Green Economy Journal Issue 39

Profile
NCPC-SA contributes
towards skills development
in South Africa
Through the South African Industrial Energy Efficiency (IEE) Project, the National
Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) continues to heed Government’s call
to fast-track skills development by training South Africans to become experts and trainers
in resource and energy efficiency. The IEE Project training recipients were applauded for
completing their respective courses at the recent Industrial Efficiency Conference hosted
by the NCPC-SA.
The IEE Project’s expert and trainer programmes were the first of
their kind to be established through the United Nations Industrial
Development Organisation (UNIDO). “When UNIDO speaks about
South Africa’s project, there is always fondness,” says Gerswynn McKuur,
Energy Management Working Group Coordinator for UNIDO
For the past six years, the IEE Project has trained and developed
competent individuals whose skills are in high demand both nationally
and internationally. They provide training on resource efficiency and
cleaner production (RECP) and energy management systems (EnMS). The
training is recognised by UNIDO as the blueprint for similar projects that
have since been established world-wide.
“Many of the people that have been trained as experts in South Africa
now train others on behalf of UNIDO in other countries,” Gerswynn
disclosed to the programme graduates.
“Our quality manager has high standards, she ensures that if you are
here today, you deserve to be,” Julie Wells, NCPC-SA Communication
Manager, assured the graduation recipients who received certificates for:
• RECP level trainers programme
• Energy management 101
• Qualified experts programmes in:
- Energy management system
- Pumps experts level
- Fan experts
- RECP experts
Further to the training, the NCPC-SA empowers companies to implement
resource efficiency and energy management at their respective plants.
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