The SA Institution of Chemical Engineers is a professional society dedicated to advancing the science and practice of chemical engineering.

• Provides opportunities for professional development of its members.
• Monitors chemical engineering education in South Africa.
• Provides continuing education programmes.
• Provides CPD accreditation.

• Regular conferences, courses, seminars, workshops and meetings through its branches in: Gauteng, Highveld, KwaZulu-Natal, Vaal and Western Cape.
• National and International conferences. Course accreditation at tertiary education institutions.
• Monthly Chemical Technology which contains technical articles and news items of interest to the process industry.
• Career guidance to schools, pupils and their parents.
• Liaison with similar organisations overseas.
• Liaison with engineering and scientific associations on subjects of interest to wider audiences.
• Recognised by ECSA as a Voluntary Association, category A.
• Provision of factual career information about chemical engineering to scholars, parents and teachers.
• Participation in the ongoing process of reviewing and updating Tertiary educational facilities and curricula for Chemical Engineering.
• The provision of guidance to recent graduates and to industry in the effective use of the engineer-intraining period, to the benefit of employee and employer.
• The improvement of the technical competence of our members through continuing education programs that include seminars, conferences, courses and plant visits. Most of these activities are conducted at branch level.
• The promotion of industrial sponsorship for Chemical Engineering departments at Universities and Technikons.
• The publication and distribution of the Chemical Technology magazine by Crown Publications for members of our Institution.
• Liaison with other Engineering Institutions in matters of general importance to engineers, including national issues that involve representations to Government and matters of public interest.
• Liaison between SAIChE and the WCEC connects our engineers to the international environment of Chemical Engineers.
• Attracting Technicians and Technologists to Chemical Engineering and the more effective utilization of Professional Engineers.
• Accreditation of CPD points to relevant chemical engineering activities.