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Africa’s first and only CAT IV instructor

ondition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, is proud to announce Peacock, who aced the course with an 80 –
that its Asset Reliability Care (ARC) division officially has Africa’s first and 90% pass rate, had this to say, ‘I relished the
Conly CAT IV instructor, after technical and training manager, Louis Peacock, challenges presented by the comprehensive
passed his final exam with flying colours. course material, and I’m pleased that all
CAT certification is achieved through the Mobius Institute, a worldwide the extra hours of hard work have paid off.
provider of education in reliability improvement, condition monitoring and One thing is for sure - the CAT-IV course
precision maintenance. WearCheck is one of a few certified Mobius training transforms a very good vibration analyst into
centres for Africa, and now the only centre having a local person presenting the a vibration super-hero!’
CAT IV course. Peacock’s high marks earned him a
Training courses are run by WearCheck anywhere, any date, on demand. distinction, which enables him to register as
The CAT courses include Vibration CAT I (junior analyst and data collector), the first and only CAT IV instructor in Africa –
Vibration CAT II (intermediate analyst and data collector), Vibration CAT III a feat that nobody else on the continent has
(senior analyst with supervisor roles) and Vibration CAT IV (expert analyst with yet achieved.
additional roles and expert techniques). There are only eight other CAT IV analysts
For the stringent CAT IV certification, students must pass the exam with >70% in Africa, but Peacock is the first and only
and work through 52 hours of on-line videos during part one. Part two entails 40 instructor. On a global level, there are only
hours of classroom-based instructor-led coursework and students must have the 249 CAT IV analysts, broken down as follows:
required number of years’ condition monitoring experience as per (ISO 18436-2), Africa (9), Asia (55), Australia (29), South
(ISO 18436-1, ISO/IEC 17024), (ISO 18436-3) certification. America (13), North America (25), Europe
(93) and Middle East (25).
The CAT IV course covers: Following Peacock’s lead, several
• Advanced signal processing additional WearCheck ARC technicians
• Cross channel measurements achieved other CAT certification in
• Dynamics (mass/stiffness/damping, natural frequencies, modes) 2021/2022: CAT I (12), CAT II (8) and
• Resonance testing (run-up/coast down tests, impact tests, ODS, modal CAT III (2).
analysis)
• Corrective action (flow control, resonance correction, isolation and damping) The next scheduled in-class CAT IV courses to
• Proximity probe and casing measurements be run by WearCheck take place from 23-27
• Orbit and centreline plot analysis January 2023 and 24-28 July 2023: The first
• Rotor dynamics (natural frequencies, modelling) 10 students enrolling for the January course
• Journal bearings (design, fluid film instabilities) at US$5,000.00, will undergo the following:
• Flexible rotor balancing • Part one: 90 hours of video
• Torsional vibration • 48 additional workshop preparation
hours at the Longmeadow training
Centre.
• 45 Hours compulsory in-class training and
five hours certification.

To book a Mobius course with WearCheck,
please check out the available dates and
courses here https://www.wearcheck.co.za/
training/mobius-training.html or contact
Louis Peacock to book your spot via email:
louis@wearcheckrs.com

Contact WearCheck, Phone 031 700-5460,
support@wearcheck.co.za,
Louis Peacock of WearCheck (right) with CAT IV certificate https://www.wearcheck.co.za/

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