Safety Health
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME : Isheanesu Chisenga
ADDRESS : ****, ********* ******* ******, *******, Johannesburg
CONTACT NUMBER : +276********
E-MAIL ADDRESS : ac31eb@r.postjobfree.com
DATE OF BIRTH : 14 July 1991
SEX : Male
NATIONALITY : Zimbabwean
IDENTITY NUMBER : BN704634 (valid workers permit)
DRIVER’S LICENCE NUMBER: 22903JZ
CAREER PROFILE
A highly trained and experienced Environmental Safety and Health practitioner in both construction and FMGC who has been a part of a Safety and health practice for the past 5 years. Skilled in ISO 14001 environmental management systems and OHSAS 18001 safety and health management systems and ISO 9001 for quality management while having the ability to handle complex assignments effectively and possessing the confidence to work as part of a team or independently to deliver the expected results.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
QUALIFICATION : Ordinary Level
INSTITUTION : Ruya High School, Mt Darwin, Zimbabwe
YEAR ATTAINED : 2004 to 2007
PASSES : 8 Subjects passed including (Mathematics, Science, and English)
QUALIFICATION : Advanced Level
INSTITUTION : Ruya High School, Mt Darwin, Zimbabwe
YEAR ATTAINED : 2008 to 2009
PASSES : 3 Subjects passed including (Geography and Management of Business)
QUALIFICATION : Bachelor of Science in Safety Health and Environmental Management.
INSTITUTION : Bindura University of Science Education, Bindura, Zimbabwe
YEAR ATTAINED : 2011 to 2015
PASSES : Second Upper Class (2.1)
QUALIFICATION : Lifesaver International First Aid Certificate
INSTITUTION : St John Ambulance Association
YEAR ATTAINED : July 2016
PASSES : Certificate
QUALIFICATION : Industrial Fire Fighting
INSTITUTION : Municipality of Harare Fire Brigade
YEAR ATTAINED : June 2014
PASSES : Certificate
PROFFESIONAL COURSE
NEBOSH International General Certificate 2016
SAMTRAC 2015
WORK EXPERIENCE
YEAR : May 2011 to August 2011
EMPLOYER : Cotton Company of Zimbabwe
Job Title : Accounts clerk
ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Handling transporters payments
Invoicing of receipts and filing
Handling transporters’ queries and
YEAR : July 2013 to February 2015
EMPLOYER : Alliance One International - Mashonaland Tobacco Company (3000 people)
Job Title : Safety and Health Officer
ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Co-ordinate daily HSE matters for the company
Communicate with the ministry of Labour on safety related issues
Preparing monthly and annual reports of safety performance for the company.
Implementation of ISO 14001’s environmental management systems elements and conducting internal audits.
Implementation of BSI OHSAS 18001’s Safety and Health management systems elements and conducting internal audits.
Implementation of ISO 9001’s Quality management systems elements and conducting internal audits.
Facilitating monthly environmental safety and health meetings with all departments and mapping action plans.
Annual review of Safety policy and practical implementation of the policy across all departments and activities.
Preparation of induction and training programmes and conducting induction training for more than 2000 employees.
Plan training programmes according to needs in Safety and Health across all departments.
Conducting investigations of near misses, accidents and any HSE related incidents that occur.
Preparation of Emergency Preparedness plans and annual review of its effectiveness to the organization.
Fire incident protection and preparation,
Implementation of Emergency preparedness and response plan.
Finance-Annual budget preparation for the department.
Proposition of department’s commodities procurement.
Ensuring registration of company activities with all legally stipulated entities for operating licenses.
Handling occupational related compensation cases with NSSA;
Waste management and environmental rehabilitation programmes.
Conducting periodic hazard identification, risk assessments and job safety analysis sessions across all departments.
Action weekly and monthly deviation reports within stipulated periods.
Checks on the management systems components progress
Conducting weekly HSE inspections for the factory, vehicles, electricity, canteen, warehouse and office inspections;
Legal compliance audits to Environmental, Health and safety laws and ensuring the organization complies with them.
Conducting industrial hygiene monitoring (dust, noise, ergonomics, light) measurements according to legal requirements.
Use of SAP to do purchase requisitions and creating maintenance orders.
Coordinating interdepartmental team building initiatives.
Achievements: Reduced 2013 and 2014 lost time injury rate from 2.6 to 0.7
Initiated a waste segregation programme that reduced waste levels by 40%
Was part of the team that drove MTC to win the 2013 Safety and Health at Work
(SHAW) awards for the most improved company in its sector as far as Safety and Health is concerned.
YEAR : March 2015 to March 2016
EMPLOYER : Shota Engineering
Job Title : Safety and Health Representative
ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conducting risk assessment
Safety and health talks
Prepare and implement safety and health Plan
Accident prevention and investigation
Writing reports
Advising the engineering team
Communicate with the Inspectorate
Hazard identification and risk assessment
Legal compliance inspection and enforcement
Training programmes planning
PPE use enforcement
Daily SHE Inspections on site
Conducting and chairing monthly safety meetings
YEAR : May 2016 to February 2017
EMPLOYER : Metallux Pty Ltd
Job Title : Safety and Health Officer (Fibre optic cables laying West Pretoria, Lodium & Soshanguve)
ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conducting risk assessment for excavation work
Safety and health talks
Prepare and implement safety and health Plan according to laid project budget
Accident prevention and investigation
Communicate with the Inspectorate
Hazard identification and risk management
Legal compliance inspection and enforcement (OSHA, Construction regulations, COIDA)
Training programmes planning
PPE use enforcement
Daily SHE Inspections on site. Plant, equipment and site inspections.
Conducting and chairing monthly safety meetings
Development of safety files
Writing reports to management and client
Inspecting work site
Advising both management and employees on matters related to OHS and Legal compliance
Planning OHS continual improvement projects
Identification and establishment of an assembly point; this was done during SHE induction to all new employees as well as contractors working for the organization.
Preparation of the SHE and Environmental file.
Conducting daily toolbox talks about safety and environment.
Designing a disaster contingency plan.
Increasing visual safety communication through use of safety signs, this was done by ensuring that safety signs were posted in all hazardous areas as well in areas where new hazards have been identified.
Ensuring of the employer to provide adequate Personal protective clothing and equipment as well as the duties of employees to use the provided personal protective clothing.
Maintenance of management systems: OHSAS 18001:1999; ISO 140001:2004; ISO 9001:2000.Ensuring that the organization conforms to all management systems and this is done by conducting several internal audits and ensuring that all non-conforming areas are rectified.
Conducting safety health and environmental audits
Identify Management systems training needs, designing appropriate training programs and carrying out training.
Safety, health & Environment data and trend analysis.
YEAR : September 2017 to date
EMPLOYER : Toolslane engineering Pty Ltd
Job Title : Safety and Health Officer (Manyavu water pipe laying project)
ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Assist with the preparation of a construction health and safety plan
Confirm necessary documentation was submitted to the relevant authorities
Attend project planning meetings
Assessments and approval of contractor(s) health and safety plans
Attend the contractors site handover
Attend regular site, technical and progress meetings
Facilitate site health and safety meetings
Identification of the hazards and risks relevant to the construction project through regular coordinated site inspections
Establish and maintain health and safety communication structures and systems, distribution of health and safety specific documents to sub-contractors
Compiling project specific emergency response and preparedness plans
Testing the effectiveness of the emergency response plans
Conduct site safety inductions
Evaluate the levels of compliance of subcontractors to the project specific health and safety plan and client specifications through inspections and audits
Oversee the reporting and investigation of project related incidents
Oversee the maintenance of all records
Participation in management reviews of the health and safety systems
Use of trends analysis to identify system deficiencies and incident trends, outline relevant improvements
Incorporation of changes into a health and safety management system
Review and update the health and safety plan
Development of technical reports in relation to health and safety issues and communicate through presentations to diverse groups of decision makers
SKILLS
MANAGEMENT SKILLS: Supervisory, financial regulation, Decision making, Managing budgets, Effective delegation, Conflict regulation skills.
PERSONAL SKILLS: Attention to detail, Communication, Good IT knowledge, Presentation skills, Problem solving, Analytic mind, High levels of integrity, negotiating skills.
COMPUTER SKILLS: good command of all Microsoft Office™ tools (word, excel, PowerPoint presentation) and Good command of IBM SPSS Data analysis tools. Using some components of SAP
HOBBIES
Watching current affairs, tourism and travelling as well as Chess.
REFERENCES
Mr. R . Mutseriwa (Operations officer)
Lubbe Construction
23 Webber Road
Delville, Gemiston
Erick Khumalo (Construction manager)
Falcon projects
199 John Street Muckleneuk
Pretoria
K . Sabumba
Safety and health director
Alliance One International
Harare Zimbabwe
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