Yokogawa South Africa recently received a merit award from the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) for ‘Consistent attainment in participation in, and practice of, cooperative education’.
VUT is one of Yokogawa’s tertiary institution partners facilitating the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programme to students in the field of process instrumentation and control. WIL forms part of a learner’s three-year curriculum to complete a National Diploma in Electrical Engineering. Learners spend two years at a University of Technology to complete the academic work, followed by one year at a company that has been accredited to facilitate the WIL programme.
Yokogawa South Africa has embarked on a strong drive towards training and skills development facilitated by the appointment of a service training manager, Nico Marneweck, early in 2009. “What makes Yokogawa’s Internship programme unique is that it is strong in the field of control and field measurement (pressure, temperature, flow, level and analytical). In terms of the control field, Yokogawa launched its first DCS back in 1975, while in the measurement field, the development and release of the first silicon digital sensor differential pressure transmitter was a milestone,” explains Marneweck.
VUT first accredited Yokogawa South Africa in May 2011. In November 2014, VUT celebrated its ten-year anniversary as a University of Technology, of which Yokogawa’s WIL programme formed an integral part of the model. To date, Yokogawa South Africa has hosted a total of 41 learners for their accredited year of WIL and is now accredited to offer the programme for the next three years.
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