Events and Exhibitions
Thermocold
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
Congratulations to the winner in the refrigeration category
– David La Grange, an apprentice at Airvent Airconditioning
and Ventilation in Cape Town. Second place went to Jorge
Valente of OTTC (Springs) with the bronze medal being
awarded to the College of Cape Town’s Pieter Roets.
La Grange will receive further training before making his
way to Kazan, Russia for the global WorldSkills competition
taking pace from 22–27 August 2019. He is very excited
about this opportunity, particularly for improving his skills,
he says.
The top three competitors received a testo 770-3 as a
prize, which was presented to them by Torsten Harms of
testo. This instrument is a true Root-Mean-Squared (RMS)
electrical clamp meter capable of measuring, amongst
other things, inrush current, wattage, power factor,
capacitance and voltage.
Various other industry sponsors got together to ensure
the contestants had all the equipment and tools they
needed to get the job done.
One of the drawings the contestants were given to work off.
Watch this space!
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The six refrigeration contestants in red with Palesa Rakometsi (DHET
deputy director career management) at the back and Trueman Myeza
(WSSA technical expert for the refrigeration category), kneeling.
In South Africa, the WorldSkills South Africa
(WSSA) initiative is championed by the DHET.
Even though South Africa has participated in
World Skills International (WSI) events since 1990,
WSSA was formally established in April 2013 by the
Deputy Minister of the DHET.
Every two years, tens of thousands of
skilled young people from around the world,
accompanied by their teachers, coaches and
mentors, gather in a selected city to compete
before the public in the skills of their various
trades and to test themselves against demanding
international standards.
This year, it’s time to compete in Kazan, Russia!
This 45th WorldSkills competition will bring
together more than 1 300 young professionals
(under the age of 22) representing more than
70 countries, who will compete in more than 50
skills. The event will be held at the Kazan Expo
International Exhibition Centre where more than
1 000 experts will evaluate the competitors’ work.
ABOUT WORLDSKILLS
Jorge Valente of OTTC (silver medal winner) working on his
water harvester project.
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