Registration is the law, and it works in your favour
Registering with the ERB is not optional for eligible engineering graduates and professionals in Botswana. It is also what lets you use a protected title, what tells employers and the public that your competence has been assessed by your peers, and what gives everyone a route to recourse when something goes wrong.
It is a legal requirement for all eligible engineering graduates and professionals to register with the Engineers Registration Board.
Engineers Registration Act, CAP 61:06, 8/46 2009, as amendedWhat it does for you
As an engineering graduate or professional.
Peer recognition
The ERB's committees confirm that you meet the minimum requirements expected of a professional person. The assessment is made by people who do the work you do.
Public confidence
Professional recognition through ERB membership gives the public a reason to trust the work you sign off on.
Marketability
More and more employers now require ERB registration as a prerequisite for appointment to certain engineering positions.
A protected title
Registration gives you the exclusive right to use a reserved name, and the standing that goes with it.
Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) is a protected title
Only those registered with the ERB may use it. Using a reserved name or its abbreviation without being registered is a criminal offence, not merely a breach of professional etiquette. If you are unsure whether someone is entitled to the title, the public register is the place to check.
What it does for employers
If you appoint engineering staff or contract engineering work.
Confidence
You can be assured of the professionalism of your staff, verified independently of your own hiring process.
Recourse
If an employee registered with the ERB conducts themselves improperly, you can lodge a complaint with the Board. Without registration there is no such route.
Marketability
The public and government, both potential clients, respond well to an organisation that employs professional people as a matter of principle.
Compliance
Legislation holds employers responsible for the safety of their employees. Appointing registered professionals is part of meeting that responsibility.