Registrations

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.

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.

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.

Core Competency 1

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

Demonstrate that you have knowledge and understanding of the concept of environmental management including its history, purpose and role in promoting sustainable development, the cycle of activities (plan, implement, check and review), the tools used, and the legal/administrative context for integrated environmental management in South Africa.
Demonstrate that you have knowledge and understanding of the concept of environmental assessment in terms of its history, purpose and role in promoting sustainable development, including Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment and/or Sustainability Assessment.
Demonstrate that you have knowledge and understanding of the systems and processes of the environment and its complex interlinkages; and the principles and requirements that facilitate sustainability within these systems.
Demonstrate that you have knowledge and understanding of the mutual reliance between human well-being and the integrity of the natural environment, and how you would use interdisciplinary approaches to deal with these interdependencies.

Core Competency 2

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

Show how you have analysed inter-relationships between the component parts of the environment and applied this in environmental assessment, in determining limits of acceptable change and establishing the resilience or vulnerability of the environment and affected persons.
Discuss how you have critically evaluated and synthesised information from various sources to determine the effects/impacts of a development proposal, in order to inform decision-making or in preparing a decision.
Demonstrate how you have interpreted the relevance of environmental and planning legislation, policies and processes to specific EIA cases.

Core Competency 3

Demonstrate the ability to identify and apply environmental assessment and management procedures and methods.

Describe a scoping process that you conducted or reviewed, to identify potential impacts and alternatives. Indicate how you judged which specialist inputs are required for a scoped assessment, including the compilation or review of specialist terms of reference.
Describe how you applied procedures and methods, or reviewed the adequacy thereof, in Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment and/or Sustainability Assessment.
Demonstrate that you have knowledge and experience of which methods are appropriate in specific contexts.
Show how you have predicted and assessed anticipated impacts and their significance, or reviewed the adequacy thereof.
Show how you have formulated measures to mitigate and manage impacts, or reviewed the adequacy thereof, applying the impact mitigation hierarchy, i.e. impact prevention, reduction, rehabilitation and restoration, and compensation.
Demonstrate that you have prepared reasoned opinions and made recommendations on the need and desirability of a development proposal and its alternatives, based on an evaluation (either qualitatively or quantitatively, or both) of sustainability, including consideration of impacts, risk to physical, ecological, social and economic systems, mitigation options and likely benefits.

Core Competency 4

Demonstrate the ability to manage and review environmental assessment and management procedures and methods, and manage and monitor the implementation of development proposals.

Demonstrate that you have effectively organised your own activities and managed the activities of others, in defining tasks, setting and meeting timeframes and deadlines, and working within budgetary requirements, or reviewed the adequacy thereof.
Demonstrate that you have conducted managerial/internal, peer, public or authority reviews, to determine the adequacy of environmental assessment procedures, processes, methods and reports;
for quality assurance and to determine whether they provide the information necessary for recommendations and decision-making.
Demonstrate that you have identified, specified and/or implemented management, monitoring and enforcement procedures related to Environmental Management Programmes or Environmental Management Systems, including but not limited to procedures, protocols and environmental audits, or reviewed the adequacy thereof; to ensure compliance with the recommendations of an environmental assessment and/or conditions of approval in an environmental authorisation, towards the achievement of adaptive environmental management.

Core Competency 5

Demonstrate the ability to conduct applied research in a specific context.

Demonstrate that you have conceptualised an environmental problem to be assessed, or reviewed the adequacy thereof, in order to specify topics for investigation.
Show that you have formulated key questions to guide an investigation and data gathering, or reviewed the adequacy thereof.
Show how you have developed a methodology for the environmental assessment or problem to be addressed, including the identification and selection of methods and techniques to gather, analyse and interpret data, or reviewed the adequacy thereof.

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