Our Role
The Municipal Academy delivers courses for municipal engineering and planning practitioners to enhance their ability to deliver, operate and maintain municipal services. Several courses have been developed for municipalities on request over the years along with developing SOPs and delivering training on the implementation of SOPs.
For more information contact zan@saicepdp.org.
- SAICE-PDP is a Verified CPD Service Provider for ECSA through:
CESA (CESA-SPV-0074-10/2027), SAICE (SAICE-VSP2022/07/2025/002) and SAIEE (SAIEE-134-08/2025) - SAICE-PDP is a CPD Service Provider for SACPCMP (CPDSP130).
Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA)
SAICE-PDP currently has a contract with the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) to deliver a range of courses for municipal officials. There is no charge for municipal officials to attend the scheduled courses. The courses on offer are listed below. More detail and booking forms can be found under the Course Calendar pop-down menu, as and when they are scheduled.
Civil engineering
- Getting Acquainted with the Management and Rehabilitation Design of Urban Road Pavements
- Getting Acquainted with Road Construction and Maintenance
- Getting Acquainted with Sewer Design
- Getting Acquainted with Stormwater Design
- Getting Acquainted with the Management and Rehabilitation Design of Urban Road Pavements
- Municipal Wastewater System Planning and Implementation
- Pressure Management and Pressure Reducing Valves
- Pressure Pipeline and Pump Station Design and Specification
Electrical Engineering
- Substation Design, Operation and Maintenance
- Electrical Power Systems Protection
- Enhancing the Municipal Electricity Revenue Value Chain
Waste Management
Contractual, Procurement and Project Delivery
- Getting Acquainted with Basic Contract Administration and Quality Control
- Getting Acquainted with Estimating, Costing and Pricing of Construction Tenders
- Getting Acquainted with General Conditions of Contract for Construction Works (GCC 2015)
- Getting Acquainted with Planning, Scheduling and Programming for Construction Projects
- How to Develop an Infrastructure Asset Management Plan in Three Months
- Understanding the Concept of Labour-Intensive Construction
- Understanding the Six Stages of the Project Life Cycle to register as a Construction Project Manager or Construction Manager
Planning
- Developing, Testing and Strengthening of Capital Investment Frameworks as part of Municipal Spatial Development Frameworks
- Township Establishment: How to formulate compliant Conditions of Establishment
GIS
- Introduction to GIS in Local Government
- Essential GIS Workflows for Local Government
- Advanced GIS topics for Local Government
Valuations
In-house
A municipality can schedule an in-house course covering any of these topics at the municipality’s cost.
Please contact Zan Mlambo on zan@saicepdp.org for a quote.
Other Courses and Services
Several courses over and above those available through the MISA programme are also available. Contact zan@saicepdp.org for more details.
Water Services
- Getting Acquainted with Urban Water Management
- Getting Acquainted with Water Conservation and Demand Management
- The Importance of Data Logging and Interpretation of Logging Results for WDM course
- Getting Acquainted with Water Resource Management
- Drinking Water Treatment
- Wastewater Treatment
- Operation of Water Treatment Works
- Operation of Wastewater Treatment Works
- Biological Wastewater Treatment, principles, modelling and design
- Water Safety Planning for Engineers
- Wastewater Abatement Planning for Engineers
- Decentralise Wastewater Treatment Systems
- Sludge Treatment and Disposal
Road to Registration
- Road to Registration for Candidate Engineers, Technicians and Technologists
- Road to Registration for Mature Candidates
- Road to Registration for Mentors, Supervisors and HR Practitioners
- The ECSA Application and Forms Unpacked: A half-day workshop for Mentors and Supervisors
- Road to Registration for GIS Candidates
- Road to Registration for Candidate Planners
- The Direct Route to Registration as a Construction Project Manager or Construction Manager
Job Descriptions
SAICE-PDP in conjunction with Buffalo City and Gauteng COGTA developed a suite of job descriptions relating to engineering departments in municipalities in ~2010 in response to the local government Competence Framework which was being developed. Organograms for each of the key civil engineering departments are displayed, posts can be selected, and associated job descriptions downloaded and edited to suite.
