Registrations

  • Competencies
  • Committee
  • Registration Process

Demonstrate your conceptual understanding of the environment, sustainable development environmental assessment, and integrated environmental management.

a. Explain your knowledge and understanding of the concept of sustainable development.

b. Explain your knowledge and understanding of the EMFs, SEAs, SDFs, in integrated environmental management.

Demonstrate the ability to think holistically, systemically, systematically, spatially and in an integrative manner and to discern what is relevant to decision-making

a. Explain how you would analyse inter-relationships between the component parts of the environment and how information from various sources (including but not limited to literature reviews, specialist studies, research findings, public input; or reviewed the adequacy thereof) can be used to determine the effects/impacts of a development proposal

b. Explain how environmental and planning legislation, policies and processes is applied to specific environmental assessment cases.

Explain how you have identified and applied environmental assessment and management procedures and methods

a. Describe a scoping and/or screening process that is used to identify potential impacts and alternatives. Indicate how specialist inputs are identified for a scoped assessment.

b. Explain how anticipated impacts and their significance are predicted and assessed and furthermore how the predicted significant impacts are mitigated and/or managed.

Explain how you have reviewed and monitored environmental assessment procedures and methods

a. Explain how you effectively organised your own activities and managed the activities of others. What is the importance of defining tasks, setting and meeting timeframes and deadlines.

b. What are Environmental Management Programmes or Environmental Management Systems.

Explain how you conduct applied research in an environmental context

a. Explain how you conduct research in environmental investigations and management or project.

Explain how you meet communication requirements at all levels through environmental reporting processes and stakeholder engagement.

a. Explain the public participation / stakeholder engage process followed in environmental assessments.

b. How can you ensure an inclusive, enabling, impartial and transparent stakeholder (including the public) engagement processes that is considered effective, is conducted.

The Registration Committee was established in 2012. The mandate of the Registration Committee is to establish a register of competent and reputable EAPs in accordance with Section 24H Regulations of NEMA.

Functions, Roles & Responsibilities
  • To finalise guidelines, systems and procedures for registration, sanctions and discipline and publicise
  • Undertake a feasibility assessment for the registration of the EAP sector to establish demand for registration, potential uptake, costing and capacity requirements and registration fees
  • Develop a plan for ensuring adequate capacity to conduct RPL assessments will be available, including referees for assignment to registration applications
  • Finalise registration applications forms and manual
  • Develop an information management system and database to support the register of REAPs
  • Establish and maintain web-based electronic registration application system
  • Plan and implement a communications strategy for publicising the registration board, key principles, registration criteria and standards, dates and deadlines for applications as well as procedures for registration
  • Announce the readiness of EAP registration system through media adverts and broad communication
  • Schedule and hold four meetings of registration committee annually
  • Set up, update and maintain an accurate register of REAPs and Candidate EAPs past and present
  • Set up and implement system to ensure all documentation required by registration committee is prepared timeously
  • Set up and implement system to notify all applicants of the outcome of applications with reasons where relevant within two weeks of decisions by the Registration Committee

A Rule Book has been compiled which contains the procedures and rules established for the operation of the Association and the Board.

Committee Members
  • M. Le Roux - Committee Chairperson
  • J. Hex
  • E. Molepo
  • K. Tshipala
  • S. Makhudu
  • S. Nkosi
What the applicant EAP should do
  • Understand the requirements by using the Applicant Guideline Manual.
  • Compile the body of evidence: prepare 350 word responses for each assessment criterion offline, and upload to the online registration system (https://registration.eapasa.org/)
The process after the applicant EAP submits the application form
  • The Registrar checks the submission to ensure all sections are completed and documentation is provided as required.
  • Two anonymous accredited assessors are assigned to the application.
  • The assessors review the application and make a recommendation.
  • A moderator reviews a subset of applications for quality management.
  • Recommendations are discussed at quarterly Registration Committee meetings. A decision on certification is made at the meeting.
  • All decisions are reported to the EAPASA Board.
  • If successful the applicant is notified by the Registrar.
  • If unsuccessful, the applicant is notified in writing, explaining why not successful with some advice.