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… BUT NEVER YOURSELF”

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Volume 11 - Issue 2

T E C H N I C A L E D U C A T I O N C O M M U N I C A T I O N

Journal No. 70 February 2013

Lift Inspectors Association of South AfricaLift Inspectors Association of South Africa

Educom

National Executive Secretary

Ms. Bonnie Peden – 082 536 2579

National Executive Treasurer

David Kleinhans - 082 309 2025

Educom Editor

Dr Theo Kleinhans - 082 8555 891

REGIONAL LIASA CHAIRMEN

WESTERN CAPE

CAPE TOWN

Mike Russell - 072 674 6960

EASTERN CAPE

PORT ELIZABETH

Graham Mould - 082 821 0120

KWA-ZULU NATAL

DURBAN

Duncan Ratcliffe - 082 419 4787

FREE STATE

BLOEMFONTEIN

Still Vacant

NORTHERN GAUTENG

TSHWANE (Pretoria)

Willem du Toit (Acting) - 083 693 4731

SOUTHERN GAUTENG - JOHANNES-

BURG

Sanjeev Singh - 083 789 9455

Please note that nominations for LIASA na-

tional and regional committees have to be sub-

mitted at least a month prior to the AGM, sent

to the Exec Secretary and Chairman, in order to

be added to the voting roll.

ECSA LIRC : Tues 5th Feb @ 09:00 · LIASA : Wed 6th Feb @ 09:00

ECSA LIRC : Tues 9th April @ 09:00 · LIASA : Wed 10th April @ 09:00

ECSA LIRC : Tues 11th June @ 09:00 · LIASA : Wed 12th June @ 09:00

ECSA LIRC : No Date Scheduled · LIASA : Wed 7th August @ 09:00

ECSA LIRC : Tues 8th Oct @ 09:00 · LIASA : AGM Wed 9th Oct @ 09:00

As usual all ECSA LIRC meetings will be held in one of the ECSA board rooms, of which advice will be found at ECSA reception on the morning of the meeting. Unless otherwise ad-vised, all LIASA meetings will be held at Jeppe Quandum Conference Centre in Bedfordview. Please phone Bonnie if unsure.

LIASA CONTACT DETAILS 2013

Office : (011) 613 7552

Telefax : (011) 613 4248

E-Mail : [email protected]

Website : www.iliasa.org.za

PO Box 899, Southdale, 2135

LIASA NATIONAL EXEC COMMIT-

TEE

National Executive Chairman

Sanjeev Singh - 083 789 9455

National Exec. Deputy Chairman

Rodney Coetzee

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Chairman: Sanjeev Singh; Dep/Chair: Rodney Coetzee ; Treasurer: David Klein-

hans; Secretary: Ms Bonnie Peden; Exco: Willem du Toit; Bruno Isler; Filipe Vinagre; Brendan Trower; Clifford Kleinhans; Mickey

Martin;

DOYENS OF THE LIFT INDUSTRY: Buddie Ceronie (2004); Schalk v/d Merwe (2005); Dr Theo Kleinhans (2006); Willem du

Toit ((2008);Bruno Isler (2009); Alfie da Silva (2010); Manny Perreira (2010); Dr Theo Kleinhans (2011); Peter Murray (2012)

CURRENT & PAST CHAIRMEN: Steve Le Roux (†); Dr Theo Kleinhans; Ben Peyper (†); Sanjeev Singh;

World Elevator Industry prog-nosis 2013

LIASA Membership Profile Broadband Internet 2013 Lift Inspector Courses

Access to Lift Machine Rooms A Lesson in Time

ECSA registration vs. SANAS accreditation Did you Know?

LIASA Membership Quotable Quotes

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ECSA LIRC COMMITTEE MEETINGS 2013

DoL EXEMPTIONS

It appears that DoL Pretoria have now issued all the RLI exemptions

to practice under SANAS accredi-tation, valid to November 2013. We however cannot establish how many exemptions have been issued


Communication received from SEC Elevator Company: Dear LIASA, we highly appreciate your interest in the international newsletter that we issue to our clients and potential business partners ... You can therefore use the information from the newsletter, mentioning the SEC Elevator Company to be the one that helped put together and present this information to selected groups of companies in the elevator industry around the world. Whereas SEC elevators are present in 45 countries around the

world, we are lately putting a lot of emphasis on the Africa market. We believe that it represents a great potential for our high-quality lifts which have very long life expectancy, great finish and accompa-nied by the highest quality components together with highly sophis-ticated customer service. Our main competitive advantage is that we can make any lift (traction and hydraulic) ranging from a few kilo-grams right up to 10 000 kg. We look forward to hear from you and your readers, Kind regards, Ursulla.

Forecast for (World) Elevator Industry 2013

The year 2013 brings a lot of untapped potential that we would like to bring to light, starting with very good news. We accordingly present you with some statistical data regarding the (world) lift industry in 2013 ... In the segment of elevators alone, the forecast seems to be very promising, reinforced by the following data ...

In the year 2012, there were approximately 500 000 new elevators sold around the world

Of these, 300 000 elevators were sold in China ...

With 50 000 in India

Considering the above, we may forecast that we expect annual growth rates in 2013 of approximately ...

10% in China

15% in India

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WORLD ELEVATOR INDUSTRY 2013 - PROGNOSIS

Article by Urška Žagar (Ursulla)

MSc International Economics and Business Utrecht University

Sales representative for English markets

[email protected] Telephone: +386 1 365 81 80

Telefax: +386 1 365 81 89 skype: ursulla.sec

Mumbai City alone represents about 12% of the entire elevator business in India. Other countries with very high increasing sales revenue in new elevator business are Brazil and Russia.

In Russia alone during 2012, there were more than 10 000 new elevators sold. More encouraging news for the Russian elevator market is the fact that the total units installed in Russia is approximately 450 000 elevators, of which at least 150 000 must now be re-placed or modernized due to their age and for the new international safety standards. Obviously the above countries will represent the most lucrative growth opportunity in the world for 2013.

In Northern America in 2012, there were altogether 13 000 elevators sold. The U.S. elevator market in contrast, exper-ienced a drop of 50% in sales between the years 2005 and 2011. Spain likewise experienced a decline of 80% in their sales for this same period.

We hope that this data ... shows the path to prosperous new markets which are acquiring new elevators on a very large scale. Lastly, we present you with information regarding the strongest business players in the world market at the moment:

OTIS have increased their turnover by 7% in the year 2011, which represents 9,5 billion EUR

Schindler turnover had declined by 6% in the year 2011 and is currently standing at 6,8 billion EUR and remains in 2nd place

ThyssenKrupp have increased their turnover by 1%, placing them in 3rd place with 5,2 billion EUR

KONE have increased their annual turnover by 20%, placing them in 4th place with 4,4 billion EUR.

The above evidence from the elevator world shows promising

new business opportunities with BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India,

China) countries. For this reason we are entering 2013 very

optimistically, ready to achieve even higher goals to our

mutual benefit.

Ursulla Information initiated by Philip Glaus


FILIPE VINAGRE RLI

Filipe is a recognized lift guru in the Industry, well respected for his techni-cal knowledge of lifts. Serving through the ranks from apprentice lift mechanic at Otis in 1981, Filipe very soon rose to the position of Project Engineer in 1993 and then Product Engineering Manager by 1996.

His penchant for the latest fuzzy logic lift controls saw Filipe move to a Re-gional Field Engineer position in 1998 and overall Technical Support Manager by the millennium.

In 2002, his innate ability to control people and programs, saw Filipe pro-moted to Engineering and Manufactur-ing Manager, in charge amongst others, of the Otis factory in Wadeville.

By this time Filipe’s successful manage-ment of all his developmental posi-

tions, indicated that the time was ripe for his promotion in 2005 to National Technical and Safety Executive. This was followed in 2006 by his promotion to New Equipment and Moderniza-tions Executive for Southern Africa, a position he maintained for approxi-mately 5 years.

In 2010 Filipe felt that he was ready to serve the Lift Industry at consultant level within his own company. To-gether with previous Otis CEO How-ard Davies they then started up ‘Solutions for Elevators’, where you will find him any time between ‘6 and 6’.

Filipe married Michelle some seven years ago. They have a son Ethan of 3 years, with Michelle expecting a new arrival soon.

It is now only a matter of time before Filipe is invited to serve on all the im-portant national technical works com-

NEXT LIFT INSPECTORS REGULATIONS’ COURSE 2013

Telefax - +27 12 382 5602

E-Mail - [email protected]

Website - www.tut.ac.za

For our coastal colleagues who require accom-

modation … Accommodation is available on site - contact [email protected] or

(012) 341-0890 for cost and booking.

Off-site accommodation (walking distance) - Figa Lapa Guesthouse at [email protected] or (012) 335-

(i) 20 to 24th May 2013

(ii) 11 to 15 November 2013

Kindly contact Lerato well in advance to get

your contact details on the pro forma list. Re-

member that with insufficient students, the

course will get cancelled, so contact her directly

at … Student Assistant; Mechanical Engineering

Telephone - +27 12 382 4730

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LIASA RLI MEMBER PROFILES

BROADBAND INTERNET

We are lately experiencing more and more problems in downloading extensive project files, with several country district recipients complaining that it clogs up their com-puters as regards incoming mail. A little research indicated that the RSA average with 3,42 megabytes per second is well below the world average at 12,73mbps.

The latest international ‘Ookla Net Index’ advises the RSA at a lowly 122nd out of 180 developed countries measured according to down-load speed. Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and even Lithuania are amongst the Top 10. Mauritania at #13 is the highest ranked African country with 26,94mbps.

Secondly, our cost is stated as amongst the highest in the world. We are a massive 158th out of 164 in terms of rela-tive cost of access to broadb, stated at over $37/mb.

The report states the zippiest (fastest) area in the RSA to be Randfontein in Gauteng at 10,0 mbps, with Johannesburg as a whole rated 10th in the country. Cape Town takes 17th spot and Durban a lowly 38th. As a result, the state-owned Broadband Infraco and state-controlled Telkom have been mandated to roll out broadband internet to the unconnected masses, reduce cost and jack up speed. The mandate does not however stipulate at who’s cost!. (Stats dated 9.01.2013.)

-mittees where his knowledge and ability can be applied more positively to the South African Lift Industry. In spite of work pressure Filipe is studying further and has applied for Pr Techni Eng regis-tration with ECSA. From this very im-pressive CV there can be little doubt that Filipe is a role-model for all aspirant young lift engineers and lift inspectors.

LATE BRIAN SMITH

We regret advising of the pass-ing of a nationally known and respected lift engineering guru on Friday 25th in Cape Town. Brian served the SA Lift Indus-

try for half a century, mostly with Otis in senior and execu-tive engineering positions, a decade or so with Ampros in

Johannesburg and lately as con-sultant in Cape Town. Regret-tably we have no further details

at the time of going to press.


ACCESS TO LIFT MACHINE ROOMS

By Willem du Toit

Complaints about access to machin-ery rooms do pop up from time to time in conversations without much attention given to it. Access can be very hazardous and therefore there are Regulations and Standards in place to ensure that these passages are safe.

How many of us go up steel stairways to machinery rooms without even looking at the steps under our feet. This photo was taken recently of a stairway to a lift machinery room in Yeoville. There are however accesses which appear very good to the eye but does not comply with the OHS Act Regulations or the SANS Specifi-cations.

SANS 50081-1:2004 Section 6.2 Access

6.2.1a) The access shall be prop-erly and permanently lit by elec-tric light fixtures. The OHSAct environmental regulations spec-ify 100 lux at floor level - this is for stairs, escalators and ramps.

6.2.1b) The access shall be easy to use in complete safety in all circumstances without necessi-tating entry into private prem-ises.

6.2.2 A safe access for persons to the machinery room shall pref-erably entirely by way of stairs. If it is not possible to install stairs, Ladders satisfying the following shall be used:

a) The access to the machin-ery room shall not be more than 4m above the level accessible by stairs;

b) Ladders shall be fastened in such a way that they cannot be removed;

c) Ladders exceeding 1.5 m in height and used at an angle shall not be liable to slip or turn over;

d) The clear width of the ladder shall be at least 0.35 m, the depth of the steps not less than 25 mm and in the case of vertical ladders the distance between the steps and the wall shall not be less than 0.15 m. The steps shall be designed for a load of 1 500 N. e) Adjacent to the top end of the ladder there shall be at least one hand-hold within easy reach;

f) Around the ladder, within a horizontal distance of 1.5 m, the risk of falling by more than the height of the ladder shall be pre-vented.

Ladders shall also comply with the OHSAct General Safety Regulations which goes a bit further if a perma-nently installed ladder exceeds 5 m in height.

The next two photos were taken very recently at a new shopping center :

In the top photo, the technician must find a way to get onto the roof and once he is on the roof, he must walk across the corrugated tin roof to the machinery room which you can see in the far distance in the bottom photo. How is it ever intended to carry out any repairs in the motor room with such a walkway? How dangerous and totally unsafe is it for the technician to carry his tools and the possible spares over the roof? What about roof damage?

(In typesetting the article we wonder how this apparent recent installation got past the com-missioning annexure A & B? Is it now up to the 2-yearly Annex B inspection to raise the alarm and request urgent corrective action?) Editor

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A LESSON OF TIME

When a bird is alive..it eats Ants,

But when the bird is dead … Ants eat the bird!

So … time & circumstances can change at any time.

Don’t devalue or hurt anyone in life ...

You may be powerful today … but Remember

that Time is more powerful than You!!!

One tree may make a million match sticks ...

but when the time comes ... Only one match stick is needed to burn down a million trees!

So be good and do good for the sake of your soul.


Engineers’ Act No.81 of 1968 which first

provided for the registration of professional

engineers only. The Engineering Profession

Act No.114 of 1990 expanded registration to

engineering technologists, engineering techni-

cians and certificated engineers. The Engi-

neering Professions Act therefore established

ECSA in its present form, giving registered

professional status to Engineering Tech-

nologists, Engineering Technicians and

Certificated Engineers.

We may therefore safely accept that ECSA has

in principle looked after our professional inter-

ests for 45 years. Contra our ECSA foundation

vision and mission, SANAS then came along

with their new accreditation requirements. The

ECSA Annual Report notes RLI’s (Registered

Lift Inspectors) to have reduced drastically in

number down to 155. Compare this to the

Report’s stated …

15 168 Professional Engineers

4 066 Professional Eng. Technologists

1 066 Prof. Certificated Engineers

3 844 Prof. Engineering Technicians

There is just no comparison! We are sure that

Wildlife SA must now have placed RLI’s on

the red endangered species list .

Of possible comparison are the LMI’s (Lifting

Machine Inspectors). Approaching 2000 regis-

tration candidates two years ago, these LMI

registrations have equally reduced down to a

Reported 885 for beginning last year. The LMI

inspection opportunity originally considered so

lucrative, appears to have died a natural death

where the less-motivated candidates bowed out

rather than pay the ECSA fees. Imagine DoL

saddling them with SANAS accreditation.

Important to notice is the surge in ‘Candidate

Engineering Technicians’ with a reported total

of 4019, which is 105% more than the number

actually registered. Equally important for LI-

ASA is the fact that we are a Category ‘A’

ECSA Recognised Voluntary Association. We must

just ensure that we maintain that recognition

on an on-going basis.

ECSA REGISTRATION vs SANAS ACCREDITATION

We received several calls this month quiry-

ing whether the SANAS accreditation now

supercedes or over-rules the ECSA regis-

tration. Absolutely and emphatically NO!

The SANAS accreditation is supplemen-

tary to your ECSA registration. Please do

not let your ECSA registration lapse, in

spite of the SANAS burden. Several

Golden Oldies have advised continuing

with their audit inspections and even an-

nexure ‘A’ commissioning of lifts and esca-

lators - You do not require SANAS

accreditation to carry out these man-

dates at a given tariff … so keep your

ECSA registration! You are then still

covered by your Codes of Practice and

Conduct as well as protection of ‘work’.

ECSA VISSION & MISSION

STATEMENTS

Reference to the ECSA 2011/12 Annual

Report, gives you copious worthwhile in-

formation …

ECSA’s Vision … “ensures that South

Africa enjoys all the benefits of a

strong, competent, growing, sustain-

able and representative engineering

profession, able to provide all the ex-

pertise necessary for the socio-

economic needs of the country and to

exert a positive influence in South

Africa”, supported by an ECSA ‘mission’.

ECSA achieves its mission through ...

Setting and monitoring of standards

to international norms

Certifying and ensuring the compe-

tence of individuals through registra-

tion

Ensuring quality of engineering edu-

cation through accreditation

Regulating professional conduct

Growing the profession in quantity

and quality ...

Professional Regulation of engineering in

South Africa dates from the Professional

DID YOU KNOW?

WITCHCRAFT

As recent as August 1997, the New South African Government passed the ‘Suppression of Witchcraft Act’, which banned both the practice of evil sorcery and most forms of traditional African healing.

TOKOLOSHE

The tokoloshe found in Zulu and Xhosa myths and legends is in fact a phenomena found all over the world under different collo-quial names. The inference there-fore is that a tokoloshe is not peculiar to South Africa only, as generally surmised.

AFRO OPTIMISM

Internationally acclaimed Albie Sachs stated a truism the other day which made a lot of sense ... “The way to combat Afro pes-simism is not by continually denouncing the government or our critics, or becoming defensive about our weak-nesses, but by showing the world our exuberant creativ-ity.”

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CPD EDITORIAL

QUOTES

IF YOU JUST WORK FOR MONEY, YOU’LL NEVER REALLY MAKE IT,

BUT IF YOU LOVE WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND ALWAYS PUT THE CUSTOMER FIRST, SUCCESS IS GUARANTEED TO BE YOURS.

RAY KROK

“OPPORTUNITY IS REGULARLY MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE … BECAUSE IT IS INEVITA-

BLY DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK”

THOMAS EDISON

“WE ALWAYS OVERESTIMATE THE CHANGE THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, BUT UNDERESTIMATE THE

CHANGES THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO”.

BILL GATES


LIASA in 1995, to qualify for ECSA (Engineering Council) recognition as a ‘Voluntary Association’ (VA - Article 21 Association), formal Articles of

Association were required, along with a formalized membership structure. These were drawn up by founder members Dr Theo Kleinhans and Steve le Roux. Steve

was elected as Chairman of the National Executive Committee in Gauteng, with Theo as Executive Secretary-Treasurer; Mike Russell as Regional Chairman

Western Cape and Graham Mould as Regional Chairman Eastern Cape. Natal and the Free State were vacant at that time. The current LIASA membership

stands at 174 paid-up members, thanks to the sterling work of Secretary Bonnie Peden. Of further concern to our National Excom, are the expected

resignations with the proposed SANAS accreditation. We warned DoL that it is going to drain the Lift Industry of registered inspectors, but to no apparent

avail.

To better serve its members, LIASA has registered several training coursers with ECSA, since these require prior ECSA recognition in order to count for the

regular CPD training requirements. A further major determinant was the LIASA National Conference held in September 2012 at the Sha-Mani conference

centre in Alberton. LIASA membership cards were issued to all present who had paid their subs. This is normally done annually in April, when all

subscriptions are due with ECSA and LIASA, inclusive of the relevant CPD advice forms. Remember that proof has to be retained in case you are called on to

present them to ECSA. Membership of LIASA ensures an ECSA subscription rebate almost equal to the LIASA subscription, being a motivator to engender

or retain LIASA membership.

In previous issues of Educom, we advised the names of the first 45 memberships. Below for transparency, we note the next 30 members. Of concern to LIASA’s

Executive Committee is the quantum of resignations over the recent two years or so, of members who have either moved out of the country. The below latest

spate of resignations bear mute testimony to DoL & SANAS’ enforced accreditation, the costs of which have just become too

onerous for these younger members to bear … Perhaps a wake-up call to DoL & SANAS to expedite the promised subsidies!

We are on the Web - go to www.iliasa.org.za The web is maintained by LIASA Chairman Sanjeev Singh for the members’ benefit

167. Theo Kleinhans (Jnr)(Gauteng) 168. Michael Bremner (Gauteng) 169. Zain Samie (Gauteng) 170. Garry Jooste (Gauteng) 171. Antoni J van Niewenhuizen (Nelspt) 172. Kevin Burden (KZN) 173. Pieter du Toit (Nelspruit) 174. Corrie van Zyl (KZN) 175. Petrus Lesemane (Gaut : Resigned) 176. Richard Penny (Port Elizabeth)

177. Vin Baijoo (KZN) 178. Vacant - Just resigned) 179. Hermanus Botes (Leraatsfontein) 180. Derrick Craig (Gauteng) 181. Mangezi Mhlane (Gauteng) 182. Bryan Davidson (Gauteng) 183. (???) Johnson Lifts (Gauteng) 184. Vacant - just resigned 185. Michael Cookson (KZN) 186. Andries Mabana (Gaut / Pretoria)

187. Fred Burger (Gauteng / Pretoria) 188. Hubert Damons (Gaut. / Pretoria) 189. Neville Swanepoel (Gaut./Pretoria) 190. Patrick Meyer (Gaut./Pretoria) 191. Bill Wheeler (Bronkhorstspruit) 192. Brandon Brown (Cape Town) 193. Navaro Constantino (KZN) 194. Adam Khan (Gauteng) 195. Georgiades Athanasios (KZN) 196. Arthur Oats (Cape Town)

EDUCOM COMMUNICATIONS

LIASA’s contact logistics where you speak to the Editor

Dr Theo Kleinhans or National Executive Secretary Bon-

nie Peden is:

Office: (011) 613-7552

Telefax: (011) 613-4248

E-mail: [email protected]

PO Box 899, Southdale, 2135

Please forward us your newsworthy articles and photos

for dissémination to all our colleagues around the RSA. Articles contributed to Educom are evaluated by ECSA as CPD, assisting you to achieve your minimum 5 points per year, averaged out over 5-year rolling periods. Remember that …

« Ignorance of FACT is no excuse for any stated non-compliance »

“The best job goes to the person who can get it done with-out passing the buck or coming back with lame excuses”

Nalpoleon Hill

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you really want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

Abraham Lincoln “One of the greatest discoveries that a man can make, and one of his greatest surprises, is to find that he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do”

Henry Ford

“When I finally reach the top of the mountain and my dreams come true, will I have the courage to pursue them”

Walter E Disney Page 6

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