HERMAN ODENDAAL
** ******* *** **********, ***** Africa
Tel: +27-658****** ***************@*****.*** ID. 670**********
Professional Profile + Strengths
Highly competent, motivated and qualified Metal Fabricator (Boilermaker) with 20+ years’ experience.
Flexible and hardworking with a positive attitude.
Well organised and work pro-actively to provide timely, efficient and accurate maintenance and fabrication services.
Proven ability to generate innovative ideas and solutions to problems.
Even under significant pressure, possess a strong ability to perform effectively.
Other strengths include Project Planning as well as a proven ability to:
omulti task and manage conflicting demands
omaintain confidentiality
oerect structural steelwork
operform civil work (on a small scale)
Vast experience in operating Guillotines, Folders and Rollers as well as: Tig, Mig, Plastic, Stick and CO2 welding.
Work Experience
Metal Fabricator/Boilermaker Northam Platinum Mine LTD 2002 – current
Manufacturing stainless steel pipes, bends, chutes, steel vessels, cable racks, general construction and civil work. (Work with 3mm-50mm mild steel and 0.8mm-12mm stainless).
Fabricating and erecting structural steelwork.
Installing machinery and building base steelwork.
Foreman LTA Camelot/Segala 1998 – 2002
Oversaw all work in processing plant and slime dams.
Repaired mild steel tanks and stainless steel acid tanks.
Ordered spares for maintenance and break downs.
Completed monthly budget for Engineering and monthly planning for shutdown repairs.
Key member of team that successfully built a 16 km pipeline in the mountains to the slime dams, 3 weeks faster than scheduled and several thousand dollars under budget.
Ran project that successfully built a cement plant for back filling – project was completed ahead of time.
Boilermaker/Fitter Sappi Saw Mills 1993 – 1998
Built a new fuel and chip bin.
Erected structural steelwork.
Built portable finger joint machine that saved the company more than 80% on downtime.
Built portable wood cutting machines for the forest and the saw mills.
General maintenance on all saw mill equipment.
Maintained the John Thompson Coal Boiler.
Apprentice Boilermaker/Boilermaker Loraine Gold Mine 1986 – 1993
Repaired conveyors, loading boxes and chutes.
Manufactured hoppers, chutes, conveyor belts and replaced liners in loading boxes.
Maintenance of shafts, shaft steelwork and pipes.
Built new mobile crushers and crusher trailers.
Designed a loading box link and saved the company 65% on downtime for replacing parts.
Education / Qualifications / Training
Safe use of fall arrest system Certificate number: 201*-****-****
Working on heights Certificate number: TBT/HS/2068 2016
Scaffolding awareness Certificate number: 201*-****-****
Overhead Crane 25 Ton Certificate number: TBT/TETA/119 2016
Basic Rigging Certificate number: TBT/329 2016
Safety Harness Certificate number: TBT/NU/674 2016
Trade Boilermaker Welkom Technical College 1989
Referees
Sakkie Wolfaardt Electrical Foreman 027-********* ******.*********@********.**.**
Rudolf Koster Mechanical Foreman 027-********* *******.******@********.**.**