Author: Engineering Council Sri Lanka

Engineering Council Sri Lanka Launches Technician Development Program: Prepared hand books for Electricians in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages. Inaugural Copy Presented to the President at IESL Annual Sessions on 24th October 2023.

A meeting was held on 2nd February 2023 with trade union representatives of the Technical Officers Union of Road Development Authority.

It was discussed the problems faced by the  Technical Officers in RDA for the registration in the ECSL. This also affected for their promotions. Chairman requested some information from them to further study the matter.

A seminar was held on 1st February at Jaic Hilton Colombo on “Electrical safety in Low Voltage Customer Premises.

This seminar was organized by the Electrical Sectional Committee of IESL. The resource person was Mr. Gopa Kumar , The Managing Director, Cape Electric (Pvt) Ltd. India.

The following were discussed;

Introduction of standards.

Fundamental safety standards.

Selection of items for electrical installation.

Technical requirements for Medical, Solar Power systems and Electrical Vehicle Charging Systems.

A meeting was called by the Education Minister Hon. Susil Premajayantha on 1st February 2023 to discuss the problems faced by the vocationally qualified persons to register in the ECSL.  

IESL organized a meeting on  19th January 2023 .with corporate sector heads to aware of the functions of ECSL. Chairman explained the functions and also had a Q & A session.

A meeting was held with the proposed electrical working group members on 23 January 2023 to uplift the standards of electricians in Sri Lanka.

Chairman attended as the Chief Guest of Institute of Insurance Motor Assessors and Engineers Sri Lanka, website launching on 21^st January 2023. (www.iimaesl.lk)