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SAISC SUBSIDIARIES: SASFA

SASFA training course for

building contractors
March 2016
SASFA has successfully presented its 6-day
training course for light steel frame building
contractors – for the 21st time! The course
was presented at the training facilities of
Marley Building Systems (previously Lafarge
Gypsum) in Alrode during the week 29
February to 5 March 2016.

By John Barnard, Director, SASFA

The course is growing in popularity, as an
increasing number of building contractors,
developers, architects and engineers wish to
become more knowledgeable about LSFB.

www.sasfa.co.za

ABOVE LEFT: The practical work done during the course involves the erection
of a 6m x 4m, three roomed building, including roof trusses. It is only partially
clad on the final day.
ABOVE RIGHT: The students pictured with Willem Venter from Marley Building
Systems, who presented the lining part of the course – ranging from Quantity
Surveyors and Project Managers to CEO’s of their companies.
RIGHT: Peter de Bruyn, Training Manager of Bosch South Africa, explaining the
range of power tools supplied by Bosch. He appears regularly on TV on the
Home Channel DIY program “Get it done!”.
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The course will be presented again in
September 2016, in Cape Town.
The course is split into two sections:
Steel frame materials, components,
and erection (4 days), covering
introduction, the steel making process,
properties of coated steel sheet,
foundations, manufacturing of light steel
frames and trusses, construction tools,
wallframe set-out, handling, loads, floor
framing, wall framing, roof structures,