CHAKA CHAWASARIRA

EMAIL ADDRESS: ac5ovr@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: +971-**-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging position where I can utilise my skills and knowledge in a work environment that offers security and professional growth while being resourceful, innovating and flexible.

SUMMARY:

A self-driven professional with more than 3 years of experience in chemical production, laboratory testing services and quality control, looking for a challenging opportunity in a well-established organisation where I can add value through my intellectual knowledge and work experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JANUARY 2017 TO FEBRUARY 2018

LABORATORY TECHNICIAN – REPORTING TO LABORATORY SUPERVISER

GRANITESIDE CHEMICALS, ZIMBABWE

RESPONSIBILITIES

Assisting the plant manager to create operative strategies, communicate, monitor and ensuring the compliance of all relevant legislation and SHEQ systems, standards and procedures ISO 9001 implementation

Handling, organising and allocating plant in shifts, scheduling and controlling of production processes and preparing production documents.

Co-ordinates the activities of the warehouses operations, including receipt/storage/ issue and dispatch the requested materials to all departments in the plant, receiving and sampling of raw materials checking the quality of the starting material, managing the approvals, packaging, intermediates, bulk and finished products

Conducting In- line (in-process) testing to ensure compliance with SOPs

Quality improvement implementation, full knowledge of good manufacturing practices for pharmaceutical active ingredients and good laboratory practices

Preparing and reviewing quality report documentation and filing of documents

Monitoring quality aspects of manufacturing operation through in-process inspectors

Developing safety procedure and training employees handling hazardous chemicals and machinery

Purification of water for the manufacturing plant and waste water and waste products management

Troubleshoot problems with manufacturing processes, and evaluate equipment and processes to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations

Responsible of storing and maintaining store stock & direct materials items in good conditions ready for use when required, i.e chemicals(reagents) inventory management and supervision of the ordering of new stock

Supervision of the 4 departments in the quality laboratory, and supervising 4 students on work related learning internships

Participate in R&D activities, conducted pilot production and synthesis on new products before batch production.

Dispensary room management, working with the production pharmacist on the measurements for the raw materials to be used

Participated in departmental meetings for review of quality concerns and participate in SOP creation and improving existing ones for production processes

Sample collection, receiving and registering in the inventory register

Preparing the samples for analysis on the UV VIS analyzer, GC, FT-IR and HPLC and conducting trouble shooting of the instruments when necessary

Preparation of standards and reagents necessary for analytical procedures

Conducting and supervision of the inter-laboratory quality control tests from SAZ and MCAZ, and intra laboratory tests conducted between laboratories

Conducting quality for products from other companies

FEBRUARY 2015 TO FEBRUARY 2016

GENAU GROUP, ZIMBABWE

WORK RELATED LEARNING (INTERNSHIP)

ANALYTICAL LABORATORY CHEMIST INTERN – REPORTING TO THE LABORATORY SUPERVISER

RESPONSIBILITIES

Conducting biochemical tests following the standard operational procedures

Sample receiving and entering in the laboratory inventory register

Preparing of working standard solutions according to SOPs

Maintenance of instruments (Spectrophotometry, Chromatography, Infra-red) which includes conducting daily control tests and calibration of instrumentation.

Conducting trouble shooting of the instruments when necessary

Working on shifts including night shifts

Cleaning and sterilizing of workstations

Conducting inter-laboratory quality control tests

Purification of water by reverse osmosis processes

MARCH 2007 TO DECEMBER 2013

ASSISTANT LABORATORY TECHNICIAN – REPORTING TO THE LABORATORY SUPERVISOR

BOTLENG SECONDARY SCHOOL, DELMUS, SOUTH AFRICA

RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparing working standards for chemistry and biology practical for high school students according to the manuals provided by the Science Head of Department

Conducting each practical exercise before the students come to ensure that the standards prepared produce reproducibility results

Cleaning and maintaining the laboratory environment before and after students conduct the practical

Calibration and maintenance of the laboratory equipment as per SOPs provided

Working together with the teachers by assisting in supervision of the students during practical laboratory experiments and exams

Delivering apparatus to rooms, assembling apparatus for experiments, collecting, checking and returning the equipment from rooms to the storage area

Writing reports on the events of every practical session conducted

Inventory taking of the quantity and quality of the chemicals and maintaining good storage and cleaning of equipment and chemicals

Disposing of waste materials according to the local waste management procedures for chemicals

SKILLS SUMMARY

LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS:

Extremely familiar with the latest computer-based lab equipments.

Able to operate, calibrate and interpret data from Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS), HPLC, FT-IR, UV-VIS, AAS Potentiostat-Voltammetry.

Skilled in calculating and analyzing research data.

Ability to apply understanding of complex chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics into research and provide detailed analysis.

Experienced in conducting chemical and physical tests on different types of materials and liquids.

Experienced in handling Distillation columns, Absorption columns, Heat exchanger and Reactors.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

High proficiency in Mac OS, DOS, MS Windows, and UNIX operating systems.

Proficient in CHEMDRAW, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office package, Internet use, email and HTML.

LANGUAGES: English Fluent

SOFT SKILLS:

Excellent communication skills oral and written, excellent presentation skills.

Proven ability to manage multiple tasks

Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

VOLUNTARY WORK:

Brian Lemons Memorial Hospital 2006-conducted several voluntary cleaning services at the hospital surroundings with the SMILE club at Nhowe High School Zimbabwe

17/06/2017-AIDS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN- Team representative Granite Chemicals Masvingo.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 30th October 1988

Marital Status: Single

Visa Status: 3 Month Visit Visa

Gender: Male

Nationality: Zimbabwean

Languages: English and Shona

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Midlands State University (2013 to 2016)

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Technology

Degree Class: 2.1 (Upper Second Class)

High School Education (2001 to 2006)

Nhowe High School

Advanced Level: 2 Subject passes, Biology and Chemistry

Ordinary Level: 8 Subjects passes, Including Mathematics and English Language

Reference list available on request

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