GENERAL INFORMATION

·        Practical training complements the academic education of the prospective professional by adding knowledge and

        experience which are fundamental to the profession and can only be obtained in practice.
·        The candidate is solely responsible for obtaining such practical training and for furnishing proof thereof.
·        The training must take place under the supervision of a person, registered in a Professional Registration category with
        SACAP, equal to or above that of the candidate.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CANDIDATE

·        The candidate is responsible for completing the monthly training records on the application on the SACAP website.
·        The submission must be approved by the employer/mentor before being submitted to SACAP.
·        Submission must reach SACAP electronically, within two weeks of the end of each month.

DURATION OF TRAINING PERIOD

·        The length of the training period is a minimum of two years for persons registered as Candidate Architects, Candidate
        Senior Architectural Technologists and Candidate Architectural Technologist.
·        A minimum of three years for persons registered as Candidate Architectural Draughtspersons.
·        The period of internship shall commence only after a candidate has been registered by SACAP.

All Practical Training enquiries can be directed to the SACAP Professional Statutory Services (PSS) unit via the SACAP website www.sacapsa.com on the CONTACT US section.