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32 Chemical Technology • April 2016
Courses that Ishecon will be offering in 2016
• Fundamentals of Process Safety
Management, run and organized by Rod
Prior and co-presented
by Nigel Coni.
When: 9 - 13 May 2016 (7:45 - 17:30)
Where: Birchwood Hotel / Conference
Centre, Boksburg, Gauteng, SA. 12km
from OR Tambo.
Who: Process plant management, super-
visors, engineers, designers and safety
experts and others who are involved in
the operation of hazardous processes or
handle dangerous substances.
CPD: 4 points
Go to our website for more information
• Layers of Protection Analysis and safety
Integrity Evaluation (Public and In-House
Courses) – presented by Daniel Rade-
meyer – R4 104.00 (inclusive of VAT):
12 – 13 April 16
• Understanding Quantitative Risk Assess-
ment (Public and In-House Courses) –
presented by Debra Mitchell - Public
Course – R4 560.00 (inclusive of VAT):
20-21 June 2016
• Process Hazard and Operability Course
(Public and In-House Courses) –
presented by Daniel Rademeyer
Price for 2015/2016 – R7 410.00
(inclusive of VAT) and R6 270.00
(inclusive of Vat if you are a Member of
SAIChE ICHEME – membership number
required): 18-20 October 2016.
Date: Wednesday 4 May 2016
Time: 19:30 to 22:00
Place: The Wanderers Club, 21 North
Street (off Rudd Road, Off
Corlett Drive), Johannesburg
Charge: R250 per person,
Students R200.
Our after-dinner speaker will be Kelvin Kemm,
the chairman of NECSA which is responsible
for the planning of SA’s new nuclear build
program.
During the course of the dinner we will hold
our brief AGM. Nominations to serve on the
Branch committee are hereby invited. Forms
to follow closer to the event.
Please feel free to bring your partner to our
social event of the year.
ECSA call for volunteers
ECSA appeals to chemical engineer Profes-
sional Engineers (PrEng) to volunteer to serve
on ECSA panels for applicant reviews and
professional interviews. If you feel you would
like more information or to volunteer, please
send your name, contact details, up-to-date CV
and ECSA registration number to the SAIChE
Secretariat at:
SAIChE IChemE member events held in
March 2016
In keeping with IChemE’s technical strategy
(Chemical engineering matters), which has
identified four ‘vistas’ where chemical engi-
neers can make a difference (energy, water,
food, well-being), we held two events in March
2016, one on food, one on water.
On 8 March Carl Sandrock, lecturer at Uni-
versity of Pretoria, led a tasting of craft beers,
explaining how beer is made, and focusing on
how a craft beer is different from a commercial
beer. About 40 members attended the event,
which was held out-doors at the LC de Villiers
sports fields, and was followed by a braai.
On 9March we heard Professor MikeMuller,
who spent a long career with the Department
of Water Affairs, share his thoughts on the
problem of addressing South Africa’s water
security problems. A very thought-provoking
talk from a real expert in the field. This talk
was twinned, by the marvels of global informa-
tion technology and the world-wide web, with
a talk by Professor Mike Bradshaw in the UK,
on how the UK is facing its energy security
problems, in which fracking, and the impact on
ground-water, is currently very much a topic of
debate. About 35 people attended the event at
the CSIR in Pretoria, at their new Knowledge
Commons venue. The event was co-hosted by
the Water Research Commission.
We would like to thank our members for their
support, and welcome any feedback.
Written by Danielle Bearman on behalf of the
Gauteng Members Group
The SAIChE IChemE Gauteng Member Group invites you to the
Annual Dinner and AGM
fax: (0) 86 672 9430;
SAICHE ICHEME