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Van nederige begin tot 10 jaar se sukses: AR Jones Engineering vier vandeesmaand ‘n merkwaardige eerste dekade, ‘n reis wat met nederige omstandighede, harde werk en ‘n vasberade geloof in ‘n beter toekoms begin het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antonio Jones, die dryfkrag agter die maatskappy, se storie begin in Klawer, waar hy as die seun van ‘n enkelma grootgeword het. Sy het as huishoudelike werker en seisoenale plaaswerker gewerk om haar gesin te onderhou en hy het sy skoolloopbaan plaaslik voltooi en aan Vredendal Sekond\u00ear maktrikuleer. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoewel hy n\u00e1 skool universiteit toe wou gaan, het finansi\u00eble druk dit onmoontlik gemaak.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy kon di\u00e9 droom egter in 2005 vervul en het self sy studies in chemiese ingenieurswese aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch betaal. Hierdie vroe\u00eb uitdagings het die grondslag vir sy latere deursettingsvermo\u00eb gel\u00ea.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘n Dapper begin en harde lesse\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, te midde van onsekerheid by Saldanha Works, het Antonio saam met sy vrou, Sharon, ‘n lewensveranderende besluit geneem. “Die grootste motivering was die risiko van werksekerheid. As die maatskappy sou toemaak, sou ons al twee sonder werk sit.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Met Sharon se ondersteuning het hy die sprong geneem en AR Jones Engineering begin \u2013 alleen, in sy motorhuis. “Dit was nie maklik nie. Een van die grootste uitdagings is om die mark te betree en mense te oortuig om jou dienste te gebruik. As mense jou nie ken nie, vertrou hulle jou nie.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy onthou hoe moeilik dit was om die saak aan die gang te kry: “As ingenieur fokus jy net op die tegniese werk. Skielik moes ek ook ‘n verkoopsman wees. Ek onthou hoe moeilik dit was om daardie eerste ‘cold calls’ te maak en mense te vra om met my sake te doen.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En die teleurstellings was werklik. “Jy berei die perfekte aanbieding voor, maar dan word jy oor en oor afgekeur. Maar jy hou aan. Jy moet.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bou aan die toekoms\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nou, 10 jaar later, bou AR Jones Engineering letterlik aan sy volgende hoofstuk. Die maat\u00adskappy is tans besig om sy eie 450\u2009m\u00b2-werksruimte te ontwikkel \u2013 ‘n belangrike belegging in groei en volhoubaarheid.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ons bel\u00ea in toerusting wat ons meer doeltreffend en meer volhoubaar maak,” s\u00ea Jones. “Byvoorbeeld, ‘n oorhoofse hyskraan beteken ons sal groter en swaar\u00adder projekte in die werkswinkel kan hanteer.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy s\u00ea hierdie belegging sal nie net kapasiteit verhoog nie, maar ook langtermyn kostedoeltreffend\u00adheid verbeter. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dit gaan ons help om slimmer te werk en beter waarde aan ons kli\u00ebnte te lewer.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nog ‘n kernfokus is vaardig\u00adheidsontwikkeling. “Ons beplan om saam met instellings te werk om vaardig\u00adheidsontwikkeling te bevorder. Ons wil nie net werk skep nie \u2013 ons wil mense toerus.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘n Hart vir die gemeenskap\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gemeenskapswerk l\u00ea Antonio na aan die hart. AR Jones Engineering ondersteun skole sedert 2017 deur pryse te borg vir leerders wat in wiskunde en fisiese wetenskap uitblink. “Vir my is dit persoonlik,” s\u00ea hy. “Onderwys het my lewe verander. In baie van ons gemeenskappe word kinders arm groot, maar met beter oplei\u00adding kan jy ‘n beter toekoms\u00ad\u2009bou.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy glo hierdie vakke is die sleutel tot geleenthede. “In ingenieurs\u00adwese moet jy kan dink en somme doen. As ons kinders daarin kan ondersteun, gee ons hulle ‘n ware kans.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die maatskappy bel\u00ea ook in vaardigheidsontwikkeling deur hul ARPL-program in same\u00adwerking met Merseta. “Ons help mense wat reeds die vaardigheid het, maar nie formele kwalifikasies nie, om as sweisers te kwalifiseer. Dis hoe jy mense en gemeenskappe ophef.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dankbaarheid en vorentoe kyk\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ons het klein begin, maar groot gedroom,” s\u00ea Jones. “Om nou 10 jaar te vier, is ‘n groot voorreg.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy sluit af met ‘n boodskap aan sy kli\u00ebnte en gemeenskap: “Dan\u00adkie dat julle in ons geglo het. Ons sien uit daarna om nog baie jare saam te bou.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wil jy met ‘n span werk wat gehalte en groei prioritiseer?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kontak AR Jones Engineering vandag by arjones-engineering.com, info@arjones-engineering.com of 022 772 0198.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Antonio Jones (middel) by sy span.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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