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Year in Review: South Africa
Welding
Programme
This programme aims to create qualified
welders who are equipped to meet the
required skill level for new and existing
projects in the Mpumalanga and Free State
provinces. It also promotes skills in the
local and surrounding communities while
generating employable youth aligned with
pivotal skills shortages.
What we achieved
Iphepe Farmer
Development
Programme
The programme focuses on the
establishment and growth of successful
smallholder farmers, through integrated
support systems, from technical learning
to access to market.
Our integrated programme launched in 2021. To
date, over 200 beneficiaries (85 in 2021
and 117 in 2022 and 2023) have benefited from
the programme. Over 90% of the trainees are
youth between 18-35 years old from Secunda,
Sasolburg and Ekandustria. The training focused on
farm business management, livestock, vegetable
and poultry to enable the trainees to have multiple
skills in the farming trade.
The beneficiaries are undergoing mentorship from
experienced mentors who will assist them
to navigate the challenges faced in the industry.
A Farmers’ Day was organised for the Secunda
farmers to assist them to meet different
stakeholders in the farming industry, including
those specialising in markets and production
inputs suppliers.
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▪ The welding programme consists of coding
deliverables, such as structural welding, singlecoded welding, and double-coded welding.
▪ Structural welders will be able to weld a single
process in all assumed positions. This first step
of becoming a welder teaches the
fundamentals of welding symbols and defects,
pool reading, and understanding the different
processes.
▪ With the basic understanding of structures
under their belts, single-coded welders
will have to learn how to master a new and
different welding process altogether. A good
example of this would be the welding of carbon
steel pipes.
▪ Double-coded welders, who are further down
the pipeline of the welding trade, will learn how
to weld exotic metals, such as stainless steel.
We have included 20 young people in this
programme, of which seven are females. The
training entails structural welding, single-coded
welding, and double-coded welding. At the end of
year 1, the welder will be able to weld in all three
coding deliverables and be recognised by a stamp
number at Sasol. In four years, the beneficiaries
will be qualified artisans.
