Success at Record Young Welder
30/01/2015
30 January 2015 With 20 participants, the Young Welder of the Year (YWOY) 2015 was the largest in the history…
Young Welder of the Year Competition
01/08/2014
01 August 2014 SAIW GM Operations, Sean Blake, says he is delighted with the enthusiasm of the entire industry including…
Ignore EN 15085 at your peril in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
06/05/2014
06 May 2014 "The problem is that many fabricators feel that because they are ISO 3834 certified and that there…
African Welding Initiatives
01/05/2014
01 May 2014 First formulated in 2002, the AFNDT, an informal, voluntary association representing countries involved in AFRA/IAEA group NDT…
Job Creation Through Welding
29/11/2013
Haley Naldrett from Cape Town was sent on a basic welding course at the age of 36 by her employer…
Changes to the Welding Inspector Programmes
13/10/2013
Generally, the future direction being targeted is that; the content of the first level course is being adapted in recognition…
The Future of the Welding Industry
26/09/2013
Part of the reason is that most developments focus on technical improvements which contribute to increased productivity and quality in…
Important Announcement from the SAQCC CP/IPE Certification Committee
20/09/2013
There have been substantial changes to the legal framework and supporting standards in recent years, notably the introduction of the…
SAIW to become a co-signatory for ICNDT Mutual Recognition Agreement
20/09/2013
"Whilst SAQCC NDT has always had good recognition from countries throughout Africa, Asia and Australia, SAQCC NDT will now be…
State of the art testing laboratory available to all industry members
01/07/2013
The new metallurgical testing laboratory is based at the SAIW head office in Johannesburg and is open for research and…
New Technology Centre recently launched at SAIW
30/06/2013
Equipment is state of the art and the newest technology is available. The tensile testing machine is a 300KN machine,…
Young Welder of the Year Competition
27/03/2013
27 March 2013 The competition was run in compliance with the WorldSkills competition in order to prepare the entrants for…