CHAPTER 1

BACKGROUND

1.0 Engineering Employment and Training

In 1998, I joined the Central Water Authority (CWA) as Technical Officer. My

duties consisted of site supervision, surveying works and reporting/assistance to
the Engineer.

I spent a short time at the Waste Water Management Authority (WMA) on a one
year contract basis (2000) where I dealt mainly with survey works before
returning back to the CWA.

I graduated from the University of Mauritius in 2013 after completing a BEng Civil
part time course. It was high time for me to rise to another level in my Civil
Engineering career.

I was recruited as Trainee Engineer at the CWA in August 2013 where I

completed my two years pre-registration training as stipulated by the Council of
Registered Professional Engineers Act 1965, in the Planning and Design
Department from August 2013 to August 2015. I was under the supervision of
Mr. S.P Mohungoo, Senior Engineer.

During my training, I was assigned several ongoing projects and new projects in
the South and East Section where I was involved from conception to their
commissioning.

This report recapitulates my involvement and training experience gained while

working under the supervision of a Registered Professional Civil Engineer at the
CWA for the period 01st August 2013 to 31st July 2015 for an eventual
registration with the council.
1.1 Time Utilisation

My traineeship at the CWA can be summarized as follows:

Engineering Design
Contract Management
Supervision of Works
Continuous Learning

The percentage of time allocated to the above activities is illustrated in the

following chart.

Continuous
Leaning, 5%

Engineering Design
Site Supervision , , 40%
30%

Contract
Management , 25%

FIGURE 1: T RAINEESHIP TIME UTILISATION