Chairman’s Desk

It has taken a while to recover from all the activities related to the Electra Mining Show 2022 and the Event was a huge success. Our Lifting Conference was well attended, and some interesting topics were covered. Thank you to everyone that attended and to our guest speakers for sharing their knowledge in their relevant areas of experience.

Kyle Graham from LEEASA - Vetting Guide for LME’s and LMI’s

Piet Otto from Phakamisa - Trestles Sandra Hürlimann from WH Lifting - Vacuum Lifters Kyle Graham from WWLT - The Safe Utilisation and Application of Water Weight Load Test Bag Colin Ford from Lubrication Engineers - Rope Lubrication Leader Nkala from ACROW - Racking Inspection and Safe Rack Loading Roger Day - SANS 500 – Review Gert Oosthuizen from SkyJacks - Height Safety A special thank you to Mr. Roger Day for hosting the day’s activities and Mr. Mohlahola Monyaki from the Department of Employment & Labour for their guest appearance and attendance.

The Forklift Competition was well attended with in excess of 50 participants. We would like to congratulate the winners that walked away with some great cash prizes First Place: Ian Roux Second Place: Lazarus Mabala Third Place: Tony Sharp A big shout out to all of our sponsors and Lifting Africa for making this day a huge success and to our Co-Ordinator Mr. Joe Fourie and all the Judges who kept things running smoothly. We are sure we will see this day again in the calendar soon.

LEEASA attended ECSA’s Presidents Forum on Thursday 15 September 2022

“The Forum represented by ECSA`s recognised VA`s that boast engineering membership from the different disciplines, was chaired by ECSA President Refilwe Buthelezi Pr Eng and is aimed at strengthening relations between ECSA and VAs as well as deliberating on critical engineering matters that not only impact the engineering practitioners but the members of the public as well.” ECSA has been re-approved by SAQUA as a Professional Body and the Re-Registration of Its Professional Designations “SAQA Approves the Re-Recognition of ECSA as a Professional Body and the Re-Registration of Its Professional Designations The Professional Bodies Committee (PBC) of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) has approved the Re-Recognition of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a Professional Body and the Re-Registration of the following Professional Designations on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) valid from 18 August 2022 to 17 August 2027: • Professional Engineering Technician (Pr Techni Eng) • Professional Certificated Engineer (Pr Cert) • Professional Engineering Technologist (Pr Tech Eng) • Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) • Registered Lift Inspector • Registered Lifting Machinery Inspector • Medical Equipment Maintainer (Reg MEM)” The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is pleased to announce the appointment of a new ECSA CEO Mrs. SRM Buthelezi Pr Eng ECSA president

Since the change of council in 2020 LEEASA has been working hard to ensure the strengthening of our foundation and secure ourselves as the most recognised Voluntary Association for Lifting Machinery Inspectors in South Africa. We are pleased to announce that we’ve been approved by ECSA as an ECSA CPD Service provider (SP_034/2025) which is valid for a three-year period. We believe we are the only Lifting VA that is a Registered VA, Licenced Body and CPD Service Provider registered with ECSA, and this now allows us to not only VET External Service providers for CPD but also have our own training material and content VETTED for CPD and offer CPD points for approved material by ECSA This opens up exciting opportunities for LEEASA so keep watching this space for some announcements soon.

We are pleased to announce that LEEASA has recently completed the vetting and revalidation of all the below courses for LMI Academy • Chain Blocks & Lever Hoists • Lift Trucks – Forklifts • LMI Ethics & Laws • Overhead Cranes The course validations can be seen on the ECSA Website.

We are in the process of validating 6 completely new courses for SkyJacks • Chain Hoist Training for LMI’s • Lifting Tackle Training for LMI’s • Vehicle Hoists Inspection & Load Testing Training • Electrical Overhead Crane Inspection & Load Testing Training • Correct Use & Maintenance of Inspection & Test Equipment • Advanced Crane Rope Inspections This should be completed by the end of 2022 so there will be some exciting new CPD activities to attend in 2023 for all those LMIs looking to expand their knowledge in Lifting.

Our annual general meeting will be taking place at ERPM Golf Club on 16 November 2022. On this day we will be announcing the new LEEASA Board of Directors and Chairpersons as well as bringing you up to speed with the future undertakings of the association. If you would like to run for a seat on the board of directors, please send a motivation letter and cv to admin@leeasa.co.za by 28 October 2022. We will distribute this to our members and vote for the board will take place electronically on the 11 November 2022. The Board will vote for Chairpersons on 14 November 2022 and the new Board announced on 16 November 2022 at the AGM

• 28 October 2022 - CVS & Motivation Submitted • 31 October 2022 - CVS & Motivation Distributed to Members • 11 November 2022 - Electronic Vote • 14 November 2022 - Vote for Chairpersons • 16 November 2022 - AGM @ ERPM Golf Club and Virtual

We are preparing a second batch of cards to be printed. If you have not submitted all of the below information, it is not possible to finalise your card so please get in touch with admin@leeasa.co.za and send in your documentation so we can assist you to have it finalised. • LMI Certificate • LMI Scope Letter (Very Important) • ID Copy • Digital Photo • Completed Membership Form Please make a turn at the AGM to pick up your cards during the event. We have many exciting things planned and would love to have more involvement from our members. If you think you have any value to add please do not hesitate to contact us and be sure to join our AGM so you can be kept up to date with our future for the association.

Feel free to reach out to the council members if the need requires. Chairman: Ashley Davis | ashley@leeasa.co.za

Surita Marx | surita@leeasa.co.za

Andries Agenbag | andries@leeasa. co.za Francois Blignaut | francois@ leeasa.co.za Kyle Graham | kyle@leeasa.co.za