Andre van Loggerenberg
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Andre van Loggerenberg started in 1969 in motor and metal industry. Was a fulltime lecturer as well as after hours at various collages. Andre was project manager at Krygkor for 4years and from there worked at the MEIETB and MerSETA for 18 years. Andre’…More
Jim Meyer
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Jim E. Meyer, P.E., has over 45 years of experience in refining petrochemical, chemical, power generation and industrial facilities. He is a principal engineer at CDM Smith, a full service engineering and architectural firm, located in Wadsworth Ohio….More
Daniel Francis
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Daniel Francis has practiced engineering in the design, fabrication, repair and fitness for service evaluation of pressure equipment for over 21 years in the petrochemical industry. Having vast experience with ASME pressure vessel Codes and Standards,…More
Graham Scrogham
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Graham has over 25 years’ experience in Vibration Analysis working across a wide range of industries such as Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, Utilities to name a few. Graham has been a Lead Engineer on Asset Management projects offshore in the UK since 2…More
Denzil Bazley
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]A registered Professional Engineer, holder of the Government Certificate of Competence (GCC Mechanical) and member of the SA institution of Mechanical Engineers. Having 30 years experience in maintenance management and training in a variety of industri…More
Pieta Engels
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Pieta Engels joined Sasol Secunda in 1985 and started his career as a Fitter Trainee, and qualified as an artisan in 1987. Pieta completed his studies with Anglo American Central Training Unit and Technikon Witwatersrand which was accredited by De Mont…More
Ricky Meyer
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Almost 30 years’ experience in the Oil and Chemical process industries. Has been active in a wide range of applications in Operations, Maintenance, Inspection and Reliability matters, including: API653/API650, EEMUA159, EN/BSI, NDT procedures, Tank Eng…More
Alexander McCann
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]After completing a mechanical engineering apprenticeship with the MOD, Alec spent over 5 years working in South Africa on mining, construction and maintenance contracts. After returning to the UK, he went on to complete an MSc at Glasgow Caledonian Uni…More
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Gert Booyse
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Gert Booyse started in 1969 in motor and metal industry. Was a full time lecturer as well as after hours at various colleges. Gerrie was a project manager at Krygkor for 4years and from there worked at the MEIETB and MerSETA for 18 years. Gerrie’s qual…More
John Sykes
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]As an experienced engineer he has worked in a variety of industrial sectors at both technicial and supervisory levels having specialized in reliability engineering and condition monitoring for the last eleven years, involving high level machinery diagn…More
Willem van der Westhuizen
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]The applicant has 24 years experience in power plant critical pumps and associated equipment and mechanical engineering. Willem joined Eskom in July 1982 as a Pupil technician. Willem joined the Turbine Plant Engineering Department in Megawatt Park as…More
Simon Mills
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Simon has many years experience of machinery operation, maintenance and troubleshooting. He has presented over 140 training courses in condition monitoring, vibration & balancing, reliability and FMECA, and installed CMMS at over 25 organisations….More
Mitchell Kowalczyk
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Mitchell J, Kowalczyk, P.E has a BS degree in Civil Engineering. He has eight US patents. He is also a member of; -ASME Code Section VIII Standards Committee, -ASME Code Section VIII Subgroup Materials and the current Subgroup Chair, -ASME PCC Subcommi…More
David Stevens
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]David Stevens has been actively involved in the field of Condition Monitoring and Predictive maintenance for over 25 years and is a fellow Member of the Institution of Diagnostic Engineers. He started his working career as an apprentice mechanical engi…More
Steve Rose
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Steve Rose has more than 19 years of experience in the pump industry. He joined Mono Pumps in 1994 as Transvaal Sales Manager, later he specialized in the product management of both industrial and agricultural Positive Displacement pumps. This involved…More
Claire Soares
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]CLAIRE SOARES is a registered professional engineer in Texas, USA and Alberta, Canada and graduated with a B.Sc.Eng and an M.B.A. in 1993. Her career began in computational fluid dynamics working for Brian Spalding in Imperial College, London, on the C…More
Darren Chetty
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Darren Chetty is a qualified BSc Mechanical Engineer and has achieved the MBA qualification via the Gordon Institute of Business Science. He is registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa as a Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) and is employed…More
Fred Geitner
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Process Machinery Engineering Services Mr. Geitner is presently the principal engineer of PMES (Process Machinery Engineering Services), an independent consultant and expert litigation witness in the area of process machinery reliability. He has over 4…More
Alex Fereidooni
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Dr. Alex Fereidooni has over 20 years experience as both an owner-user and a consultant providing engineering support to refineries and chemical plants, storage facilities worldwide. He is a specialist in Storage tanks, pressure vessel and piping desig…More
David W Spitzer
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]David W Spitzer has over 35 years of broad instrumentation and control experience. An ISA Life Fellow and Professional Engineer, David has written over 10 books including the seminal text Industrial Flow Measurement and other books on specific flowmete…More
Kurt Huber
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Kurt Huber is currently Chairman of the Standards Generating Group Value Engineering (part of the Engineering SGB of the Engineering Council of South Africa). Kurt graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand as an Industrial Engineer in 1991 and…More
Riaan Breedt
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Riaan Breedt has a BSc Eng (Mech) from Pretoria University followed by a 20 career perfecting rotordynamic design and developing high speed test equipment. Riaan founded the company Vibrakon in 1984 that mainly dealt with machine rotordynamic design; t…More
John Tonkin
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]2020 sees John’s 50th year in engineering. Initially he had exposure to plant maintenance (steam, water, pneumatics, ash handling, boilers, turbines and pumping systems) and marine steam plant. A number of years in the selling, commissioning and troubl…More
Walt Sperko
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Walter J. Sperko, P.E. is President of Sperko Engineering Services, Inc, a consulting firm specializing in metal fabrication technology, including material selection, welding, heat treating, inspection, quality assurance and failure analysis. He has pa…More
Kamran Mokhtarian
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Kamran Mokhtarian PE, is a consulting engineer with 38 years of experience in design and fabrication of pressure equipment. He is the Vice-Chairman of Subcommittee VIII of the ASME Code Committee, as well as member and former Chairman of several Subgro…More
Willem v.d. Westhuisen
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Willem joined Eskom in 1982 as a Pupil Technician. In 1989 he became a Technologist-in Training and in 1993 he became a Senior Consultant and later a Chief Consultant (Boiler feed pumps and pumps in general). In 1987 he had the opportunity to gain desi…More
Larry Bachus
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Larry Bachus has over 40 years experience working with industrial pumps. His areas of expertise include diagnosing pump problems and seal failures. Larry is highly regarded for his ‘hands on’ personalised consulting and actively pursues pump-upgrading…More
Bob Wilson
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Bob Wilson is a practicing piping design engineer. For more than 40 years he has been involved with the drafting, design, stress analysis, layout, support and construction of piping systems, working with petrochemical, power, steel, mining & proces…More
Harry Rosen
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Harry Rosen has over 30 years experience in the pumping industry, and his company TAS Online is an international market leader in engineering software and consulting services for both users and manufacturers of pumps Harry is one of only two Internatio…More
Glynn E. Woods
[wck-trainers-profile-image field="profile-image" width="170" proportional="true" align="left"]Glynn E. Woods, P.E. is the Course Director for the ASME B31.3 Code Design Seminars for ASME Continuing Education Institute of New York. He is a consultant with experience in piping design, stress, supports, and failure analysis as well as piping compo…More
