Registration as a professional natural scientist means you are regarded by your peers and by potential employers as highly skilled and having good technical knowledge and competence. Anyone employed as a natural scientist, be it academia, business, industry or consulting, must be registered with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP).
The natural sciences encompass a wide range of scientific fields covering all of the basic sciences and many of their applied derivatives.
You can be registered as a
- Professional Natural Scientist
- Candidate Natural Scientist
- Certificated Natural Scientist.
Find more information on the requirements, fees and registration process on the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions website