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• Event Safety Training

  • Start
    29 Jul 2024
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  • End
    5 Sep 2024
  • Schedule
    12 sessions
  • Location
    Online

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  Fundamentals of event safety - online

  Across Africa, various Acts, Regulations, Standards and Bylaws dictate that every event appoints a competent person to act as an event safety officer to ensure the safety of attendees. Severe penalties also apply if an event safety officer is not appointed, or the appointed person is deemed incompetent based on a review of their qualifications and work experience.

  This six-week online course is designed to provide information and insight into the role and responsibilities of an event safety officer. Presented as a series of workshops led by subject matter experts, this course provides the information you need to meet your legal requirements and create a safe event. By using real-life examples, you'll know how to instantly identify hazards that could lead to harm, and create event safety documents that include organisational details, crowd management plans and emergency procedures.

  The course cost includes SACIA membership and access to the qualifying exam for the Event Safety Practitioner designation (SAQA ID 1115)

  The course is validated to provide 24 CPD credits that can be used to maintain a SACIA professional designation, and 5 CPD points that can be used to maintain a SAIOSH professional designation.

  
  

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• Event rigging for professional engineers

  • When
    20 Aug 2024
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    8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Blandford manor, 106 Hyperion Road, Northriding
  • Spaces left
    18

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  Understanding the codes and standards applicable to event rigging

  In South Africa, almost every event employs temporary structures. To ensure their safety, a competent individual must sign off on these structures, verifying they are erected or assembled in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines and approved plans.

  The truss systems in the events industry differ significantly from the scaffold systems in construction. The SANS10366 standard specifies that designing temporary demountable structures is a specialized task, distinct from mainstream civil and structural engineering, and should be performed only by competent individuals. Even seasoned engineers find the truss systems in the events sector challenging to comprehend.

  This one-day course addresses safety concerns related to temporary structures, focusing on relevant legislation, standards, regulations, and bylaws. Topics covered include:

  • SANS10366:2015, the national standard for event safety
  • International Code of Practice for Event Rigging
  • South African Sports & Recreational Events Act
  • ANSI E1.6-4 & E1.6-5, concerning the design, inspection, and maintenance of electric chain hoists in entertainment
  • ANSI E1.18:2022, outlining general rigging requirements in entertainment
  • A review of bylaws across major South African cities

  Additionally, the course explores emerging trends and technologies in event structures, like weather forecasting tools and specialized chain hoists.

  Participants will learn to spot potential hazards through case studies of past accidents, gaining the expertise needed to certify the safety of temporary event structures.

  The course also offers CPD credit for engineers registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa.

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• SACIA Golf Day

  • When
    15 Oct 2024
  • Location
    Eagle Canyon Golf Course
  • Spaces left
    16

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  Enjoy a day in the sun with friends and colleagues

  Join us on 15 October 2024 for the annual SACIA Golf Day and prize-giving dinner. It's a four-ball tournament followed by a prize-giving dinner. There's a shotgun start at 11h30 with a floating trophy awarded to the winning team.

  We'll also have some "fun" prizes for those of us who are not chasing the silverware:

  • Closest to the pin (on one of the par-3 holes)
  • Hole in one (we could have more than one winner – I think we had two “holes in one” last year)
  • Team with the most putts
  • Team with the worst score
  • Team with the most lost balls
  • Mishap of the day (Tom Crosswell managed to fall into a water hazard on the seventh hole at last year’s event – I think that deserves a special prize, even if it’s just a dry pair of socks and clean undies)

  
  

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• COMMTREND - SHAPING THE FUTURE

  • Start
    22 Jan 2025
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    24 Jan 2025
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    4:30 PM

  
  

  Shaping the future of the events and entertainment industry

  In celebration of our 15th anniversary SACIA is hosting a three-day, multi-stream conference and exhibition that will examine the trends and technologies shaping the future of the events and entertainment industry across Southern Africa.
  The COMMTREND 2025 conference programme will include presentations, panel discussions, and practical workshops. Streams (break-away sessions) and sub-themes within the conference include:
  

  • Event safety, event management and event technology
  • Content Creation – film, video, multimedia and social media
  • ProAV – digital signage, AV/IT integration, video conferencing, case studies & the user experience
  • Broadcast – all aspects of content creation, management & distribution, incl digital preservation
  • Telecoms – integration between broadcast and AV/IT technologies; networked AV solutions
  • Pro Audio – recording; post-production; live sound
  • Education - exploring challenges faced by educators working across all inter-related fields above
  • Leadership, Business, Ethics & Governance

  
  

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