Training

This is yet another first for Africa. NACE developed the CIP 2 Maritime to address the immediate need that has been created by the International Maritime Organisation regulations for coating inspection in the maritime shipping industry. It is estimated that about 8000 coating inspectors are required worldwide to address this need.

See NACE Courses and Events for more details of the course.

The two CIP 1 classes held in March were fully subscribed with twenty two students in Cape Town and twenty six students in Johannesburg. The Lead Instructor on both the classes was Randy Glover from OTB in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was ably supported by Neil Webb from Isinyithi Cathodic Protection and Bruce Trembling from International Paint. Forty of the forty eight students passed the course and were awarded the covetted NACE CIP 1 Certification. 

Thanks go to Southey Contracting and Blastrite for providing the facilities and the surface preparation and painting equipment for the Field days, to Bulldog Projects for providing the personal protective equipment, and to Jotun Paints and International Paint for supplying the paint.

NACE CIP 1 and 2 courses are planned in Johannesburg and Cape Town in October. More details of these courses and the sceduled dates can be viewed in Events under Training. 

Twenty six people attended the first NACE Corrosion Control in the Refining Industry course in South Africa at the SAPREF Training Centre in Durban from 23 to 27 November 2009. NACE are in the process of introducing Certification for this course and thus this class was not examined, however, all the students will be able to sit the examination when the Certification is set up. The Instructor was Ray Quinter from Philadelphia in the U.S.A. Ray has more than forty years experience of the operations and consequential corrosion problems in the refining industry and he did an excellent job imparting his knowledge and experience to all the students. Neil Webb also gave a presentation on the use of cathodic protection. A big thank you goes to SAPREF for providing the venue, and the lunches and refreshments.

The standard on the NACE CP 1 (Tester) course held at Science Park from 09 to 14 November 2009 was very high and sixteen of the eighteen students passed the examinations. The popularity of the CP Programme is increasing significantly and four of the students came from Nigeria. Congratulations go to Chris Ringas on his very successful first assignment as a Lead Instructor in South Africa, and to Neil Webb who gave his normal efficient support. Our thanks go to Transnet Pipelines and Rand Water for sponsoring the practical equipment on the course.

The NACE Corrosion in the Refining Industry Course will be presented in South Africa for the first time in November 2009 by the Corrosion Institute. The Corrosion Institute is licenced to present any NACE course locally and will do so if demand justifies it. For further details about this course consult the events section of this website.