Mutual Exemption Agreement

Mutual Exemption Agreement

ECSA, SAICE and ICE have signed a Mutual Exemption Agreement   (http://www.ecsa.co.za/ – see International Affairs). In terms of this agreement, members of SAICE who are registered with ECSA as Professional Engineers of at least one years standing and members of ICE who are registered with the Engineering Council UK as Chartered Engineers of at least one years standing will be accorded corresponding membership and professional registration of the other on receipt of a duly completed acceptable application form and supporting documents. (see ICE website: www.ice.org.uk/joining/joining_mea.asp and ECSA website: www.ecsa.co.za/ for more information).

Application via this route is only available to Professional Engineers/Chartered Civil Engineers who qualified via the ECSA/ICE standard route (i.e. by having the required academic qualifications for that grade, by completing the required training and development and by passing a Professional Review).

The Joint Civils Division has requested ICE and SAICE to engage with ECSA to explore the possibility of expanding the Mutual Exemption Agreement to cover Incorporated Engineers / Professional Engineering Technologists and Engineering Technicians / Professional Technicians.

Other than Professional Engineers applying under the Mutual Exemption Agreement, applicants will need to apply for an academic assessment (if their qualifications are unaccredited for their desired grade of membership) and a career appraisal before applying for Professional Review.  The fees for these are £35 and £165 respectively. ICE has a number of professional review centres outside the UK, but not currently in South Africa.  SAICE applicants must therefore be prepared to travel to one of the established centres to sit their review.  Locations and application dates for the UK international centres are published on the ICE webpage: www.ice.org.uk/joining/joining_keydates.asp.