Featured Surveying Discussions - Land Surveyors United - Global Surveying Community2024-03-29T05:38:52Zhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveyorsafrica/forum/feed/featuredTROUBLED LANDhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveyorsafrica/forum/troubled-land2013-03-20T13:22:36.000Z2013-03-20T13:22:36.000ZMathews Obierohttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/MathewsObiero<div><p>I personally think that land problems in Africa and in particular Kenya, were started by the colonialists. In Kenya's case, the Queens administration awarded Her loyalist PRIME land and even displaced certain communities like can be seen in COAST and RIFT VALLEY. Most landless Kenyans have been rendered as squatters in their own land. Now, I suggest that the same QUEEN family should undo what SHE started in order that land problems are solved amicably in Kenya and indeed the rest of Africa where colonials started land and resource wars!....I invite your contributions to share your thoughts.</p></div>Regional Surveyor Bans Activities of Free Land Surveyorshttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveyorsafrica/forum/regional-surveyor-bans-activities-of-free-land-surveyors2014-10-18T00:12:44.000Z2014-10-18T00:12:44.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><p><a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo/are-you-ready-1" target="_self"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}1200682102,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="35%" class="align-right" /></a>The Deputy Regional Surveyor South, Ministry of Lands Country Planning and the Environment, Joseph John Kpanabom has said recently in Bo that all free land surveyors should with immediate effect cease operations in the Southern Region.  These Surveyors, Mr. Kpanabom reiterated have no legitimate authority to carry out surveying exercises,  nor are they employees of  the Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment.</p>
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<p>He warned that any free land surveyor who contravenes this order will have no option but to face the full force of the law.</p>
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<p>Speaking to Awareness times, the Deputy Regional Surveyor advised the general public including the land owning and holding families to always call on the Ministry for land survey exercises.</p>
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<p><a href="http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200526426.shtml" target="_blank">Read More on Awareness Times</a></p>
</div>Land transaction in Kenyahttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveyorsafrica/forum/land-transaction-in-kenya2013-02-24T14:03:10.000Z2013-02-24T14:03:10.000ZMathews Obierohttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/MathewsObiero<div><p><a target="_self" href="{{#staticFileLink}}1200663365,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}1200663365,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="750"/></a></p></div>creating a local office in africahttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveyorsafrica/forum/creating-a-local-office-in-africa2012-08-17T16:38:57.000Z2012-08-17T16:38:57.000ZJ-Philippe BODIN www.jpbgeo.frhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/JPhilippeBODINwwwjpbgeofr<div><p>Hello</p><p>I am owning my own land surveying company based in France.</p><p>wich country will be the best to setting up a local office</p><p>thank you</p><p>jean-philippe BODIN</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jpbgeo.fr">www.jpbgeo.fr</a></p></div>Surveyors of Africa: Meet Your New Leaderhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveyorsafrica/forum/surveyors-of-africa-meet-your-new-leader2011-11-11T22:28:00.000Z2011-11-11T22:28:00.000ZSkip Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/SkipFarrow<div><p><a target="_self" href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/profile/RolitaRodeLacock"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}1200637623,original{{/staticFileLink}}"/></a>Our <a rel="nofollow" href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/group/surveyorsafrica" target="_self">Africa Land Surveyors Group</a> has a new moderator and discussion leader. Allow me to introduce to you the ultra talented Rolita Rode la Cock of South Africa. As a surveying technician and surveying teacher in South Africa, Rolita has been involved with the surveying industry on many levels, including working for the Surveyor Generals of Africa from 1986-1992. We caught up to Rolita and had a chance to learn more about her history and interesting career as a professional land surveyor and this is what we learned.<br/><br/></p><blockquote><a target="_self" href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo/dscf7988"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}1200637727,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="1st year surveying students" width="300"/></a>In South Africa, surveyors have to register with a professional body called <a href="http://www.plato.org.za/" target="_blank">Plato</a> and you can find me there under my surname of CRomhout under the technicians. At times it can be said with confidence that we survey even harder than the proffesional land surveyors, as many just sit in the office and send the technicians to do the actual field work....LOL ... thats the way the cookie crumbles over here..<br/><br/>I qualified in 1989 with a National diploma in Surveying (learn more about that <a href="http://info.cput.ac.za/prospectus_3/qual_new.php?q=250&f=6" target="_blank">here</a>) at the then, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape_Technikon" target="_blank">Cape Technikon</a>. I then worked for the surveyor generals office from 1986 till 1992<br/><br/>Then i made history as the first hydrographer and first female in the field of hydrographic surveys ( see <a href="http://www.gwarmanpublications.co.za/" target="_blank">SA shipping news & fishing industry review</a> of August 1992 pg 15). During this time I was still Rolita Rode and working for Pornet Dredging Services in the port of Durban.<br/><br/>From there I found husband No. 1 and changed my surname to Cromhout and we relocated to East Londen in the eastern Cape province in 1997, here i worked as survey technician for the municipality doing various land based surveys.<br/><br/><a target="_self" href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/photo/dscf7980?xg_source=activity"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}1200637747,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="1st year surveying students South Africa" width="300"/></a>I then moved to Cape Town and stared working for the Cape Technikon as survey technician in Aug 1999, they have merged with Pentech and the name changed to CPUT (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cput.ac.za/" target="_blank">Cape Peninsula University of Technology</a>).<br/><br/>I am currently still employed by them, and my name changed to Rolita Rode La cock during this time. I completed my Bachelors of Technology degree in surveying in 2010 at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cput.ac.za/" target="_blank">CPUT</a>.<br/><br/>I have co-authored 3 conference papers the first was for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www0.sun.ac.za/heltasa/mod/resource/view.php?id=41" target="_blank">HELTASA in 2009</a> in Johannesburg, the second was this year at the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://africageo.org/" target="_blank">AfricaGeo conference in Cape Town</a> and the 3rd one must still be presented at ICEBE conference in cape town between the 21-22 Nov 2011.<br/><br/>I am also an external moderator for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.html" target="_blank">UNISA</a>. I have also completed my teachers development program this year at CPUT.<br/><br/>If you have any questions or ideas for the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/group/surveyorsafrica" target="_self">Africa Surveyors Support Group</a>, you can get in touch with Rolita via <a rel="nofollow" href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/profile/RolitaRodeLacock" target="_self">her profile on Land Surveyors United</a> or through twitter at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/The_Rola" target="_blank">@The_Rola</a></blockquote></div>State of Surveying in Ghanahttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveyorsafrica/forum/state-of-surveying-in-ghana2010-11-09T03:54:57.000Z2010-11-09T03:54:57.000ZJaybirdhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Jaybird<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">Ghana Surveying Background</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><b>Surveyors in Ghana</b> possess property-related degrees (or diplomas) in land economy, building technology, estate management and real estate finance. They are members of the <b><a href="http://www.ghisonline.org/">Ghana Institution of Surveyors</a></b> (GhIS), which was established on 28th February 1969. It has three groups of surveyors, namely <b>quantity surveyors</b> (QS), <b>land surveyors</b> (LS) and estates and valuation services surveyors (EVS). Surveyors could be fellows, full members (also called professional associates) or technician members depending on, <em>inter alia,</em> education, experience and service to GhIS.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">The <b>GhIS</b> has a total membership of <b>631 surveyors</b> working in 126 registered firms for EVS (56), QS (58) and LS (17) services. The estates and valuation services surveyors are in the majority, perhaps because they have the widest scope of activities depicted in their more popular name, ‘general practice surveyors’. Of the total EVS membership of 272, 146 are professional members, 54 are fellows and 72 are technician surveyors. There are 221 quantity surveyors, of which, 35 are fellows, 135 are professional associates and 51 are technical quantity surveyors. The <b>land surveyors</b> are in the minority with 148 members, with 17 fellows, 64 members and 37 technicians (GhIS 2009).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">The role of the GhIS as stated on its official website is <em>inter alia</em> ‘to secure the advancement and facilitate the acquisition of that knowledge which constitutes the profession of a Surveyor’ and ‘to secure the well-being and advancement of the profession of surveying and its members’ (GhIS 2008).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana">It is important to evaluate these claims. The existing studies in Ghana are inadequate for this purpose. Our recent study</span><a name="_ftnref" id="_ftnref"></a> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana">in which we surveyed the literature on housing, land and property studies, showed that housing-related studies in Ghana centre on</span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">land management practices, the problems in the land market, customary land law, insecurity of tenure and the underdeveloped secondary mortgage market in Ghana. Other studies examine the development of gated communities, the role of remittances, housing policy and affordable housing<a name="_ftnref" id="_ftnref"></a>. Even among unionists, a study of the work conditions of surveyors in Ghana does not exist, and the Construction and Building Workers’ Union, affiliated to the Ghana Trade Union Congress (GTUC), does not focus the activities of surveyors, rather artisans and construction workers (Biritwum and Martens, 2008).<a name="_ftnref" id="_ftnref"></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana">The closest studies to verify the claims by GhIS were those arising from our work which examined the probation period for <b>surveyors</b></span><a name="_ftnref" id="_ftnref"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana">. These studies revealed</span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">poor labour practices, unfulfilled expectations, and exploitation of those being trained to become surveyors through the GhIS. We now seek to extend this research to assess the conditions under which surveyors work and how professionally they perform <b>surveying services in Ghana</b>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><b><u>Objectives of the Study</u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">This research has</span></u></b> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><b><u>two aims:</u></b> first, to assess the general level of professionalism among estate and valuation surveyors in Ghana and second, to make an informed prediction of the future of the surveying profession.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="line-height: 26px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Significance and Innovation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">This is the first study of the state of professionalism and work conditions of surveyors in Ghana. The study is useful for the <em>surveying profession</em> because it would shed light on the conditions under which surveyors work and how professional they are, which would provide a basis for reforming the sector. Second, it gives the opportunity for prospective surveyors (<a href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/group/studentsurveyors">student surveyors</a>) to reflect on their experiences as they would take part in the study (see methodology). Third, the surveying workers themselves stand to gain as the findings of the study could contribute to a process of</span> <strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal">‘conscientisation’ in which they would not be passive recipients but active workers with a deeper understanding of the social reality which shapes their lives and of their capacity to shape that reality (Gran, 1983)</span></strong><a name="_ftnref" id="_ftnref"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">. The study would therefore contribute to improved living standards through decent work and greater professionalism.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">Nationally</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">, an improvement the delivery of surveying related services would provide clients with the knowledge and advice on how to avoid the many housing related problems in Ghana. Again, the GTUC may find the piece useful and may potentially help to create some desire among surveyors to unionise and congregate under the umbrella of GTUC, which would ultimately help in greater satisfaction in their professional work. Overall, the study is of use to the surveying profession, workers and the people of Ghana, and by extension, useful to RICS which works closely with GhIS.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><em>Researchers/Investigators</em></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><em>Franklin Obeng-Odoom</em></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><em>Stephen Ameyaw</em></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><em>This Article was originally posted on <a href="http://urbandev.ning.com/notes/Ongoing_Research:_The_State_of_Surveying_in_Ghana">Urban Development Blog</a> which is no longer available</em></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align:justify"><a name="_ftn1" id="_ftn1"></a> <span style="font-size:8.0pt" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Obeng-Odoom F, ‘Real estate agency in Ghana: a suitable case for regulation?’, <em>Regional Studies</em> (in press).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align:justify"><a name="_ftn2" id="_ftn2"></a> <span style="font-size:8.0pt" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">A study of the resumes of the leading researchers here, like Kasim Kasanga, Richard Grant, Graham Tipple, Konadu Agyemang, Felix Hammond, Adarkwa Antwi, Kwesi Yankson and Raymond Talinbe, confirms the themes around which their studies have been.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align:justify"><a name="_ftn3" id="_ftn3"></a> <span style="font-size:8.0pt" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Biritwum A and Martens P, 2008, ‘The challenge of globalization, labor market restructuring and union democracy in Ghana’, <em>African Studies Quarterly,</em> vol. 10, nos. 2-3.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align:justify"><a name="_ftn4" id="_ftn4"></a> <span style="font-size:8.0pt" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Obeng-Odoom F ‘The political economy of becoming a surveyor in Ghana’, <em>Housing Policy Debate</em> (under review) and Obeng-Odoom F, Making professionals out of surveying graduates through the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS)- A critical assessment, <em>Survey Review</em> (under review).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><a name="_ftn5" id="_ftn5"></a> <span style="font-size:8.0pt; line-height:200%;font-family:Verdana">Gran G, 1983, <em>Development by people. Citizen construction of a just world,</em> Praeger, New York.</span></p>
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<h3>Tit-Bits On Ghana</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.ghanadistricts.com/" target="_blank">Ghana Districts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ghana.gov.gh/ghana_at_a_glance">Ghana at A Glance</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ghana.gov.gh/">Ghana Government Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bog.gov.gh/" target="_blank">Bank of Ghana</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ppbghana.org/" target="_blank">Public Procurement Board</a></li>
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<h3>Related Links</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.rics.org/" target="_blank">The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fig.net/" target="_blank">International Federation of Surveyors</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.casle.org/" target="_blank">The Commonwealth Association Of Surveying And Land Economy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aaqs.org/" target="_blank">Africa Association of Quantity Surveyors</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.icoste.org/" target="_blank">International Cost Engineering Council</a></li>
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</div>Civil Engineering Jobs in 20 Countries Throughout Africahttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveyorsafrica/forum/civil-engineering-jobs-in-202011-02-11T19:49:32.000Z2011-02-11T19:49:32.000ZSkip Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/SkipFarrow<div><p> </p><p><a target="_self" href="{{#staticFileLink}}1200617405,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}1200617405,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="200"/></a>H.P. GAUFF Ingenieure – a member of the Gauff Group – belongs to the most successful German engineering companies and to the leading engineering companies in Eastern and Southern Africa.</p><p>Today, we are permanently represented in <strong>more than 20 countries in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://landsurveyorsunited.com/group/surveyorsafrica" target="_self">Africa</a></strong>.</p><p>We are looking for colleagues who are highly motivated and possess a considerable degree of independence with a desire to contribute to the infrastructure development in Eastern and Southern Africa together with us.</p><p>We offer excellent opportunities for development and a wide scope of interesting activities within a multicultural framework.</p><p>Due to the expansion of our activities in Eastern and Southern Africa, we are looking for:</p><p><span><strong>1. Branch/Country Manager for countries in East/Southern Africa</strong></span></p><p>* BSc/MSc Civil Engineering<br/> * Registered in East and/or Southern Africa<br/> * Experience in management, min. 15 years whereof min. 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa</p><p><span><strong>2. Project Manager</strong></span></p><p>* BSc/MSc Civil Engineering/ Construction management<br/> * Registered in East and/or Southern Africa<br/> * Experience in Contract/Project Management, min. 15 years whereof min. 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa</p><p><span><strong>3. Highway Engineer – Design</strong></span></p><p>* BSc/MSc Civil Engineering<br/> * Registered in East and/or Southern Africa<br/> * Experience in road Design, min. 10 years whereof min. 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa</p><p><span><strong>4. Highway Engineer – Resident Engineer</strong></span></p><p>* BSc/MSc Civil Engineering<br/> * Registered in East and/or Southern Africa<br/> * Experience as Resident Engineer in road projects, min. 10 years whereof min.5 years in sub-Saharan Africa</p><p><span><strong>5. Materials Engineer</strong></span></p><p>* BSc/MSc Civil Engineering<br/> * Registered in East and/or Southern Africa<br/> * Experience as Materials Engineer in road projects, min. 10 years whereof min. 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa</p><p><span><strong>6. Water Supply/Sanitation Engineer</strong></span></p><p>* BSc/MSc Civil Engineering – Water/ Sanitation speciality<br/> * Registered in East and/or Southern Africa<br/> * Experience in Water Supply/Sanitation projects, min. 10 years whereof min. 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa</p><p><span><strong>7. Electrical/Mechanical Engineer</strong></span></p><p>* BSc/MSc Electrical or Mechanical Engineering<br/> * Registered in East and/or Southern Africa<br/> * Experience in electrical/mechanical design, min. 10 years whereof min. 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa</p><p><strong><span>8. Land Surveyor</span></strong></p><p>* BSc/Adv. Diploma Land Surveying<br/> * Registered Surveyor in East and/or Southern Africa<br/> * Experience in surveys for Roads, Water Supply schemes, other infrastructure, min. 10 years whereof min. 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa</p><p><span><strong>9. Personal Assistant/Secretary</strong></span></p><p>* Diploma in Secretarial Studies/Business Administration<br/> * Fluent in English (French would be an added benefit)<br/> * Experience in MS Office programs and document management, min. 10 years</p><p>Application together with CV, current residency and telephone contact should be received in electronic form only at the address below latest on 18th February, 2011</p><p>Email: <span><strong>jbgeastafrica@gauff.com</strong></span></p><p>For more information, please consult their website at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gauff.com">www.gauff.com</a></p><p> </p></div>