At Curtin University, the IPRA supported by Honorary officers from IET Brunei Network (Captain Farhan and Dr. Siong) gave a talk to 21 lecturers and students from the Faculty of Engineering. Also in attendance was a member working in the shipping industry. The talk focused on “Route to Professional Registration”, on how to achieve Chartered Engineer status.
At the Offshore Industries Sdn. Bhd (OISB), a total of 11 members from IET Brunei visited the factory. The members consisted of members of management committee from the IET Brunei Network, IET student chapters, and engineers from the industries.
During the visit, the delegation from IET Brunei listened to a presentation by Mr Allan Chiu of OISB. The technical talk focused on the Form 4 and Arc Free Switchboards which conform to IEC 61641. A few videos were shown of incidents which resulted in loss of life due to Arc Flash, hence the importance of having FORM 4 separation Switchboards which are internally Arc protected. Valuable life will be safe by using the ARC Free switchboards compared to the Non-FORM 4 compliance.
The visit included a tour to the testing lab and the factory where the company manufactures Low Voltage Switchgear, for example, Capitole 40 (IEC), Clink II (IEC) and Halyester (IEC). The visit is made possible through the kind help of Ms Esther Sim, manager of OISB (B) Sdn Bhd.
