GAUTENG, South Africa, Jan 13, 2016 – AVEVA announced today that the African Academy has selected AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) for its Plant 3D design training courses from January 2016. AVEVA E3D is fast becoming the design software of choice for major capital projects around the world. AVEVA E3D has a state-of-the-art, intuitive user interface that is unmatched in the industry and is ideally suited for the rapid training of new engineers. Students who receive certification on AVEVA E3D will join a large, globally distributed community of designers that can work efficiently together on the most complex greenfield and brownfield projects.
Addressing South Africa’s need for well-trained and skilled draughtspersons, African Academy offers courses such as Plant Engineering Design and Draughting, Construction Engineering Design and Draughting, and Electrical Engineering Design and Draughting. African Academy trains approximately half of all newly qualified draughtspersons in South Africa every year.
“These new courses are helping to close the skills gap between engineers and draughtspersons,” said Kubera Naidoo, managing director, African Academy. “Students leave the Academy fully trained and ready to work on major capital projects immediately. Our aim is to create a bridge for our students to enter the industry with marketable skills that will serve them well throughout their entire career. Working on software such as AVEVA E3D means that students will have hands-on, practical experience with state-of-the-art software that will be very attractive to employers.”
“It is important that students are trained on the key software within the engineering industry and the African Academy could not have made a better choice than AVEVA E3D,” said Louis Khoury, SVP, Regional Operations MEA, AVEVA. “We are proud to be associated with the Academy as it has an excellent reputation for its focus on training people in the latest engineering and design software and industry best practice. I am very confident that both the Academy and its students will be impressed by how quickly they can become proficient with our software. AVEVA E3D is used on very large complex and small specialized projects across a huge range of industries around the world. Who wouldn’t want to be trained on AVEVA E3D!”
The AVEVA Academic Initiative benefits educational institutions, their students, employers, and the global engineering community. AVEVA’s educational partners range from local vocational training centers to the world’s most prestigious postgraduate universities. Common to all is a dedication to developing engineering skills that can be applied directly in the process plant, power and marine industries.
To learn more visit www.aveva.com/academic.
About African Academy
The African Academy was established in 1994 to address the critical need for well-trained and skilled draughtspersons and to contribute towards reducing unemployment in South Africa. The Academy is recognized as one of Africa’s leading Draughting Education & Training Institutions. It has proven its worth in assisting industry, by producing graduates of the highest caliber. The Academy prides itself on its excellent pass rate, which is in excess of 80% and consistently places over 80% of its graduates in employment.
For more information visit www.africanacademy.co.za/.
About AVEVA
For almost 50 years, AVEVA software has enabled the creation of some of the world’s most complex power and process plants, vessels and offshore facilities. AVEVA’s Digital Asset approach ensures there is always an accurate digital representation of each physical asset. This allows engineering contractors, owner operators and ship builders to work more safely, more efficiently and with less risk throughout the life cycle of their projects and operations. AVEVA is the proud winner of the Frost and Sullivan 2015 Global Engineering Information Management Solutions Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award.
For further information please visit www.aveva.com.