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SAIW bulletin board
Pressure Equipment
PER and SANS 347
workshops
S
AIW and SASSDA are hosting one-
day workshops on the Pressure
EquipmentRegulationsandassociated
SANS 347 standards for categorisa-
tion and conformity assessment of all
pressure equipment. The workshops
are intended to provide a practical
overview of recent changes to regula-
tionscoveringpressureequipment. The
PER regulations were promulgated in
terms of the Occupational Health and
Safety Act 85 of 1993 in July 2009
and became effective on 1 October
2009. The regulations apply to the
design,manufacture, operation, repair,
modification,maintenance, inspection
and testing of pressure equipment
subjected to pressure of 50 kPa and
above, includingassociatedpipingand
connected instrumentation.
JimGuild, currently the convener of the
working group for SANS347, is approved
by the Department of Labour to conduct
training on the PER and SANS 347.
Jim Guild, the course presenter, is
currently the convener of the working
group for SANS 347 and is approved
by theDepartment of Labour toconduct
training on the PER and SANS 347.
CPDpointsareavailable forCompetent
Person Inspectors, Inspectors of Pres-
surised Equipment and Professional
Engineering personnel. Attendance
also serves as exemption from re-
certification examinations for Compe-
tent Persons and Inspectors – Pressure
Equipment.
Following the successful course at
Gold Reef City on 4 February, 2014,
further workshops are scheduled for
Cape Town on 3 April at the Riverclub
and at the Riverside Hotel in Durban
on 20May.
Westarcor receives ISO 3834 certification
that needed to be done was to docu-
ment and implement processes. In
fact, nothing has changed in theway
wemanufacture; but nowwehave the
certification to prove the high quality
standards that we adhere to.”
With ISO 3834 and ISO 9001
certification in place, Westarcor can
hold its own with any local or inter-
national company for tender andwork
purposes without first having to have
aclient audit.Westarcorwill nowalso
have international exposure through
itsSAIW listing. Situated inSaldanha,
Westarcor is a ‘proudly South African
company’ that successfully competes
with the best in theworld.
Westarcor receives its ISO 3834Part 2Certification fromSAIWCertification and
Qualificationmanager, Herman Potgieter (centre).
W
estarcor Engineering, a private
company in operation since
August 2000, was recently certi-
fied as ISO 3834 Part 2 compliant.
Because Westarcor Engineering
services an international client base,
being ISO 3834 certified became a
necessity. It was found that without
certification it was not possible to be
globally competitive, especiallywhen
undertaking repairs or the fabrication
of new pressure vessels.
“The process to become certified
was not that difficult,” says Ben Ven-
ter, QAprojectmanager ofWestarcor.
“Thecompanywasalreadyworking to
the required ISO3834 standards. All
New SAIWmanagers appointed
S
eanBlake, formerly technical servicesman-
ager of SAIW, has been promoted to general
manager; operations. Blake has been at the
Institute for five years and is committed tomak-
ing SAIW even more relevant to its members.
“Under the leadershipof JimGuild, the Institute
is well placed to serve the requirements of the
industry,” says Blake. “We hope to continue to
producewell trained individuals of high quality,
while delivering good services tomembers.”
Blake is now looking after all the operational
functions at SAIW, including training, practical
welding,NDT, qualificationand certification.His
mission is to align operations with the strategic
objectives of the organisation and maintain an
industry wide focus.
M
ichelle Warmback has been promoted to
finance and administration manager. Her
new role will include training administration,
corporate governance and the administration of
examinations, certifications and course sched-
ules.Warmbackwill alsomanage themarketing
of the organisation.
Warmback’smission at SAIW is tomake the
customer experience as user friendly, efficient
and effective as possible.
SeanBlake, SAIW's newGM.
MichelleWarmback has been
promoted to finance and
administrationmanager.
