Curriculum Vitae: Jaco Petzer


Position Professional Town and Regional Planner
Date of Birth 13 September 1973 (Nelspruit)
Qualifications
  • 1994: B.A. (Urban Geography / Urbanology): University of the Free State (UFS)
  • 1996: Master of Urban and Regional Planning (M.URP) (UFS)
  • 2002: Master in Property Science (M.PROP), (UFS)
Professional Activities
  • Professional Town Planner (Registration No. A/1142/1999)
  • Corporate Member of the SA Planning Institute (SAPI)
  • Member of the Geographical Information Society of South Africa (GISSA: Free State Branch)
  • Associate: LMV


  • Guest lectures:
    • Faculty Economic and Management Sciences, Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State (UFS)
    • Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Geography, UFS
    • Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State
  • External Assessor/ Moderator/ Examiner:
    • Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State (UFS): Urban Planning Practice, Advanced Urban Planning Practice, Basic Computer Practice: 30 M.Sc. Students
    • Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Management (CEM), North-West University (NWU): 1 x Master´s thesis (Geography and Environmental Management)
  • Part-time lecturer:
    • 2004: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State (UFS): Using Planet GIS
  • Study Leader/ Promoter:
    • 2005: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Building and Construction Management, University of the Free State (UFS): 1 x Honour´s dissertation
Vocational Experience
  • January 1996-May 1997: Vocational Expert Official: Department of Urban and Regional Planning (UFS), Bloemfontein, ZA
  • June 1997-April 2003: Town and Regional Planner (in Training), later Registered/ Professional Town and Regional Planner: Spatial Solutions Inc. (Town and Regional Planners and Environmental Specialists), Bloemfontein, ZA
  • May 2003-present: Consulting Professional Town and Regional Planner: LMV (Pty) Ltd. (Consulting Civil and Structural Engineers, Town and Regional Planners and Environmental Specialists), Bloemfontein Branch Office, ZA and Kroonstad Head Office, ZA


  • 1995: Attended course in ReGIS (Computer Foundation, Centurion, Pretoria)
  • 1999: Attended Traffic Provision Course (UFS)
  • 1999: Attended course in Business Plans (Central University of Technology)
  • 2000: Obtained Certificate: Estate Agency (CEA) (EAAB)
  • 2000: Attended Course in Agenda 21 Principles (UCT)
  • 2001: Attended the Young Planners Programme 2001, Enschede, Netherlands
  • 2001: Presentation at the 37th Annual International Congress of the International Society for Town and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP), Utrecht, Netherlands: Congress Theme: Honey, I shrunk the space: Planning in the Age of Information, Paper title: Gap matters in the local village: A case study on the "hut-wired" situation in QwaQwa in the Free State.
  • 2003: Attended course in Introduction to ArcGIS I (GIMS, Midrand, Johannesburg)
  • 2003: Attended course in Introduction to ArcGIS II (GIMS, Midrand, Johannesburg)
  • 2003: Attended course in basics of GIS / PlanetGIS (University of Pretoria)
  • 2005: Presentation: VII Annual GISSA Free State Conference: Congress Theme: Geo-Information Systems Working For South Africa, Presentation title: Compilation of Land Use Management Schemes using GIS
  • 2006: Presentation: VIII Annual GISSA Free State Conference: Congress Theme: GIS Working for You and Everybody Else, Presentation title: GIS in Urban Planning
  • 2009: Presentation (in collabaration with Mr. P J Potgieter of the University of the Free State): XI Annual GISSA Free State Conference: Congress Theme: GIS, open for everybody?, Presentation title: GIS in Urban Planning and Development

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