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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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CAREERTIPS : Top 5 Careertips to my younger self - Sibongiseni Mbadamana

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Senior Built Environment Professional Sibongiseni Mbadamana shares career tips he would have given to himself when he started out in his career journey.


When I look back on my career journey, I don't believe there are any career mistakes or regrets only lessons, but if I have to speak to my younger self on navigating this journey, I would advise my younger self to focus on the following 5 things:

1. Take initiative and be inquisitive. Also pay attention to what your seniors are doing and be able to differentiate what is correct or wrong in the process.

2. Make sure to try and learn from everyone as much as you can and avoid negative and toxic people by all means.

3. Always make sure that you have a plan as to where you want to be and by when etc. Also make sure you have an understanding as to what is required in order for you to be at that particular destination. Look at the people that are where you want to be and make sure to try to do more of what they have done and acquired in all forms.

4. Always make sure to complete everything that you have started in order for you to be where you want to be, you can't start something and leave it halfway and for sure it might not be what you thought you really wanted but complete it then you can move to the next one.

5. Invest more also on soft skills like understanding human behavior, having sympathy ,try to learn to communicate very well and importantly learn how to write for different audiences etc.

Sibongiseni Mbadamana is a Professional Engineering Technologist (Civil) registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), with more than 12 years of working experience in the water and other sectors. He specializes in Project Management, Bulk Water Supply Infrastructure, Rural and Urban Water Supply as well as Operation and Maintenance.

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