The Engineers Registration Board (ERB) is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament (Engineers Registration Act No. 15 of 1997). The Board has been given the responsibility and mandate for regulating engineering activities and conduct of engineers and engineering consulting firms in Tanzania.
As stipulated under sections 4(e) and 4(f) of the Act, among the main functions of the Board is “to monitor the conduct and activities of engineers, including consulting engineers or engineering consulting firms” and “to promote and maintain professional conduct and integrity of the engineering profession”. In order for the Board to achieve its strategic objectives under these functions the Board has employed Monitoring activities.

Monitoring is one of the most effective means of implementing these functions and is done through zonal and monitoring visits to engineering organizations, firms or factories, engineering projects and Building and/or construction sites and Government offices. To this end the Board has divided the country into seven (7) zones which are visited annually to monitor activities undertaken by engineers.