THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY - AMEU Hope/Witsand 2016/12-1 T… · 2 THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY Who is the certificated engineer? Where is he found?

THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY

WITSAND 19 FEBRUARY 2016 | JORGE PEREIRA GCC PREPARATION CLASSES (PTY) LTD. | 082 896 8489

AMEU(SOUTHERN AFRICA) GOOD HOPE BRANCH

GOEIE HOOP-TAK

JORGE PEREIRA 1

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Who is the certificated engineer?

Where is he found?

The history of the certificated engineer

What is the certificate of competency and how to obtain it

The certificated engineer – a true professional

An opportunity: the practical solution

Plant engineering classes

Syllabus of both PE and OHS Act

Questions?

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WHO IS THE CERTIFICATED ENGINEER?

A person who is registered with the

Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)

as a Registered Professional Certificated

Engineer at Factories, Mines and Works,

as a Marine Engineer and as a Mine Manager.

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WHO IS THE CERTIFICATED ENGINEER?

A person who is registered with the

Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)

as a Registered Professional Certificated

Engineer at Factories, Mines and Works,

as a Marine Engineer and as a Mine Manager.

Responsible for the supervision of plant and

machinery in industry.

The Occupational Health and Safety Act, No 85 of 1993

Mines Health and Safety Act. No 29 of 1996

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WHERE IS HE FOUND?

Factories

Mines and

Works

Ocean going

ships

Engineering

Design

Project

Management

Offices

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WHERE IS HE FOUND?

• This plant or factory is required to employ and appoint

a Competent Electrical and or Mechanical Certificated

Engineer, who is in possession of a Government

Certificate of Competency (government ticket).

Factories

Mines and

Works

Ocean going

ships

Engineering

Design

Project

Management

Offices

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WHERE IS HE FOUND?





• Stipulated in the General Machinery Regulations under

clause 2(4) (a) (ii) of the (OHS Act).

Factories

Mines and

Works

Ocean going

ships

Engineering

Design

Project

Management

Offices

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WHERE IS HE FOUND?





• Stipulated in the General Machinery Regulations under

clause 2(4) (a) (ii) of the (OHS Act).

• Issued by either the Department of Labour (DoL) or the

Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) in Pretoria, in

terms of the requirements of the above mentioned Acts

and Regulations.

Factories

Mines and

Works

Ocean going

ships

Engineering

Design

Project

Management

Offices

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THE HISTORY OF THE CERTIFICATED ENGINEER

1911 the Union Parliament passed the

Mines and Works Act.

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Engineers holding the Engineers Certificate of

Competency where the only Engineers recognized

by law, who had the responsibilities defined by the

regulations promulgated in the interest of safety

in industry.

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Engineers holding the Engineers Certificate of

Competency where the only Engineers recognized

by law, who had the responsibilities defined by the

regulations promulgated in the interest of safety

in industry.

An Engineer wanting to practice engineering had to

have a Certificate of Competency. The Certificated

Engineer held a position of responsibility within the

industry and the profession.

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WHAT IS THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT

Certificates of competency are issued by the Commission of Examiners

established by the Department of Labour and Mineral Energy in terms of,

the Occupational Health and Safety Act, No 85 of 1993 (OHS Act) in

the case of factories and the Mines Health and Safety Act, No 29 of

1996 (MHS Act) in the case of mines and works.

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Three routes for Acceptance as a Candidate for the Examination for the

Certificates of Competency as an Electrical or Mechanical Engineer.

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• National (N) Diploma in Electrical Heavy Current (HC) or Mechanical

Engineering, obtained through studies at a Technical College.

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• National Diploma in Electrical (HC) or Mechanical Engineering (S3),

obtained through studies at a Technikon.

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• National Diploma in Electrical (HC) or Mechanical Engineering (S3),

obtained through studies at a Technikon.

• B Degree in Electrical (HC) or Mechanical Engineering obtained through

studies at a South African University.

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Acceptance is based on one of the previous

mentioned academic qualifications, together with:

• at least two years of appropriate practical

experience in the operation and maintenance of

machinery, ie. Holding a Trade Diploma

recognized by the (DoL), and

• a minimum age of 23 years.

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The candidate has to pass the following

subjects (with a minimum mark of 50%) before

a Certificate of Competency is issued:

• Plant Engineering applicable to Factories or

Mines and Works

• Legal Knowledge: OHS Act and Regulations

or MHS Act and Regulations.

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Without a letter of acceptance from the DoL,

one cannot write any of the GCC exams.

If one of the subjects is passed, then the

candidate has three years to pass the other

one, and failing to do that, the first exam has to be

written again.

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Without a letter of acceptance from the DoL,

one cannot write any of the GCC exams.

If one of the subjects is passed, then the

candidate has two years to pass the other one,

and failing to do that, the first exam has to be

written again.

Information regarding practical experience, the

initial qualifications and the Syllabus for the two

examination subjects are obtainable from the DoL.

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THE CERTIFICATED ENGINEER –A TRUE PROFESSIONAL

ECSA registers professional engineering

practitioners in four categories:

• Certificated Engineers

• Engineers

• Engineering Technologists

• Engineering Technicians

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THE CERTIFICATED ENGINEER –A TRUE PROFESSIONAL

ECSA registers professional engineering

practitioners in four categories:

• Certificated Engineers

• Engineers

• Engineering Technologists

• Engineering Technicians

In 1997 the ECSA approved a proposal by ICMEESA

to change the registration title of the Certificated

Engineer to Professional Certificated Engineer.

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AN OPPORTUNITY:THE PRACTICAL SOLUTION

One major requirement of South Africa is to improve

• its technical skills

• improve productivity and

• allow all its citizens the opportunity to gain a high level

of skills.

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AN OPPORTUNITY:THE PRACTICAL SOLUTION

One major requirement of South Africa is to improve

• its technical skills

• improve productivity and

• allow all its citizens the opportunity to gain a high level

of skills.

The Certificate of Competency in engineering by Technikon

or Technical College Study is within the grasp of many.

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PLANT ENGINEERING CLASSES

About myself and what I offer to help future candidates.

Jorge Pereira(Cert Eng) in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Jorge Pereira GCC Preparation Classes (Pty) Ltd.

Part time classes in Cape Town for Plant Engineering

candidates, that have preferably been accepted by the DoL.

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I started giving PE part time classes in 1999 at the Technical

College of CT in Pinelands. Due to small attendance, the

College stopped giving these classes in 2002. That was

when I started giving classes in a private capacity by renting

a class room at one of the Technical Colleges or at CPUT

Bellville Campus for a number of years.

I give these classes twice a year, that ends a week or two

just before the exams which are in June and November.

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CPUT Electrotechnology S3 Part-time Classes

Part-time classes on Electrotechnology S3, which is a

requirement from the DoL for the Mechanical Engineering

students that want to obtain the GCC qualification.

Classes were from 2000 to 2011 at CPUT,

Bellville Campus also for both semesters twice a year.

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I am a member of the ICMEESA and I have a column

in the Western Cape Bulletin that comes out four times

a year, where I give a PE question and answer from a

past exam paper.

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In 2015, I was invited to participate in two one-day

workshops organized by a joint venture between the DoL

and ICMEE held in Wits University designed to help the

candidates that are writing the GCC exams.

Was one of three taking questions for:

• Mechanical Engineering

• Electrical Engineering (myself)

• Law.

These one day workshops will continue in 2016.

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SYLLABUS OF BOTH PE AND THE OHS ACT

Plant Engineering (PE)

Composed of both Electrical and Mechanical

Engineering. Any topic can be asked which makes

this one of the most difficult exams in South Africa.

There has never been any memos for these exam

papers and one has to know each topic very well to

be able to know if the answer is correct or not.

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Composed of both Electrical and Mechanical

Engineering. Any topic can be asked which makes

this one of the most difficult exams in South Africa.

There has never been any memos for these exam

papers and one has to know each topic very well to

be able to know if the answer is correct or not.

Have to be well prepared in both Electrical and

Mechanical Engineering to be able to pass this

exam.

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After I obtained the GCC qualification, I carried on

collecting the exam papers and answering, treating it

as a hobby until the present day which is now around

20 years.

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After I obtained the GCC qualification, I carried on

collecting the exam papers and answering, treating it

as a hobby until the present day which is now around

20 years.

What I do is to work out the questions from the past

exam papers step by step for both Mechanical and

Electrical Engineering various subject topics.

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Mechanical EngineeringCombustion, dryness-fraction of steam, steam boilers,

condensers, heat-exchangers, heat transfer, compressors,

ICE, refrigeration, air condition, fans, belts, hydraulics, pumps,

traction, thin-cylinders, springs, beams, struts, shear stress,

catenaries, mechanics of machines, vehicle dynamics, etc..

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Electrical EngineeringTariffs, power factor correction, transformers,

parallel-transformers, cables, synchronous machines, alternators

and motors, induction motors, transmission lines, fault level

calculations, three-phase systems, illumination, etc.

Classes run part-time, twice a week, Mondays and

Wednesdays for three hours from 17h00 to 20h00

normally for eight weeks.

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Electrical EngineeringTariffs, power factor correction, transformers,

parallel-transformers, cables, synchronous machines, alternators

and motors, induction motors, transmission lines, fault level

calculations, three-phase systems, illumination, etc.

Classes run part-time, twice a week, Mondays and

Wednesdays for three hours from 17h00 to 20h00

normally for eight weeks.

Compared to five days a week classes where

candidates have no time at all to work on the different

topics and to understand while solving the problems.

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This system gives the students home-work problems

to do for the topic that we have gone.

I will then solve the home-work problems on the

board step by step before we start the next class.

In this way the candidates have time to think and

absorb the understanding that is needed to solve

these problems.

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The only way to pass this PE exam is for one to

solve and understand as many problems as possible

for as many topics as possible, from past exam

papers, and that is what I do in my classes.

I am available for any suggestion, such as going to

give these classes at their premises for a suitable

number of candidates.

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OHS Act

The answers are all in the Act and the Regulations

book that is obtainable from APCOR Products and

Services.

Collect past exam papers and answer as many

questions as possible from the past exam papers

with the aid of the Act and Regulation booklet.

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OHS Act

The answers are all in the Act and the Regulations

book that is obtainable from APCOR Products and

Services.

Collect past exam papers and answer as many

questions as possible from the past exam papers

with the aid of the Act and Regulation booklet.

Prepare for the PE exam first as this exam is most

the difficult one to pass and it may take a while.

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QUESTIONS?

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THANK YOU

JORGE PEREIRA (CERT ENG) | 082 896 8489

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