SACPCMP POLICY ON REGISTRATION The South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions is established through the Project and Construction Management Professions Act 48 of 2000, hereafter referred to as ‘the Act’ to provide for the registration of professionals. According to Section 1 (xiv) of the Act, registration is defined as assessment of competency of applicants for the purpose of registration under the Act and entering the names of the applicants who qualify into a register. Download

SACPCMP POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING The South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) is established through the Project and Construction Management Professions Act 48 of 2000, hereafter referred to as ‘the Act’ to provide for the registration of professionals. According to Section 1 (xiv) of the Act, registration is defined as assessment of competency of applicants for the purpose of registration under the act and entering the names of the applicants who qualify into a register. The South Africa Qualifications Authority (SAQA) in its National Policy for the Implementation of Recognition of [...]

SACPCMP POLICY ON THE RECOGNITION OF NEW SPECIFIED CATEGORIES OF REGISTRATION The SACPCMP is legally mandated to recognise and confer designation(s) to professionals which practice within the management of the construction phase of the infrastructure life cycle (which consists broadly of the conceptualisation and design phase, the construction phase and the operation and decommissioning phase). This policy seeks to provide guidance on the legislative mandate of the SACPCMP to recognize new and emerging specified Categories. Download

SACPCMP POLICY ON GUIDELINE PROFESSIONAL FEES The purpose of the policy is to provide guidance on the development of Guidelines on Professional Fees as espoused by Section 34 of the Project & Construction Management Act No 48 of 2000 (hereafter referred to as “the Act”). The fundamental principles underlying the policy on the Guidelines on Professional Fees draw from the Act which gives the SACPCMP the legislative mandate to provide guidelines on remuneration for the professions under the SACPCMP’s ambit. This statutory basis underlines the following principles: a) The skills and knowledge required for the type of professional [...]

SACPCMP POLICY ON CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT According to the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Standard Glossary of Terms Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is defined as, “a range of learning activities through which professionals ensure that they retain their capacity to practice safely, effectively and legally within their scope of practice.” The concept of CPD ascribes to the notion of lifelong learning, as put forward by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the National Skills Development Strategy. According to the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Standard Glossary of Terms lifelong learning is defined as, “Learning that takes place in all [...]

SACPCMP POLICY ON COMPETENCY STANDARDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGISTRATION The South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions is an established through the Project and Construction Management Professions Act 48 of 2000, hereafter referred to as ‘the Act’ to provide for the registration of professionals. According to Section 1 (xiv) of the Act, registration is defined as the assessment of competency of applicants for the purpose of registration under the Act and entering the names of the applicants who qualify into a register. The Policy Document on the Statutory Regulation of The Built Environment Professions [...]

SACPCMP POLICY ON ACCREDITATION The CBE Policy Framework on Accreditation of Built Environment Programmes outlines the purpose of accreditation as “to review, evaluate, enhance and publicly recognise quality in built environment programmes” and that “accreditation should be conducted in the spirit of helping to develop and support newly established or  transforming HEI not be seen as prescriptive or punitive”. Thus, the SACPCMP’s objective for accreditation is the assessment of an institution against a predetermined set of requirements to ensure competency and desired professional conduct among graduates. Accreditation is therefore vital for the continued sustainability of the SACPCMP and [...]

CRITERIA AND PROCESS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF COMPETENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGISTRATION The Project and Construction Management Act (Act No. 48 of 2000) requires that applicants who desire to register in one of the categories must satisfy Council that they have: demonstrated their competence as measured against standards determined by the Council for the relevant category of registration; and passed any additional examinations that may be determined by the Council. This criteria and process document describes the core principles of assessment as part of the registration process in line with the registration and accreditation policies of the [...]