NSBE – NSBE – Business Case Business Case PresentationPresentation

05 April 201105 April 2011

Researched and Prepared by: Researched and Prepared by: Lwazi Goqwana Pr.Eng, Bsc Eng(Hons), GCC, MBALwazi Goqwana Pr.Eng, Bsc Eng(Hons), GCC, MBA

National Executive Committee Member NSBE (SA)National Executive Committee Member NSBE (SA)

Lwazi-Nsbe@hotmail.comLwazi-Nsbe@hotmail.com

ROLE OF ENGINEERS IN SA

building and maintaining economic infrastructure in the provision of :

• transport• communication • electrification• urban development• upgrading of infrastructure

contributing towards economic growth (productivity) in the following capacities:

• design engineers• process engineers• project engineers• industrial engineers• infrastructure engineers• production managers• operations managers

PUBLIC SECTOR ENGINEERS PRIVATE SECTOR ENGINEERS

PARASTATALS (ESKOM, TRANSNET, TELKOM) MUNICIPALITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

CONSULTING FIRMS, MANUFACTURING ORGANISATIONS, CONSTRUCTION, MINING, FINANCIAL SERVICES, RETAIL, COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, OIL & GAS

• Eskom’s (R385bn) 7yr expansion program.

• Transnet’s (R110.5bn) 5yr plan on rail, ports and pipeline projects.

• Durban – Joburg’s proposed (R300bn) high speed rail link.

• PetroSA’s proposed (R110bn) 360,000 barrels a day refinery in the Eastern Cape, biggest in Africa.

• Water Crisis set to dwarf the arms deal cost (supply of potable water).

• Govt infrastructure program of (R800bn) in the next 3 years

DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS – OPPORTUNITIES & THREATS

• Opportunities to take our products / services to Africa and other countries:

• Murray & Roberts in Dubai

• MTN in Nigeria, Iran• DeBeers in Canada• ABSA in Tanzania, Egypt• SABMiller in China, US• VW SA Polo export to UK • Benz C-class to global

market• Development of 42% of re-

newable energy contribution to electricity generation over the next 20 years (Cabinet decision 17 March 2011) white paper target of 10,000GWh contribution by 2013

PROVIDING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP “ON THE JOB” ENGINEERING EXPERTISE, WAY BEYOND SHORT TERM PROFITS (i.e. French engineers now assisting SA in the Gautrain project, from their experience)

Threats of outsourcing of our products and services to India / China

• Textile industry• Unilever SA• Nestle SA

THREATS

THE ROADMAP OF A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

4 YEARS

HIGH SCHOOL

GR 8 – GR 12

4 YEARS

UNVERSITY DEGREE

YR 1 – YR 4

6 YEARS

ENGINEER IN TRAINING

YR1 – YR 6

14 YEARS

AVAILABILITY OF MATHS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS

AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS

EXTRA CLASS SUPPORT

ROLE MODELS AND PUPIL GUIDANCE

CHALLENGES

ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE

LIMITED SUPPLY OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITIES

POACHING OF ENGINEERING PROFESSORS BY INDUSTRY

AVAILABILITY OF PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR STUDENTS

CHALLENGES

GRADUATE TRAINEE MENTORSHIP / COACHING

EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING THAT MEET PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

CHALLENGES

Matric Pass rate was 67.8% in 2010 compared to 60.6% in 2009, a 7.2% increase YoY, a total of 364,513 pupils passed out of 537,543 *

HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATION FOR ENGINEERING

To fully appreciate the extent of problem, Education continues to get the highest share of the SA national budget, for 2011 it received R189.5bn which is 19.4% (Source: 2011 Budget speech). According to a study in 2007, up to 75% of the education budget goes to salaries of about 452,971 teachers and lecturers and yet the pupil to teacher ratio in public schools is sitting at 31.5 which is double the recommended international standard to give the required attention to learners (private schools generally have one teacher for every 17.5 scholars) **

57% lost

Source: Dept of Basic Education 2011

* Dept of Basic Education, ** www.southafrica.info/about/education 2011

TOTAL 2010 MATRIC ENROLMENT SPLIT

NUMBERS OF STUDENTS AT SA

SCHOOLS

Source: Dept of Basic Education 2011

Throughput from entering Grade 1 to getting more than 40% maths in Matric = 6.16%.

INSTITUTIONS OFFERING ENGINEERING IN SOUTH AFRICA

INSTITUTION

University of Cape Town

University of KwaZulu-Natal

North-West University

University of Pretoria

University of Johannesburg

University of Stellenbosch

University of the Witwatersrand

University of Johannesburg

Central University of Technology, Free State

Mangosuthu University of Technology

Durban Institute of Technology

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Walter Sisulu University

Vaal University of Technology

Tshwane University of Technology

UNISA (former Technikon SA)

10 - OFFERING National Diploma (ND) in Eng leading to B.Tech Degree.

7- OFFERING BSc. Engineering Degree Programs

UNIVERSITIES OFFERING B.Sc ENGINEERING PROGRAMS vs POPULATION

5,223,900

6,743,800

1,103,900

2,824,500 10,645,400

3,617,600

5,439,600

3,200,900

GAUTENG11,191,700

UNIVERSITY OFFERING A BSc ENGINEERING DEGREE PROGRAM

MORE THAN 7 MILLION PEOPLE SHARE 1 ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY

Source: StatsSA 2010

UNIVERSITIES OFFERING BSc ENGINEERING AND DIPLOMAS

5,223,900

1,103,900

6,743,800

2,824,500

10,645,400

3,617,600

5,439,600

3,200,900

GAUTENG11,191,700

UNIVERSITY OFFERING A BSc ENGINEERING DEGREE PROGRAM

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OFFERING A NATIONAL DIPLOMA & B.TECH DEGREE PROGRAM

Source: StatsSA 2010

• University of the North West (NWU) Potchefstroom campus dean of engineering Professor Johan Fick explains that the cutoff point for acceptance into an engineering course is 70% for mathematics and 60% for science.*

• The other important aspect to be considered is that the learners must also write a selection test and this, in conjunction with the senior certificate marks, is a critical part of the selection procedure.*

• In 2008, almost 600 000 learners sat for the Grade 12 examination, but less than 2% , or 10 000, obtained the minimum admission requirement for engineering. About 3 500 of these 10 000 learners have enrolled for engineering courses at universities.” **

UNIVERSITY THROUGHPUT OF ENGINEERS

• Comparing the first time registrations four years earlier in 1999, to these graduation figures shows an additional 40% is lost in the system, leaving the tertiary institutions with a throughput rate of 60% , 40% and 55% for engineers, technicians and technologists respectively. (Source: Lawless, 2005)

• Of 56 countries, South Africa is fifty-first in the world rankings. South African universities produce about 1 500 engineers annually. Only Kenya, Ghana, Eritrea, and Lesotho produced fewer engineers. (Source: Engineering News, 6 March 2009)

Source: ECSA, 2008

2005 GRADUATIONS IN ENGINEERING PROFESSION

*Engineering News 18 March 1010 ** Engineering News 6 March 2009

• The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is a statutory body established in terms of the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000) and is the entity that registers engineering professionals in South Africa

• ECSA is authorized by the relevant legislation for the protection of the public interest with regard to engineering activities,

• Recognition of professional associations, such as institutes, institutions and societies.

• The Council is responsible for setting and auditing of academic standards for purposes of registration through a process of accreditation of engineering programmes at universities

• ECSA further prescribes the requirements for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and determines the period within which registered persons must apply for renewal of their registrations.

• ECSA is currently also engaged in the project “Identification of Work”. The main purpose of this project is to identify work in South Africa to ensure that work peculiar to the built environment is performed only by competent persons who are registered with a statutory council and who are accountable for their actions.

• As at 8 March 2011, ESCA had 14,671 Registered Professional Engineers with only 6% being African.• With a total population of 49,991,300 as at June 2010, this equates to 3,407 people for every

registered professional engineer (this is an important international benchmark figure).

THE ROLE OF THE ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA

REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Source: Engineering Council of South Africa, March 2011

Source: Lawless, 2005Source: Lawless, 2005

Source: StatsSA 2010

POPULATION vs PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

(2005)

POPULATION vs PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

(2005)

SA NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS

(2010)

DEMOGRAPHICS OF SA

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

(2011)

THIS PUTS SA “20 TIMES BEHIND INDIA & CHINA” ON A COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT TRENDS OF ENGINEERS IN SA

• Finance Sector carries the highest contribution to SA GDP at 21%, followed by manufacturing at 15.2% then government services at 13.6%, these 3 sectors contribute about 50% of GDP * and consume about 75% of SA engineers.

• About 1 600 people with a degree in an ‘engineering-related field’, and over 10 000 with a diploma in an engineering-related field are unemployed. **

• Three-quarters (75.43 per cent) of this total unemployed group are black (i.e. African, Coloured or Indian). **

* StatsSA 2011, ** Labour Force Survey,2004

Source: Quantec, 2007

Source: Labour Force Survey,2004

Source: Quantec, 2007

RATIO OF UNEMPLOYED ENGINEERING GRADUATES

EMPLOYMENT OF ENGINEERS

BY SECTOR

EMPLOYMENT OF

ENGINEERS BY

SECTOR

• Figure above shows a typical End-to-End throughput of 0.1% from Grade 1 to Engineering Graduation

• The interventions to improve SA engineering made to date have not yielded the desired outcomes

• The current problems are structural and have more impact on the historically disadvantaged individuals – Teacher to learner ratio’s versus national budgets / Learner throughputs at schools and universities– Ratios of Engineering Universities per population / Ratios of Professional Engineers per population– Under-representation of previously disadvantaged communities as Professional Engineers– Disproportionately high unemployed Engineering graduates from previously disadvantaged communities

• This problem requires a multi-dimensional approach with full involvement of all stakeholders:– Government / Private Sector / Professional Engineers / Engineering Students /Interest Groups

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Based on actual figures, Gr1 intake in 1999 and Matric results for 2010 Based on 2008 actual figures

The engineers from previously disadvantaged communities who have made it through this delicate process can add a significant amount of value by using personal experiences in assisting the

upcoming generation and hence the formation of NSBE

INTRODUCTION TO NSBE• NSBE started as a voluntary organisation with a purpose to broaden the engineering skills base by promoting

the engineering profession amongst the previously disadvantaged community and recruiting aspiring and prospective engineers into the profession, and encouraging their retention throughout their productive lifespan within the profession.

• The Society is a fully fledged professional body, legally registered as a non-profit, non-governmental organization.

• The NSBE held its first national conference in Durban in September 2007. The conference was about the NSBE's response to a call for more black participation and leadership in the technical fields that contribute to the economy of South Africa.

• We have administrative offices in Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg and we collaborate with the following organisations

– PetroSA– FlourIgoda– Mzansi Engineers

• We have an operational organisational structure with (NEC)national executive committee members, student executive committee members, student representatives, student members, professional members and corporate members (this spans across all 9 provinces)

• We have an online and social networking presence– We have a Website– We have a Facebook page– We have a Twitter account– We have a Mixit account– We have a LinkedIn account

NSBE - CURRENT INITIATIVES AND SUCCESSES• We have adopted the following 5 schools from PDI communities for maths and science support

– KwaMakhutha Comprehensive High School / Ogwini Comprehensive Technical High School / Sibusisiwe Comprehensive High School / Umlazi comprehensive Technical High School

• We have operational NSBE Student Reps at the following engineering tertiary institutions– University of Pretoria / University of the Witwatersrand / University of KwaZulu-Natal / Durban Institute of Technology / University of

Johannesburg / Mangosuthu University of Technology / Tshwane University of Technology

• We are a recognised University Structure at the following Universities, to co-ordinate engineering student assistance programs for students from previously disadvantaged backrounds

– Mangosuthu University of Technology / University of KwaZulu-Natal / Durban Institute of Technology

• We have partnered with PetroSA to develop a metorship program for their engineering bursary program and engineers in training.

• We are developing Capacity in the PhotoVoltaic (PV) Solar Energy Industry for our business forum members– We have arranged training through Solar Energy International for skills development of PV installations.– We have developed and submitted a pilot installation program to the KZN provincial Govt to install PV solar energy to rural schools,

clinics and low income housing.– We have partnered with Solairedirect Southern Africa who manufacturers solar energy panels as a technology partners in the roll out

program

• We have a memorandum of understanding with the Department of transport in developing a labour based roll-out of the “pothole program” as part of roads upgrade and maintenance initiative “S’hamba Sonke”.

• We are engaging with the dept of public works for the allocation of job opportunities for 100 engineering students through our business forum company members.

• We participate with ECSA in the evaluation and accreditation of engineering institutions

PROPOSED “NSBE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM”

SATURDAY MATHS AND SCIENCE

TUTORING

EASTER BREAK MATHS AND

SCIENCE TUTORING

WINTER SCHOOL MATHS AND

SCIENCE TUTORING

ARRANGE “ENGINEERING OPEN DAYS”, INVITE

PRACTISING ENGINEERS TO GIVE LECTURES

SPRING BREAK MATHS AND

SCIENCE TUTORING

CREATE ROLE MODELS BY PROFILING SUCCESFUL

ENGINEERS

TAKE A SCHOOL CHILD TO ENGINEERING WORK

“SHADOW”AN ENGINEER FOR 4 DAYS

CAREER GUIDANCE, BRING ENGINEERS OF

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EXECUTED BY NSBE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING STUDENTS (face to face), WITH PEFORMANCE MEASURES, WEEKLY SCORECARD, TARGETS AND PEFORMANCE INCENTIVES (see scorecard embedded)

PROPOSED “NSBE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING STUDENTS PROGRAM”

BURSARIES / ACADEMIC

FINANCIAL AID

ENGINEERING JOB

OPPORTUNITIES

CORPORATE LEARNERSHIP PROGRAMS

ARRANGEDCORPORATE

EVENTS / VISITS

MENTORSHIP BY PRACTISING

PROFESSIONALS

IN SERVICE TRAINING

OPPORTUNITIES

VACATION WORK

OPPORTUNITIES

GOVERNMENT ROJECTS

OPPORTUNITIES

ENABLING ACAD RESOURCES

i.e. COMPUTERS

OPPORTUNITIES IN PARASTATAL

PROJECTS

ON-GOING CAREER

GUIDANCE

DESIGN PROJECTS FOR

ENG THESIS

ACADEMICTUTORING SESSIONS

HELP WITH PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING

OPPORTUNITIES IN MUNICIPAL

PROJECTS

ENABLING ACAD RESOURCES

i.e.TEXTBOOKS

ENABLING ACAD RESOURCES

i.e. INTERNET

NSBE WEBSITE

GLOBAL ENGINEERING

OPPORTUNITIES

NSBE FACEBOOK

NSBE CAMPUS REPS

NSBE TWITTER

NSBE LINKED IN

NSBE BULK SMS

NSBE MIXIT

NSBE BLOG

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THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORSHIP. IT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY INTENSIVE, REQUIRING GATHERING VAST AMOUNTS OF DATA AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE ACROSS DIFFERENT CHANNELS. IT ALSO INVOLVES MONITORING OF SCHOOL PROGRAM SCORECARD AND DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES ACCORDINGLY.

PROPOSAL

• Please visit our website : www.nsbe.org.za

• Please invite us on LinkedIn : NSBE SouthAfrica

• Please join us on facebook : NsbeSouthAfrica

• Please follow us on Twitter : NsbeSouthAfrica

• Please follow join us on Mxit : NSBESouthAfrica

We envisage creating and on-line community where, a school learner from Cofimvaba Village School We envisage creating and on-line community where, a school learner from Cofimvaba Village School can post on Mxit, a question on “multi-variable quadratic equations”, and it is solved within can post on Mxit, a question on “multi-variable quadratic equations”, and it is solved within

minutes by another school learner from Bryanston High Schoolminutes by another school learner from Bryanston High School

At this stage we are looking for any kind of support you might proposeAt this stage we are looking for any kind of support you might proposeMaterial Resources Material Resources Financial Resources Financial Resources

TimeTimeAdministrative CapacityAdministrative Capacity

Marketing CapacityMarketing CapacitySchool Learners, Engineering Students, Practising Engineers, Corporates, Government – Please join us

To contact the author e-mail: Lwazi-Nsbe@hotmail.com