MechChem Africa May-June 2022

⎪ Maintenance and asset management ⎪

WearCheck: Empowering the maintenance workforce Steven Lumley of WearCheck presents an outline of the company’s training offering and urges companies operating in all industries to invest in their maintenance staff so as to optimise condition monitoring programmes and maximise returns on equipment investments.

WearCheck training consultant Jan Backer (second from left) conducts oil analysis training courses in Klipspruit for delegates fromMoolmans.

T heconditionmonitoringsector isone that isconstantlyevolving and developing to incorporate innovation and boost efficiency. It is for this reason that ongoing training is essential to keep maintenance crews at the forefront of technological advance ments within the industry. WearCheck’s technical manager, Steven Lumley, who oversees the company’s training programme, believes that companieswhere staff are notwell trainedinthe latestmaintenancetechniqueswillbehamperedby the diminishing effectiveness of their condition monitoring programme. Says Lumley, “We urge companies operating in all industries to invest in training their staff to optimise their return on investment in condition monitoring. AllWearCheck’s courses complywith lockdown regulations to ensure the safety of delegates and staff. Please contact us to confirm whetherthecourseswillbeheldatavenueoronline,aswestrivetocomply with pandemic regulations.” Oil analysis andconditionmonitoring trainingcourses are targetedat maintenancepractitionersoperatingatvarious levelswithinanorganisa tion. Many of these courses earn valuable CPD (continuing professional development) points for delegates. Oilanalysiscoursesarerunattwolevels,OilAnalysis1:Understanding oil and its analysis; andOil Analysis 2: Report interpretation. A specialist two dayworkshop onWind TurbineOil Analysis is also available. Other condition monitoring training courses run by WearCheck in clude:PrecisionShaftAlignment;PrecisionBalancing;VibrationAnalysis (ISO CAT I, ISO CAT II and ISO CAT III); Asset Reliability Practitioner coursesatadvocate (ARP-A), engineer (ARP-E) and leader (ARP-L) levels; as well as WearCheck Practical (English/Zulu), WearCheck Customised andAsset Reliability Practitioner courses. WearCheck has been an accredited training partner for the inter

nationally-acclaimed Mobius Institute since 2015. Mobius condition monitoring courses are presented at various venues throughout Africa, and many of them have an online option. When booking, please confirm date and venue, as some of these details may change due to COVID-19 restrictions. For more information or to book a Mobius training course, please contact Louis Peacock on +27 82 4949461 or louisp@wearcheck.co.za. www.wearcheck.co.za

Boniface Yuwama (second from left) handles sales and technical support for WearCheck Zambia. Here he is conducting training for delegates from Unitrans in Zambia.

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