Notices
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ECZ NEW CONTACT NUMBERS
Please take note of ECZ's new contact numbers below: +263 867 700 9716 and + 263 784 971 028
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PUBLIC NOTICE : BOGUS / UNREGISTERED ENGINEERING PRACTITIONERS
BOGUS / UNREGISTERED ENGINEERING PRACTITIONERS The Engineering Council of Zimbabwe (ECZ) has lately observed that a number of unsuspecting clients and firms have engaged unregistered individual engineering practitioners and or Engineering Consulting Companies to undertake varied types of...
TEMPORARY REGISTRATION
1. An application for temporary registration shall—
(a) be made in Form EC 5;
(b) be accompanied by the appropriate fee;
(c) state the qualifications of the individuals or engineering professionals in that firm, as the case may be, upon which the application is based and shall be accompanied by copies of such certificates or other documents as are necessary to support those qualifications;
(d) where necessary, be accompanied by the translation of certificates which shall be done by the relevant competent authorities;
(e) be accompanied by a statement from the constituent body concerned stating that the applicant is of good standing;
(f) be accompanied by evidence that the applicant is competent in the relevant engineering discipline of practice.
REGISTRATION OF NON-RESIDENT PERSONS AND FOREIGN ENGINEERING FIRMS
(1) No person who is not ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe and no foreign engineering firm shall carry out any engineering work in Zimbabwe without being registered with the Council.
(2) Every person who is not ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe or every foreign engineering firm who wishes to perform or engage in engineering work in Zimbabwe shall first register with the Council and obtain a practicing certificate from the Council, before initiating any engineering activity and such certificate may only be granted for specific projects which require expertise and specialised skill or technology not available in Zimbabwe.
(3) An application for registration in terms of subsection (2) shall -
(a) be made in Form EC 6;
(b) be accompanied by the appropriate fee;
(c) state the qualifications upon which the application is based and accompanied by the copies of such certificates or other documents as are necessary to support those qualifications;
(d) where necessary, be accompanied by the translation of certificates which shall be done by the relevant competent authorities;
(e) be accompanied by evidence that the applicant is competent in the relevant engineering discipline of practice;
(f) be accompanied by proof that the foreign engineering firm intends to hire or has hired locally registered engineers;
(g) be accompanied by proof that the foreign engineering firm intends to enter or has entered into a partnership agreement with a locally registered engineering firm.