Background
The Engineers Registration Board is a statutory body established
under the Engineers Registration Act, No. 15 of 1997 and has been
given the responsibility for regulating the engineering activities
and conduct of engineers and engineering consulting firms. Pursuant
to this regulatory function, the Board has been visiting engineering
organizations, firms, projects and building sites in order to
monitor the conduct and activities of engineers as well as ensuring
that engineering activities are performed by properly qualified
engineers only.
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During
the visits the Board observed that a number of organizations were
facing difficulties of getting Tanzanian engineers with requisite
professional experience to fill various engineering positions in
their organizations. These organizations therefore requested for
assistance from the Board. On the other hand unemployment of qualified
engineers in the country is commonplace. Some such engineers have
even left their particulars with the Board so that the latter may
link the engineers with potential employers. |
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In
view of the above, the Board resolved to establish the Engineers
Employment Liaison Facility (EELF) at the ERB Secretariat that will
link engineers seeking employment with potential employers. To be
effective the unit will work very closely with Labour Exchange Centre
and engineering training institutions in the country. |
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| Advantages
of EELF The Board decided
to establish the Facility after taking coquizance of its advantages
which include, among others, the following:
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Compliance with the Law of the Land
as employers are assured of employing registered engineers only; |
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As the service is free, unnecessary advertising expenses,
for which there is no certainty of getting qualified engineers, are
avoided; |
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Shorter recruitment time (as advertisements are eliminated)
hence minimal production losses; |
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Savings in personnel costs as posts which would otherwise
be filled by expensive foreign engineers will be filled by local engineers;
etc |
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| Call
for Registration with EELF The
Engineers Employment Liaison Facility has now been fully established.
The Board therefore wishes to call upon engineers seeking employment
to register with the Board by completing Form No. ERB/EELF/001.
Employers looking for engineers are also advised to complete Form
No. ERB/EELF/002.
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