Training of engineers, technologists and technicians

10 August 2010

Comments from SAICE at the

W S L G Skills

Development Think Tank

Presented byAllyson Lawless

Big increase in graduations but not registration

Category 2004 2009 % increas

e Engineer 1517 2573 70%Technologist

907 920 1% *

Technician

2577 3505 36%* Largely a limitation of UoT carrying capacty

Where are they?

B Tech Min 4 yrs

Stage 1ECSA

B Sc Min 4 yrsGrade 12

(Exemption)

ND CivilP1& P2

Min 3 yrsGrade 12 or Equivalent

Stage 0

ND CivilP1& P2

Grade 12 or Equivalent

CA

ND

IDA

TE P

HA

SE MINIMUM 3 YEARS

STAGE 2STAGE 1

REG

ISTR

ATIO

N W

ITH

EC

SA

?L

SAICE progress since 2006 Support ~ 250 students through experiential training

supported by LGSETA Management LGSETA B Tech bursary scheme for

technicians working in local government – awarded to ~100

Offer ~70 civil and electrical graduates workplace training towards registration funded by various public sector structures

Support 102 civil and town planning graduates through a structured training programme towards registration, funded by the DBSA

Deliver orientation courses to ~ 200 candidates on the Road to Registration

Deliver orientation courses to ~ 90 mentors, supervisors, coaches and HR on the Road to Registration

Supply workplace training software to public sector structures for planning and monitoring workplace training

The project cycle – skills to be acquired

The ECSA progression

Training in the sixties and seventies

Guided learning

Need to rebuild

public sectortraining programmes and technicalstructures

Support for developing, recoding and monitoring structured programmes

Portfolio of Evidence files – for recording training and filing signed ECSA forms as each period of training is completed

Courses to explain the process to candidates, mentors, supervisors, coaches and HR

The Journal programme for planning, recording and assessment of progress on the road to registration