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About Us
Engineering Services
Our History
Company owner and Managing Director, Terry Tapsell, is a trade certified fitter and turner, ASME IX welder and boiler-maker with 40 years’ experience in the engineering sector. He has worked on major sites in Australia and New Zealand.
Terry established PFW in 2009 to meet demand for crews of professional tradesmen to undertake site-focused projects and maintenance work. He knows personally the over 100 tradesmen on PFW’s manning list and matches skill-sets with project requirements. He has effectively built a team of professional fitters and welders who understand the stringent quality requirements of the different engineering sectors.
PFW is a New Zealand registered company – Pro-Fit and Weld Ltd – and has previously operated a branch in Australia – Pro-Fit and Weld (Australia) Pty Ltd – which was ASIC and ABN/ACN registered.
Pro Fit and Weld is a family-owned engineering company with over 45 years of experience in New Zealand and Australia's oil and gas, pulp and paper, dairy industries, and more.
Industries
PFW operates across most engineering sectors including oil & gas, petroleum, mining, pulp & paper, dairy, meat-works and power generation – geothermal, gas and hydro. Formed in 2009, our tradesmen have worked together on major construction projects in Australia and New Zealand.
Services
PFW offers clients site-focussed trades support services. The company specialises in managing particular areas of larger projects or supplying complete personnel requirements for smaller projects. Typically PFW would provide up to twenty tradesmen and supervisors but has the capacity to increase these numbers as required. A continuous focus on quality is maintained on all jobs.
We are not a labour hire company. We know the over 100 tradesmen on our manning list personally and will put together the best tradesmen with the right skill-set for the project at hand.
Health, Safety and Environment
The PFW team has an excellent HS&E record on all jobs and is committed to maintaining a high level of health and safety on and off site. HS&E documentation and references are available on request.