Murray & Roberts Cementation is excited to announced that its Venetia Underground Project (VUP) project has produced its first boilermaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thibi Jerry Phala has just completed his apprenticeship, which he began in 2019 after joining Murray & Roberts Cementation a few years earlier as an engineering assistant. Phala says he has been passionate about engineering since he was a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeing part of Murray & Roberts Cementation\u2019s VUP project inspired me to apply for an apprenticeship with the company,\u201d he says. \u201cWorking with our experienced boilermakers \u2013 and being exposed to various engineering activities \u2013 really motivated me to develop my skills further in this field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The journey so far has included learning the skills of a plater \u2013 handling thick metal plates \u2013 as well as understanding steel structures, drawing and design. The apprenticeship involved studying boilermaking theory at Harmony Engineering Training Centre in Orkney for three years. The practical aspect of the apprenticeship was done on the VUP site, where experienced artisans supervised and mentored Jerry for 11 months. This achievement is only the beginning, he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am planning to continue working hard and gaining more experience in this important occupation,\u201d says Jerry. \u201cThis will give me a good starting point to work towards becoming an engineer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He urges any person with ambition to look seriously at the engineering field for a career \u2013 and to pursue this goal with commitment, hard work and resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As part of its ongoing development project the De Beers Venetia Underground Project, Murray & Roberts Cementation has produced its first boilermaker at this site. Thibi Jerry Phala joined the company as an engineering assistant seven years ago and started his apprenticeship in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[187],"class_list":["post-6484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-client-focus","tag-cementaion-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10615,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484\/revisions\/10615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}