ZAIN RICHARDS - DIVER

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Ocean View

*975

Cape Town

South Africa

+27-21-783-****

ac8c9r@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

I’ve had diverse opportunities during my academic and work experiences. I’ve been working in the construction industry during since my senior school years and have also studied basic architecture.

Intermittently, I’ve also worked as a technical call centre consultant within the cellular industry. When financially able, I had completed various diving courses and first aid courses.

There had also been a period that I had done diamond diving recovery and had been subcontracting.

Working and doing contract dive work will give me the chance to gain further valuable work and life experiences. To attain further knowledge and studies within the diving and construction sector would be a personal goal to be achieved.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Languages

· English – excellent in speech, reading and writing

· Afrikaans – excellent in speech, reading and writing Software

· MS office

· Excel

· MS Word

· Intermediate Internet

· Computer packages (Access, Siebel, Billcost system) Page 2

EXPERIENCE

January 1990 –

July 1999

August 1999 –

November 2008

Worked occasionally and completed short study courses

· Junior architectural draughtsman certification – work experience and valuable learning experienced gained whilst working at Swiss Contractors,

(Fish Hoek Western Cape, South Africa)

· Introduction to the personal computer

· Computer competency

· Technician course with Dynamic training solutions Support Consultant

Vodacom, Cape Town, South Africa

· Technical operating support to clients in South Africa

· Education for clients and new recruits to the company

· Ensuring that junior members of the staff were knowledgeable with company products and processes

December 2008

—March 2012

Support Contractor Construction

The Last Word Boutique Hotels, Cape Town and surrounding areas, Western Cape South Africa

· General building maintenance

· Ensuring that transport was provided for all personnel

· General construction duties when a new building was erected

· General banking duties

April 2012 –

August 2012

Commercial Diving Contractor

TransHex Mines, Lutzville Vredendal, Northern Cape South Africa

· Diamond recovery diver

· Ensuring the fitness of the dive team on a daily basis

· Ensuring that the logbooks were present and signed

· Ensuring that the dive crew had updated and valid first aid certificates, including the annual and biannual diver medicals

· Ensuring that all emergency contact numbers were valid and available

· Ensuring that all diving equipment and accessories were working correctly and scheduled maintenance was regulated

· Diamond and mineral sorting occurred within a controlled environment

· Ensuring that the operation complied to the South African Occupational Health and Safety Act

· Ensuring that the dive team were updated with the latest South African Department of Labour changes and maintaining the standards of these guidelines

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September 2012

– March 2014

Data Support Consultant

Merchants-Dimension Data, Woodstock Cape Town, South Africa

· Technical operating support to clients in Australia

· Education for clients and new recruits to the company

· Ensuring that junior members of the staff were knowledgeable with company products and processes

COURSES

1991

2003

Certificate Architectural Drafting and Tracing

Cape Academy of Drafting, Cape Town, South Africa

Certified Open Water Rescue Diver

Padi Medic Rescue Diver

Scuba Shack, Simon’s Town Cape Town, South Africa

2004 Class IV Commercial Diving Certificate

Department of Oceanography

University of Cape Town, Cape Town South Africa

2006 Class III Commercial Diving Certificate

Department of Oceanography

University of Cape Town, Cape Town South Africa

2014 Class III Commercial Dive Supervisor

Jack’s Dive Chest Commercial Diving School, Somerset West Western Cape, South Africa

2014 Operations Management

Diploma attained, Alisons (UK)

References for all employment stated are available on request Verification for all certification are available on request All diving courses are registered with the South African Department of Labour Page 4

Updated May 2016

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