After enjoying observer status at CAETS for a number of years, the Executive Committee of SAAE  applied for membership of CAETS on 27 November 2008. In terms of the CAETS Constitution and Rules of Procedure, a delegation of two CAETS representatives visited South Africa in June 2009 to assess SAAE’s application prior to it being submitted to the CAETS Board of Directors. Various current and past SAAE Executive Committee Members assisted the CAETS Delegation to meet the stakeholders that they selected.   The CAETS Council Meeting on 17 July 2009   unanimously accepted SAAE as the 26^th member Academy