The 100th intake of the most popular project management training in SA - the Programme in Project Management (PPM) was successfully completed and the delegates graduated on 15 March 2012.
The Birth of the Project Management Programme at CE at UP
Way back in the 1970s Project Management was taught in the Department of Civil Engineering. The Chair in Engineering Management at TUKS, created in 1987, became a fully fledged Department of Engineering and Technology Management by 1994. So, it all started here at the Faculty of Engineering; Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) in the 1990s, when the Laboratory for Advanced Engineering saw the need to offer short courses aimed at developing the project management skills of practitioners. Unbeknown to them, several other faculties were also interacting with industry about continuing education across a variety of disciplines, yet no-one really knew of one another.
At EBIT, the early short courses carried no certification, but as industry demonstrated a growing demand for formal assessment and acknowledgment of their delegates’ progress, a process of certification was put in place. One of the first certified programmes was offered by Professor Antonie de Klerk, later to play a major role in the establishment of Continuing Education at University of Pretoria (CE at UP). He introduced a Programme in Engineering Management (PEM) about a year before the now famous Programme in Project Management (PPM) was first introduced.
A series of discussions followed, which resulted in the appointment of Professor Herman Steyn. Prior to Herman’s appointment Professor De Klerk had already broached the idea of meeting the demand for certified short courses in their discussions. Read more
The Annual GSTM Certificate Ceremony was held on 15 March 2012 at the CSIR in Pretoria, South Africa. Delegates who attended the Programme in Project Management, Advanced Programme in Project Management, Programme in Engineering Management, Programme in Maintenance and Asset Management, Programme in Maintenance Management as well as Programme in Logistics received their certificates of completion at the ceremony.
The ceremony, which served as an acknowledgement of the delegates’ achievement of completing the respective courses, welcomed Mr Beeuwen Gerryts (Acting Chief Director: Technology Localisation and Advanced Manufacturing at the Department of Science and Technology) as the guest speaker, as well as Professor Tinus Pretorius, Chair of Graduate School of Technology Management and Professor Roelf Sandenbergh, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Read more
PMI (Project Management Institute) – USA and Globally
ECSA (Engineering Council of SA)
SACPCMP (South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions)
SACNASP (South African Council for Natural Scientific Professionals)
PMSA (Project Management South Africa)
On successful completion of the PPM, suitable candidates may be eligible to apply for the professional designation of Project Manager (PM) conferred by Project Management South Africa (PMSA). PMSA is the SAQA recognized professional body representing the interests of project managers across sectors.
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