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all be done from the office or home and covers both road to professional registration but also mature
technical and business topics relevant to the persons engineers who might have let the opportunity slip
profession. of professionally registering with the Engineering
Council of South Africa (ECSA) many years ago.

HR Forum This joint project between Consulting Engineers
South Africa (CESA) and the SA Institute of Civil
The HR Forum under the chairmanship of Elza Theron Engineers’ Professional Development and Projects
meets on a bi-monthly basis. It’s representatives are (SAICE PDP) has been a resounding success and
from small, medium and large firms, and concentrates has hosted many courses such as Basic Contract
on critical human resource issues in the industry. Administration & Quality Control, Basic Pressure
Pipeline Design, Pavement Rehabilitation &
The HR Forum has had presentations from Janette
Maintenance. Also a suite of ‘Getting acquainted’
Minnaar-van Veijeren from the Ethics Institute of SA
courses, in Bricks, Blocks & Mortar, Concrete,
on ‘The changing local and international legislative
Concrete On-Site, Fixing Technology, GCC 2010,
environment - how dishonesty by third parties can
Road Construction and Maintenance, Fundamentals
affect your company’, Hannes Hoon from CETA
of Procurement & Tendering and Sewer Design.
on ‘Implications and Implementation of the New
Likewise a suite of Road to Registration courses
SETA Grant Regulations’ and Marjoke Naude,
for Candidates, Mature Candidates and Mentors,
Head of Consulting IMCOSA Gauteng /Immigration
Supervisors & HR courses. The Candidate Academy
Practitioner on the up-to-date situation regarding
furthermore offers additional support in the form of
the different types of work visas/permits, and the
one-on-one meetings, emails or telephone calls to
conditions and requirements for each type.
help candidates complete their ECSA Application
forms.
Candidate Academy
Brenda Lacey-Smith
The Candidate Academy is helping rebuild the
Manager: Education and Training
skills foundation of the civil engineering industry
- one candidate at a time! Through its expert
Albert Geldenhuys Aurecon
range of courses, tools and interventions, the
Chairperson
Academy is supporting not only newly qualified
engineers, technicians and technologists on their

CESA Annual Review 2012 / 2013

CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards - Projects less than R50 million Category: Commendation
ILISO Consulting for the Top Gear Internal Racetrack at Moses Mabhida Stadium for eThekweni Municipality

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