Exhibition revival and ICATS training scheme announced Correx Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Corrosion (www.icorr.org) and was registered in 2003 to organise the activities of the Institute of Corrosion on a commercial basis. Correx Ltd is run by an independent Board of Directors, with a mixture of Officers from the Institute of Corrosion, but is strengthened by outside Directors, with experience of commercial activities in various business organisations. The main activity currently being run by Correx Ltd is the marketing, administration and organising of the ICATS Scheme. The second and main activity in 2009 will be:
CORREX EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE 2009 In addition to the ICATS initiative, Correx Ltd is re-launching the CORREX EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE, which was commercially successful for the Institute of Corrosion during the 1980s and 1990s. The first of these re-launched major national exhibitions will be in 2009 at the NEC, Birmingham, in conjunction with SURFACE WORLD 2009 on the 27th 28th and 29th of October. Correx have placed a contract with exhibition organiser and publisher of Surface World magazine, Hill Media Ltd, to organise and run the exhibition and administer the conference.
Full details of this revival of the Correx event, which will combine the Corrosion Control Exhibition with a series of workshops, training courses and practical demonstrations, will be published in the national technical press at increasing frequencies over the build-up to the 2009 event, regular updates will be included in this journal.
Industrial Coatings ApplicatorTraining Scheme (ICATS) ICATS is a comprehensive structured training scheme for the registration, training and certification of the industrial surface preparation of coating operatives.
ICATS provides evidence of practical training and competency in industrial surface preparation and coating application and complements other industrial skills sector schemes. The scheme has a mandatory basic unit ‘Industrial Coatings Applicator’ that comprises six modules; Health and Safety, site Access, Plant and Equipment, Surface Preparation, Paint Types, and Application and Quality Control. Two individual specialist modules are also now available: Spray Painting Operative and Abrasive Blast Cleaning Operative; these can be undertaken by applicators once they have successfully completed the basic ICATS module.
ICATS is the first scheme to offer in-depth skills training to the equivalent of NVQ level 2 within the Protective Coatings Industry. The main benefit to clients and structure owners is that when specifying that a project be carried out by an ICATS registered company they can be sure that today’s sophisticated coating systems will be applied by a trained workforce, with the key skills to ensure that the maximum performance from the systems obtained. This will elongate times to first maintenance and reduce costly shutdowns.
Registered contracting companies will benefit, as they will have proven documentation of a trained and certificated workforce. A qualified workforce will add client confidence and should minimise technical, safety and quality control issues on site.
ICATS is mandated for Highways Works through National Highways Sector Scheme (NHSS) 19A: ‘Corrosion Protection of Ferrous Substrates by Industrial Coatings’ from February 1st 2008 and by Network Rail in their documentation by June 2008. Only contractors with an ICATS-trained workforce will qualify to undertake projects after these dates.
ICATS has over 60 client members with more than 800 applicators currently undergoing, or having completed, training. Details of member companies can be found on the Correx website: www.correx.org
For further information about ICATS, please contact: Correx Ltd.Tel: 01525 851771. Email: admin@correx.org. Website: www.correx.org
For more details about the CORREX EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE, please contactNigel Bean at Hill Media Ltd. Tel: 01442 826826. Email: nigelbean1@aol.com
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