Engineering Skills Research

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1 Engineering Skills Research Allyson Lawless Pr Eng, DEng (hc), FREng Chair : Candidacy Phase Working Group Council Member 8 October 2013

2 Why is such research necessary? To understand the engineering skills supply side to determine: the skills available to address the short-term requirements for SIPs the gap between supply and demand the mechanisms necessary to address engineering skills demand in the long term

3 Skills Demand for All SIPs Elementary Workers Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers Trades Clerical Support Workers Technicians Professionals Managers 3

4 4 Skills Shortage for all SIPs Elementary Occupations Plant & Machine Operators Trades & Artisans Clerical Support Technicians Professionals Managers 4

5 Graduation of engineers in SA : Number of Engineers graduating per annum Year

6 Addressing the gaps Increase immigration and international aaaaaaa specialists per project Left back, retired back to coach, more graduates due to coaching Immigration National diploma graduates BSc/BEng graduates In industry Leaving industry Premature death Emigration Early retirement Retirement Example considering Civil Engineering in 2004

7 The disciplines and categories? Disciplines Aeronautical Engineering Agricultural Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Metallurgical Engineering Mining Engineering Sub-disciplines Need to identify specialization categories and gain a sense of those that are in short supply Categories Engineer Technologist Technician Certificated Engineer

8 What are we asking? Demographics Other Race Gender Age Nationality Qualifications Vocational Undergraduate Post-graduate engineering Post-graduate non-engineering Membership of Voluntary Associations Registrations with other bodies Forms of employment Challenges faced by female engineering practitioners

9 Number of Candidates Registrations 2001 to Engineers Registration Aeronautical Agricultural Chemical Civil Electrical Industrial Mechanical Metallurgical Mining

10 What challenges w.r.t. registration? What is the mix of registered versus unregistered engineering professional in South Africa? Why do people not register? Why do people cancel their registration? What challenges have applicants experienced in trying to register professionally? What challenges have graduates experienced in: trying to register as candidates? trying to get work experience?

11 Where do South Africans work? Need to understand emigration of South African engineering practitioners and possibilities of returning Need to understand the percentage of work South Africans do beyond the borders this represents capacity which can be redirected to South African projects when spending increases

12 The current registration profile All Registered, Members, All Years years years years years years > 65 years Aeronautical Agriculture Chemical Civil Electrical Industrial Mechanical Metallurgy Mining Other

13 What are mobility & retirement trends? Need to understand who has left the industry and why? Need to understand immigration trends Need to understand the retirement patterns expected over the next 10 to 15 years to determine replacement needs Need to determine the availability of retirees to act as mentors

14 Industries and involvement? Need to determine which industries or sectors employ engineering practitioners Need to determine type of work being handled Need to determine the age profile and level of seniority or authority of practitioners

15 Education and articulation Need to determine ratio of engineers to technologists to technicians to inform enrolment planning Need to determine what paths people have followed from vocational studies to postgraduate studies in order to define learning pathways and inform the development or recurriculation of FET and tertiary education syllabi

16 Voluntary Associations Media including social media The State and Parastatals Higher Education SETAs Employment Agencies Major employers Embassies Occupational Teams Distribution

17 The instrument

18 The Website & URL

Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) An Overview CAPEC - CESA

Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) An Overview CAPEC - CESA 13 December 2013 Structure of the Engineering Profession ECSA: A statutory body created by Acts of 1968, 1990, 2000 Regulates the practice