Overview

In today's demanding business world, engineering firms need every advantage to advance candidates toward ECSA registration and help address South Africa's skills shortage. This one-day facilitator-led course is designed for supervisors,, mentors, team leaders, and HR managers who guide engineering candidates. It provides practical tools to impart skills, support workplace rotations, and create structured training plans enhanced by digital solutions for easier tracking and reporting. With a focus on engaging and motivating millennial graduates, the course equips you to transform candidates into competent professionals while boosting productivity, commitment, and long-term success within your organisation.

Why Should an Individual Attend?

• Understand ECSA Process: Gain clarity on where your candidates are in their registration journey.
• Identify Key Competencies: Learn the skills and outcomes candidates must master during their candidacy.
• Define Your Role: Know your responsibilities as a mentor, supervisor, coach, or HR manager.
• Apply Coaching Techniques: Use proven mentoring strategies to motivate and grow candidates.
• Track Progress Effectively: Discover how to use Portfolio of Evidence files to monitor achievements.
• Develop Competent Professionals: Learn how to guide candidates from novice stage to registered professionals.

Outcomes

This course will provide you with the tools to know:

• Where your candidates are in the registration process
• The competencies that your candidates will need to master during their candidacy phase
• Your roles and responsibilities as a mentor, supervisor, coach or HR Manager in the registration process
• Coaching and mentoring techniques
• How to understand your candidates and their needs
• How the Portfolio of Evidence files are best used to keep track of candidates’ progress and achievements
• How to take your candidates from novice-stage to competent professionals

Program Outline

• About ECSA registration
• Who are our graduates
• Who is the training team
• What training is needed
• How to prepare a training plan
• Coaching
• Relationships and attitudes
• Management and Human Resources
• Registration process

Who Should Attend?

The course helps all those in management positions to play a more effective role in the development of candidates. It is therefore recommended for:

• Line managers
• Supervisors
• Mentors
• HR practitioners

• Mon 9 November 2026  08:30 to 16:30