African Fusion March 2015

SAIW: Jim's comment

SAIW and SAIW Certification

SAIW President M Maroga - SAIW President Council 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 - TÜV

M ostofyouwillknow by now that I have retired and will be leaving this post at the end March. I started inDecember 2000 and, on reflection, I

G Joubert - SAISI J Pieterse - Afrox J Zinyana - Personal member L Breckenridge - CEA A Paterson - University of the Witwatersrand W Scurr - SASSDA J Botha - SAISI Technology and Training Board P Venter - Chairperson, ArcelorMittal SAIW Certification Governing Board G Joubert - Chairperson, ArcelorMittal A Koursaris - SAIW F Buys - SAQCC IPE J Guild - SAIW D Olivier - SAQCC CP R Williamson - Consultant/Service Industry P Viljoen - Fabricator’s Board W Rankin - Velosi J Zinyana - New Age Welding Solutions P Bruwer - Sasol Synfuels

Jim Guild Finally to Sean Blake who takes over from me in April. There is still much to be done but you are now at the helm of an organisation which is recognised as a leader in its field and that has the provisions for significant future growth. You have the experience and thewisdom to take the SAIW to unprecedented heights and I look forward to your and your teams’ future successes. Congratulations and good luck! A thank you from Crown African Fusion was JimGuild’s idea. When he first joined at the Institute in 2000, SAIW and Crown cooperated to produce Welding Handbooks. Following increasing success of theWelding feature inMechanical Tech- nology, Guild suggested expanding the feature into a welding journal, partially sponsoredby SAIW. The first issuewas produced in June 2006. For consistently overseeing the quality and content of the maga- zine, for the support given to Crown, African Fusion readers and to the broader welding industry, thank you JimGuild. We believe youdeserve a long and happy retirement. Karen Grant, Jenny Warwick and Peter Middleton must say that I have enjoyed this job immensely. I have enjoyed the challenges, the achievements and, most of all, working with the very special people that have been connected in oneway or another to this Institute and to me through my job as its executive director. When I began 14 years ago the SAIWwas a very small organisation with no international recognition of its courses and reliant almost exclusively on sponsorship for its viability. Today the picture is some- what different. Our courses are recognised internationally, we have more than doubled our training population and, while we still have an excellent relationshipwith our sponsors, our level of self-generated income has improved greatly with the financial reserves now at an appropriate level for significant future development. For details of themore importantmilestones of the last 14 years you can read the “Changing of the Guard” article inside but, in summary, I am particularly pleased with the respect we have gained in Africa and globally as a welding training organisation; the Young Welder of the Year competition, which saw a record entry this year is helping to show the youth of South Africa that welding is an excellent career; the growth of our activities in the regions; the improvements in our training facilities and our premises and the establishment of the SAIW foundation, whichwill become an industry vehicle for social upliftment and development. Regarding this journal and our communications in general there have been significant improvements over the years. African Fusion has helped give the industry at large an opportunity to keep up to speed with technical and global welding news and issues, while our news- letter, Fusion , has played its role in disseminating SAIW and industry information to our members and the welding industry in general. I want to thank all those who have helpedme in this job – the vari- ous SAIWcouncils and presidents, the great SAIW team, our members, our industry contacts and all our dedicated suppliers – I couldn’t have done the job without you.

M Moraga - Eskom S Moodly - SAPREF B Beetge - Sentinel Inspection

SAIW and SAIW Certification representatives

Qualificationandcertifica- tionmanager H Potgieter Tel: (011) 298-2149 potgieterh@saiw.co.za Technical services and training manager S Blake

Executive director JC Guild Tel: (011) 298-2101 Fax: (011) 836-6014 guildj@saiw.co.za Executive secretary D Kreouzi Tel: (011) 298-2102 Fax: (011) 836-6014 kreouzid@saiw.co.za General manager, operations S Blake Tel: (011) 298-2103 Fax: (011) 836-4132 blakes@saiw.co.za

Tel: (011) 298-2103 Fax: (011) 836-4132 blakes@saiw.co.za

Finance and administra- tion manager M Warmback Tel: (011) 298-2125 Fax: (011) 836-4132 warmbackm@saiw.co.za

SAIW regional representatives

Western Cape representative L Berry

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

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

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