to be included in the integrated report for timeliness, completeness and relevance.

VI. External auditThe Committee is responsible for recommending the appointment of the external auditor andto oversee the external audit process. In this regard the Committee must:

a. nominate the external auditor for appointment by the Council;b. approve the terms of engagement and remuneration for the external audit engagement;c. monitor and report on the independence of the external auditor in the annual financial statements;d. define a policy for non-audit services provided by the external auditor;e. pre-approve the contracts for non-audit services to be rendered by the external auditor; andf. review the quality and effectiveness of the external audit process.

CENTRAL REGISTRATION COMMITTEE (CRC)

The Central Registration Committee is composed of 16 members and is charged with the following respon-sibilities:

I. To consider and decide on procedures and policy matters relating to registration, in so far

as they are common to the four professional registration committees and registration committees for specified categories; to provide oversight regarding registration matters; and to act as central liaison committee for external contact;

II. To consider and decide on recommendations relating to the refusal of applications fromeach registration committee, provided that the Committee must, if it does not agree with aparticular recommendation of any registration committee, refer such recommendation backto such registration committee for reconsideration and furnish its reasons for refusal and,furthermore, provided, that in the event that the Committee and such registrationcommittee are unable to agree on a decision, the matter must be referred to the Council fora decision;

III. To review standards, policies and procedures set by the individual registration committeespertaining to their individual requirements, only in so far as such standards, policies andprocedures are inconsistent with the general policies of the Council, provided that theCommittee may not amend such standards, policies or procedures unless it has firstobtained the agreement of the registration committee concerned and, furthermore,provided, that in the event that the Committee and such registration committee are unableto agree on a standard, policy or procedure, the matter must be referred to the Council fora decision; and

IV. To satisfy itself, when considering a decision of, or a recommendation by, any of theregistration committees, that such a registration committee has duly applied its mind (interms of procedure and merit) to any such decision or recommendation.




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FINANCE AND STAFF COMMITTEE (F&S)

The finance and Staff committee is composed of 6 members and is charged with the following responsibilities:

I. Consider the annual budget and recommend to Council for approval;II. Review annual financial statements;III. Monitor and periodically report on all income and expenditure to Council;IV. In collaboration with the CEO, decide on investment policies for purposes of optimally investing Council’s funds within the limits provided for in the Act;V. Subject to the above, approve additional unbudgeted expenditure to a maximum of 5% of the Council’s expenditure budget in any particular financial year;VI. To approve, in concurrence with the CEO, the staff organisation structureVII. Grant exemption from payment of annual fees, or any part thereof, to any person registered in terms of the Act, in accordance with any policy approved by Council pertaining to exemptions; which function is delegated to the CEO;VIII. Grant exemption from payment of any arrear annual fees, reverse the cancellation of the

registration of any person whose registration has been cancelled due to inadvertent nonpaymentof annual fees, recover any arrear annual fees or other monies payable toCouncil or to write off any arrear annual fees or monies payable to Council which proveimpracticable to recover; the function of which is delegated to the CEO;

IX. Determine the quantum of annual increases for all staff;X. Determine the annual increase and/or other salary related benefits for the CEO for implementation by the Chairperson of the Committee, andXI. Within the boundaries of current employment legislation and practices, consider and approve human resource policies and conditions of employment recommended by the CEO for final approval by Council.

STRATEGIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAC)

The Strategic Advisory Committee is composed of 12 members and is charged with the following responsi-bilities

I. To integrate change as necessary and participate in the periodic review of a long-term strategic objectives, deliverables and the integrated strategic plan for approval by Council;II. To lead investigations into critical long-term trends in partnership with relevant other

parties, including established research, academic and government institutions;III. To lead investigations into issues of national crisis in as far as it relates to engineeringsuch as electricity, water, sewage and infrastructure and recommend sustainable short,medium and long-term solutions to enable Council to advise the appropriate GovernmentDepartments;

IV. To advise and provide directions and recommend possible solutions to the pipeline forengineering skills development and the marketing of the profession to educate and attractlearners to build the future engineering skills pipeline;

V. To advise on initiatives to ensure the long-term sustainability of the engineering profession through conducting research to highlighted areas for improvement and providing possible sustainable solutions thereof;VI. To advise on appropriate stakeholder engagement through participation in existing fora

and the creation of new stakeholder forums where necessary;VII. To contribute to reviews of implementation or progress in achieving the objectives ofECSA’s Strategic Plan;

VIII. To advise on the development of international partnerships and networks of expertise on planning;IX. To advise on the effectiveness and efficiency of ECSA in carrying out its duties in terms of the Act;

X. To manage/advise on strategic projectsXI. To consolidate and report on issues of strategic importanceXII. To prepare position papers if required.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EC)

The Education Committee is composed of 11 members and is charged with the following responsibilities:

To generally advise the Council on matters of education in so far as they impact on policy andstandards relating to engineering education, and more specifically to:

I. Formulate policies, position papers and other work products;II. Assess the general state or aspects of engineering education;III. Disseminate information that it considers relevant to engineering education within ECSA, education providers, industry or other relevant communities;IV. Consult with education policy makers and education providers and exchange information with them through appropriate mechanisms, including the Deans Advisory Committee;V. Consult with engineering employers and exchange information with them through appropriate mechanisms;VI. Engage in initiatives that promote the interests and improvement of engineering and related education, particularly by influencing policy and practice through appropriate channels; VII. Co-ordinate the activities and exercise oversight of the accreditation committees, although, the EC may

not invalidate a decision made by an accreditation committee in respect of a programme: provided that if the EC has reason to be concerned about a particular decision, it must refer the matter back to the accreditation committee and if still concerned must inform the Council accordingly; and

VIII. Withdraw accreditation from a programme on the recommendation of an accreditation committee.

TRANSFORMATION COMMITTEE (TC)

The Strategic Advisory Committee is composed of 8 members and is charged with the following responsibil-ities

I. Determine ECSA’s Transformation Framework.II. Determine transformation imperatives in areas outside ECSA’s mandate but within its operational and functional influence.III. Ensure that transformation permeates ECSA’s strategy.IV. Set transformation milestones and measurements across all spheres, structures and programmes of ECSA.V. Determine remedies for areas that lack success with regard to transformation, and monitor implementation thereof.VI. Ensure compliance with transformation imperatives in all applicable laws and regulations.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (IAC)

The International Affairs Committee is composed of 12 members and is charged with the following responsibilities:

These responsibilities must be read in tandem with those of the three Accreditation Committees:Engineering Programme Accreditation Committee (EPAC), Technology Programme AccreditationCommittee (TPAC) and Certificated Engineers Accreditation Committee (CERTAC). The




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responsibilities below are not intended to usurp the responsibilities any of the abovementioned Accreditation Committees nor those of the related Registration Committees. The intention is for the IAC to serve as liaison between structures that govern the five IEA Agreements and any Mutual Exemption Agreements and the relevant Accreditation and Registration Committees.

I. To consider and advise on policy, procedures and issues relating to all international matters,in so far as these matters affect ECSA and its international partners as enabled by section13.(e) of the Act, and to advise Council on matters pertaining to issues of internationalimportance regarding engineering competencies practices and developments;

II. To specifically promote, coordinate and advise in regard to Educational Accords and Mobility Forum agreements as it pertains to mutual recognition in respect to*:

a. The Washington Accord;b. The Sydney Accord;c. The Dublin Accord;d. International Professional Engineers Agreement (IPEA) (Formerly known ase. The Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF));f. International Engineering Technologist Agreement (IETA) (Formerly known asg. The Engineering Technologist Mobility Forum (ETMF));h. The Commonwealth Engineers Council;i. Mutual Exemption Agreements; andj. African Initiatives, inclusive of continental and regional initiatives;* The list is extensive but not exhaustive.

III To advise the CEO, in collaboration with the relevant ECSA Committee(s), regarding compliance by ECSA of any agreement entered into between ECSA and signatories to any such agreement;IV To advise on the revision of the policy on international travel;V To deploy, in consultation with the CEO, competent representatives to international meetings;VI To monitor compliance of international agreements and guide the administration on any obligations imposed by such an agreement, entered into by ECSA.VII To advise Council on whether to join a new international body inclusive of World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) and Commission on Engineering Capacity Building

ENGINEERING STANDARDS GENERATING BODY (ESGB)

The Engineering Standards Generating body is composed of 13 members and is charged with the following responsibilities:

The committee has the following specific responsibilities:I. The field of standards generation for which the Committee will be responsible, will cover the following scope:

a) To determine the purpose of the definition of the field and analyse its content;b) To define the boundaries of discrete fields in terms of the value added by the field including, but not restricted to process, product or service related to other fields;c) To identify traditional and non-traditional areas of study, occupational categories, technology and environment associated with the field;d) To project or forecast the linkage between the field and the national economy 3, 5 and 10 years hence including, but not limited to, predicting whether the field is likely to grow, shrink or become ob-solete, and what its importance to the economy is likely to be and in what way it is likely to change; e) To ensure, by independent assessment, that the field as defined is complete;f) To identify discrete sub-fields by analyzing its value-added component;g) To identify the impact of existing and proposed legislation on fields, sub-fields and levels, and plan accordingly;

II. The Committee shall:a) Generate competency standards and qualifications in consultation with the relevant Quality Coun-

cil(s) [QC(s)] in identified sub-fields and levels;b) Update and review competency standards and/or qualifications;c) Consult interested and affected parties;d) Recommend standards and qualifications to the relevant QCs;e) Recommend criteria for the registration of assessors and moderators or moderating bodies; andf) Perform such other functions as may from time-to-time be delegated to it by the Council.

III. The Committee will develop and recommend to Council for final approval the relevant competency standards and qualification standards for levels 5 to 10 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) in compliance with the requirements of one or all of the following QCs:

a) CHE and its Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC);b) Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO); andc) Umalusi.

IV. In performing its relevant role and functions, the Committee shall, subject to its scope of standards generation:

a) Abide by the decisions of the relevant QCs relating to the development and implementation of the NQF;b) Consult with experts in the defined field concerning the accuracy and acceptability of the results of such activities and subject such results to their scrutiny;c) Submit the results of such activities to the relevant QCs for publication on the NQF; andd) Ensure that the results of such activities are subjected to the scrutiny of the relevant interested and affected parties, prior to submission to Council.




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PART C: LINKS TO OTHER PLANS

1. Risk Management Plan

ECSA is supported by internal audit service provider and have developed a risk register that is updated on annual basis in line with section 51(1)(a)(i) of the Public Finance Management Act, although ECSA is not required by law to comply with the PFMA. The Audit, Risk and compliance committee oversees risk man-agement and report to Council.

2. Fraud Prevention Plan

ECSA has no fraud prevention plan in place. Management plan to develop one in the current reporting and will be reflected in the APP for the coming financial year including the gift register policy. As an interim mea-sure, ECSA established a supply chain office during the previous financial year in order to be aligned to best practice in procurement processes. Below is a brief description of the processes implemented to minimise conflict of interest in supply chain management.

2.1. SCM Policy requires that any official who participates in procurement processes such as BEC/BAC members must complete a “conflict of interest” declaration and confidentiality agreement prior to the commencement of the evaluation/adjudication process. No official who has an interest (or whose relative or friend has an interest) in a particular offer will be allowed to participate in the evaluation, consideration and adjudi cation of the relevant tender/bid or quotes.

2.2 Bidders are expected to complete a” Declaration of interest questionnaire” (SBD 4 Form) whenever they compete for a tender, this is for bidder to indicate if there is a conflict of interest or not.

2.3. SCM Officials always observe segregation of duties (where one official cannot start a transaction until thefinal stage) whenever they do transactions either electronically or manually. For example, the Procure-ment system does not allow an SCM officer to capture requisition, request quotes and issue a purchase order-different officials are required to do transactions between the processes. Furthermore, the suppli-ers database system automatically and randomly selects suppliers for quotations. SCM Delegation of authority regulates approval powers of officials as per prescribed thresholds.

2.4. The newly acquired Lexis system assists in checking the registered owners/shareholders of a particular service provider.

3. Materiality Framework

ECSA has not developed a framework in this regard. It will be developed in the new financial year.



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