INCORPORATING
CONTENTS
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Cover : Rory Macnamara | Plumbing Africa
PARTICIPATION
ASSOCIATIONS 7 Resuscitating SA ailing plumbing manufacturing 10 JASWIC Listings 11 CPD Questionnaire 12 News 13 Events and exhibitions
BUSINESS AND TRAINING 17 Securities and Retention 19 It is Ariston now 23 Making growth happen
PRACTICES
FEATURES 25 Filter for health and profit
PROJECT 30 San Sereno Lifestyle Village
DESIGN 16 Compliance is not negotiable
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Participation :
The training requirements to work in the industry
January 2023 | Vol 28 No 11
For Plumbers and WET Services Engineers
Official journal of the Institute of Plumbing SA
F I R E - G A S – M E C H A N I C A L – P L U M B I N G
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Standards and accountability in day-to-day work in the industry
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PRODUCTS
TECHNICAL 36 Summary of valves through 2022
REGULARS
1 Fitting Thought 1 POPI Act 1 3 Save the Date 33 Women in Plumbing 34 Tell me why – Pieter Meiring 36 Plumbing Apprentice Success
SAVE THE DATE : 2023
IOPSA regional events – check with regions or www . iopsa . org
January 31-Feb 2 – Kitchen and Bath Industry Show ( KBIS ) – Las Vegas
February 13-18 – Wash Futures – Water , Sanitation & Hygiene – Brisbane – Australia
February 21-23 – WWET trade Show – Indiana Convention Centre - Indianapolis
March 1 - FLOW Expo – Pomona - CA
March 2 – Plumbing Travelling Exhibition – Polokwane , Tom Naude THS . Note date change
March 13-17 – I S H – Frankfurt - Germany
March 17 – PHCC Expo – Oakbrook Terraco – USA
March 11 – WORLD PLUMBING DAY – GLOBAL
May 04 – Plumbing Travelling Exhibition – Middleburg / Witbank
June 01 – Plumbing Travelling Exhibition – KZN-Durban
June 6-8 – Facilities Management Expo – Johannesburg – South Africa
June 17-18 – Sewage & Wastewater Treatment – New Delhi – India
August 17 – Plumbing Travelling Exhibitions – Bloemfontein
PLUMBING ’ S TRAVELLING EXHIBITION
PTE
SA ’ s Travelling Exhibition Company
PLUMBING ’ S TRAVELLING EXHIBITION
PTE
SA ’ s Travelling Exhibition Company
PLUMBING ’ S TRAVELLING EXHIBITION
PTE
SA ’ s Travelling Exhibition Company
PLUMBING ’ S TRAVELLING EXHIBITION
PTE
SA ’ s Travelling Exhibition Company
August 2-4 – Solar Power Africa – Cape Town – South Africa
August 9 – Mackay Plumbing and Gas Expo – Glenella – Australia
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