As Dekra Industrial and its adult-based education and occupational skills training division, the Institute of Learning (IOL), embark on a new year, the company is reaffirming its commitment to delivering a truly holistic service across various sectors. The integration of non-destructive testing (NDT) inspections with adult-based education and occupational skills training ensures that Dekra Industrial provides a comprehensive, value-driven solution. This approach supports clients across multiple industry sectors, making a tangible difference in their operations.
“By seamlessly integrating non-destructive testing (NDT) inspections together with adult-based education and occupational skills training, Dekra Industrial provides a comprehensive, value-driven solution which supports clients, making a tangible difference across multiple industry sectors,” says Managing Director Johan Gerber.
Dekra Industrial is strategically co-located in key centres, including Sasolburg, Lephalale, Secunda, Middelburg, and Cape Town. These locations are in alignment with Dekra Industrial and the IOL’s service offerings, ensuring that clients benefit from both inspections and training opportunities in close proximity.
“With this fully integrated approach, we are effectively positioned as more than just another industrial service provider – but as a strategic partner to our clients,” says Gerber. “Our co-located offices in key industrial regions also mirror and reinforce this strategy, ensuring that we offer an accessible and complete service portfolio to our clients.”
Dekra Industrial and the IOL offer a wide range of services, including non-destructive testing (NDT) inspections, vendor inspections, vehicle mapping, welding inspections, safety consulting, and adult-based education and occupational skills training. This holistic service portfolio caters to key sectors such as mining, power generation, petrochemicals, construction, and manufacturing, ensuring that clients meet stringent safety, compliance, and quality standards. By providing an integrated approach, Dekra Industrial helps businesses maintain operational excellence while enhancing workforce skills and regulatory adherence.
Christopher Mörsner, Head of Training and Consulting at Dekra IOL, explains: “By providing comprehensive training alongside NDT and inspections, we not only address our clients’ immediate compliance needs - but also contribute to the long-term sustainability of their businesses. This holistic service offering and ‘dual-benefit’ approach supports industry safety, regulatory compliance and staff development in a way that traditional, ‘stand-alone’ services cannot.”
Dekra Industrial’s holistic service delivery also extends to vendor inspections, ensuring quality control measures are integrated across supply chains. Furthermore, in collaboration with Dekra in Japan, the company offers vehicle mapping services, collecting real-time data on South African road conditions. This data is vital in testing and improving advanced in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems, contributing to the enhancement of navigation and vehicle performance to meet global automotive safety and efficiency standards. This further solidifies Dekra Industrial’s role as a comprehensive partner for diverse industries.
“Our goal is to build on our competitive advantage by refining our offerings and reinforcing our brand as a holistic solutions provider,” Gerber points out. “We are also placing strong emphasis on educating our teams internally to ensure that every staff member understands the full scope of our services, thereby enhancing the client experience by educating them about our other services which they can benefit from,” he adds.
Mörsner agrees: "Everything we do needs to be solution-based for our clients’ benefit. Our clients are looking for streamlined, efficient services - reflecting global innovation combined with local knowledge and experience. By offering these elements – all in a comprehensive, one-stop solution, we not only meet their needs, but also create added value."
This strategic approach ensures that Dekra Industrial and the IOL continue to be a trusted partner in driving safety, compliance, and workforce development across a variety of industries in the year ahead.
