Through our Professional Development Programme and Graduate Development Programme, we enable newly appointed graduates and current employees of the Department to acquire the exposure, experience and training that are required for professional registration by the bodies that govern the built environment and engineering professions.
This is a key component of our ongoing work to address the shortage of transport, built environment and engineering professionals in the Western Cape.
While the ongoing global pandemic has been devasting in many respects, it has not interrupted our professional registration support activities.
Our programmes are specifically structured to meet the training, competency and experience requirements of the various professional registration bodies.
In addition, participants receive mentoring, are seconded to private sector entities through our partnerships with the sector, and benefit from continuing professional development and recognition of prior learning (RPL).
Some recently registered professionals who benefited from these professional development activities previously received bursaries from the Department’s Masakh’iSizwe Bursary Fund.
Some have also been employed by the Department. Through secondments, rotation and support from mentors, a steady stream of successful participants have been enabled to become registered as professionals in their fields.