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defined to inciude any
By law, engineering practice is requiring
e) Association of Consulling Engineers of Nigeria the application of
(ACEN) professional service or creative work
ii) accredits engineering courses in the universities, and engineering in
special knowledge of mathematics, physicS valuation, research
polytechnics / colleges of technology and technical form of consultation, invention, discovery,
and teaching in recognized engineering institution, planning,
colleges and
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iv) organizes arnd supervises the post-graduate practical. installation involving investigating, advising, operating,
trainingof newly graduated engineers evaluating, measuring, planning, designing, specifying, laying
anddirecting, constructing, commissioning, inspecting or testing
Toward thisend, it is illegal: in connection with any public or private utilities, structures,
For any firms or persons to engage in engineering practice buildings, machines, equipment, processes works or projects.
unless they are fully registered by COREN to practise in The Federal civil Service commission, the Statcs Civil Service
their appropriate cadre (except engineering personnel commission, the local Government Service commissions, the
still undergoing practical training e.g. pupil engineers, Federal and State government parastatals and companies and
etc, for the purpose of acquiring the requisite experience industries within the organized private sectors are expected in
for registration) and they are financially up to date in the particular ensure compliance with COREN's regulation and
payment of their practicing fees. guidelines.
For any person, government or company to: Engage a
By these decrees, it is illegal for the following tó pracice or be
non-registered engineering person or consulting firm to employed, except for the purpose of training and apprenticeship,
execute or participate in doing engineering work in an without being registered by COREN:
engineering project (except engineering personnel still 1. Engineers
undergoing practical training e.g. pupil engineers, etc, for 2. Engineering Technologists
the purpose of acquiring the requisite experience for: 3. Engineering Technicians
registration). 4. Engineering Craftsmen and
Use a non-engineering personnel to perform engineering 5. Engineering Consulting Firms
functions
Assign non-engineering functions to engineers below Anybody corporate or individual employer who engages the
services of unregistered engineering personnel or consulting
managerial levels, particularly where the engineering firms commits an offence against the law of the land as
functions are available, stipulated in clause 13(6), page 14 of the COREN decrees.
Engagè expatriate engineeYing personnel to do
engineering work when qualified Nigerian engineering Engineering Regulations Monitoring (ERM) inspectors have been
personnel are unemployed andavailable to be engaged to appointed all over Nigeria to fish out offenders.
do such work.
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Erngineering Practice in Nigeria 99

Regulation and Control of
98 The making of an Engineer recognition
i) It provides international wide range of employment
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COREN AND NIGERIAN It increases mobility across
with latest developments
SOCIETv OF ENGINEERS (NSE)
iv) Itkeeps the person abreast
The Nigerian Scciety of Engineers (NSE) is a voluntary It stimulates career development
satisfying work.
association established by the practitioners of the profesion Registration creates opportunities for
while the Council for. the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria
(COREN) is a statutory organ of Federal Government, ENGINEERS'CODE OF ETHICS
established by decree and concerned with certificate of perscns
profession in
for the purpose of practising the engineering Preamble
advance the honour and dignity of
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ENGINEERING the engineering profession and in
THE BENEFITS OF REGISTRATION OF ethical conduct:
serve with devotion
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employer, his clients and the public. prestige of the
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engineering profession.
and unworthy persons; advancement of
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professional may be judged on her ability to undertake
specific responsibilities;
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registered person and found him/her competent to be professional matters
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technoloaies statermets, and testimony.
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project will not be successful.
to meet legal requirements; detriment
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can be satisfied. of his regular work or interest, or without the
his employer.
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 Engineering Practice in Nigeria 111
io The making of an Engineer Regulation and Control of
was
amended Decree 27 (1992)
and COREN have gone into agreements to conduct joint Society of Engineers the for Registration of Engineers
accreditation to the polytechnic with a COREN nominee heading promulgated by which the Councilthe Council for the Regulation
(COREN) was renamed
each visitation. This Memorandum of Understanding has the in Nigeria
with fullpowers to register Control, and
advantage of cost saving for the NBTE, COREN and the of Engineering in Nigeria
conipliance.
polytechnics to achieve the objective of training regulation. The monitor and enforce
accreditation procedure, goals and objectives are similar to Monitoring (ERM) is astatutory
those of the universities. The only difference here is the The Engineering Regulations execution includesand involves
programme being accredited. function of COREN. However, its otherwise known as the
personnel
the whole engineering family comprises the
ENGINEERING REGULATIONS MONITORING (ERM) Engineering family. The engineering and craftsmen. Several
engineers, technologists, technicians,
PROGRAMME COREN in the
made by
attempts to address the ERM have been efforts include the various
past. The most remarkable of these
Introduction members of the enginering
The Nigerian Society of Engineers was established in 1958 with COREN Assemblies for sensitizing ERM and the various.
relevance and objectives of
the primary objective of providing a rallying forum for Nigerian family on the implementation. Of particular
Engineerstoaddress the problem of colonial marginalisation for problems militating against its Assembly / ERM Seminar of
the Abuja COREN
an increased participation in the policy formulation and physical importance were
of 9 November 1996.
development of the country. Since then, the Nigerian ergineer 17h October 1996 and ERM workshopERM as a corrective tool and
urgent need for
has recorded tremeDdous achievements in the areas of science, In recognition of the
as well as the current funding
protectionism,
engineering, and technology. Unfortunately, the Nigerian tool for professional Society of
engineer has had to cope with a very hostile environnment inadequacies in the environment, the Nigerianassistance to
approved to give maximum
OCcasioned by the invasion of the engineering profession by Engineers Council
latest by 1997. This
quacks and imposlors of all sorts. This has resulted in very p0or COREN in order to kick-start the programme, of inspectors in
the nÍmination and training
job standards, numerous abandoned projects everywhere, was followed_by
also heid at whicii he
structural failures, fires and outright.collapses. The unfortunate 1996. TWo COREN /NSE Workshops were
and procedures for the ERM were fine
Consequences have been the colossal waste of hüman and objectives, modalities
date for the ÉRM nationwide
kick-off
material resources and the tèrribly battered image and morale of tuned and apprOved. The
stages in setting the
state of
th¿ Nigerian engineer. The devastating effect of.thisin ahurry was thus set for 23 June 1997.The final Inspection
country production and testing of
affairs in slowing down the progress of a young scenè included the for Branch
Government. Thus, Questionnaires at special training workshops held
to develop quickly attracted the attention of inspectors nationwide on 17"
the Engineers (Registration, etc) Decree 55, (1970) was Chairman / resOurce persoFs and
promulgated. Unfortunately, the registration of engineers alone June 1997 and 19" June 1997 respectively.
could not stop the continuing bastrdization of the engineering ENGINEERING REGULATIONS MONITORING.
profession by quacks and the attendant consequences. Thus, COREN has establisheda network of
Inspectors headed in each
through further hard work and representations of the Nigerian
 Nigeria 115
114 The makingg of an Engineer Regulation and Controlof Engineering Practice in
Favo. Of
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(NYSC) members and Supervised Industrial Training
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establishn ents
training. The COREN Inspectors shall visit engineering
private and public se tors
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Monitoring of registration and engineering practice and and
questionnaire boo dets
identification and exclusion of quacks from engineering tocollect relevant data with the aid of the
designed for this purpose and other means that ma; be
practice and extirpation or use. of COREN engineering
titles by quacks. considered appropriate in order:
Monitoring of the Public sector in the Federation of Nigeria i) To obtain data on companies active in engine-ring
toensure adherence to the regulations and ensuring that practice in Nigeria
Laws
all members of the engineering family deployed therein i) To ascertain their compliance with Nigerian
the country
pertaining to Engineering practice in Ethics and Pract ce of
are registered by COREN to practice in Nigeria.
ii) To establish adherence to Codes of
MANDATE/ ACTIVITY OFMONITORINGUNITS Engineeringin Nigeria,in the public and national interest
economic
The monitoring Units shall: iv) To obtain manpower and technological data for
1 Locate and document establishments and personnel and and Social Engineering Planning
report to the Registrar. v) To establish the basis for imposition of sanctions against
2. Verify and monitor the professional competence of defaulters in compliance with Engineering Laws arnd
building approvalofficers. Regulations in Nigeria.
3. Act as COREN watchdogs on maintenance and upholding
engineering codes of practice in public works, prohibit THE ERM QUESTIONNAIRE AND SCORE SHEET
provisions,
default, and ensure that all such are in accordance with For theLIrpose of effective monitoring of the above aréas.
Engineering Design prepared by a Registered Engineer. the Questionnaire Booklet is divided into four (4) major
requirements of these areas and their weightings
4 Verify that organizations working in the area of The general
Engineering Contracting have at jeast, an active are listed in the followin, table:
Registered Engineer on their Board of Directors.
5. Observe and report cases of non-adherence to approved
engineering code of practice in respect of public and
private works to the Registrar.
6 Report alldefaults and contravention of COREN Decrees
to, the kegistrar.
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112 The making of an Engineer Requlation and Control of Engineering
sunmarized as follows:
of the many zones around the country by a chief Inspector. The practised in Nigeria in
Inspectors are very senior, experienced registered erigineers 1 To ensure that engineering isEngineeringpractice, in the
selected from branches of the Nigerian Society of Engineers in accordance with thecodes of protection of her
the various zones. These Inspectors, constituted into teams of interest of public safety, and for the
development and economic irvestments.
four or more members, are empowered to visit industrial and discipline and strict
Construction sites as well as company offices and work !ocations 2 To enforce the maintenance of
to ensure that COREN regulations are, being observed. Their standards of ethics in the practice of the engineering
indictment of any person or firm will lead to possible prosecution. profession in Nigeria.
relevant
3 To foster the speedy acquisition of a!!
Inspectors will ensure that: engineering and technological skills by Nigerians required
Allthose assigned engineering functions are engineering accelerating development effoits and effecting a speedy
personnel and are duly registered by COREN. modernization of Nigtia.
"All- registered engineering personnel have paid their 4 To minimize and, wíth time, eliminate engineering and
practising fees. technological dependenc of Nigeria on other countries.
Engineering personnel are not used for non-engineering 5. To minimize the enormous foreigri exchange leakage from
jobs when they can appropriately be engaged in Nigeria, resulting from existing domination of engineering
engineering funiction, and activities, particularly in the petroleum and construction
Consulting firms engaged by Industry or Government for sectors of the economy, by foreigners.
engineering jobs are fully registered by COREN. 6. To facilitate and expedite the positioning of the Nigerian
Engineering family to join in the global competition for
The Inspectors willalso ascertain that engineeringpersonnel not incomes accruable from international Engineering
yet registered by COREN are not employed on or promoted to Consultancy and Construction practice.
positiorns beyond the following levels: 7 To monitor and enforce compliance with Decree 55
of
Unregistered engineers NOT TO. BE APPOINTD OR 1970 as amended by Decree 27 of 1992, by all
PROMOTED BEYOND the ievei of Senior. Manager or practitioners of Engineering (engiiëering perSonne! and
equivalent (Grade Level 10). consulting firms) in Nigeria.
Unregistered technologists in engineering NOT TO BE.
APPOINTED OR PROMOTED BEYOND the level of REGULATIONS REQUIRING MONITORING
Principal Technologists (GL. 10). In addition to a higher order of insistence on acceptable
Unregistered technician NOT TO BE PROMOTED OR international standards in accreditation of Engineering
APPOINTED BEYOND the level of FOREMAN or Equivalent programmes and courses, Engineering Regulations requiring
(GL. 06) monitoring in the publicand national interest include:
AIMS AND OBJEcTIVESOF ERM Monitoriñg of private sector companies and institutions
offering
The aims and objectives of.ERM cuts through the objectives of offering engineering training, or capable of
engineering trainingor education.
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116 The making of an Engineer Regulation and Control of Engineering Practice
mandated to stop the
Areas Requirement Required Compl iance Score COREN ERM Inspectors are comply
A Corporate Ø Corporate registration of 160 implementation of any engineering projects that do not
with the COREN Project Ccntrol Form (PCF).
Information firm
Board appointment of
ERM
Engineers
Ø Proper appointment / The Administration mode of Oneration of theprogramme is
Promotion of engineering The Engineering Regulation Monitoring (ERM)
personnel being executed in collaboration with the Nigerian Society of
B Health Safety and to achieve the above-mentioned
Qua lity Asurance and 80 Engineers (NSE) in order
Environment Quality Control
objectives. The main organ of the Engineering Regulations
Monitoring programmes is the Regulations and Contro! Unit at
Procedures
Health Assurance and
Insurance Scheme COREN Headquarters, Abuja.
Ervironnmental The list of nominated engineering personnel to serve on the
Protection inspectorate is sent by NSE to COREN headquarters for
Current Activities g Standards,
Ethics of Practice
Codes and 40 approval. A workshop or seminar is thereafter organized by the
Ø Appointment of Heads of NSE Branch in the area concerned for the inspectors,
Engineering, Project engineering personnel on both private and government
Engineers and Site organization and Chief Executives of their employing
Agents establishment.
Ø Personnel approving
designs COREN SUPERVISED INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SCHEME
Professionalconduct
Ø Deans, Heads of IN ENGINEERING (SITSIE)
Departnents
Accreditation of WHAT IS SITSIE?
Programmes According to the COREN Handbook, the Supervised Industrial
D Professional .0 Continuing Professionai i20
Development, Development Training Scheme in Engineering (SITSIE) is a one ycar post
Promotion on programme for graduate training programme in a relevant industry, for an
Engireerirng & ençineering personnel engineeringgraduate of an accredited university or polytechnic,
Technolog, (attendance of courses, designed to' meet his/her practical experience requirements fo;
Adherence to seminars, onferences, the purpose of registration with COREN as a professional
Codes of Ethics professional bodies;
activities, etc.) engineer or an engineering technologist and for better technical
Ø Staff Performance orientation.
Awards
RATIONALE FOR SITSIE "
The developrment of engineering manpower is in three phases:
(a) Education
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118 The makingof an Engineer Regulation and Controlof Engineering Practice in Nigeria
universal and is
(b) Training The practice of engineering internship is advanced nations
(c) Experience common among most of the technological
many
such as USA, Germany, Russia and Japan. There areand no
The Council for the Regulation. of Engineering in Nigeria industrial variations within the engineering profession
Medicine and
(COREN) is involved in the ducation and Training phases. For school can adegquately cater for these variations.
law donot have to cope with such variaticns but Engineering has
Education, COREN prescribes standards and accredits academic Nigeria, it is
programmes the products of which are eligible för registration to. Thus, in the making of engineering personnel in
year internship programme be made
after they acquire furthet necessary practical training under the Suggested that a one
both be in
supervision of professionally registered engineers or other mandatory before the one year NYSC and that
registered engineering personnel. engineering establishment to provide suitable training.
OBJECTIVES OF THE SCHEME
COREN has also prescribed standards for training and is now
establishing away of ensuring that the set standards are attained SITSIE is intended to:
for the various cadres in the training of engineering manpower. ensure adequate training of engineering manpower to
Therefore, Supervised Industrial Training Schemein Engineering meet the nation's changiny industrial Heeds; and
(SITSIE) has been designed as an essential component of the b. inculcate good (standard) work ethics in the trainees
registration requirement in accordance with the provision of introduce them to the practical realities of the engineering
Decree 55 of 1970 and. 27 of 1992 (Amendment), and pYofession;
encompasses the young engineers and engineering C. create an awareness of the key role of engineering
technologists. It will give practical experience to new graduates manpower in nationaldevelopment.
of these twó cadres in the engineering profession. d. involve end users in the training and development of
engineering manpower, and
nation's
TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN ENGINEERING: e. ensure maximum and effèctive utilization of the
Every profession, such as Medicine,. Accounitancy, law, yQungengineering manpower.
Engineering, requires a minimum degree of classroom learning
to master its arts. This involves the acquisition of theoretical GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN THESCHEME
knowledge. Government Approval: The programme, SITSIE, hus been
After graduation, the budding professional is only conversant the
with the basic theory of his profession. He is required to gain carefully designed and approved by government to meet
some skills in his profession to become usefui. The way and above objectives.
manner in which skil is gained depends upon the profession. Incentives for Participating Establishments: There is a.
The second stage of development, that is, training bn thejob, in form of financial
includes orgànized activities .such as, apprenticeship, need for government to provide incentivesSITIE programme and
provisions for the organization of the
*attachment, housemanship, internship, article* and other requirement to enforce the effective
training programmes. legislative and policy
120 The making of an Engineer Requlation and Control of Engineering Practice in Nigeria 121

operation of these programmes in industry. notto any individual person or case) on this scheme.
This wil be in consonance with Section 3(3) of Decree 55 of 1970 b Approve, amend or otherwise, as it may deem fit
and 27 of 1992 (Amendment) which states inter alia".... The appropriate policies and financial rnatters from time to
Minister shall... give necessary inducement to private industries time.
providing adequate training facilities to engineers, enginearing C. Issue or make policy pronouncements on policy matters
technologists, technicians and craftsmen in training. relating to the scheme
Government shall make an enabling provision to ensure the d. Provide for funds for the execution of the scheme.
Success of the scheme by requiring every Engineering-based The technical aspects of the scheme shall be handled at
the
firm or company to contribute a stipulated percentage of its national level by a Technical Committee set up for the purpose by
profit for funding the scheme. COREN and shall comprise of COREN SITSIE following
Committee
members and the nominee from each of the
Content of training: The SITSIE has been training in design, organizations:
manufacturing, construction, operation and maintenance. Federal Ministry of Works
OPERATION OFTHE SITSIESCHEME i. Industrial Training Furnd (ITF)
The scheme shall.cover product of universities ànd polytechnics. iti National Youth Service Corp's (NYSC)
The period of supervised training shall be one year before the iv. National Directorate of Employment (NDE)
NYSC year. V. Federal CivilService Commission
At the end of the internship the trainee will be expected to have Vi. Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
acquired enough skills to enable him perform effectively in vii. Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries
subsequent appointment. During the training, the internship Mines andAgriculture (NACC1MA)
shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the employing vii. Nigeria. Employers. Consultative Assembly(NECA).
organization in all respect. Chairman of COREN SITSIE Committee shall be the Chairman of.
the Technical Committee
ADMINISTRATICN OF THE SCHEME
The scheme shall be operated. by COREN, its Technical The Committee's responsibilities include to:
Committee on SITSIE andState Implementation Panels. 1 Reviw, from time to time, the scheme for the approvalof
COREN
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE RELEVANT ORGANS OF THE 2. Organise accreditation visits to training establishment in
SCHEME collaboration with State Implementation Panels.
3. Considerthe reportsof State Implementation Panels on:
THE COUNCIL a perYormance and ertification of trainees;
The Council is the highest authority on SITSIE. Therefore, b. Problems encountered supervisors and trainees in
Council feserves the pOwer to: the field and proffer solutions;
a. Give to the TechnicalCommittée, directives of ageneral 4. Submit an annual programme and budget for the next
character or relating specifically to particular matter (but 30th of September
innncial uoar to Council nct later than
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Regulation and Control of Engineering Practice
of each year: the State Implementa'on fanc's.
5 Send delegations to training establishnent, as the need
arises, for verification purposes; SUPERVISORS
registered engine er or
Organize approved workshops/seminars, from time to The Supervisor should be a COREN a team of Super isors
time, on any aspect of the scheme to enable it make technologist. Each State shall have
1 . Implementation Panel. It
appropriate recommendations to the Council for the approved by CORENreporting to the
improvement of the scheme; shall be the resporsibility of a supervisor to undertake periodic
4 times a year) visits to the training
7 Perform any other duties assigned to it by the Council (at least quarterly, i.e. of each indi ridua!
locations order to examine the progress empovered
STATE IMPLEMENTATION PANELS (SIP) trainee and submit a repot. Thesupervisor shall bePersonnel in
An Implementation Panel in each State of the Federal will consist Engineering
to liaise directly with the Company's
of the following Seven (7) persons: charge of Training, inany manner likely to improve the quality of
COREN - 1member who shall.be Chairman training being receive by the trainee and report on the same.
State Ministry- 1 member maximum of twenty
Each Supervisor shall be responsible for a
ii
iii. State Civil Service Commission - 1 mernber
trainees. Supervisors shall be paid honoraria as approved by
Iv. ITF 1member
V. NYSC 1 member Council.
Vi. NDE 1member RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COREN REGISTRY
State Chamber of Commerce -1 member in rotation for 2 COREN
vii.
1. There shall be a separate department within aspects
years.
Registry to co-ordinate S1TSIE programme in all
to the
SIP shallbe charged withthe responsibility of 2. The Department shall be responsible consideration of
1. Co-ordinating the activitiesof the Supervisors, Registrar; therefore all matters for the
channelled through the.
2. Assigningof trainees to Supervisors; the organs of the scheme shall be
3 Facilitating accreditation visits to training establishment Registrar to them and vice-versa. separate bank
maintain
4. Receivingthe reports of supervisors on the trainees and 3. The fegistry will
account shall
preparing the reports of accreditation visit to training account (Hint for the SITSIE Scheme. This
establishments. for the consideration of the Technical be operated by the following; signatories:
Commiiee, a. The President of COREN
5. Liaising with the State Directorate of the National Youth b. The Registrar Technical Committee.
Service Corps on the posting of trainees to training C. The Chairman of the SITSIE
establishment to ensure that trainees are posted only to registry to keep proper records in
engineering establishments. It shall be the duty of the
and cause the account to be audited
income and relation to the account
SubmittËng quarterly report on Council.
yearly byafirm of auditors appointed by
5
expènditure and the claims on, the schemè all
for the settlement of
(allowances, honoraria, etc) for the attention of the 1. The Registry shallbe responsible
scheme.
approved bills relating to the
Registrar (Secretariat). Such claims may be, paid through
 Practice in Nigeria 125
Requlation and Control of Engineering
124 The making of an Engineer Councilthe issuance of "Certificate
Secretary Committee shall recommend to signed by the President
The Head of SITSIE Department shall be the approval, shall be
of Completion", which onto the trainee.
tothe Technical committee. and Registrar of Council,
PROCEDURE FOR THEOPERATIONOF THE SCHEME .FINANCING
contributions fromt Engineering
Funding shali be from mnandatory Government shall provide
Federal
POSTINGOF TRAINEES based Cornpanies. However, the
atake-off grant.
COREN is responsible for posting of graduates to the one year
internship SITSIE.
the National Youth
There is an understanding between COREN and
Service Corps Directorate for the postingof graduate engineers to only.
pYovides
engineering establishments and section 9A of Decree 27/92
Corps shal
that "The Directorate of the National Youth Service
communicate the location of graduate engineers and engineering
technologists to the Council".
THE TRAINEE AND THESTATE IMPLEMENTATION
supervisors
The State Implementation Panel with meet and a_signpurchase log
to trainees posted to the State who will be expected toThe SIP will
böok and the registration from for the scheme. scheme.
immediately open files for them and brief them on the
VISIT BY SUPERVISOR
a visit to the.
The COREN appointed SITSIE supervisor. shall pay
location of the trainee to have. a preliminary discussion with
He shall
immediate superyisor of the trainee in the establishment.
visit the trainee, at least once every quarter during the training
period.

TRAINEE REPORTS BY SUPERVISORS

The COREN appointed Supervisor and the in-house Supervisor
shall complete and certify the log.book for the trainee and the
required copies of deposited with the SIP which willforvward themto
me Registrar for the consideration of the Technical Committee
which, in turn shall consider it for appropriae recommendation to
the Council.
CERTIFICATION