Thomas Francis
ADDRESS: ** **** **** ***,
Trenton, NJ 08638.
Telephone No.
E-Mail Address: acp8t5@r.postjobfree.com
Profession
Control Room Operator
Specializing in Boiler and Turbine operations.
Job Objective
To work as a Boiler/Plant Operator whereby I can have a direct impact on the daily operation of the particular unit.
Highlights
- Eighteen years Power Plant experience.
-Highly Disciplined and Dependable worker.
-City & Guilds of London Award for Top Performance
in Steam Turbine Examination(1996).
-Awarded by Company (J.P.S. Co.) for Outstanding
Academic Achievement (1996).
-Never been absent from work without permission.
-Awarded by Company ( J.P.S.Co.) for 10 years
of continued service.
-Assisted in recommissioning the steam unit on its last overhaul.
EXPERIENCE :
2000-2011 : Control Room Operator.
Duties Perform Include:
-Starting and stopping auxiliary equipment .
-Bringing up boiler from cold to operating parameters.
-Running up turbine from cold to full speed.
-Synchronizing and connecting generator to the national grid.
-Monitor controls and enter hourly log readings.
-Ensure the safe and efficient operation of the unit.
-Take action in the event of emergency.
-Inform shift supervisor of any impending problem or abnormal condition.
-Record defects and make note of repair work and adjustment carried out by maintenance personnel.
-Perform switching operation on instruction from system controller / shift supervisor.
-Give instructions to plant operators.
-Assist in giving hands-on training to controllers in training.
-Perform hydrostatic test on boiler.
-Floating of safety valves.
-Carry out system backwash on condensers.
-Compute mid-night production figures.
-Prepare shift report.
1991-2000 : Plant Operator
Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd.
Worked as a Plant Operator on units with GE and Parsons Turbines and
boilers from Foster Wheeler and Bailey.
I also worked as a Gas Turbine Operator for a short time--two months.
Duties Performed Include:
-Starting and stopping auxiliary equipment on instruction from Controller/ Supervisor.
-Bringing up boiler from cold to operating parameters
-Running up turbine from cold to full speed.
-Ensure running equipment are operated safely and efficiently.
-Test standby equipment
-Purge Hydrogen cooled generator.
-Monitor and record data for turbine and boiler.
-Monitor transfer of fuel oil from petroleum company.
-Sootblow boiler.
-Collecting and testing boiler water sample.
-Clean fuel oil strainers.
-Replace leaking gaskets.
-Lubricate bearings and make adjustment to leaking pump gland.
-Assist shift supervisor and controller in trouble shooting.
-Take actions in the event of emergency.
-Interlock and isolate high voltage equipment(4.16kv)..
-Assist in giving hands-on training to trainee operators.
EDUCATION:
1986-1988 : Jamaican German Automotive School.
Certification:
Motor Vehicle Craft Studies.
1991-Jamaica Public Service Company Training Centre.
Certification:
External Operator's Course.
1995-1996: Completed courses in the operations of Large Capacity Water
Tube Boilers and Steam Turbines.
City & Guilds of London Certificates Achieved:
Principles of Power Plant Operations Part 1.
Principles of Power Plant Operations Part 2.
1999- Isreal Electric Company / Jamaica Public Service Co.
Certification:
Boiler course
Pump course
Heat exchanger course
Turbine course.
2003- High Pressure black seal boiler operator license---New Jersey