African Fusion March 2016

SAIW: Sean's comment

SAIW and SAIW Certification

SAIW President M Maroga - SAIW President Board members JR Williamson - Personal member T Rice - Personal member DJ Olivier - Personal member W Rankin - Personal member P Viljoen - PEMA A Koursaris - Personal member F Buys – Sasol Synfuels

I t is fitting toopen 2016 by congratulat- ing all the new SAIW graduates who received diplomas on March 12. Our IIWWelding Engineer, Welding Technolo-

gist and Welding Specialist courses, along with our SAIW Level 1 and Level 2 welding inspector qualifications are flagship courses for the Institute and the number of students has continued to grow over the years. We now hold seven graduation dinners per year to accom- modate all of our course graduates, three in Johannesburg, two in Durban and two in Cape Town – with a function planned for Secunda in the future as well. To further enhance this offering, we are modifying our longstand- ing SAIW Level 1 and Level 2 Inspector courses to bring them into line with the IIW inspection courses. Students have been able to add the IIW Standard Level Inspector certificate to their SAIW Level 2 Welding Inspector qualification if the candidatemet the appropriate IIWaccess conditions. But IIW are currently in the final stages of revising their inspection courses, so it is now an opportune time for us to fully align our courses to the IIW syllabus. This is in recognition of the need to enhance the value of our train- ing diplomas to qualify SAIW-trained inspectors for work in Africa and overseas. Our courses have always been tailored to the needs of the South African fabrication industry, and this will not change, but with the growth of industry north of our borders and the associated need for personnel with internationally recognised qualifications, we feel this change will enhance the career prospects and flexibility of SAIW graduates. We are also busy expanding our training offering during 2016, to include someof themodern technologies that are emerging. In the field of welding automation, for example, we are striving to develop closer links with the automotive sector to develop a robotic and automated welding course. The aim is to bring robot programming and welding procedure expertise together to allow robots to do more than follow a weld seam at the correct speed. On the NDT side, we are making further investments to upgrade our equipment, particularly new UT equipment, in order to enhance the value of our product offering. We will also be installing new NDT equipment in our recently opened KZN branch in Durban to enable us to offer a wider range of courses in that region. We remain determined to establish courses on the modern NDT techniques: phased array ultrasonic’s; eddy current testing; time-of-flight diffraction (ToFd); and digital radiography, all of which we hope to be offering in the near future. The newKZNbranchhas already been a success andour inspection and NDT courses are now running in purpose built facilities, instead of having to use local conferencing venues. The branch model also enables SAIW to extend its reach to better service industry in different parts of the country and we are looking to extend this model by open- ing a fourth branch in Mpumalanga to provide a more local service to the region’s power and petrochemical industries. May I also remind all members of our AGM, which will take place on May 20 at the Institute’s City West premises in Johannesburg. So if you are passionate about the welding industry and have some ideas about how SAIW can become more relevant to the broader welding industry in these difficult times, we would love to see you on May 20. Sean Blake

G Joubert - SAISI J Pieterse - Afrox J Zinyana - Personal member L Breckenridge - CEA A Paterson - University of the Witwatersrand J Tarboton – SASSDA

SAIW Certification Governing Board G Joubert - Chairperson, ArcelorMittal

A Koursaris - SAIW F Buys - SAQCC IPE S Blake – SAIW D Olivier - SAQCC CP

R Williamson - Service Industry P Viljoen - Fabricator’s Board W Rankin - Velosi J Zinyana - New Age Welding Solutions P Bruwer - Sasol Synfuels M Moraga - Eskom S Moodly - SAPREF B Beetge - Sentinel Inspection SAIW Foundation Board M Maroga: Chairperson - Eskom S Blake - SAIW P Pistorius - University of Pretoria

S Jordaan - Steinmüller P Venter – ArcelorMittal J Pieterse- Afrox

SAIW and SAIW Certification representatives

Executive director S Blake Tel: (011) 298-2101 Fax: (011) 836-6014 sean.blake@saiw.co.za

Training services manager S Zichawo Tel: (011) 298-2148 Fax: (011) 836-4132 shelton.zichawo@saiw.co.za Qualificationandcertification manager H Potgieter Tel: (011) 298-2149 herman.potgieter@saiw.co.za

Executive secretary D Kreouzi

Tel: (011) 298-2102 Fax: (011) 836-6014 dimitra.kreouzi@saiw.co.za Finance and administration manager M Warmback Tel: (011) 298-2125 Fax: (011) 836-4132 michelle.warmbank@saiw.co.za

SAIW regional representatives

Western Cape representative L Berry

KZN representative A Meyer Tel: 083 787-5624 anne.meyer@saiw.co.za

Tel: (021) 555-2535 Fax: (021) 555-2517 liz.berry@saiw.co.za

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