Production operator

Operate refinery and gas installations

CURRENTLY WITH SASOL PETROLEUM TEMANE, MOZAMBIQUE

Originally with Secunda operations where I worked in the Hexene / Pentene plant. In 2003 I was transferred to Sasol in Mozambique to commission and start-up Sasol’s first natural gas central processing facility in Mozambique.

FEBRUARY 1998-APRIL 2001: AECI OPERATIONS SERVICES

Position held: Senior Utilities Operator at the Power Station

Duties: Operate three high- pressure boilers to generate and maintain steam pressure for AECI customers. Other duties included the operation of the Demineralisation Plant, various chemical tests to ensure good quality boiler-feed water, minor mechanical repairs such as renewing broken shear-pins, renewing v-belts, cleaning pump strainers and generally maintaining the power station as a clean, efficient unit.






SEPTEMBER 1985 – SEPTEMBER 1996: ENGEN OIL REFINERY

Position held: Senior Process Operator

Duties: This was my first employment after completing high school in 1984. I began as a tank-farm operator responsible for tank switching, loading /off loading of road-tankers, sampling and checking of inventory levels.

In the subsequent years I progressed to the other units as follows: utilities operator responsible for the efficient operation of two high-pressure boilers, demineralisation plant and operation of furnaces. Other units included the propane de-asphalting unit, furfural unit, MEK refrigeration, MEK recovery and MEK solvent management .

Control Room Operator- as senior operator I also worked as a panel operator on the Honeywell TDC 3000 control.

Summary: I am well experienced in all aspects of refinery and gas plant operations such as punching, commissioning, start - up and shut-down activities, permit-to-work system, electrical lockout, potential deviation analysis, risk analysis and trouble-shooting, fire-fighting, mock emergency training, HAZOP studies and workplace safety.

• High School (Grade 12), Matriculation Certificate
• Computer Literacy
• Multi-skilling –basic mechanical ,instrument and minor electrical work - company in house training.
• Vocational Certificate: Production Operations Management - University of South Africa ( UNISA )
• Certificate : Fundamentals of FPSOs – IBC Global Academy, UK
( www.informaglobalevents.com)
• Certificate : LNG Plant Operations – Gas Technology Institute
( GTI ), Illinois, US ( www.gastechnology.org)
• Certificate : LNG Shipping and Cargo Handling ( GTI )