The Bolt and Engineering Distributors (B.E.D.) Group is extremely pleased to congratulate a number of its female employees around the country during August – which is women’s month in South Africa – as they celebrate various long-service milestones, ranging from 15 years with the company right up to 25 years.
The Board and team at the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC), together with local and international members and colleagues, mourn the loss of the SAISC’s CEO, Paolo Trinchero, who passed away on Sunday the 21st of August, at the age of 53, after a brave battle with cancer. Paolo was the CEO for the past 9 years, since 2013.
After 18 months in the making, the Dekra Institute of Learning (IOL) is proud to announce that its working at heights training course on a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) platform is live – with its PC-based 3D e-learning being a first in South Africa. This innovative course was developed and designed in partnership with software company Virtutec.
While many may still think that the cutting, welding and grinding industry is an exclusively male domain, five women in pivotal roles at First Cut – a leading South African provider of cutting, welding and grinding consumables and equipment – and its sister company Gas Safety International (GSI) show unequivocally that this is a commonly-held misperception.
As South Africa celebrates national women’s month in August, the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) explored the views of some of its well-known ‘women in steel’, who have flourished in this traditionally male-dominated industry. They encompass women of different ages, including the next generation of steel users, and work in careers across the steel value chain.
As South Africa celebrates national women’s month in August, leading multi-disciplinary engineering and construction company Grinaker-LTA believes that regularly acknowledging the contribution which women in construction make, is of great importance in ensuring gender diversity and equality in this typically male-dominated, tough and demanding sector.
Key stakeholders in the compressed gas industry recently held a safety conference in Johannesburg under the slogan, ‘Safety Unites’. It called for improved safety and training, and a revolutionary leak-prevention oxyfuel system was launched. Andre Schmidlin reports.
