{"id":56126,"date":"2026-09-04T13:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/rmi-puts-welding-skills-in-the-spotlight-at-first-motor-mech-welding-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:43:40","slug":"rmi-puts-welding-skills-in-the-spotlight-at-first-motor-mech-welding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/rmi-puts-welding-skills-in-the-spotlight-at-first-motor-mech-welding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"RMI puts welding skills in the spotlight at first Motor Mech Welding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) is proud to have hosted its very first Welding Competition highlighting the importance of creating practical, inclusive pathways into South Africa&rsquo;s automotive and related industries.  10 learners from Bergsig Special School put their welding skills to the test as part of the bigger Motor Mech Show \/ Alles op Wiele Show hosted at Daniel Pienaar Technical High School in Kariega on 29 August.<\/p>\n<p>This inaugural welding competition gave the Bergsig learners an opportunity to move beyond the classroom and demonstrate their practical abilities in front of an industry audience.<br \/>\nAt the end of the day Rowelin Gert took top honours followed by Tristen Scheepers in second and Davi-Cleo Claasen coming in third place. <\/p>\n<p>Peter van Mosseveld, RMI regional manager in the Eastern Cape, says, &ldquo;For the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), which supports the Motor Mech initiative as part of its commitment to skills development and the future&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78504&#038;page=rmi-puts-welding-skills-in-the-spotlight-at-first-motor-mech-welding-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) is proud to have hosted its very first Welding Competition highlighting the importance of creating practical, inclusive pathways into South Africa&rsquo;s automotive and related industries. 10 learners from Bergsig Special School put their welding skills to the test as part of the bigger Motor Mech Show \/ Alles op [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/The%20inaugural%20RMI%20Motor%20Mech%20Welding%20Competition%20brought%20together%20education%20and%20industry%20to%20give%20young%20learners%20valuable%20practical%20experience%2c%20reco.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-56126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-eastern-cape"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/The%20inaugural%20RMI%20Motor%20Mech%20Welding%20Competition%20brought%20together%20education%20and%20industry%20to%20give%20young%20learners%20valuable%20practical%20experience%2c%20reco.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}