Plant Equipment and Hire August 2017 | Page 5

CONTENTS REGULARS Editor’s comment 1 World news 4 New equipment news 6 Africa news 8 Regional directory of rental equipment 35 Insight 40 TRAINING 22 Building up the workforce: the importance of training Yellow metal equipment is expensive, and so it makes sense to ensure that those who will be working with it, either operating or servicing, have the necessary skills and experience to do so. Many OEMs, such as Barloworld Equipment, offer a variety of training and certification options for both operators and technicians. Product focus From chunk to riches 31 Documented back to 40 BCE, the crushing and breaking of rock, ore, and minerals is one of the oldest processes undertaken by man, preceding its partner — screening — by centuries. Today, we find strings of crushers feeding screening machines as one, and in mobile form. Face-to-face Lifting the lid on training 28 Uplift Quality Solutions offers work-at-height and material handling training solutions. Uplift general manager Richard Cherryholme spoke to Robyn Grimsley about the company’s training offerings. Keep a lookout for our upcoming issues, where we will look at areas relating to technological advancement and second- hand equipment, including training, drone technology, and power generation. If you would like to contribute, or to partner with these topics through advertising, please contact [email protected]. AUGUST 2017 3