Instrument technician

Service,maintain all instruments used in the measurement of flow,temperature,pressure,level and plant interlocks

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: JONAH ISHMAEL AMBAKA
AGE: 47 YRS (1961-2008)
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED WITH FOUR CHILDREN AGED 11YRS,
8 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS
ADDRESS P.O. BOX 42099,
MOMBASA.
MOBILE: 254-723 -458566


EXPERIENCE:

16 YEARS WORKING AS AN INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN WITH KENYA PETROLEUM REFINERIES.WORK EXPERIENCE INCLUDES WORKING ON ALL INSTRUMENTS USED ON INDUSTRIAL MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL OF:
• FLOW: TRANSMITTERS, RECORDERS, PRIMARY ELEMENTS,
POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT METERS, CONTROL VALVES
(PNEUMATIC/ELECTRICAL)
• PRESSURE: TRANSMITTERS, CONTROLLERS,SWITCHES,GAUGES;
• LEVEL: TANKGAUGING (WHESOE, ENRAF), OPEN VESSELS
FLOAT OPERATED, PRESSURISED VESSELS FLOAT
OPERATED, LEVEL SWITCHES;
• TEMPERATURE: THERMOCOUPLES, PT 100 SENSORS,
CONTROLLERS, RECORDERS;
• CONTROL VALVES: AIR TO OPEN/CLOSE, PRESSURE
CONTROLLERS;
• TRANSDUCERS: CURRENT TO AIR,AIR TO CURRENT,VOLTAGE
TO CRRENT;
• CALIBRATION: CALIBRATION OF ALL INSTRUMENTS ABOVE TO
ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS;
• PLANT INTERLOCKS: TROUBLE SHOOTING OF PLANT
INTERLOCKS USING ENGINEERING DIAGRAMS;
• AIR SUPPLY SYSTEMS: MAINTENACE OF AIR SUPPLY SYSTEMS
TO PLANT AND/OR UTILITY
• BOILER: SERVICE OF BOILER CONTROLS;
• SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: GENERATION OF A SCHEDULED
MAINTENACE PROGRAMS TO SUIT PLANT OPERATIONS AND
MINIMISE PLANT DOWNTIME.
• FIRE / SMOKE DETECTION: INSTALLATION AND PERIODIC
CHECKS OF AUTOMATIC SMOKE DETECTORS AND OR FIRE
DETECTORS

3 YEARS WORKING AS AN OPERATION TECHNICIAN.
• SAMPLING OF LINE PRODUCTS / TANK PRODUCTS
• OPERATING OF DIFFERENT TYPES OFPUMPS / EQUIPMENT
• OPERATING FURNACES / BOILERS
• INITIALISING AND FINALISING OF TANKS BEFORE / AFTER TRANSFER TO MARKETERS

Attended primary school from 1969 to 1975-Mtopanga primary school Mombasa,Kenya.
Allidina visram high school-1976 to 1979.