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ECSA Associations: Recognised Voluntary Associations
These Voluntary Associations applied for recognition in terms of section 36(1) of the Engineering
Profession Act, 2000 (Act 46 of 2000) and were recognised by the Council in terms of Section 25(3) of
the above Act.
One of the benefits of recognition is that registered members of a Recognised Voluntary Association
(Categories A and B only) enjoy partial exemption from payment of their ECSA annual fees. Expiry date
for these Voluntary Associations below is five (5) years from the date of recognition. They are listed in
alphabetically order according to their acronyms, for ease of reference.
CATEGORY A
Association Aeronautical Society of South Africa (AeSSA)
Telephone (012) 662 5113
Fax (012) 641 2706
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA A0022
Association Association of Mine Managers of South Africa (AMMSA)
Telephone (011) 498 7547/7678
Fax (011) 834 3804
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 4 June 2015
Reference VA A0031
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Association Association of Mine Resident Engineers (AMRE)
Telephone (011) 498 1377
Fax (011) 834 3804
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 4 June 2015
Reference VA A0032
Association Clinical Engineering Association Of South Africa (CEASA)
Telephone (021) 918 1583
Fax 086 681 1845
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 26 August 2010
Reference VA A0040
Association Concrete Society of Southern Africa (CSSA)
Telephone (012) 348 5305
Fax (012) 348 6944
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA A0019
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Association Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers South African Section (IEEE)
Telephone (CPD): (021) 650 4490
CPD Email: [email protected]
Fax 086 618 0900
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 22 August 2013
Reference VA A0036
Association Institute of Professional Engineering Technologists (IPET)
Telephone (011) 787 9706
Fax (011) 787 9706
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 19 October 2010
Reference VA A0004
Association Institution of Certificated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (ICMEESA )
Telephone (011) 615 4304
Fax 0866 718 533
E-Mail [email protected] ;[email protected]
Date Recognised 24 November 2010
Reference VA A0002
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Association Institution of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA)
Telephone (031) 266 3263
Fax (031) 266 5094
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 14 April 2011
Reference VA A0003
Association International Council on Systems Engineering (SA Chapter) (INCOSE SA)
Telephone (012) 841 3403
Fax (018) 841 3179
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 22 June 2012
Reference VA A0030
Association Lift Inspectors Association of South Africa (LIASA)
Telephone (031) 208 1367
Fax 086 512 7278
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 15 March 2012
Reference VA A0026
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Association National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Telephone (033) 345 0783/0778/1583
Fax (033) 345 1856
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 23 May 2013
Reference VA A0037
Association Society For Asphalt Technology (SAT)
Telephone (011) 709 8420
Fax 086 637 9844
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 26 August 2010
Reference VA A0043
Association Society of Telkom Engineers (STE)
Telephone (012) 311 4480
Fax (012) 311 1850
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 22 August 2013
Reference VA A0035
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Association South African Colliery Engineers’ Association (SACEA)
Telephone (011) 498 7100/7533
Fax (013) 655 2339
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 19 May 2016
Reference VA A0005
Association South African Colliery Managers Association (SACMA)
Telephone (011) 498 7678/(012) 307 4086
Fax (012) 307 5357
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 4 June 2015
Reference VA A0029
Association South African Institute of Agricultural Engineers (SAIAE)
Telephone (012) 842 4009
Fax (012) 842 4317
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA 0020
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Association South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE)
Telephone (011) 487 3003
Fax 086 645 1586
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 14 April 2011
Reference VA A0008
Association South African Institute of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects (SAIMENA)
Telephone (031) 274 1800
Fax (031) 205 5238
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA A0010
Association South African Institute of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning (SAIRAC)
Telephone (011) 392 6630
Fax (041) 466 0608
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 10 May 2012
Reference VA A0028
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Association South African Institution of Chemical Engineers (SAIChE)
Telephone (011) 704 5915
Fax 086 672 9430
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA A0007
Association South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE)
Telephone (015) 297 7207
Fax (011) 805 5971
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 4 June 2015
Reference VA A0006
Association Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA)
Telephone (012) 665 3387
Fax (012) 665 3322
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 4 June 2015
Reference VA A0025
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Association Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineers (SAIIE)
Telephone (012) 420 6478
Fax (011) 899 3277
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA A0009
Association Southern African Institute of Mining And Metallurgy (SAIMM)
Telephone (011) 834 1273/7
Fax (011) 838 5923
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 14 April 2011
Reference VA A0011
Association The Chamber of Engineering Technology (COET)
Telephone (011) 787 1302
Fax (011) 787 1302
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 19 October 2010
Reference VA A0001
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Association The South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering (SAIMechE)
Telephone (011) 615 5660
Fax (011) 388 5356
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 19 May 2016
Reference VA A0021
Association South African National Committee on Large Dams (SANCOLD)
Telephone (012) 460 9100
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 4 December 2014
Reference VA A0046
Association South African Society for Railway Engineering (SASRE)
Telephone (012) 842 5616
Fax (012) 842 6235
E-Mail [email protected] @transnet.net
Date Recognised December 2014
Reference VA A0047
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Association Lifting Equipment Engineering Association of South Africa (LEEASA)
Telephone (011) 7891302
Fax (011) 7891302
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised December 2014
Reference VA A0048
CATEGORY B
Association South African Black Technical & Allied Careers Organisation (SABTACO)
Telephone (011) 403 2165
Fax 086 672 6735
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 23 May 2013
Reference VA B0045
Association South African Federation of Hospital Engineers (SAFHE)
Telephone (012) 841 3007
Fax (012) 841 3539
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA B0023
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Association South African Institute of Draughting (SAID)
Telephone (021) 975 5191
Fax (021) 532 0261
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 22 August 2013
Reference VA B0033
Association Society for Automation Instrumentation Measurement and Control (SAIMC) NPC
Telephone 011 312 2445 / 086 107 2462
Fax 086 651 5238
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA B0024
Association Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA)
Telephone (011) 805 3537
Fax (011) 315 1258
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 12 June 2008
Reference VA B0038
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CATEGORY C
Association Association of Municipal Electricity Undertakings (AMEU)
Telephone (011) 061 5000
Fax (011) 789 1385
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA C0027
Association Built Environment Professions Export Council (BEPEC)
Telephone (012) 362 0522
Fax 086 668 7880
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 24 November 2010
Reference VA C0044
Association Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA )
Telephone (011) 869 4200
Fax (011) 463 7383
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 19 May 2016
Reference VA C0013
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Association Illumination Engineering Society of South Africa (IESSA)
Telephone (011) 476 4171
Fax (011) 476 2178
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA C0012
Association Institute of Quarrying Southern Africa (IQSA)
Telephone (011) 704 5037
Fax (011) 791 7655
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA C0014
Association Institute of timber construction (ITC)
Telephone (011) 974 1061
Fax (011) 392 6155
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA C0015
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Association South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors (SAFCEC)
Telephone (011) 418 6300
Fax (011) 450 1715
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA C0017
Association South African Flameproof Association (SAFA)
Telephone (011) 872 4225
Fax (011) 872 5101
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 19 May 2016
Reference VA C0016
Association South African Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
Telephone (011) 465 1126
Fax 086 503 4524
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 4 June 2015
Reference VA C0039
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Association South African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC)
Telephone (011) 726 6111
Fax (011) 482 9644
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected] m
Date Recognised 11 August 2011
Reference VA C0018
Association South African Institute of Welding (SAIW)
Telephone (011) 298 2100
Fax (011) 836 4132
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 22 August 2013
Reference VA C0034
Association South African Road Federation (SARF)
Telephone (011) 394 9025
Fax 011) 403 7736
E-Mail [email protected]
Date Recognised 4 December 2014
Reference VA C0042
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Association Southern African Society For Trenchless Technology (SASTT)
Telephone (012) 567 4026
Fax (012) 567 4026
E-Mail [email protected] ; [email protected]
Date Recognised 26 August 2010
Reference VA C0041
Category A
Associations whose membership consists of natural persons who, subject to the applicable provisions of
Rule 4, are –
practising in any particular discipline or sub-discipline of engineering; or
practising in any particular category of registration contemplated in section 18 of the Act.
Category B
Associations whose membership consists of natural persons who, subject to the applicable provisions of
rule 5, are –
practising in engineering or in any of the professions in the built environment contemplated in
section 1(iv) of the Council for the Built Environment Act, 2000; or
practising in engineering or in any of the scientific professions contemplated in Section A and B
of Schedule I of the Natural Scientific Professions Act, 1993 (Act No. 106 of 1993).
Category C
Associations whose membership consists of juristic persons, including sole proprietors, who, subject to
the applicable provisions of rule 6, are engaged in carrying out work of an engineering nature.