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CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE

OPPORTUNITIES FOR AGRICULTURAL

ENGINEERS WORKING IN GOVERNMENT

implementation

Solomon Monyepao 27 /02 /2014

DISTRICT/ STATION ENGINEERS ENGINEERINGTECHNICIANS

SURVEYTECHNICIANS

� HEAD OFFICE 10 2 0

� CAPRICORN 2 1 1

� MOPANI 2 3 0

� SEKHUKHUNI 2 1 1

� VHEMBE 4 1 0

� WATERBERG 2 0 1

TOTAL 22 8 3

PROFESSIONAL

REGISTRATIONS

11 1 0

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Bursary Holders : UKZN = 3 3rd & 2nd yr.

UZ = 6 3rd yr.

• Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme

• Veterinary Services

• Disaster Management

• Land Care and Soil Conservation

• Special Projects

• Revitalisation of Smallholder Irrigation schemes

• Sister Departments and Development Agencies (DRDLA,

Local Municipalities, IDT etc.)

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• Programme Coordinators (100%)

• Farmers in government owned schemes (100%)

• Small holder farmers in government assisted community

farming entities (100%)

• Semi-Commercial / emerging individual farmers (95%)

• Private established community farming entities (95%)

• Commercial farmers (<1%)

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PROGRAMME PROJECTS

CASP � Poultry structures

� Irrigation systems & farm dams

� Reservoirs

� Shade nets

� Tunnels

� Pack houses

� Fencing

� Aquaculture structures

� Stock water

� Abattoirs

� Animal handling

VETERINARY SERVICES � Fencing

� Animal Handling facilities (Crush pens, Feedlots, Dip tanks)

� Redline houses

DISASTER MANAGEMENT � Various farm infrastructure

RESTITUTION � Farm Machinery & Tools

� Irrigation Systems

LAND CARE & SOIL CONSERVATION � Fencing

� Soil Conservation structures

SPECIAL PROJECTS � Various (mainly Poultry Structures, Irrigation systems)

SISTER DEPARTMENTS &

DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

� Various (mainly poultry structures, irrigation systems, water

resources developments & fencing)

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EMPLOYER INDICATORS

� Advisory reports (Planning, scoping, preliminary design)

� Design Reports

� Completion Certificates

� Adhoc Technical advisory reports

ENGINEERS DELIVERABLES

9

WORK TYPE PRODUCT Ave produced annually

Scoping/prelim

design/planning

A report with recommendations 40

Design A Document ready for Procurement

(BoQ, Specs, Drawings)

50

Construction Supervision Payments Certificates,

Variations,

Progress reports,

Site minutes &

Completion Certificates

60

Adhoc Technical advices Written recommendations 60

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Positions available

� Candidate Engineer (CE) (11)

� Engineer_Production (EP) (5)

� Chief Engineer (ChE) (6)

� Survey Technician (ST) (3)

� Candidate Engineering Technician (CET)(7)

� Engineering Technician_Production (ETP) (1)

� Control Engineering Technician (CET) (1)

Tasks Operationdelegated Position

Checking delegated position

Approval delegated position

Fencing• Planning,

• Design (BoQ, Specs, Drawings)

Candidate Engineering Technician

Engineering Technician Production

Control Engineering Technician

Farm Buildings & Animal

Handling Facilities• Planning,

• Design (BoQ,Specs, Drawings)

Candidate Engineer Engineer Production Chief Engineer

Irrigation Systems• Planning,


Candidate Engineer / Candidate Engineering Technician

Engineer Production / Engineering Technician Production

Chief Engineer

Soil Conservation• Planning,


Engineering Technician Control Engineering Technician

Chief Engineer

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Tasks Operationdelegated Position

Checking delegated position

Approval delegated position

Earthfill dams• Planning,


Eng Tech Production_(<5m;

<50 000m)

Engineer Production_(5m – 12m;

Category 1)

Control Eng Technician

Chief Engineer

Chief Engineer

Chief Engineer

Stock Water• Planning,

• Design (BoQ,Specs, Drawings)

Candidate Engineer / Candidate

Engineering Technician

Engineer Production /

Engineering Technician

Production

Chief Engineer

Construction Contract

Management1. Site Handover

2. Site agent approval

3. OHS plan

4. Sub-Contractor Approval

5. Disputes

6. Ext of time

7. Scope Changes

8. Commissioning

1. EngTech Production




5. Control Eng Tech




1. Control Eng Tech

2. Control Eng Tech

3. Control Eng Tech

4. Control Eng Tech

5. Chief Engineer

6. Control Eng Tech

7. Control Eng Tech

8. Control Eng Tech

Chief Engineer

Construction supervision1. Appointment of Engineer Rep

2. Site inspections & Instructions

3. Variation orders

4. Payment Certificates

5. Completion Certificates

1. Engineer Production





1. Chief engineer

2. Control Eng Tech

3. Control Eng Tech

4. Control Eng Tech

5. Control Eng Tech

Chief Engineer

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DISORDER

COMPLEX COMPLICATED / KNOWABLE

CHAOTIC SIMPLE / KNOWN

1

7

6

5

4

3

2

ORDEREDUNORDERED

Current and envisaged domains of operation

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- Present operation

- Envisaged operation

2

4

1

6

7

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Tasks1. Technical Advices2. Planning3. Designs4. Surveys5. Standard designs6. Construction Supervision7. Construction Contract

management

• Agriculture is a Pillar within government’s long term EMPLOYMENT, GROWTH AND

DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Engineers duties: > Infrastructure - on-farm & off-farm (Irrigation

schemes, Agro Processing, Aquaculture, Abattoirs)

> Capacity building – training & Technology transfer

> Limited resources – Innovations for resource preservations

• Infrastructure available: - 100% operational

- Partially operational

- Dormant

Engineers possible duties: > Evaluations

> Maintenance

> Incorporation of New technologies

> Improving standard designs

> Mechanization planning

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• Planning and Execution within same year

• Minimal Integrated Planning

• Budget/Funding: Limited operational

Reduced capital budget

• Spending time on non engineering tasks

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• Agricultural Engineers remains scarce resource in

government

• Did Agricultural Engineering reach end of s-curve

> Innovation & creativity

> Technology Management

> Research

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