CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

*. Name: Joseph S M Gbassa

2. Date of Birth: 19th March 1986

3. Nationality: Sierra Leonean

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4. Marital status Married.

5. Academic Qualifications:

6. Education: Bs.c (Hons) Environmental Sciences (Chemistry Option) Njala University-(2008-2012)

7. Other Training: Certificate in

Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS)

Geographical Information System(GIS)

Microsoft Office Excel

8. Country of Work Experience:

Sierra Leone

9. Language: English (good), Krio (good) and Mende (good)

10. Employment Record:

From: 2013 to Date.

Employer: CEMMATS Group Lt

Position: Environmental Health and Safety Officer/GIS Officer.

From: 2012- 2013

Employer: Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood senior secondary school Freetown

Position held: Chemistry and Biology Teacher

From: 2012

Employer: Environmental Division, Ministry of Health and Sanitation

Position: Environmental Assistant.

From: 2007-2008

Employer: Wandor Islamic Agricultural junior secondary school Kenema District

Position held: Teacher

11. Detailed Tasks Assigned.

Responsible for collecting all lines, points and few polygon data using the Global Positioning system device(GPS Garmin 650.

Creation and Making of all Maps before and after field work.

Monitoring of the five big mining companies in the sierra Leone and producing maps of all the sites.

11. Work Undertaken that Best Illustrates Capability to Handle the tasks Assigned

Year:2016

Name of Assignment or project: To Demarcate 4,500ha agricultural land

Locations: Bo District, Lugbu Chiefdom.

Client: Sierra Tropical

Main Project Features: To tell people about the importance of the project more especially providing some land for the project and to demarcate that land provided.

Position Held: Geographic Information System Officer (GIS).

Activities Performed: Responsible to take spatial data and demarcate land provided, create pre and post field maps, create excel sheet of all land owners with relevant details.

Year:2016

Name of Assignment or project: To assess the suitability of proposed exploration area

Locations: Kono District, Koidu town.

Client: Germinate Sierra Leone

Main Project Features: To assess the perception of affected communities and how the exploration exercises might affect the environment and its environs.

Position Held: Geographic Information System Officer (GIS)/Environmentalist

Activities Performed: Responsible to take spatial data generate maps before and after field work and assess the impacts of the exploration excercise on the environment.

Year:2016

Name of Assignment or project: Environmental Impact Assessment (ESIA)

Locations: Kailahun District, Daru Town.

Client: Gold Tree

Main Project Features: To collect baseline socio-economic,health biophysical data within and around the project area

Position Held: Geographic Information System Officer(GIS).

Activities Performed: Responsible to make spatial data sheet and create hydrological and project area map.

Year:2015

Name of Assignment or project: Baseline study on public and private sector participation to manage the exposure and sensitivity of water supply to climate change in Sierra Leone.

Locations: Western Area Rural, Pujehun, Kono and Kambia Districts.

Client: UNDP

Main Project Features: To collect baseline data on climate change effect on water resources in the selected areas.

Position Held: Geographic Information System Officer(GIS)/Enumerator.

Activities Performed: Responsible to collect spatial data and create maps of all the selected areas. And to conduct focus group meeting with stakeholders in the communities and to administer questionnaires to NGOs, Industrial companies and MDAs.

Year:2015

Name of Assignment or project: Provincial Towns Electrification

Locations: Bo, Kenema, Pujehun, Bonthe, Kailahun, Moyamba, Portloko and Western rural.

Client: Government of Sierra Leone/National power Authority

Main Project Features: To Electrify all provincial towns.

Position Held: Geographic Information System Officer and GIS Coordinator.

Activities Performed: Responsible for tracking all high voltage and low voltage lines within the above named towns. Also collecting waypoints of Transformer locations, power house and all major T-off poles.

Finally the creation/Making of all Maps before and after the field work.

Year:2015

Name of Assignment or project: To monitor and Evaluate the mining sites of the five biggest mining companies in the country.

Locations: Lunsar (London Mining), Koidu (Octea mining),Tonkolili;Feregbeya(African Minerals), Moiba Town(Rutile Mining company) and Serabu(Vimetco).

Client: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)

Main Project Features: To see if companies are complying to environmental management plan.

Position Held: GIS Officer and Environmentalist.

Activities Performed: Responsible to collect all spatial data and produce maps of the various mining sites and get snap shots of very important locations within the mining companies.

Year:2015

Name of Assignment or project: Total ESIA Project.

Location: Freetown and Lungi

Client: Total Sierra Leone

Main Project Features: To examine the impact of the petroleum product to environment.

Position Held: GIS Officer/Bio-Physical Environmentalist.

Activities Performed: Responsible for measuring Air quality, Dust Level, Wind Speed,Land slope and Soil Quality and Making of maps.

Year:2015

Name of Assignment or project: Quarterly Monitoring.

Location: Freetown

Client: Sierra Leone Brewery Limited

Main Project Features: To examine the impact of Brewery activities on the environment.

Position Held: GIS Officer/Bio-Physical Environmentalist.

Activities Performed: Responsible for measuring Air quality, Dust Level, Wind Speed,Land slope and Soil Quality and Making of maps.

Year:2015

Name of Assignment or project: Creation of maps.

Location: Kailahun, Kono and Koinadugu Districts.

Client: Sierra Leone Road Authority (SLRA).

Main Project Features: To maintenance both major and minor roads.

Position Held: GIS Officer.

Activities Performed: Responsible to digitize and create maps of all major and minor roads and settlements..

Responsible for calibrating all the machines to be used for wind speed, dust particulate level, Noise level and soil colour, moisture and pH measurement.

Measuring all the air quality parameters

Collecting soil samples

Collecting and conversion of GPS coordinates.

Recording all the data collected during the study.

Responsible for the collection of data and making of all maps.

Administration of Questionnaires and imputing of the data into the SPSS Software for Analysis.

Year:2014

Name of Assignment or project: Tonguma Mining Project.

Location: Tongo and Panguma Towns

Client: Octea Mining

Main Project Features: To mine with little disturbance to the environment.

Position Held: Bio-Physical Environmentalist

Activities Performed: Responsible for measuring Air quality, Dust Level, Wind Speed,Land slope and Soil Quality.

Year:2014

Name of Assignment or project: Three Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project

Location: Bo, Kenema and Makeni

Client: SALWACO

Main Project Features: Safe drinking water production

Position Held: Environmental Assistant

Activities Performed: Responsible for writing the environmental and management plan for the three named towns.

Year:2014

Name of Assignment or project: Sean Hotel Project

Location: Freetown

Client: Sean Hotel

Main Project Features: Provide decent accommodation.

Position Held: Environmental Assistant

Activities Performed: Responsible for desk top review on the impact (negative and positive) of hotels on the environment.

Year:2014

Name of Assignment or project: Lungi-targrin road construction project.

Location: Lungi-Targrin

Client: SLRA

Main Project Features: to Maintenance and broaden the main road from Targrin to Konagrideen

Position Held: Environmental Assistant/Enumerator

Activities Performed: Responsible for accessing the impacts of the road maintenance on the livelihood of people along the road and questionnaire administration.

Year:2013

Name of Assignment or project: Smol power project

Location: Moyamba District

Client: Smol power

Main Project Features: Hydro electric production

Position Held: Environmental Assistant

Activities Performed: Responsible for measuring dust level, wind speed, Noise level and the collection of soil samples.

Year: 2013

Name of Assignment or project: Betmai Hydro project

Location: Tonkolili District

Client: Betmai

Main Project Features: Hydro electric production

Position Held: Environmental assistant

Activities Performed:

: Responsible for measuring dust level, wind speed, Noise level and the collection of soil samples.

Year: 2013

Name of Assignment or project: Addax Jetty project

Location: Freetown

Client: Addax

Main Project Features: A new jetty construction for petroleum companies.

Position Held :Environmental Assistant

Activities Performed:: Responsible for measuring dust level, wind speed, Noise level and the collection of soil samples.

Year: 2013

Name of Assignment or project: Bekongkor hydro Project

Location: Kono District

Client: Hydro China Lt

Main Project Feature: Hydro electric Production

Position Held: Environmental Assistant

Activities Performed: Responsible for measuring dust level, wind speed, Noise level and the collection of soil samples.

Year: 2013

Name of Assignment or project: Leocem Cement Factory project

Location: Freetown

Client: Leocem Factory

Main Project Features: Cement production factory

Position Held: Environmental assistant

Activities Performed: To measure dust particulates, wind speed and noise level in the project area.

Responsible for teaching effectively all the sciences in the all whole school.

Year: 2012-2013

Name of Assignment or project: Teaching

Location :Freetown

Client:: Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood secondary school.

Main Project Features: Teaching

Position Held: Teacher

Activities Performed: To Teach Chemistry and Biology in SS3 and the whole school respectively

University Internship Programme and First Teaching Experience.

Year: 2012

Name of Assignment or project: Internship programme.

Location: Cline Town Freetown

Client: Environmental Division

Main Project Features: Overseeing all environmental activities.

Position Held: Environmental Assistant

Activities Performed: To inspect and monitor water companies, Sea vessels, Freetown slaughterhouse, factories etc.

Year: 2007/2008

Name of Assignment or project: Teach the Sciences project.

Location: Mbama-Kunta

Client: Wandor Islamic Agricultural Secondary school

Main Project Features: Teaching

Position Held: Teacher

Activities Performed: To teach the Sciences

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