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November 6th, 2015, Published in Articles: Vector, Uncategorised articles
Reflecting on another year, I realised that 2015 sped by at a frightening pace. It is again time to wish everyone compliments of the season, so consider yourself duly blessed and complimented.
Die Pretoria-kantoor is nog steeds op dieselfde plek, maar amptelik nou by Francis Baard (née Schoeman) Straat 1074 in Hatfield, Pretoria, en die telefoonnommers is ook onveranderd as 012 342-3358 en 012 342-3242/3/8. Die e-pos-adres bly ook infopta@ecasa.co.za.
Die personeel het effe verander sedert verlede jaar, julle het dit moontlik reeds opgelet. Ontvangs en skakelbord word steeds deur Ria du Preez beman, maar sy het hulp bygekry in die vorm van Julie Lerm.
Hulle hanteer ook lede se navrae, kontrakteurregistrasies, vergaderingskedulering en -reëlings, en help met kursusskedulering en -besprekings.
Alle opleiding-verwante sake word deur Rika Nel hanteer. Sy sorg onder meer vir vakleerlingkontrakte, die skedulering en koördinasie van hul kursusse, vaktoetse ensomeer, en dan ook vir die uitreiking en verspreiding van uitslae en sertifikate.
Ons het ook vir Florence Mabena bygekry, wat verantwoordelik is vir arbeid-sake soos dié rakende die Nywerheidsraad (NBCEI), CCMA, afleggings, disipinêre verhore ensomeer. Kontak haar gerus vir arbeid-verwante probleme. Florence is ook belas met al ons bemarking en openbare skakeling.
Cecil Lancaster is die streekdirekteur en sien om na die oorhoofse bestuur van die streek, takvergaderings, tegniese en ander raad aan lede en die publiek, en hy verteenwoordig ook die vereniging op verskeie forums soos bv. die SABS. Ondertussen help almal ook met ontvangs en skakelbord as Ria en Julie uit of besig is.
Upon examining the statistics, it becomes easier to understand why time flies so. There is very little opportunity to relax and watch it go by.
The Bosveld office dealt with 18 664 telephone calls and spent a total of 933 work hours tethered to the landline (this figure excludes cellular calls). This totals 116 full work days or nearly 23 weeks for one person. The regional director alone received some 7000 e-mails (spam excluded) and replied to or sent just over 2000.
The some 18 664 enquiries can be categorised as follows:
Calls of a technical nature: 1372.
Calls pertaining to training: 352.
Calls where advice regarding training in general was given: 1695.
Number of contractors who were advised regarding contractual and commercial matters: 155.
Calls related to labour and the Bargaining Council, but of general nature: 553 (Stephen Khola and Florence Mabena dealt with several more complex labour matters not reflected here).
Number of general administrative matters, general enquiries and counter sales such as SANS documents, CoCs and corporate clothing: 1392.
Number of contractors assisted with their DoL registrations: 1005.
Financially, our region performed as follows:
Income for the year: R3 867 551, an improvement of some R86 348 over last year.
Expenditure for year: R2 951 087.
Surplus generated: R916 464, some R379 097 down from last year.
Our number of ordinary members has been reduced by eight, mostly due to non-employers and the inability to maintain membership. At the same time, the number of levy contributing employees has increased by 205.
Dankie aan al ons getroue lede uit die streek vir jul voortgesette en getroue ondersteuning, en dan ook ‘n groot dankie aan ons dames in die kantoor: dankie Ria, Rika, Julie en Florence vir julle toewyding, getrouheid en harde werk. Sonder almal se bydraes sou dit nie moontlik wees nie!
Om dienste aan ons lede in die Bosveld te bring, het ons hierdie jaar 18 takvergaderings gehou, en ses van hulle opgevolg met algemene jaarvergaderings. Die totale bywonertal van hierdie vergaderings was 844. Die Bosveldstreek het ook die Elektriese Kontrakteursvereniging en sy lede by 120 ander vergaderings en forums verteenwoordig.
Hiervoor moes die streekdirekteur 20 nagte weg van die huis slaap en bykans 12 000 km aflê, wat nagenoeg 120 ure aan die wiel geverg het. Dis gelykstaande aan omtrent drie werkweke vir meeste mense.
We also hosted a very successful charity golf day on 23 April at the Irene Country Club. It was arranged very professionally by Jeanette Jordaan of EE Publishers, and netted a handy sum for charity. The details were reported in the May 2015 issue of Vector.
Baie dankie, Jeanette en EE Publishers, en ook dankie aan Rika en Julie van ons kantoor wat die ECA-putjie beman het. Dankie laastens ook aan al die borge en spelers.
Contact Cecil Lancaster, ECA regional director, Bosveld/Pretoria, Tel 012 342-3358, cecil@ecasa.co.za
Bosveld Cecil Lancaster ECA (SA) The Electrical Contractor