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PROFILE : My journey to Professional Registration - Innocent Gininda

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Innocent Gininda shares his journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng), emphasizing the importance of mentorship, early preparation, and understanding ECSA requirements. He offers advice to aspiring PrEngs, highlighting the value of diverse feedback and a positive mindset. My journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng) culminated successfully in November 2024. I was fortunate to begin my career at a company with a Commitment and Undertaking (C&U) Agreement with ECSA and a robust mentorship program. This commitment to training engineers to the standard required for Professional Registration provided me with essential resources and a structured path to track my experience against ECSA requirements. Early exposure to these expectations instilled a positive outlook on registration and solidified my desire to achieve this milestone. My views on Professional Registration have remained consistently positive throughout this journey. Working alongside ...
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OPINION: South Africa brings in Cuban Engineers to help with infrastructure (1)

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Pete Mullen a Construction Professional with over 50 years experience shares his hardhatOPINION on what he makes of the latest move by the South African government to bring Cuban Engineers to help with infrastructure


Did the government make the right decision by bringing over Cuban Engineers?

No.. We have the skills and experience in South Africa. The Cubans will have to start with preliminary investigations etc. where as many South African consultants and contractors have all the information.

Are the reasons given for this decision good enough?

I don't see any plausible reasons given by the Government.

How will this impact our local pool of Built Environment Professionals? 

Negatively. We have many Engineers with the capacity, knowledge and experience to undertake this project .These, for the most part are sitting without work.

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How can Built Environment Professionals show their disapproval of this decision?

The only way I can see and it might sound childish, but by keeping the experience and knowledge gained to ourselves. We have Consultants, Contractors and individuals who could undertake this project and keep the cost at home.

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