Professional Members shall be persons who:

• Are registered by ECSA or an equivalent engineering council recognized by ECSA as full professionals in at least one of the following categories:
  • Professional Engineer;
  • Professional Engineering Technologist;
  • Professional Engineering Technician;
  • Professional Certificated Engineer; or
  • Registered Engineering Technician
• Had at least 3 years infrastructure engineering experience after achieving a qualification recognisedby ECSA or an equivalent engineering council recognized by ECSA for registration
• Have been admitted as such by the Executive Committee, or;
• Having failed to comply with the requirements in terms of registration and experience, have been admitted by Council, on the unanimous recommendation of the Executive Committee based on their opinion that such persons have the experience, employment responsibility or involvement in infrastructure engineering or made such a contribution to infrastructure engineering which in the interests of the Institute justifies such admission