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COLLABORATION UPLIFTS
INDUSTRY THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMME
By Benjamin Brits
After two and a half years in the making , the first phase of this project has been successfully delivered .
As part of the strategy to align local industry to the requirements of the Montreal Protocol and Kigali Amendment ( the phasedown / out of HCFCs and HFCs ), the Department of Forestry , Fisheries and the Environment ( DFFE ) is the custodian of the project with sponsorship funding derived from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation ( UNIDO ).
The HCFC Phase-out Management Plan ( HPMP ) is to enable the Government of South Africa to phase-out its HCFC consumption in the servicing sector which is by far the biggest consumer of HCFCs . Without measures to reduce HCFC demand , South Africa would not be able to meet its requirements under the Montreal Protocol .
UNIDO , as an Implementing Agency of the Multilateral Fund for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol , is providing technical and financial management and monitoring of this project .
The Government believes it is important to engage in the promotion of alternatives at the earliest stage and in tandem with the awareness raising related to the banning of HCFC-22 . Without some activity to communicate and demonstrate the availability
Seated , from left : Manuel Grota ( Lecturer at ACRA ) and Margaret Molefe ( Senior Director from Department of Forestry , Fisheries and the Environment ) with UNIDO and DFFE Students .
and suitability of low GWP solutions the ban will increase the consumption of HFCs .
The HPMP therefore includes activities to promote alternative technologies and raise awareness and engagement in the
All images : ACRA
Mongatane Moswane recovering refrigerant .
Motlatle Choga , Mahlako Moswana and Ntokozo Dube working with refrigerant .
Sibusiso Maphalala training on refrigerant pipe work ( brazing ).
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