To adapt to the current situation, the IIW decided to transform the IIW 2020 Annual Assembly into a fully online event, to offer the international welding community the possibility to have a real IIW experience through a renovated approach.
IIW2020 will be hosted on an interactive and responsive web-based platform which can operate on any device. All the functionalities of a traditional meeting will be covered and even extended, including panel discussions, voting, Q&A and sharing. The IIW2020 website provides a preliminary program and general guidelines, and registrations are now open.
TAFE Queensland is set to expand its already successful Advanced Welder Training Centre (AWTC) program, with its recent investment in an additional 29 Soldamatic augmented reality welding simulators. With this investment, every region of TAFE Queensland across the state that offers an engineering course will have access to faster, safer and more engaging training. This… Read more »
Businesses making up to $500 million per year will be allowed to continue writing off newly purchased assets worth up to $150,000 under an extended scheme designed to boost cash flow. In March, the Federal Government expanded the scope of the Instant Asset Write-Off scheme in the early stages of the coronavirus economic shock.
Weld Australia is aware that in March 2017, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reclassified welding fume from Group 2B Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans to Group 1 Carcinogenic to Humans. Their assessment was subsequently published in IARC’s Monograph 118 in July 2018. The International Institute of Welding (IIW), through their Commission VIII… Read more »
