24 April 2012 At the recent world conference on NDT the opportunity was taken to arrange the final meeting of the AFRA/IAEA NDT project coordinators. AFRA is the African Regional Cooperative Agreement for: Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA). AFRA is an initiative of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),

15 April 2012 Chris Smallbone is well remembered as the former president and executive director of SAIW. Chris left South Africa to take up his current position as CEO at WTIA in 1994. Chris visited South Africa in April 2012 for a holiday and attended the WCNDT conference in Durban. During his visit he met

10 April 2012 Dr Paterson has been appointed to the position of senior lecturer/associate professor for Welding and Fabrication Science in the School of Chemical and Metallurgical engineering, at the behest of Professor Sunny Iyuke. The appointment has been made following an agreement between the university and the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW), in

14 July 2011 The Southern African Institute of Welding will invest what is necessary to run training courses, in ToFD (Time of Flight Diffraction), Phased Array and Eddy Current, advanced inspection techniques, which are growing rapidly in popularity in South African Industry. TOFD and Phased Array… SAIW NDT Senior Lecturer Mark Digby says that preparations

13 July 2011 NDT Offers Excellent Career Opportunities The Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) says there are excellent career opportunities in the field of Non Destructive Testing (NDT) and it is important that young people get to know about this. “Starting at a basic level, young people can very quickly become certified and earn

14 March 2011 Group Five Oil and Gas (GFOG) has done it again! After being the first construction company in the country to receive an ISO3834 accreditation and the first site-based company certified in accordance with the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) Welding Fabricators Certification Scheme, it is now the second company to have

11 March 2011 In opening the new SAIW building and auditorium, on Friday 25th February 2011, Columbus Stainless Steel Manufacturing GM, Lucien Matthews, said that the primary industry wholeheartedly supports the SAIW in its endeavours. “We understand the importance of the Institute in respect of the fabrication industry and the resultant use of our products,”