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 Derwyn has been providing PC&A
products and services in South Africa since 1984, when he started
working as a contractor at the RM3 site of Rand Mines in the old
Gold Mining sector of Johannesburg - Crown Mines.
Prior to
those early days, Derwyn was educated and grew up in England and saw
first employment with British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL). They
provided him with excellent training and education by way of an
apprenticeship in Instrumentation. Derwyn completed a comprehensive
4 year apprenticeship along with 5 years at technical colleges where
he completed "City and Guilds T1/T2 Industrial Measurement &
Control" and a Higher Technicians Certificate (City and Guilds HNC),
also in Industrial Measurement & Control.
Derwyn moved to
South Africa in 1982 and joined the Gencor mining group at Grootvlei
mine in Springs. In January 1984, Derwyn decided to work as a
contractor for Wade Walker, contracting to Rand Mines. In 1985,
Derwyn was employed by Bateman Process Instrumentation (BPI) as a
PLC Project Engineer. BPI provided Derwyn with many opportunities
and challenges and Derwyn was to go and work on many PLC, SCADA and
DCS products and projects.
Derwyn also developed customer
relationship skills to the extent that BPI asked him to work in a
sales role. This also turned into success and saw Derwyn in several
roles including branch manager, technical support manager, product
manager and sales manager.
BPI encouraged Derwyn to develop
further and it was while at BPI that Derwyn attended many local and
overseas technical training courses and in 1992 completed a
Management Advancement Program (MAP) at Wits University Business
School.
Since 1994, Derwyn has been living and working in
Cape Town for BPI, Lodicon and CS Holdings.
When BPI closed
doors in 1996, Derwyn was given much encouragement to start his own
company, however, some fears prevented him from taking this step.
With the latest change in employment, Derwyn has been given the
opportunity again and has taken up the challenge this time
around.
Over the last 16 Years, Derwyn has built up a highly
respected reputation for providing professional service and products
in the PC&A market.
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