Civil Engineering December 2021 | Vol 29 No 11

56 December 2021 Civil Engineering Course Name Course Dates Location CPD Accreditation No Course Presenter Contact Road to Registration for Candidate Engineers, Technologists and Technicians 17 February 2022 Online CESA-1579-04/2022 Credits: 1 ECSA Allyson Lawless Stewart Gibson Phathi Masimirembwa Register: store.saice. org.za/training- courses lizelle@saicepdp.org 17 March 2022 Online 12 May 2022 Online 8 June 2022 Online Road to Registration for Mature Engineers, Technologists and Technicians 25 January 2022 Online CESA-1641-10/2022 Credits: 1 ECSA Stewart Gibson Phathi Masimirembwa 10 March 2022 Online 8 April 2022 Online 26 May 2022 Online 30 June 2022 Online Road to Registration for Mentors, Supervisors and HR Practitioners 7 April 2022 Online CESA-1580-04/2022 Credits: 1 ECSA Allyson Lawless The direct route to registration as a Pr CPM or Pr CM with SACPCMP 7 February 2022 Online TBC Jeff Pipe 4 March 2022 Online 13 May 2022 Online 20 June 2022 Online In-house courses are available. To arrange, please contact: Cheryl-Lee Williams (cheryl-lee@saice.org.za) on 011 805 5947. For SAICE-hosted Candidate Academy in-house courses, please contact: Lizélle du Preez (lizelle@saicepdp.org) on 011 476 4100 or 072 356 5230. Register online: www.saice.org.za  | All dates are subject to change SAICE / Candidate Academy 2022 S AICE recently hosted a webinar with the aim of helping engineers kickstart their careers and setting them on the right trajectory. SAICE CEO Vishaal Lutchman addressed key challenges facing both the private and public sectors, highlighting profes- sionalism and corruption as prominent issues impacting business and institutions across the board. “We cannot sit back and watch this happen. In your career, I encourage you to be proactive, and accountable. While we work for clients, we must remember that society is the ultimate beneficiary of what we do.” He encouraged attendees to participate actively, whenever possible, at public participation events by commenting on legisla- tion, etc. “We cannot be despondent,” he said. He also highlighted the important role that SAICE and its members play in fostering an accountable and sustainable civil engineering community. Providing practical career advice to attendees, Mike Lacey Smith, CEO of Free to Live, presented on ‘career pointers learnt from the rise of Shaka Zulu’. This insightful presentation com- pared Shaka’s approach to battle with an approach to your career, in seven steps: 1. Reaching for the throne: working on your personal and profes- sional brand and setting goals 2. Sharpening the spear: preparing yourself for success through planning and innovation 3. Reinventing the battle: being agile and adaptive to your scenario 4. Dressing to kill: looking the part and earning respect 5. Busting the terror: mentally preparing for challenges to come 6. Embracing the enemy: leaving politics behind and rising above it – treating everyone well 7. Sharing the spoils: share your victory with others, be encour- aging and uplifting. “You will be remembered for the projects you work on, but you should aim to be recognised for your unique contributions, your commitment, and your integrity. These are what will set you apart in your career and is what you get when you are truly con- nected with your purpose,” said Smith. GRABBING OPPORTUNITIES WITH BOTH HANDS SAICE’s Head of Training Tom McKune noted that the first step to growing your career is to ensure you are well equipped with in-demand skills, both soft and hard skills. “And if you don’t have these skills, you need to work on acquiring them,” said McKune. He expressed SAICE’s concern about the high unemployment rate of recently graduated engineers, technicians and technolo- gists. “We are trying to improve this by undertaking entrepre- neurship training of these young graduates and assisting them to start their own businesses.” He called on industry stakeholders to assist with funding for these graduates to attend the training. Finally, SAICE past president Johan de Koker presented advice for positioning your CV for the best outcome. He advised at- tendees to write their CV for the job, and not to use the same CV for every application.  How to kickstart your civil engineering career: practical advice from SAICE