About the Asphalt Academy
The Asphalt Academy Trust was established by Sabita on a non-profit basis in 2001, in a joint venture with CSIR Transportek — and has grown steadily ever since on the strength of industry demand for quality courses and seminars in the road sector.
As employees are always seen as the most important resource, the bituminous product industry continues to provide employment to thousands of people in various activities and operations throughout South Africa. The provision of employment and human development within the industry — through in-house training, professional development, bursary provision, and tertiary and secondary educational support — makes for sound growth and sustainability of communities.
Through a renewed partnership with the South African Road Federation (SARF) in 2009, the Asphalt Academy continues to provide training that satisfies industry needs.
Vision
The Asphalt Academy, the training arm of the Southern African Bitumen Association (Sabita), is the premier centre in southern Africa for the coordination of knowledge transfer and skills development in bituminous product technology. It is funded primarily by Sabita and derives additional income from the presentation of courses and workshops in partnership with the SA Road Federation.
Mission
- Promote continuous professional development.
- Advance best practice in education, standards, safety and environmental issues.
- Collaborate with industry and institutions of research and learning to establish needs, and where necessary formulate, develop and sustain education and training programmes.
Goals and objectives
- To promote and encourage an adequate and consistent standard of education and training in industry and at institutions of learning to meet the needs of industry.
- To provide knowledge transfer for the ongoing development of practitioners.
