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LESOTHO ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS

8/21/2015

TOWARDS THE POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK: ENGINEERING

COUNCIL OF LESOTHO

TOWARDS THE POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK – ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF LESOTHO

WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS REPORT

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Foreword

Principal Secretary Engineer Lebohang Phooko

Let me take this opportunity to remind you all and in particular inform our guests that The Ministry embarked on a process that will make it possible to manage, regulate and develop our construction industry by engaging a specialist consultant in the period 2011-2013 to formulate a policy to facilitate Local Construction Industry Development. The construction industry performs an indispensable role in the economy of Lesotho by providing the necessary infrastructure platform, which is fundamental to the ongoing development of the country. Within the Poverty Reduction Strategy, a need for additional employment opportunities and provision of infrastructure in the form of linkages to markets, shelter and basic services are some of the top requirements of the communities. Central to the strategies to be adopted in pursuit of these goals is the building of human capacities to expand their gainful employment and participation in job creation. One of the key roles of Government in achieving this is the creation of a conducive environment for increased private sector development and participation in economic growth. A rigorous consultative process in the form of workshops (four different stakeholders workshops to be exact), door to door meetings and staged report presentations were made to all stakeholders throughout the country in pursuit of achieving the best possible policy that is aligned to the needs of our country. we are now faced with a challenge to implement this policy pending presentation to Cabinet, formulation of draft acts for passing by Parliament and last but not least the actual implementation of the policy. Government‟s overall objective for this industry is to facilitate and provide an enabling environment for sustainable development of the industry. Specifically, the Government‟s aim is to have a construction Industry with a strategy that promotes and fosters economic growth, competitiveness, creates employment and addresses lack of capacity as it empowers the implementing agencies (clients), local contractors and consultants. As the custodian of the construction industry, Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPWT), in implementing the Government‟s vision, aims to continue to influence development in the following areas:

a. Formulation and development of legislation and regulations for creation of an enabling construction industry;

b. Procurement policy; c. Human resource development; d. Harnessing of financial support; e. Institutional support; f. Empowerment of contractors through training; g. Improvement of public sector capacity to expedite and manage service delivery to the Nation;



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h. Promotion of best practice within the industry. i. Establishment of construction industry board that will provide strategic leadership and develop policy for

local construction industry growth and development. Ladies and gentlemen, today the Lesotho Association of Engineers invited a specialist from Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers to share with us challenges faced with establishment of an organization for regulating the Industry – the Lesotho Institute of the Built Environment. As our industry is young, we found it prominent that the recommendations from the consultant be customized to our situation in order to come up with a properly structured institution from the onset. We deeply extend our gratitude to our own Engineers for facilitating this workshop and for managing to present to us a specialist on a voluntary basis from Zimbabwe to come and share with us their experiences in the establishment of the Industry. I wish to pass best wishes from my Ministers to you to have fruitful deliberations in this workshop and I declare it officially open. I thank you.

KHOTSO! PULA! NALA!

Engineer Lebohang Phooko Principal Secretary Ministry of Public Works and Transport



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Table of Contents

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1-1

1.1 Welcome Remarks and Background - President of Lesotho Association of Engineers (LAE) .............. 1-1

1.2 Workshop Purpose and Agenda ........................................................................................................... 1-2

SECTION 2. SUMMARY OF KEYNOTE PRESENTATION ............................................................................. 2-1

2.1 Background ........................................................................................................................................... 2-1

2.2 Presentations ........................................................................................................................................ 2-1

2.2.1 Engineer Khasapane Kikine – Construction Industry Study Findings and Recommendation .............. 2-2

2.2.2 President (Engineer Ben Rafoneke) Review of Lesotho Association of Engineers‟ Constitution ......... 2-2

2.2.3 Dr. Sanzan Diarra – The Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers ........................................................... 2-3

SECTION 3. 1st OPEN DISCUSSIONS ............................................................................................................ 3-1

3.1 Proposed Secretariat Structure ............................................................................................................. 3-1

3.2 None Local Professionals and Firms – Unfair Competition ................................................................... 3-1

3.3 Council / Institute / Institution ................................................................................................................ 3-1

3.3.1 Institution vs Council ............................................................................................................................ 3-2

3.4 Memberships and Funding of Institution / Council ................................................................................. 3-2

3.4.1 Registration and Licencing ................................................................................................................... 3-2

3.4.2 Branches .............................................................................................................................................. 3-2

3.4.3 Temporary Membership ....................................................................................................................... 3-2

3.4.4 CPD‟s ................................................................................................................................................... 3-3

3.4.5 Invitation to UNESCO Africa Engineering Week 2015 Conference ...................................................... 3-3

SECTION 4. 2nd DAY – SUMMARIZED PRESENTATIONS ............................................................................ 4-1

4.1 Engineer Khasapane Kikine – Functions and Responsibilities of the Proposed Secretariat and

Organization Structure .......................................................................................................................... 4-1

4.2 Dr. Sanzan Diarra – Engineering Council of Zimbabwe ........................................................................ 4-2

4.3 Field Trip to Metolong Dam ................................................................................................................... 4-3



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SECTION 5. 2nd OPEN DISCUSSIONS ........................................................................................................... 5-1

5.1 Proposed Secretariat Structure ............................................................................................................. 5-1

5.2 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) ....................................................................................... 5-2

5.2.1 Administrative Process of CPD ............................................................................................................ 5-3

5.3 Institution vs. Association ...................................................................................................................... 5-3

5.4 Serving on the Executive Committee .................................................................................................... 5-4

5.5 Membership Structure ........................................................................................................................... 5-4

5.5.1 Engineers ............................................................................................................................................. 5-5

5.5.2 Companions ......................................................................................................................................... 5-5

5.5.3 Technicians .......................................................................................................................................... 5-5

5.5.4 Affiliate Organizations .......................................................................................................................... 5-5

5.6 Establishment of a Small Office ............................................................................................................ 5-6

SECTION 6. COURTESY CALL – NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO .................................................. 6-1

6.1 General Introductions ............................................................................................................................ 6-1

6.2 Background of the Visit ......................................................................................................................... 6-1

6.3 Introduction of LAE ................................................................................................................................ 6-2

6.4 Briefing on the Entry Levels for Engineering Course ............................................................................. 6-2

SECTION 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................... 7-1

SECTION 8. WAY FORWARD ......................................................................................................................... 8-1

8.1 The Engineering Council of Lesotho ..................................................................................................... 8-1

8.2 The Lesotho Association of Engineers .................................................................................................. 8-1

ANNEX 1 Agenda for the Workshop ......................................................................................................................... A

ANNEX 2 Participants ............................................................................................................................................... B

ANNEX 3 Engineer K. Kikine‟s Presentation - Construction Industry Study Findings and Recommendation .......... C

ANNEX 4 Dr. S. Diarra‟s Presentation - The Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers ..................................................... D

ANNEX 5 Dr. S. Diarra‟s Presentation – Engineering Council of Zimbabwe ............................................................ E



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List of Tables

Table 5-1 ZIE's Categories of CPD Activities ................................................................................................... 5-3

Table 5-2 ZIE's Membership Categories .......................................................................................................... 5-5

List of Figures

Figure 4-1 Propose Lesotho Council For Built Environment Organization Structure ................................................. 4-1

Figure 4-2 ZIE‟s Organization Structure ..................................................................................................................... 4-3

Figure 5-1 Rolled up Secretariat Structure ................................................................................................................. 5-1

Figure 5-2 Expanded Secretariat Organization Structure .......................................................................................... 5-1

Figure 5-3 Revised Structure of the Council (Secretariat) .......................................................................................... 5-2

Figure 7-1 Proposed Engineering Council of Lesotho Organization Structure ........................................................... 7-1

Figure 7-2 Expanded Lesotho Institution of Engineers Organization Structure .......................................................... 7-2



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List of Acronyms

GOL Government of Lesotho

MPWT Ministry of Public Works and Transport

SADC Southern African Development Community

SAFEO Southern African Federation of Engineering Organizations

ECZ Engineering Council of Zimbabwe

ZIE The Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers

ECSA Engineering Council of South Africa

SAICE South African Institute of Civil Engineers

LCBE Lesotho Council for Built Environment

ECL Engineering Council of Lesotho

LAE Lesotho Association of Engineers

LIE Lesotho Institution of Engineers

NUL The National University of Lesotho

Eng. Engineer

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CPD Continuing Professional Development

AGM Annual General Meeting



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Acknowledgements

We, The Lesotho Association of Engineers, thank Dr. Sanzan Diarra, CEO of The Zimbabwean Institution of

Engineers for his advice, guidance and time to support our efforts leading to the ratification of the act for the

proposed Engineering Council of Lesotho. Our sincere thanks go to Engineer Lebohang Phooko, Principal Secretary

for the Ministry of Public Works and Transport for affording us his time during the week to guide and take part in our

deliberations, Engineer Khasapane Kikine, Team Leader (Lesotho Council for Built Environment) for the

presentations that modeled and guided our workshop, the overall team working on the documentation for

presentation to the relevant authorities leading to the formalisation of the proposed act and policies.



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SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Welcome Remarks and Background - President of Lesotho Association of Engineers

(LAE)

Lesotho Association of Engineers‟ President (Engineer Ben Rafoneke) introduced the workshop with a few words. He said: I will be facilitating the discussions of this workshop for the next two days and I wish to extend my warm welcome to Dr. Sanzan Diarra, the Chief Executive Officer of the Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers who is our guest of honour, for having given his free time to be with us and Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT). The MPWT being the custodian and home of most of Engineering Infrastructure projects in the country and also being responsible for supporting and facilitating development of Local Construction Industry has gladly accepted our invitation to be part of our deliberations over the two days. The focus of the discussions is going to be on the formation and legalization of the Construction Industry in Lesotho. The MPWT has done a lot of work and is in the process of finalizing documents necessary for submission to the appropriate Authorities as we shall be briefed this morning. Since its re-launching on the 28th August 2014, LAE has been working closely with MPWT and drawn from other regional bodies for guidance from their experiences borrowed from their existing legal professionals bodies. When, we re-launched LAE in August 2014, we had already made contacts with a number of International and Regional Engineering Organizations, and amongst them, we wish to single out Southern African Federation of Engineering Organizations (SAFEO) and we soon signed their governing Co-operation Protocol and became members. We did so because we realized that amongst their goals was to:

o Assist in improving the functioning of Professional Engineering Organizations in Africa. o Assist countries where there are no professional engineering organizations in creating

such organizations. o Set up a Task Team to achieve the above goals. o Combine their efforts to provide funding for the purpose. o Promotion of good engineering practices o Increasing number of engineers in countries and regionally and world wide

Since establishing the initial contact LAE was then invited to attend SAFEO„s last annual meeting and conference in Zambia, Livingstone. LAE were able to send a representative and it was during this meeting that Dr. Diarra and others came to know about our challenges as Engineers in Lesotho. We are very glad and humbled by the fact that the Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers has allowed its Chief Executive Officer to come to Lesotho and share their experiences with us. Dr. Diarra you are most welcome and we look forward to sharing your experiences with us and have no doubt that they will help us moving forward. Thank You!!!



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1.2 Workshop Purpose and Agenda

The purposes of the workshop were:

To provide an update of the progress on the development of a Bill for establishing the Construction Industry of Lesotho since the engagement of a consultant in 2011

To provide a discussion platform with other stakeholders in advisory position from the SADC region

To further focus on the development of contributions to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport with the aim of improving on the developed documents

To review the current draft act for establishment of the boards of the built environment professionals by identifying gaps and recommend editions before presentation to the of final draft to Minister of Public Works

To follow up with SAFEO membership requirement which needs each country to have legislation on professional practice

To capacitate the management of Lesotho Association of Engineers to deal with challenges facing the governance of engineering bodies

To promote relationships with other African engineering bodies and foster mentorship



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SECTION 2. SUMMARY OF KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

2.1 Background

The workshop took place at Lancers Inn, Maseru, Lesotho in August 5 -6, 2015. The following section of this report provides an overview and summary of the workshop presentations; for more details, refer to the complete individual presentations Appended under Annex 3 – 5. The proceedings of the two days were followed as the programme described (See Annex 1). The day began with Engineer Lebohang Phooko (Principal Secretary) representing the line ministry opening the workshop and thanking all delegates for attending, and in particular LAE for their forward thinking in inviting other regional partners as well as recognizing the efforts of the Ministry on the legal framework for the Construction Industry. During the first day of the workshop, a series of presentations and discussion sessions helped set the stage by going straight into the main issue as the workshop had to accommodate other members to fulfill their prior commitments. Engineer Kikine‟s presentation as detailed below initiated the debate on the findings and provided adequate time to digest the implications of the recommendations of the consultant. LAE President followed with the review of the Constitution only sections of interest. The two presentations tied well with the intended goals of the workshop. The issue of whether an INSTITUTION versus an ASSOCIATION was then entered into the discussions as summarized under open discussions section of this compilation. The roles and responsibilities of professionals and professional bodies / organizations, and how they should influence development also became a big issue. During the second day of the workshop, participants engaged in a series of discussions tapping into the knowledge and experiences of Dr. Diarra. Continuation with the last two presentations further clarified some of the main issues surrounding the proposed set-up of the secretariat and its functions. The participants then tapped into the Zimbabwean set up and the new proposal of a fully established council. The discussions that followed both presentations touched on other institutions such as South African SAICE and ECSA. The focused discussions are presented under each summarized version of the presentations which has given more content for the benefit of our members.

2.2 Presentations

The presentation of this report will not follow the proposed agenda of the workshop due to presenters being engaged with other commitments at the proposed times of their respective presentations. Initially it was agreed that the programme includes the whole day involvement of MPWT representatives but the team was engaged on the Strategic Planning for the Ministry in the North and South regions of Lesotho. This presentation was shifted to accommodate the presenter to attend to his official business. The agenda will be presented as proposed without the adjustments due to different presentation times.



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2.2.1 Engineer Khasapane Kikine – Construction Industry Study Findings and Recommendation

In summary the presentation provided the status / progress achieved towards the establishment of the Engineering Council of Lesotho (Lesotho Council for Built Environment as termed by the Consultant). It was indicated that the recommendations of the Consultant proposed two management boards targeting professionals and Contractors. The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has assigned a task team aimed at completing the documentation towards presentation to the cabinet and finalisation of the policies, act, regulations, the bill, etc. The Task Team has identified that the Consultants proposal would be rather expensive to implement hence proposed to merge the function of the two boards. The Team is already ahead with this task targeting the proposed completion date of end of August 2015. Lesotho Association of Engineers (LAE) and MPWT have had a meeting where the proposed new structure was presented. The new proposed structure was looked at but without detailed comments as the presenter was on his way out to attend to official business. The discussions around the structures were deferred to the second session of discussions on the following day. The structures are detailed under Section 5 of this report and discussed in more detail. Comments and improvements are also included as part of the discussions as the second presentation detailing the merging of the functions in line with the newly proposed structure were also presented. The two presentations are discussed in detail under this section of the report.

2.2.2 President (Engineer Ben Rafoneke) Review of Lesotho Association of Engineers’ Constitution

President Engineer Rafoneke outlined the objectives and purposes for which the Lesotho Association of Engineers exists as outlined in the constitution. He went on to outline its organization and the different classes of membership and their required qualifications. Engineer Rafoneke touched briefly on what the constitution stipulates with regard to the professional conduct of its members. He went on to mention that the Executive has formulated a plan of action going forward, but their biggest challenge remains fund raising which they hope will be alleviated once the legislation of all professional bodies has been gazetted by the Government. Questions were raised regarding the stipulated age of “Students” members and the workshop agreed that the age limit should be reviewed and lowered to accommodate the current age at which students graduate.



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2.2.3 Dr. Sanzan Diarra – The Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers

The presentation is self-explanatory but the theme of ZIE is simply the advancement of its members through innovative thinking using simple economic engineering solutions in recognition of its employers and clients at large. In order to achieve this, one needs to consider the standards and ethical values that promote confidentiality, integrity, excellence and transparency. The second important message from ZIE is the succession process. Our institutions are plagued with opportunists who tend to relax once marked for senior positions. But ZIE membership has noted this and uses voting where such individuals have not shown initiative or commitment in their respective positions. Past Presidents have a way of contributing to the growth of the Institution and assist in guiding the young

engineers coming into the market. Usually the linkages of past presidents with high ranking government officials come into play where necessary to get things done or influence action within government and other organizations.

The use of symbolism comes into effect. Just by looking at this pictorial view could you tell the message? It might result into various versions. But the bottom line is while engineers argue or over-discuss issues;

lawyers know how to make money out of each of our miserable situations. Hence he is sitting on the milking position. The similarity of ZIE with LAE is that LAE has not discriminated on its members by taking only those particular with engineering but includes even some scientists in its membership pool. The registration as an institution would be more suitable as that gives LAE a legal stand to charge those that are not registered with the Institution. In the case of an association, Government of Lesotho already has several of these associations and experience has shown that they are not effective as they are voluntary organizations. This however, does not undermine the achievements of LAE as an association. In ZIE‟s case the Council has been set up by the Institution and is funded from the membership. This is a different case with Lesotho as the current plans are to establish the Council that will then be followed by institutions of different focus groups. The main issue is that each discipline should be responsible for the registration of its members while registration and licencing should be through the recommendations of the Institutions to the Council. This on the other hand will require the coordination with Ministry of Immigration and Ministry of Labour that receives applications for work permits. This will enable the control only if the corporation between ministries is assured. All non-Basotho will require registration and licencing before even applying for work permits. In this way each discipline will have records of who has been approved and who has not. Once the registration and licencing process has been established and enacted into Law, publishing of personnel requirements will



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stipulate “Registration with Lesotho professional bodies” without the words “or equivalent / similar” as registration with the country professional bodies will be mandatory without compromise. This will enable Lesotho and it professionals to compete at the same level as other African countries. The order of things will enable any Mosotho to be represented by his own country wherever in the world when his own country recognizes him / her as a professional. One of the main responsibilities of the Institution would also be Continuous Professional Development (CPD) which ideally should be linked with the tertiary institutions like the National University of Lesotho (Faculty of Engineering) whose function would also be accreditation. The Institution would also contribute in the setting of the local education curriculum for institutions like Lerotholi Polytechnic, Technical School of Leribe, Leloaleng Trade School, etc.



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SECTION 3. 1st OPEN DISCUSSIONS

3.1 Proposed Secretariat Structure

Briefly, the proposed organization structure was discussed and it became clear that the intended merging of the two boards was aligned with budgetary constraints. Engineer Kikine requested assistance of LAE in establishing the remuneration system as part of the submissions. However, the establishment of two boards seemed too big to handle and would not be easy to manage. Therefore, a single board is proposed with the presented structure. Though major inputs were held till the appropriate time when all the presentations have been done, it was clear to some that the proposed structure for the Secretariat may also cause problems. It is also too big whereas the Secretariat is understood to provide oversight and majority of its functions should be handled downstream of the structure i.e. at the relevant focus group who have to manage themselves. It was further indicated that several working committees will assist in the function of the Secretariat such that the coordination of all the relevant groups will keep the office operational. Further discussions under Section 5.

3.2 None Local Professionals and Firms – Unfair Competition

This concerns every country not only Lesotho. The proposed ratification of an act is your only protection against this kind of problem. In Zimbabwe any professional entering the country for purposes of work must first be registered with ZIE and note that no one can be registered with ECZ unless he/she is a member of ZIE first. Only by recommendation of ZIE can such a professional be licenced to practice in Zimbabwe on a temporary licence only.

The setting up of the Engineering council will require collaboration with other government departments and ministries such as Immigration, Labour, Trade, etc. where non-Basotho professionals and firms are involved. This is required to ensure coordinated efforts to reduce situations that may result in people breaking the laws of the country. No foreigner will be allowed into the country unless registered by the Council and its constituents whether as a professional or firm. Each of these categories will be issued with temporary registrations and licences that automatically expire upon completion of their assigned tasks.

3.3 Council / Institute / Institution

How does one overcome the uncoordinated

involvement of non-Basotho Companies and

professionals? This is clearly visible with

several international companies holding all the

major works of the country; some without any

stipulations of sub-contracting certain

percentages of such projects. How is the

local industry to grow from this perspective?

NOTE: The use of the words Council / Institute / Institution cannot be used interchangeably as they become very confusing while they

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3.3.1 Institution vs Council

The latter is responsible for registration and licencing while the first registers members but does not give corporate status. One cannot register with the council without first becoming a member of the institution. Through the recommendations of the institution a member can be considered for corporate status where a professional can then, if approved, use Pr. Eng. or other appropriate designation.

3.4 Memberships and Funding of Institution / Council

ZIE membership is similar to that of Lesotho from the brochure that has been circulating. Just minor differences that may not be important at this stage, however, there membership for who qualifies due to their education first and membership for people who are not engineers by qualifications but those that have contributed to the engineering profession. The Constitution needs to identify who are the people associated with the Institution such that they can be classified appropriately in recognition of their efforts. Such association should also be on merit not

aligned with our personal emotions that may cloud our judgement.

3.4.1 Registration and Licencing

The issues surrounding registration and licencing are completed annually to enable the efficient running of the institutions and council. The licencing enables corporate members to practice in engineering whereas non-corporate members can be registered but not licenced to practice in engineering. During registration and licencing certain fees are payable each year and this is one of many ways of funding the institutions.

3.4.2 Branches

Dr. Diarra informed the workshop that during their establishment they received several requests from locals who could not operate normally in other countries including UK, RSA and other SADC countries.

UK examples

Back in 2002 many engineers from Zimbabwe were engaged in Ireland and once the job was done some needed to explore beyond Ireland but in other European countries like UK. These engineers needed to register with ICE but could not be registered as the initial requirement was that all engineers must first be recognized by their own countries. This disturbed ZIE as it was not just a few but a good number till ZIE decided to establish a branch in UK. ZIE now has another branch in South Africa. ZIE is in the process of establishing relations and recognition by the SA council (ECSA) but the road has been tough.

3.4.3 Temporary Membership

Temporary membership for non-locals is usually higher than that of locals. Similarly, Lesotho will have to ensure that the funding of the institution is more from the foreign contingent than on the locals i.e. foreigners in Zimbabwe pay in the region of 3 to 4 times the locals in fees. Further, once the Lesotho act is in place, all engineers and technicians will be forced to legalise their operations by registering first with the institution then with council. All specifications on professionals and firms shall become “registered with Engineering Council of Lesotho” as there should not be any competition with the local professional institutions. This becomes mandatory with immediate effect. Engineering has quite a number of special interest groups and the institution then encourages these groups / divisions to come together to develop their discussion groups. This is where one finds specialist research

LAE is at the moment struggling with

lack of funds, how has this issue

affected ZIE and/or ECZ? As seen on

the proposed structure, there is quite an

involvement of different disciplines that

need large sums of money to sustain the

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groups in a specific discipline, magazines and journals of those groups, etc. This enables a vibrant environment where groups try to perform by increasing circulation of the published materials, encourage debate, innovation and technological advancement of members, influences development positively via exploring various technological inventions aimed at improving communities at large. These activities further increase the funding mechanisms for the institutions.

3.4.4 CPD’s

CPD is the essence of engineering professionals as it encourages professionals to dream to develop themselves further. The CPD encourages individuals to want to excel in their respective fields and challenges the thinking process of engineers. This enables growth of individuals, establishments where they work, improves performance in problem solving, etc. CPD‟s also contribute towards the funding of some of the activities of the institutions and council. One other avenue is the publishing of magazines that are sold to none members while other receive these for free. Usually a nominal fee is included in the annual membership fees to cover the production of the magazine. The council has limited activities and does rely on the institution levy to sustain its activities. It is the responsibilities of the constituents that the council functions normally to fulfill its obligations of licencing. Training courses for CPD are usually shared 75 to 25% where the institute holds the 25% to cover its administration costs. Each year constituents register with the council for recognition of its members for licence renewals. Certain percentage is allocated to the council on specific events to meet its costs on a regular basis otherwise majority of its costs are covered by the institutions.

3.4.5 Invitation to UNESCO Africa Engineering Week 2015 Conference

Dr. Diarra extended an invitation to the MPWT and LAE for attendance of the UNESCO Africa Engineering Week 2015 to be held at the Victoria Falls – Elephant Hill Resort in Zimbabwe from the 14th to 19th September 2015. He further indicated that upon his arrival back at his office he will confirm his invitations with formal letters to the individual bodies.



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SECTION 4. 2nd DAY – SUMMARIZED PRESENTATIONS

4.1 Engineer Khasapane Kikine – Functions and Responsibilities of the Proposed

Secretariat and Organization Structure Figure 4-1 Propose Lesotho Council For Built Environment Organization Structure

The presentation is largely related to the adjusted structure from the one recommended by the Consultant with two individual boards. The task team has narrowed down the structure to a single board as shown in the figure.

This structure separates Contractors and Professionals as the two have different interests even though Contractors are managed and operated by professionals.

A simplified version of the structure showing the envisaged Secretariat office shows a single board.

The current position is to establish ways of combining the original thought of two separate boards and merging the functions of both councils into one. The view that has been taken in the development of the new structure has been largely influenced by the funding mechanisms. Each of the focus groups will be self-sustaining and the issues surrounding costs should be left to the focus group itself. The main aim should be to create an enabling environment to set-up the council of each discipline with authority to register and licence professionals. The membership fees to be paid by members will sustain each group with a levy to the secretariat for oversight.

If registration and licencing of professionals and Contractors is left with the secretariat, nothing will ever get done and will result in a cumbersome structure. These are realistic problems even in today‟ situation with the Ministry responsible for registration and such cannot be solved by repeating the situation that is not representative of the various focus groups that have to dealt with. A suitable structure will be one that assigns all these responsibilities to the individual focus groups who remain with the responsibility of directing their own fate. The focus now will be to develop combined functions as the Task Team is already forging ahead along similar direction.



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4.2 Dr. Sanzan Diarra – Engineering Council of Zimbabwe

The presentation was urged by the questions raised from the preceding presentation by Engineer Kikine. The aim was to compare the existing Engineering Council of Zimbabwe with the proposed structure of the Engineering Council of Lesotho (Lesotho Council for Built Environment). For detailed presentation refer to Annex 6. In summary, ECZ‟s main objective is to “To regulate the engineering profession through registration and licensing of all Engineers, Technicians and companies/firms that are engaged in engineering work and practise in Zimbabwe” and covers all engineering disciplines. There are other councils like for Surveyors, Architects, etc. that are independent and function on their own. First each of the professionals MUST be registered with ZIE before he/she can be registered with ECZ in this way the Institution satisfies itself of the competence of the member and classifies a category of the proposed member. Only after ZIE‟s recommendation can any person register with the Council and given a proper designation to use “Pr. Eng” or any other suitable denomination. ECZ‟s responsibilities are two fold and those are:

Registration and

Licencing to practice in Zimbabwe Failure to register with any of the two is against the laws of the country and such person(s) cannot carry out or practice any engineering works within Zimbabwe.

Other functions of the Council are (not limited to):

Harmonise all engineering works in Zimbabwe

Protect the local engineering profession from unfair external competition

Monitoring and enforcement of ethical practice within specific disciplines

Encourage cooperation with other bodies in matter of common interests

Evaluation, monitoring and upholding of standards of qualifying criteria, examinations, courses and training by constituent bodies

Encourage manpower development to meet the requirements of the profession

Provide for the accreditation of colleges and universities-based courses One important fact is that ECZ was formulated by the Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers and is responsible for meeting some of ECZ financial issues. The overall funding of the Council comes from the:

Registration fees

Fees for issuing of practicing certificates

Levies from constituent bodies

Grants, fees, gifts, loans, etc. ZIE has developed a succession programme with the inclusion of past presidents into their management structure. Former executives are included mainly:

To utilize and tap into the wisdom, skills, knowledge, experience and the corporate link and goodwill of past Presidents

To further the cause of the Institution towards the development of engineering in the country



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The current structure of ZIE is as detailed in Figure 4-2 below for purposes of comparison with the proposed Lesotho structure. Figure 4-2 ZIE’s Organization Structure

The structure however, does not reward people who do not perform on their specific assignments. Members can still vote out any member who has not performed well during his tenure at the AGM. Each position requires commitment from each member to proceed to the next level.

4.3 Field Trip to Metolong Dam

The second day proceeding were concluded with an excursion to Metolong Dam. The Supervising Engineers at the Metolong Dam briefed delegates on the progress of the dam. Eng. Khotle summarized his presentation by informing the attending members that the dam is a concrete dam (roller compacted mass concrete) with 1.2m lifts to the crest height. The dam is nearly complete except the construction of the vehicular bridge across the spillway. It was noted that the bridge and other works came in at a late stage resulting in extension of the complete date. A question was raised on the usage of the bridge by the overall communities on both sides of the dam. Engineer Rafoneke as the Project Manager (Metolong Authority)

responded by indicating that the decisions on community usage of the bridge are yet to be made but ideally the bridge is built for maintenance purposes and is designed to carry the loads of normal traffic.

The delegations then inspected the water treatment works and were informed that WASCo personnel are undergoing training on the operation of the plant. This stage is termed “the Assisted Operation”. The water treatment works comprise of the raw water pumps

downstream of the dam wall and water is lifted through a 1264mm diameter pipeline to the treatment works after treatment water is further lifted to a command reservoir (40 Ml) from which water gravitates to Maseru, Roma, Mazenod and Mantsebo where there is a booster pump to the reservoir serving Morija. Another line



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from the Command Reservoir is boosted to TY Command Reservoir from which water gravitates to the town of Berea on the north of Maseru. All the pipelines are now completed and all the towns are already using the water from the Metolong Dam.



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SECTION 5. 2nd OPEN DISCUSSIONS

5.1 Proposed Secretariat Structure

Figure 5-1 Rolled up Secretariat Structure

The administrative wings of the Secretariat are only to represent each body i.e. professionals and Contractors but the main body still remains the Secretariat above. This structure is elaborated by the detailed organization structure as shown in the Figure 5-2.

The structure provides for a detailed office of the Secretariat where each office is defined with its functions. The implications of the structure indicate that the Registrar will be responsible for the registration and licencing of Professionals and Contractors. The Task Team foresees the office serving mainly the Contractors as the activity continues year round whereas professionals will be a once off activity.

Figure 5-2 Expanded Secretariat Organization Structure

The proposed structure is rather too big with a lot of red tape when it comes to registration and licencing of professionals and contractors. Nothing will ever get done and the costs of implementation of the structure will be high. Ideally all the listed offices should fall under the focus groups as they will be better positioned to register and licence their respective members and will be financially suited to handle the costs involved from the administration point of view.

There was consensus that the structure is too big. The new proposal is to take the each discipline and add all the offices listed under the Secretariat. The structure could be as show in Figure 5-3 below.

The proposed structure is still following the proposal of the Consultants as it results in two boards for Professionals and Contractors, what is the purpose of the Administrative Secretaries for BEP and BEC? What happens if you eliminate the two and replace both by a single body representing the Engineering and other disciplines with functions of oversight only?



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Figure 5-3 Revised Structure of the Council (Secretariat)

The fourth level of the structure encompasses all engineering constituents falling directly under the CEO. This comprise of professionals as well as Contractor / Consultants. Individual disciplines constitute the institutions or associations whatever the case may be.

5.2 Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Perhaps it is appropriate to start by first defining CPD in broad terms:

CPD can be defined as the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and skills

Development of personal qualities/competence necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties throughout a person‟s engineering career

The rationale for CPD can be to:

Assist members to maintain a competent professional level throughout their career

Help members meet the requirements of the Zimbabwe Engineering Council Act

Serve as verifiable mean for the renewal of registration and/or certification of Engineers and Technicians

“Competence” means:

Not just the acquisition of knowledge but the effective application of this knowledge in the workplace & real life situation

How much CPD should you do? A possible answer would be:

Every registered member is expected to accumulate a certain (minimum) number of points (credits) per year from all approved categories of activities in order to retain / renew registration and/or certification. These activities are categorized into three groups aimed at meeting the CPD requirements and these are:

Category 1: Developmental Activities Category 2: Work-based Activities Category 3: Individual Activities

“Enough to develop and maintain the

professional knowledge, skills and

competence that you need to perform

to the satisfaction of the stakeholders”

On the issue of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), how does one link the registration,

licencing and the issues around CPD as a way of monitoring the progress being made by members?



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Table 5-1 ZIE's Categories of CPD Activities

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Performing day-to-day engineering responsibilities, including management

1credit = 100 hours (max. 2 credits)

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1 credit =50 hours (max. 3 credits))

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Part-time lecturing to undergraduate and postgraduate students: 10 hours = 1 credit Supervision of students undertaking postgraduate studies: 1 credit per year/per student Conducting oral examinations of final year and postgraduate students: 10 hours =1 credit Evaluation/Review of MSc dissertations and PhD theses as external examiner: 1 credit /dissertation or thesis Publication in peer reviewed journals- Single author: 2 credits per publication. Multi authors: 1 credit per publication per author Publication of technical articles- 1 credit per article published Papers/posters presented at conferences or congresses- 1 credit per paper Participation in ZIE statutory, technical or non-technical committees or task groups: 10 hours active participation = 1 credit (min 2 credits) (For instance: evaluation of educational programmes at Universities and Polytechnics for accreditation purposes): 10 hours active involvement = 1 credit Evaluation of educational qualifications for ZIE Education and Qualifications Board: 10 hours active involvement = 1 credit Evaluation of competence and applications for registration for ZIE Membership Committee: 10 hours active involvement = 1 credit Completed relevant postgraduate qualification=2 credits

5.2.1 Administrative Process of CPD

The CPD system will be administered by ZIE in terms of its obligation under the Zimbabwe Engineering Council Act. The responsibility to provide CPD activities (mainly in category 1) will be outsourced to accredited tertiary educational institutions and other recognized providers. The organizers of courses, conferences or seminar etc. would have to approach ZIE for vetting of their activities. Members who intend to participate in an activity provided by any other bodies would ensure that the activity is approved by ZIE so that the credits awarded will be recognized by ZIE. Private Providers of CPD activities will be required to submit their proposed courses to ZIE for consideration and ZIE arranges for assessment of the content and subsequently allocate CPD credit value to the proposed courses. In the whole process employers of professionals are responsible for creating a suitable work environment, which supports and promotes the participation of registered engineering professionals in activities that maintain their competence up to date. “Lesotho needs to recognize all its educational institutions NOW for purposes of assisting in the development of the curriculum for tertiary education institutions, accreditation and management of CPD. The NUL is one such institution and should start working along the lines of developing other relevant modules for engineers to improve on research mechanisms.”

5.3 Institution vs. Association

This issue came up during the first session of open discussion and as a follow up with a little more clarity the PS raised the issue by indicating that “Lesotho already has a number of associations and experience has shown that these do not have real powers to enforce some of the penalties to its members and those that infringe on the activities of such association. It may be prudent to consider changing the “Lesotho



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Association of Engineers” to “Lesotho Institution of Engineers”. This would then serve the interests of all engineering bodies while there will be focus groups under the Institution representing specific interests”. There was consensus on the change and the process of registration of the amendments of the Constitution will be targeted to include the name change. Both issues will be accordingly lodged with Law Office.

5.4 Serving on the Executive Committee

The service of members nominated to the Executive Committee and all other working committees is voluntary. Any payments that one may receive are out of courtesy not a must but could also be formalized by the Constitution. This does not change even if the association changes to Institution and it will remain the CEO‟s discretion to provide any allowances as and when funds allow. ZIE situation is exactly the same as commented above so people should not create expectations on the positions. Paid positions are held by office bearers only who are not on the committees.

5.5 Membership Structure

In comparison with the Lesotho Association of Engineers categories for registration are more or less similar except that ZIE categories comprise of:



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Table 5-2 ZIE's Membership Categories

5.5.1 Engineers

Honorary Fellow o Any person who the Institution desires to honour for his/her

distinguished work as a professional engineer or for his/her exceptional and important services in connection with engineering

Fellow o Any person at least 35 years engaged in a position of superior

responsibility in the administration, design, execution or operation of such important engineering work or education sphere or engineering research and a corporate member of the institution

Member o Any person at least 25 years of age in the administration,

design, execution or operation of professional engineering work; or as a lecturer in or teacher or in engineering research and a corporate member of the institution

Graduate Engineer o Any person who satisfies the Board that he/she intends in due

course to apply to become a Member of the Institution; and has qualifications but not the practical experience may on application to the Board be registered as a Graduate Engineer of the Institution.

Student Engineer o Any person who satisfies The Board that he/she intends in due

course to apply to become a Member or Graduate of the Institution; and is / has been a student at a University undertaking a course of study that will lead to a qualification acceptable to The Board for the membership of the Institution as a Member of the Institution

5.5.2 Companions

• Any persons, not being an engineer by profession, who has rendered important service to the engineering profession in any capacity whatsoever and is suitably qualified person in his/her own sphere or whose admission would be conducive to the interests of the Institution, or

• who are not professional engineers but who by their connection with engineering, science or the arts or otherwise, are qualified to act together with professional engineers in the advancement of the engineering field

5.5.3 Technicians • Any person who is engaged in work of a technical nature and

who is at least twenty-one years of age and has o National diploma or equivalent qualifications that are recognized by

The Board; and o at least two years‟ responsible technical experience or is at least thirty

years of age and does not have qualifications but, by virtue of responsible experience, can satisfy The Board at an interview and by examination that he/she has acquired a standard of technical proficiency considered by The Board as satisfactory;

o Is a Technician member from another professional Institution which is recognized by ZIE

5.5.4 Affiliate Organizations Any organization which employs engineering

professionals or by its connection with engineering, science is qualified to act together with professional engineers in the advancement of engineering may, on application to The Board, be registered as an Affiliate Organization of the Institution.

Lesotho is yet to include other categories. The experience in Zimbabwe is that anyone not registered with the relevant bodies cannot practice unless under direct supervision of a registered professional. All non-Zimbabweans must register before entering the job market and their fees are approximately 3 to 4 times those of local Zimbabweans and / or establishments. Majority of the funds sustaining the institutions come from foreign firms and individuals who have been awarded Temporary Registration and licences. When projects are advertised there are no words like “registered with ECZ or Similar” as the ACT calls for all professionals to be recognized by the Zimbabwean institutions without any compromises. For any company to tender for a job in Zimbabwe such company must have gone through the process of registration with the appropriate bodies to be eligible to tender. In this regards there are no exceptions.



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5.6 Establishment of a Small Office

The MPWT could provide a small office for operational purposes of the association before a formal area is allocated for the development of proper offices. This however, is subject to the management of the responsible ministry to provide such space. LAE should start now target securing a plot of land where offices can be built later. A proposal could be made to the ministry for a small

office for consideration.

LAE is currently housed at the office of the Secretary of the association and this causes quite an inconvenience at times. How do institutions overcome these

situations?



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SECTION 6. COURTESY CALL – NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF

LESOTHO

6.1 General Introductions

The visit to the National University of Lesotho (Faculty of Science and Technology) by Lesotho Association of Engineers (LAE) including Dr. Diarra started with introductions and the Dean of Science and Technology introduced his staff contingent of the Faculty of Science and Technology as listed below:

a. Dean - Associate Professor Tlali Seperiti b. Head of Department of Electronics - Dr. Leboli Thamae c. Makhele d. Mathaba e. Mphatsi

The chairman (Eng. Ntja) of LAE introduced the members of the Executive committee and LAE‟s distinguished guest Dr. Sanzan Diarra, the CEO of the Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers (ZIE). LAE members in attendance were introduced as:

a. Eng. B. Rafoneke - President b. Eng. S. Phate - Secretary c. Eng. L. Makhate - Vice Secretary d. Eng. M. Ntja - Chairman

6.2 Background of the Visit

The Chairman briefly introduced the reasons for the visit. He indicated that LAE had attended a conference in Zambia where the initial thought was formulated. The follow up of the Zambian trip resulted in Dr. Diarra‟s formal visit and the workshop to assist Lesotho as a strategic partner within SADC to establish the Engineering Council of Lesotho. LAE then proposed for the visit to the highest educational institution also relevant to the workshop that was held. The Dean outlined the Faculty of Science and Technology and introduced several market oriented programmes to address the emerging technology demands in line with global development trends. The Dean handed over to the Head of Department (Dr. Leboli Thamae) who he said is better vested to elaborate further on the programmes. Dr Thamae indicated that the programmes include (but not limited to) the Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems and Networks, Bachelor of Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Technology and Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. The Dean then expressed their gratitude at the visit as they have been at a loss when it comes to their students who he said majority have been struggling for placements during industrial attachments. He said lack of an engineering body in Lesotho has just made things harder than necessary. In their struggle they have had to go into RSA to find suitable places for engineering students and in many cases students are attached to firms that do not provide relevant experiential learning for students and this renders the whole programme of industrial attachment ineffective.



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The Dean indicated that they will be happy to assist whenever possible to make this endeavour a success. The establishment of a formal engineering body in Lesotho will be a great help even for the establishments like NUL.

6.3 Introduction of LAE

The President of LAE briefly outlined LAE‟s objectives as:

To do all things which the Executive of the Association my think proper, including advising Governments Public bodies and other organizations or individuals on matters concerning Engineering.

To co-operate with educational institutions and public educational authorities for the furtherance of education and training in Engineering Science and practice.

To do all other things incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objectives He went further to indicate that LAE is already working on a formal visit to NUL with a mission to establish formal working relationships with the University as some of the activities of LAE or the proposed council touch on services that can only be provided by institutions of higher learning. He went on to say after the workshop issues have been sorted, a detailed programme will be proposed with clear dates in which LAE will engage in formal discussions with NUL with a view of entering into a formal working relationship (MOU or Cooperation Agreement).

6.4 Briefing on the Entry Levels for Engineering Course

Dr. Diarra then inquired on the details about the programmes and future plans of the faculty. A skeleton of the courses of study were given to Dr. Diarra. The Dean went further to indicate that the faculty houses five (5) departments being:

a) Biology, b) Chemistry c) Mathematics and Computer Science d) Geography and Environmental Science e) Physics and Electronics

He indicated that the entry level into any of the five is with a common first year of basic science subjects before specific routes are taken in accordance with each student‟s preference / capabilities. The entry level

in Lesotho is considered lower than that of Zimbabwe in that Zimbabwe‟s entry level recognizes A-levels. All other pertinent questions were answered and the faculty was very interested in the proposed plans of cooperation with the engineering bodies in Lesotho. The trip was ended with a group photo.

Dr. L. Thamae, Mr. L. Mphatsoe, Eng. B. Rafoneke, Ass. Prof. S. Tlali, Dr. S. Diarra, Mr. R Mokoena

Mr. T. Mathaba, Eng. S. Phate, Dr. M. Makhele, Eng. L. Makhate, Eng. M. Ntja.



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SECTION 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The workshop is considered very successful and has highlighted some of the concerns that Engineers have had for quite some time. These fears range from lack of recognition by our own peers and communities, unfair procurement processes, lack of private sector competitiveness as there are no relevant bodies to raise private sector concerns, etc. It is in this light that the workshop was initiated by the Lesotho Association of Engineers in association with its strategic partners such as Ministry of Public Works and The Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers (ZIE). The whole workshop was conceptualized in Zambia due to the plight of the Lesotho Engineers raised by Engineer Seriti Phate during the Southern African Federation of Engineering Organizations‟ (SAFEO) conference held in Livingstone, Zambia on the 30th April to 3rd May 2015. Majority of the candidates attending the conference showed their willingness to assist and the CEO of Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers, Dr. Sanzan Diarra followed up on his verbal commitment to that effect. From the work that has been done by MPWT, a skeleton of the council and management structure was developed and has been the source of the overall discussion as the theme of the workshop is our collaborative work towards the policy and legal framework for the formulation of the Engineering Council of Lesotho termed the Lesotho Council for Built Environment. The workshop has managed to establish the following key conclusions:

The final structure for the council should aim to assign majority of the responsibilities to the responsible disciplines and should be self-sustaining. The secretariat unit should serve as oversight and should house minimum number of personnel such that its cost factor becomes manageable from the levies that will be collected from each discipline and constituent. The implication of this statement is that the council should have several constituents serving similar interests and this is elaborated by the finally proposed structure presented in Figure 7-1.

Figure 7-1 Proposed Engineering Council of Lesotho Organization Structure

Lesotho Association of Engineers‟ existence is important to foster the finalization of the remaining work on the legal framework. LAE itself must consider changing to Lesotho Institution of Engineers instead of “association” and such change will come with added responsibilities representing all engineering profession and institutions within the country. The final name change will then house the majority of the offices under the currently proposed secretariat set up. An expanded possible organization of the Lesotho Institution of Engineers (LIE) structure is presented in Figure 7-2.



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Figure 7-2 Expanded Lesotho Institution of Engineers Organization Structure

Lesotho Association of Engineer needs to fast track the involvement of institutions of higher learning such that the process towards the proposed legislature can be travelled together as a team in which all functions are fully understood and can be repeated for the benefit of all new members as other disciplines have not yet started on this road.

The responsible ministry needs to start now to identify suitable plots of land that can accommodate all the disciplines i.e. A *Built Environment House” which will represent the technology hub of the country. The initial step would be to slowly establish the process by identifying the workings of the institutions against those of the council such that problem areas (conflicts) can already be identified and resolved while progressing with the final documentation. A small office set up will go a long way towards the formal collaboration of LAE and the responsible ministries and governmental departments. LAE needs to be part of the proposed new developments within the National University of Lesotho such that Engineers will have a home where they can further their knowledge, manage the CPD process, ensure well established systems of accreditation, etc. Lesotho needs a technical institution that houses more of the engineering disciplines to reduce the erosion of the wealth of the country. The achievement of this will only be realized with a function engineering institution recognized by the laws of the country. The proposed set up should have minimum governmental interference but should be the number one advisor of the government on:

developmental issues

project management and monitoring,

performance evaluations

quality control and assurance mechanisms,

public protection

Standards and specifications, etc. In no way should the ethics of engineering profession be compromised to serve personal interest or be politicized for personal gain. Lesotho needs to protect all its professionals wherever they exist as well as institutions housing these professionals such as governmental departments, parastatals, institutions of higher learning, private sector, etc.



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SECTION 8. WAY FORWARD

8.1 The Engineering Council of Lesotho

All stakeholders need to make a decision on the name of the Council i.e. Lesotho Council for Built Environment versus Engineering Council of Lesotho. This name will then need to go into all documentation developed on behalf of the Council. The final decision will also result in the development of the professional logo for the Council which should be reflected on all documents. The MPWT will need to do one last consultation workshop involving other stakeholders that need to contribute to the final documentation and structures proposed during the workshop resulting in this compilation. The consultation should not in any way affect the proposed timelines by a huge difference as the time from 2011 to date project a very discouraging flow of events to the final product. The matter has just become urgent. MPWT and LAE will need to develop a strategy of feedback system that aims to enable timeous contributions and collaboration with the Ministry (Task Team). MPWT could outline activities that they wish to assign to LAE such that the Task Team could review and agree any editions will assist the process of completion. LAE members have committed themselves to assist wherever possible.

8.2 The Lesotho Association of Engineers

LAE already has drafted a programme of engaging with various stakeholders as a way of introduction and creating awareness of its existence. These programmes have just become urgent in preparation for the completion of the legislative process already engaged in. Further Consultations within SADC as promised by different other countries may be explored for purposes of forging relations and signing of Memorandum of Understanding with such countries with a view of preparing for later when the act is in place for protection of our professionals in such countries. Formal proposal of an office and occupation is necessary for the functioning of the association without infringing on individual members. This will then urge the association to start raising funds to meet the immediate costs related to the secretary that manages such an office. Improved interaction of the association with its members is important for members to be informed of the events that are going on as well as the progress being made by the association. The remaining period to the end of the financial year must be used forging relations that are aimed at improving the status of members in terms of improving their skills, experience and contributions on the variety of events before the AGM. Finalize the sections of the Constitution that need to be amended and formalise with registration with Law Office. Formalize the new name “Lesotho Institution of Engineers” with Law office.



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WO

RK

– E

NG

INE

ER

ING

CO

UN

CIL

OF

LE

SO

TH

O

WO

RK

SH

OP

PR

OC

EE

DIN

GS

RE

PO

RT

2

Leso

tho

Ass

oci

atio

n o

f

Engi

nee

rs

TO

WA

RD

S T

HE

PO

LIC

Y A

ND

LE

GA

L F

RA

ME

WO

RK

– E

NG

INE

ER

ING

CO

UN

CIL

OF

LE

SO

TH

O

WO

RK

SH

OP

PR

OC

EE

DIN

GS

RE

PO

RT

3

Leso

tho

Ass

oci

atio

n o

f

Engi

nee

rs

TO

WA

RD

S T

HE

PO

LIC

Y A

ND

LE

GA

L F

RA

ME

WO

RK

– E

NG

INE

ER

ING

CO

UN

CIL

OF

LE

SO

TH

O

WO

RK

SH

OP

PR

OC

EE

DIN

GS

RE

PO

RT

4

Leso

tho

Ass

oci

atio

n o

f

Engi

nee

rs

E

ng

. L

ea

bu

a M

akh

ate

(V

ice

Se

cre

tary

LA

E)

; E

ng

. M

ole

ba

tsi N

tja (

Ch

airm

an L

AE

), D

r. S

anza

n D

iarr

a (

CE

O Z

IE);

En

g. S

eriti P

hate

(S

ecre

tary

LA

E);

Eng

. B

en R

afo

neke (

Pre

sid

en

t L

AE

)

PH

OTO

: ‘M

ELES

I LO

DG

E A

FTER

A T

RA

DIT

ION

AL

LUN

CH

WIT

H D

R. D

IAR

RA

BEF

OR

E D

EPA

RTU

RE.



C Lesotho

Association of

Engineers

ANNEX 3 Eng. K. Kikine’s Presentation

Construction Industry Study Findings and

Recommendations

8/2

1/2

01

5 M

INIS

TR

Y O

F P

UB

LIC

W

OR

KS

& T

RA

NSP

OR

T

Lesot

ho

Assoc

iation

of

engin

eers

Kh

asa

pa

ne S. K

IK

IN

E

8/2

1/2

01

5

1. I

nt

ro

du

ct

ion

D

epa

rtm

ents

of

Mo

PW

T

1.

Adm

inis

trat

ion

2.

Pla

nn

ing

Unit

3.

Ro

ads

Dir

ecto

rate

( S

emi-

Auto

no

mou

s)

4.

Bu

ild

ing

s &

Des

ign

Ser

vic

es

5.

Tra

ffic

and

Tra

nsp

ort

6.

Ro

ad S

afet

y

7.

Civ

il A

via

tion

8/2

1/2

01

5

1. C

on

tin

ue

d

VIS

ION

“T

o h

ave

a s

afe

, ef

fici

ent

an

d w

ell-

dev

elo

ped

tran

sport

sys

tem

an

d b

uil

d e

nvi

ronm

ent

that

pro

mo

tes

inve

stm

ent

an

d r

educe

s p

ove

rty.

”

MIS

SIO

N

“T

o p

lace

wit

hin

th

e re

aso

na

ble

rea

ch o

f ev

ery

Moso

tho

an

d r

esid

ent

of

Les

oth

o, th

e m

ost

ap

pro

pri

ate

tra

nsp

ort

an

d p

ubli

c b

uil

din

g

infr

ast

ruct

ure

an

d s

ervi

ces

tha

t b

ud

get

ary

an

d p

ract

ica

l co

nst

rain

ts a

llow

.”

8/2

1/2

01

5

1. C

on

tin

ue

d

ST

RA

TE

GIC

GO

AL

S O

F T

HE

Mo

PW

T

•C

on

trib

ute

to e

cono

mic

gro

wth

•R

edu

ce p

ove

rty

an

d u

nem

plo

ymen

t

•Im

pro

ve s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery

•E

nsu

re a

co

ndu

cive

en

ab

ling e

nvi

ron

men

t

•S

tren

gth

en t

he

inte

rnal

capa

bil

itie

s o

f th

e

Min

istr

y o

f P

ub

lic

Work

s and T

ran

spo

rt

8/2

1/2

01

5

3. c

ha

lle

ng

es

•

Sm

all

and

Var

iab

le w

ork

av

aila

bil

ity.

•L

imit

ed sk

ills

an

d l

ack

of

accr

edit

atio

n.

•In

crea

sed

co

mpet

itio

n f

rom

glo

bal

const

ruct

ion

ser

vic

es. (

fore

ign c

om

pet

ito

rs).

•In

stit

uti

on

al f

rag

men

tati

on o

f th

e in

du

stry

and

lac

k o

f in

du

stry

ch

amp

ion

fo

r

dev

elo

pm

ent.

•P

ote

nti

al f

or

Corr

upt

pra

ctis

es.

8/2

1/2

01

5

3. c

on

tin

ue

d

•L

ack

of

Pro

fess

ion

al

reg

istr

ati

on

an

d

reg

ula

tio

n.

•L

imit

ed a

vai

lab

ilit

y of

equip

men

t an

d

cred

it.

•R

egis

trat

ion

of

Bog

us/

Bri

efca

se c

on

trac

tors

.

•L

imit

ed p

riv

ate

sect

or

capac

ity

par

ticu

larl

y

in t

he

Ro

ads

Sub

-sec

tor

•L

imit

ed C

on

trac

tor

dev

elopm

ent

stra

teg

ies

8/2

1/2

01

5 4. R

ec

om

me

nd

ed

St

ru

ct

ur

e

.

8/2

1/2

01

5

5. a

pp

ro

ve

d S

tr

uc

tu

re

.

MIN

IST

RY

OF

PU

BL

IC W

OR

KS

AN

D

TR

AN

SP

OR

T

LE

SO

TH

O C

OU

NC

IL

FO

R B

UIL

T E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T

(CO

NS

TR

UC

TIO

N I

ND

US

TR

Y)

PR

OF

ES

SIO

NA

LS

AR

CH

ITE

CT

S

EN

GIN

EE

RS

QU

AN

TIT

Y S

UR

VE

YO

RS

P

RO

JEC

T M

AN

AG

ER

S

CO

NT

RA

CT

OR

S

MIN

IST

RY

OF

ED

UC

AT

ION

AN

D

TR

AIN

ING

8/2

1/2

01

5

6. P

ro

po

sed

br

ea

kd

ow

n

.

Audit

EX

CO

(5 M

ember

s)

MIN

IST

ER

OF

PU

BL

IC

WO

RK

S &

TR

AN

SP

OR

T

LE

SO

TH

O C

OU

NC

IL

FO

R B

UIL

T

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

CO

UN

CIL

FO

R

PR

OF

ES

SIO

NA

LS

C

OU

NC

IL F

OR

CO

NT

RA

CT

OR

S

Sec

reta

riat

CE

O

Tra

inin

g &

Dev

elopm

ent

(Manager

)

Reg

istr

ar

(Manager

)

Adm

inis

trat

ion

Com

pli

ance

Sta

ndar

ds

Monit

ori

ng (

Manager

) C

orp

ora

te S

ervic

es

(Manager

)

Dat

abas

e

Man

agem

ent

Code

of

Conduct

/Eth

ics

Res

earc

h &

Poli

cy

Acc

redit

atio

n

Qual

ity

Ass

ura

nce

Leg

al s

ervic

es

Per

form

ance

Monit

ori

ng

Fin

ance

(F

ina

nci

al C

on

tro

ller

,

Fin

Acc

& R

even

ue

Acc

)

HR

CO

MP

LIA

NC

E -

Sta

ndar

diz

atio

n i

n t

he

Pro

cure

men

t of

Const

ruct

ion S

ervic

es

Reg

istr

ar –

Int.

net

work

ing/

repro

cric

ity,

inte

rnat

ional

& L

oca

l

S/H

foru

ms

Docu

men

tati

on &

Publi

cati

on

EX

CO

- C

onsu

ltan

cy

and a

dvis

ory

ser

vic

es –

re c

onst

ruct

ion i

ndust

ry

Sec

reta

ry

Standards…

..

Reg

istr

atio

ns

RE

GIS

TR

AT

ION

CO

MM

ITT

EE

/Unit

(hea

ded

by t

he

Reg

istr

ar) –

Consi

sts

of

both

rep

rese

nta

tiv

es o

f

Pro

fess

ional

s an

d

Contr

acto

r fa

cili

tate

inte

r-m

inis

teri

al

co-o

per

atio

n c

once

rnin

g

issu

es r

elat

ing t

o t

he

buil

t

env

iro

nm

ent

MIN

IST

ER

OF

PU

BL

IC

WO

RK

S &

TR

AN

SP

OR

T

“B

EIL

” B

OA

RD

B

UIL

T

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

PR

OF

ES

SIO

NA

LS

CO

UN

CIL

BU

ILT

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

CO

NT

RA

CT

OR

S

& S

UP

PL

IER

S

Sec

reta

riat

CO

MP

LIA

NC

E -

Sta

ndar

diz

atio

n i

n t

he

Pro

cure

men

t of

Const

ruct

ion S

ervic

es

Reg

istr

ar –

Int.

net

work

ing/

repro

cric

ity,

inte

rnat

ional

& L

oca

l

S/H

foru

ms

EX

CO

- C

onsu

ltan

cy

and a

dvis

ory

ser

vic

es –

re c

onst

ruct

ion i

ndust

ry

RE

GIS

TR

AT

ION

CO

MM

ITT

EE

/Unit

(hea

ded

by t

he

Reg

istr

ar) –

Consi

sts

of

both

repre

senta

tives

of

Pro

fess

ional

s an

d

Contr

acto

r

faci

lita

te i

nte

rmin

iste

rial

co-o

per

atio

n c

once

rnin

g

issu

es r

elat

ing t

o t

he

buil

t

envir

onm

ent

BU

ILT

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

IN

ST

ITU

TE

OF

LE

SO

TH

O

“B

EIL

”

ST

AK

EH

OL

DE

R S

TR

UC

TU

RE

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Sec

reta

ry

BE

P

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Sec

reta

ry

BE

C

Sec

reta

riat

Audit

MIN

IST

ER

OF

PU

BL

IC

WO

RK

S &

TR

AN

SP

OR

T

“B

EIL

” B

OA

RD

CE

O

Tra

inin

g &

Dev

elopm

ent

(Manager

)

Reg

istr

ar

(Ma

na

ger

)

Adm

inis

trat

ion

Com

pli

ance

Sta

ndar

ds

Monit

ori

ng (

Ma

na

ger

)

Corp

ora

te

Ser

vic

es

(Manager

)

Dat

abas

e

Man

agem

ent

Code

of

Conduct

/Eth

ics

Res

earc

h &

Poli

cy

Acc

redit

atio

n

Qual

ity A

ssura

nce

Leg

al s

ervic

es

Per

form

ance

Monit

ori

ng

Fin

ance

(F

ina

nci

al C

on

tro

ller

,

Fin

Acc

& R

ev A

cc)

HR

CO

MP

LIA

NC

E -

Sta

ndar

diz

atio

n i

n t

he

Pro

cure

men

t of

Const

ruct

ion S

ervic

es

Reg

istr

ar –

Int.

net

work

ing/

repro

cric

ity,

inte

rnat

ional

& L

oca

l

S/H

foru

ms

Docu

men

tati

on &

Publi

cati

on

EX

CO

- C

onsu

ltan

cy

and a

dvis

ory

ser

vic

es –

re c

onst

ruct

ion i

ndust

ry

Sec

reta

ry

Standards…

..

Reg

istr

atio

ns

RE

GIS

TR

AT

ION

CO

MM

ITT

EE

/Unit

(hea

ded

by t

he

Reg

istr

ar) –

Consi

sts

of

both

repre

senta

tives

of

Pro

fess

ional

s an

d

Contr

acto

r

faci

lita

te i

nte

rmin

iste

rial

co-o

per

atio

n c

once

rnin

g

issu

es r

elat

ing t

o t

he

buil

t

envir

onm

ent

BU

ILT

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

IN

ST

ITU

TE

OF

LE

SO

TH

O “

BE

IL”

Counci

ls C

oord

inat

ion

Off

ice

BE

P

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Sec

reta

ry

BE

C

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Sec

reta

ry

8/2

1/2

01

5

9. W

ay

fo

rw

ar

d

•F

inal

isat

ion

of

the

po

licy

th

rou

gh a

n a

ct o

f

Par

liam

ent

•Im

ple

men

tati

on o

f th

e P

oli

cy b

y e

stab

lish

ing

the

Les

oth

o I

nst

itute

of

the

Buil

t

Env

iro

nm

ent.

8/2

1/2

01

5

.

I T

HA

NK

Y

OU



D Lesotho

Association of

Engineers

ANNEX 4 Dr. S. Diarra’s Presentation

The Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers

TH

E Z

IMB

AB

WE

IN

ST

ITU

TIO

N

O

F E

NG

INE

ER

S

ES

SE

NC

E O

F T

HE

INS

TIT

UT

ION

D

r S

. D

iarr

a

Ch

ief

Exe

cu

tive

Off

ice

r

VIS

ION

To b

e re

cogn

ised

as

a cr

edib

le E

ngin

eerin

g

Inst

itutio

n w

hose

mem

bers

are

lead

ing

play

ers

in

sust

aina

ble

grow

th in

Zim

babw

e an

d be

yond

21

/08

/201

5

2

MIS

SIO

N

To e

nabl

e its

mem

bers

pro

vide

inno

vativ

e an

d

econ

omic

eng

inee

ring

solu

tions

to c

halle

nges

whi

lst

upho

ldin

g hi

gh s

tand

ards

and

eth

ical

val

ues

21

/08

/201

5

3

5 S

TR

AT

EG

IC P

ILLA

RS

E

xter

nal s

take

hold

ers

G

over

nanc

e

M

embe

rs

F

inan

cial

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

P

rogr

amm

es a

nd P

roje

cts

21

/08

/201

5

4

VA

LUE

S

C

onfid

entia

lity

E

thic

al

E

xcel

lenc

e

In

tegr

ity

T

rans

pare

ncy

P

rofe

ssio

nal D

evel

opm

ent

21

/08

/201

5

5

KE

Y S

TR

ATE

GIC

IM

PE

RA

TIV

ES

E

ffe

cti

ve in

tern

al a

nd

ext

ern

al co

mm

un

ica

tio

n

+

A

pp

rop

ria

te o

rga

nis

ati

on

al d

esig

n t

o s

up

po

rt s

tra

tegy

+

T

he

co

rre

ct

an

d a

pp

rop

ria

te s

tra

tegic

pa

rtn

ers

hip

s

+

A

pp

rop

ria

te le

gis

lati

ve f

ram

ew

ork

=

=

E

ffe

cti

ve s

tra

tegic

im

ple

me

nta

tio

n

21

/08

/201

5

6

CR

ITIC

AL S

UC

CE

SS

FA

CTO

RS

•Lo

bbyi

ng a

nd a

dvoc

acy

• O

ppor

tuni

ty id

entif

icat

ion

• S

take

hold

er e

ngag

emen

t

• C

ontin

uous

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t (C

PD

)

• In

nova

tion

21

/08

/201

5

7

RU

LES

OF

CO

ND

UC

T

Rul

e 1

A M

embe

r of

the

Inst

itutio

n, in

the

cour

se o

f his

em

ploy

men

t

and

in p

ursu

ance

of h

is p

rofe

ssio

n, s

hall

have

due

reg

ard

for

the

publ

ic in

tere

st

Rul

e 2

A M

embe

r of

the

Inst

itutio

n sh

all a

ct fo

r hi

s em

ploy

er o

r hi

s

clie

nt a

s a

faith

ful a

gent

and

trus

tee

and

shal

l dis

char

ge h

is

dutie

s w

ith in

tegr

ity

21

/08

/201

5

8

RU

LES

OF

CO

ND

UC

T (C

ON

T.)

Rul

e 3

A M

embe

r of

the

Inst

itutio

n sh

all n

ot a

ct in

any

man

ner

dero

gato

ry to

the

hono

ur, d

igni

ty, i

nteg

rity

or r

eput

atio

n of

the

prof

essi

on

Rul

e 4

A M

embe

r of

the

Inst

itutio

n sh

all n

ot fa

lsel

y, m

alic

ious

ly o

r

reck

less

ly in

jure

or

atte

mpt

to in

jure

whe

ther

dire

ctly

or

indi

rect

ly th

e pr

ofes

sion

al r

eput

atio

n of

ano

ther

Eng

inee

r or

Tech

nici

an

21

/08

/201

5

9

Six

(7)

Exe

cutiv

e C

omm

ittee

Mem

bers

Six

(6)

Cor

pora

te M

embe

rs th

ree

(3)

fem

ales

and

thre

e (3

) m

ales

Sev

en (

7) A

rea

Cha

irper

sons

Two

(2)

Bra

nch

Cha

irper

sons

Fou

r (4

) Te

rtia

ry In

stitu

tions

’ rep

rese

ntat

ives

TH

E B

OA

RD

21

/08

/201

5

11

Two

(2)

mem

bers

app

oint

ed b

y th

e Z

IE P

resi

dent

One

(1)

Res

earc

h In

stitu

tions

’ rep

rese

ntat

ive

One

(1)

Tec

hnic

ian

mem

ber

One

(1)

Cha

irper

son

of W

iE (

Wom

en in

Eng

inee

ring)

One

(1)

Gra

duat

e m

embe

r

One

(1)

Stu

dent

mem

ber

TH

E B

OA

RD

(con

tinue

d)

ZIE

B

OA

RD

(C

ha

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y G

over

nmen

t, pr

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e se

ctor

and

pol

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mak

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on

mat

ters

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cern

ing

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neer

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infr

astr

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re d

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n de

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f the

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r th

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ngin

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Eng

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18



E Lesotho

Association of

Engineers

ANNEX 5 Dr. S. Diarra’s Presentation

The Engineering Council of Zimbabwean

Pre

pare

d B

y: Eng B

en R

afe

moyo

Date

: Ju

ne 2

01

4

1

◈T

he E

ngin

eeri

ng C

ouncil o

f Zim

babw

e (EC

Z):

Is

a s

tatu

tory

body

W

as p

rom

ulg

ate

d t

hro

ugh a

n A

CT

of

Parl

iam

ent

(Engin

eeri

ng C

ouncil A

ct

[Chapte

r

27

:22

] of

200

8

C

am

e into

opera

tion b

y S

tatu

tory

Instr

um

ent

16

1 o

f 2010,

now

repla

ced b

y S

tatu

tory

In

str

um

ent

15

3 o

f 2012

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

2

T

o r

egula

te t

he e

ngin

eeri

ng p

rofe

ssio

n

thro

ugh r

egis

trati

on a

nd lic

ensin

g o

f all

Engin

eers

, Technic

ians a

nd c

om

panie

s/fi

rms

that

are

engaged in e

ngin

eeri

ng w

ork

and /

or

pra

cti

se in Z

imbabw

e

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

3

A

ll e

ngin

eeri

ng d

iscip

lines a

re c

overe

d

inclu

din

g (but

not

lim

ited t

o):

A

ero

nauti

cal, A

gri

cult

ura

l, A

rchit

ectu

ral, C

ivil

& S

tructu

ral, C

hem

ical, C

om

pute

r Scie

nce &

C

om

puti

ng, Ele

ctr

ical &

Ele

ctr

onic

s, In

dustr

ial

& M

anufa

ctu

ring, M

echanic

al, M

eta

llurg

ical,

Min

ing, N

anote

chnolo

gy,

Naval and N

ucle

ar

Engin

eeri

ng.

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

4

O

nce r

egis

tere

d, th

e P

rofe

ssio

nal Engin

eer

is

perm

itte

d t

o a

pply

for

a p

racti

sin

g c

ert

ific

ate

, w

hic

h w

ill enable

him

or

her

to p

racti

ce t

he

pro

fessio

n o

f engin

eeri

ng in t

he r

ele

vant

engin

eeri

ng d

iscip

line.

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

5

T

em

pora

ry r

egis

trati

on s

hall b

e g

iven t

o

those E

ngin

eers

and T

echnic

ians n

ot

ord

inari

ly r

esid

ent

in Z

imbabw

e a

s d

eta

iled in

the E

CZ A

ct

[Ch 2

7 :

22

] se

ctio

n 1

7.

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

6

A

n u

nre

gis

tere

d p

ers

on s

hall n

ot

be a

llow

ed

to c

arr

y o

ut

engin

eeri

ng w

ork

unle

ss u

nd

er

the s

uperv

isio

n o

f re

gis

tere

d p

rofe

ssio

nals

, fo

r th

e p

urp

oses o

f tr

ain

ing a

nd t

here

fore

not

perm

itte

d t

o p

ass e

ngin

eeri

ng w

ork

.

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

7

T

he E

CZ d

irectl

y a

nd t

hro

ugh its

agents

and

consti

tuent

bodie

s p

olice c

om

pliance b

y a

ll

pra

cti

cin

g E

ngin

eers

, Technic

ians a

nd

fir

ms

involv

ed in e

ngin

eeri

ng w

ork

in Z

imbabw

e.

T

he w

indow

whic

h w

as p

rovid

ed f

or

aw

are

ness c

am

paig

ns h

as n

ow

clo

sed a

nd f

ull

enfo

rcem

ent

has n

ow

com

menced.

Both

indiv

iduals

and f

irm

s f

ound

to b

e in

bre

ach o

f th

e law

will be s

topped f

rom

pra

cti

sin

g o

r carr

yin

g o

ut

engin

eeri

ng w

ork

, and p

roceed t

o t

ake legal acti

on.

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

8

It

is a

n o

ffence t

o b

e e

mplo

yed a

s o

r to

em

plo

y s

om

eone a

s a

n E

ngin

eer

or

Technic

ian u

nle

ss t

hey a

re r

egis

tere

d a

nd

licensed a

s e

ither

a P

rofe

ssio

nal Engin

eer

or

Technic

ian.

Pro

vis

ions o

f th

e law

will be invoked a

gain

st

both

the c

om

pany a

nd

em

plo

yee in s

uch

cases a

s s

ighte

d a

bove.

A

ny f

irm

involv

ed in e

ngin

eeri

ng w

ork

but

in

bre

ach o

f th

e law

, m

ay b

e f

orc

ed t

o c

lose

unti

l th

ey r

egula

rise t

heir

sta

tus.

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

9

N

o f

ore

ign e

ngin

eeri

ng f

irm

shall b

e a

llow

ed

to c

arr

y o

ut

engin

eeri

ng w

ork

in Z

imbabw

e

wit

hout

bein

g r

egis

tere

d w

ith t

he E

CZ.

So is t

he c

ase w

ith f

ore

ign indiv

iduals

who

com

e t

o Z

imbabw

e a

s E

ngin

eers

or

Technic

ians.

In

both

cases, th

e law

will ta

ke its

cours

e

again

st

those w

ho c

hoose t

o o

pera

te o

uts

ide

the p

rovis

ions o

f th

e E

ngin

eeri

ng C

ouncil A

ct.

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

10

Pro

moti

ng a

nd u

phold

ing o

f th

e s

tatu

s o

f bona f

ide p

rofe

ssio

nal engin

eeri

ng

pra

cti

tioners

.

T

he p

ride o

f havin

g b

een b

y o

ne‟s

ow

n p

eers

as m

eeti

ng Z

imbabw

e a

nd inte

rnati

onal

pro

fessio

nal sta

ndard

s, expert

ise/skill and

experi

ence.

R

ecip

rocal re

lati

onship

s b

ein

g e

sta

blished

wit

h s

iste

r re

gula

tory

bodie

s in t

he r

egio

n

and a

bro

ad f

or

the b

enefi

t of

our

mem

bers

w

hen t

hey a

pply

for

mem

bers

hip

out

there

.

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

11

T

he d

ays o

f „f

ly b

y n

ight‟

engin

eers

bein

g

em

plo

yed a

head o

f pro

fessio

nals

are

gone.

Pro

tecti

on o

f both

pro

fessio

nals

and p

ublic

inte

rests

.

Enti

tlem

ent

for

the u

se o

f th

e d

esig

nati

on

Pro

fessio

nal Engin

eer

“Pr.

Eng”

or

Pro

fessio

nal

Engin

eeri

ng T

echnic

ian “

Pr.

Tech. Eng.”

as t

he

case m

ay b

e.

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

12

T

he p

racti

sin

g c

ert

ific

ate

sti

pula

tes :

C

ate

gory

of

regis

trati

on a

nd d

iscip

line o

f engin

eeri

ng in w

hic

h h

old

er

may p

racti

ce.

For

engin

eeri

ng f

irm

s, nam

e o

f th

e R

egis

tere

d

Engin

eer

repre

senti

ng t

he f

irm

on

engin

eeri

ng m

att

ers

, off

ice o

f opera

tion.

Year

of

issuance a

fter

whic

h o

ne m

ay n

ot

pra

cti

ce u

nle

ss t

he c

ert

ific

ate

is r

enew

ed,

sub

ject

to s

ecti

on 2

5 o

f th

e E

CZ A

ct

(Ch

27

:22)

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

13

T

he E

CZ m

ay h

old

enquir

ies into

the

pro

fessio

nal conduct

of

a r

egis

tere

d p

ers

on

or

firm

engaged in p

rofe

ssio

nal engin

eeri

ng

pra

cti

ce/w

ork

s o

r serv

ices.

T

he C

ouncil m

ay d

ele

te t

he n

am

e o

f a p

ers

on

or

firm

fro

m t

he r

egis

ter,

upon p

roof

by

Council t

hat

such a

pers

on o

r fi

rm is in

bre

ach o

f th

e E

ngin

eeri

ng C

ouncil A

ct

[Ch.

27

:22]

EN

GIN

EERIN

G C

OU

NC

IL O

F Z

IMBA

BW

E

14

Regula

ting i

I Thank Y

ou

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