ITC-SA Memberships
As a company, being an ITC-SA member demonstrates your proven competence, professionalism, commitment to following industry standards and service delivery in line with the ITC-SA’s code of conduct.
The ITC-SA offers the following membership options for companies:
System members develop and support Software to design nail plated roof trusses as well as supply the specified nail plates and joiners.
The System members Software must be independently verified by ITC-SA recognised experts in the field that are also ECSA registered Engineers in the Civil Engineering discipline to ensure that the System’s software generates designs that are fully compliant with all relevant Standards and Regulations.
The System members contract with the ITC-SA to ensure that specified minimum Engineering and other technical support is provided to any Fabricators that they may licence with their software. This helps to ensures that specified minimum technical standards are met by all ITC-SA Fabricator members. This assists Professional Engineers in assessing rational designs of roofs erected by ITC-SA Fabricator members.
ITC-SA Fabricator members are licenced by the ITC-SA System members to utilise their Software in order to design and then fabricate timber roof trusses in compliance with SANS 10400 Part L.
All joiners and ancillary structural components of the fabricated truss are also supplied by the licencing System to the Fabricator member and as such are certified by the system to perform their design function when utilised as specified. Fabricator member companies undergo routine compliance audits by ITC-SA appointed independent experts to ensure that all relevant standards and regulations are met.
Erector member companies are expert roof erection companies that have undertaken to ensure that they only erect roofs that have a rational design or are deemed to satisfy with SANS 10400 Part L table 4.
Erector member companies also ensure that all of their erection teams only erect timber roofs under the supervision of an individual with the South African Qualification Authorities (SAQA) recognised Professional Designation of a Certified Roof Erector. Erector member companies undergo routine independent audits by the ITC-SA or their appointed expert auditor, to ensure that their erections are done in compliance with all applicable Standards and Regulations. All roofs erected by Erector members must be clearly and indelibly marked with a mark that includes their ITC-SA CoC number so as to ensure traceability.
Timber Builder company members have demonstrated competence and capacity to construct timber buildings in full compliance with SANS 10082, 10163, 10160 and all other applicable legislation, regulations and SANS.
Timber Builder members maintain a valid registration with the NHBRC and undergo routine compliance audits by ITC-SA appointed independent experts to ensure that all relevant standards and regulations are met.
For individuals, being a member of the ITC-SA validates your professionalism and ethical accountability through your association with the values and standards that form the basis of the ITC-SA’s code of conduct.
Your ITC-SA membership demonstrates your proven technical competence in your field through academic qualification, work experience and continuous professional development.
Our SAQA recognised Professional Designations validate your specialised skills and knowledge, your adherence to the ethical standards enforced by the profession and acknowledge your commitment to maintaining that competence in the future.
Membership builds trust with clients and industry stakeholders, and has great potential to enhance your professional reputation, lead to improved career opportunities and give you greater influence within your organisation and the opportunity to connect with other professionals in the industry.
The ITC-SA offers the following memberships options to individuals
The Institute for Timber Construction of South Africa (ITC-SA) gives recognition as VA members to Engineers registered with ECSA as Professional Engineers or as Professional Engineering Technologists in the Civil Engineering Discipline that have experience in the design and specification of timber roof trusses or timber structures, have an interest in developing this experience and knowledge and ascribe to the purpose of the ITC-SA.
Verifying competence in the Engineering field is the sole responsibility of ECSA. As such ECSA registered VA members of the ITC-SA are assumed to have proven competence in the civil engineering discipline. It is the Engineers responsibility to ensure that they do not take responsibility for any timber structure that they do not have absolute certainty of compliance in. (in accordance with the ECSA code of conduct)
It is a condition of membership of the ITC-SA that Engineering members may only issue certificates for timber roof structures on the ITC-SA Digital Roof Loading Certificate (DRLC) platform. All published DRLC will be charged for and stored on the ITC-SA database and will remain accessible to the ITC-SA. Engineering members are required to have adequate current Public Indemnity (PI) in place that they will need to keep up to date on their ITC-SA membership profile which is accessible on the ITC-SA website.
A Certified Timber Roof Truss Designer (timber roof structure) is a practicing designer who will traditionally come from the built environment and who must have passed the prescribed ITC-SA examinations as well as the prescribed System Software courses.
Prior experience in roof design and construction, and registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa as an Engineering Technician will be beneficial to the Certified Timber Roof Truss Designer, but will not be compulsory.
The Professional Designation of Certified Roof Erector is awarded to individuals that have a formal training background in Carpentry and have gained documented work experience and training in correctly erecting Prefabricated Roof Trusses.
Certified Roof Erectors also need to undergo routine audits by independent experts to ensure that their work remains fully compliant with all relevant standards.
ITC-SA approved Engineers appoint and train Inspectors to inspect roof structures.
The Engineers accept responsibility for the design and structural stability of the roofs after inspection and approval of the roofs by the Inspectors. This process is in compliance with Regulation A19 of the National Building Regulations, which then enables the home owner to obtain an occupancy certificate from the local authority.
For further inquiries, or if you would like to arrange a presentation for your employees and or division, please do not hesitate to contact us: enquiries@itc-sa.org
