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Serco meets demanding delivery deadline |
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In memory of Willem Brand |
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Development of R290 transport refrigeration |
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Natural and sustainable cooling with R723 |
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Cryogenics and the cold chain |
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Zero tolerance for alcohol in the warehousing |
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After many months of preparation, the national skills competition World Skills South Africa( WSSA) |
provide the skills needed by employers. merSETA, as the driver of WSSA, served a vital role in driving hands-on, quality |
issuing of certificates of conformance. With such a determination to get rock-bottom prices, one wonders how |
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dawned. Young people from 26 different |
vocational skills in the country. The |
much consideration is given to the |
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trades converged on Durban Exhibition |
HEVAC & R industry could certainly do |
life cycle cost of the plant selected, |
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Centre in February to compete in two days |
a great deal more towards the skills |
energy usage, or the environmental |
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of hands-on contest for the top position. |
competition in the way of encouraging |
impact. On many occasions, plants lack |
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Unlike previous years, the organisers |
participation, assistance in preparation, |
performance in later years or have high |
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were the Department of Higher |
attendance at competitions, or even |
energy usage from day one because |
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Education and Training( DHET) and |
judging. All too often internal politics are |
of poor commissioning done on a |
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not merSETA. This has changed the |
allowed to creep in and influence all- |
constrained budget. |
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build-up and preparation for the |
round participation. |
Now that the State of the Nation |
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competition and, to a certain extent, |
Tendering for refrigeration and air- |
Address is gone and President Trump |
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the promotion of this important event. |
conditioning contracts is driven more |
has had his telephone call to President |
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South Africa lacks skilled people who |
and more by price and is being fuelled |
Zuma, our struggling economy can go |
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are able to contribute towards the |
by plant owners, in many instances |
in a totally different direction. Many in |
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economy, be it in manufacturing, hospitality, health care, building services, or even logistics.
Industry should be the driver behind skills
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under the guidance of consultants. A new trend is to auction for bids on the internet, with each offer beating down the previous. Ultimately, the contract will |
our industry predict 2017 to be a boom year, while others have proceeded into the year with caution. What seems to be evident is that supermarket refrigeration |
John Ackermann Editor | jasac @ iafrica. com
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development through closer collaboration |
have to be done with little funding left |
and some sectors of the export fruit |
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with their SETAs and technical training |
for important issues such as the training |
industry that have enjoyed good rains |
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colleges. Without this collaboration, |
of operating staff, the fine-tuning of plant |
should both have good growth. Happy |
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institutionalised training will struggle to |
performance, safety compliance, or the |
reading. |
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