Electricity + Control February 2018

CABLES + ACCESSORIES

lightning protection applications on a daily basis, and they rely on specialist companies to provide solutions. That is why the education and training of electrical engineers is critical to the upskilling of our industry. Knowledge, technical support and information ELPA believes that as an association, we have lis- tened to the industry and introduced the electrical engineers’ membership with their needs in mind. ELPA’s electrical engineers’ membership has been designed to give engineers the knowledge, tech- nical support and information that they urgently need on a daily basis. Electrical engineers who are members of ELPA will receive support in the fol- lowing ways: • Reduced rates or discounts on CPD accredited lightning protection seminars and workshops • Free technical support by one of ELPA’s spe- cialists for the duration of their membership • Assistance with or provision of earthing and lightning protection specifications • Access to ELPA’s Installations and Design text- books • Design drawing assessment and approval Webinars We will be holding various webinar-type informa- tion sessions, hosted by different earthing and lightning protection specialists, throughout the year. These sessions will be free of charge to ELPA engineering members and will cover various aspects of earthing and lightning protection, such as earthing system design, separation distance concept, surge protection system for power and data systems, and so on. These sessions will be 45 minutes to an hour long and will be held by highly regarded earthing and lightning protection specialists. We anticipate that the information ses- sions will be very informative and highly anticipat- ed by our engineering members. Value-added benefits – and affordable As can be seen from the above, ELPA’s electrical engineers’ membership has been designed to provide electrical engineers with a large basket of value-added benefits and ELPA has striven to keep the membership fees as affordable as possible. As part of the launch of this membership, ELPA offers all electrical engineers who join ELPA a 50%

discount on a two-point CPD accredited lightning protection seminar or a free one-point CPD ac- credited seminar, which constitutes half of the two-point seminar. Normally, a two-point CPD seminar costs be- tween six and eight thousand rand, but by joining ELPA, electrical engineers can get the two-point seminar as well as an ELPA membership, with all of its value-added benefits, for less than four thou- sand rand. We believe this is a valuable offer for all electrical engineers in South Africa. SANS 62305 series The two-point CPD accredited seminar is a ‘Com- prehensive Approach to Lightning Protection’, which covers the SANS 62305 series of standards, Protection Against Lightning, as follows: • SANS 62305 Part 1: General Principles • SANS 62305 Part 2: Risk Management • SANS 62305 Part 3: Physical Damage to Struc- tures and Life Hazard • SANS 62305 Part 4: Electrical and Electronic Systems inside Structures. Each part of the above carries a half-point CPD ac- creditation. Electrical engineers who join ELPA in January or February 2018 are eligible for a 50% discount on all four parts of the lightning protec- tion CPD accredited course, therefore gaining two CPD points. The Comprehensive Approach to Lightning Protec- tion course as offered by ELPA, in cooperation with Lightning Protection Concepts and DEHN Africa, is widely regarded as being one of the best lightning protection seminars available, both in South Africa and internationally. This is because the course pro- vides a comprehensive, detailed interpretation of the standard, as well as practical implementation of the standard’s requirements. One of the best lightning protection seminars

If you are an electrical engineer, be sure to contact ELPA to get more information about our memberships or to take

advantage of ELPA’s special offers.

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