instrumentation technician

Surname: Acquaye

Other Names: Archiebold

Date of Birth: 13th June 1969

Place of Birth: Accra - Ghana

Nationality: Ghanaian

Postal Address: P.O. Box 26 Tarkwa

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E-mail: *********@*****.***/**********@*****.***

To be or find a challenging position or field to meet my competencies, capabilities, skills, education and experience.

To increase the shareholder’s value and maximize profit by improving the operation efficiencies and maximize the utilization of available resources through integrity, ethics, leadership, teamwork, communication, training, development and continuous improvement.

2004 2006 Electrical Engineering Tech Part 1 & 2 (Ghana Education Service)

Engineering training School – AngloGold Ashanti Limited

SHORT COURSES

Sandvik – Hydrocone Crusher course -- Goldfields Training Sch.

Process Automation---Weightometers & Densitometers course. Goldfields Training Sch.

Basic Programmable Logic Controllers course– Engineering Training School AngloGold.

Advance Programmable Logic Controllers course– Engineering Training School AngloGold.

General health & safety training course (NOSA) Engineering Training School AngloGold.

Maintenance management Course – Management Training School-AngloGold Ashanti Sch.

Productivity Improvement Course- Management Training School

Organizing/Time Management Including productivity and cost control course- Management Training School AngloGold

Productivity Improvement course – Management Training School AngloGold.

Leadership & Teambuilding course - Management Training School AngloGold.

General Refrigeration course- Engineering Training School AngloGold.

Shaft examination & Shaft slinging course- Engineering Training School AngloGold.

Theoretical & practical first Aid course- Mining Training centre AngloGold.

4th Inter-departmental first Aid & safety competition - Mining Training centre AngloGold.

Basic & Intermediate PLC Programming – Process & Plant Automation Ltd – Accra-Ghana

Course Details.

General PLC concepts

PLC Hardware

Intro to ladder Logic

Relay logic design vrs PLC ladder logic design.

PLC communication and networking.

Single Board Computers vrs PLC

Automation and control system concepts

Program design in ladder logic

Identify the components of a PLC

Check and confirm status of PLC cards

Write and edit PLC programs

Configure communication between PLC and programming device

Download, upload and monitor Programme

Panel View terminals - Process & Plant Automation Ltd – Accra-Ghana

Course Details.

Panel View Hardware and options

Terminal setup and configuration

Setting up system communication

Panel builder32 software and navigation.

Using screen and working with screen object

Building and transferring Applications.

12 April 2012 -- Till now (Goldfields Ghana Company Ltd)

(Technical Service Department)

Responsibilities

Scheduling of daily maintenance on the (North Heap Leach) Primary & Secondary Gyratory Crushers, Belt Scales, Level Sensors etc.

Calibration of Conveyor Belt Scale and Surge Bin Level Sensors.

PLC and SCADA maintenance and Trouble Shooting.

General Work on ADR Sulphuric Acid and Hydrogen peroxide Plant.

TAC 1000 Cyanide Analyser Unit.

Work on various density,flowmeters,pressure,temperature,level transmitters etc.

General maintenance and trouble shooting on the mine water clarifier and R/O plants.

Worked on the MCC switchgears, VSD & UPS

Worked on HV & LV equipments

January 6/2010 April 24/2012 P2W Ltd Ghana

(instrumentation, control engineer & plant manager (Goldenstar bogoso Site)

Responsibilities

Over see the building of the whole project and organizes the sub contractors

PLC maintenance and Trouble Shooting on control systems on the plant.

Calibration, maintenance and trouble shootings on Siemens pressure Transmitters.

Calibration, maintenance and trouble shooting on Siemens flow transmitters.

Worked the proportional control valves on the Reverse osmosis plant(R/O).

Worked on heffer PH,Turbidity and conductivity controllers

Worked on SCADA control systems on the plant.

Worked on pumps and ABB VSD drives on the plant

September 12/2010 --- December 20/2010 Metso minerals Ghana Ltd.

(Field ServiceTechnician)

Responsibilities

PLC maintenance and Trouble Shooting on all metso gyratory/cone crushers.

Scheduling of daily maintenance on the primary and secondary crusher.

Work on crusher IC 50 modules and all PLC on the crushers.

Attends to client faults on all our crushers at various countries in Africa.

March 1995 – Nov 2009 AngloGol Ashanti Company Ltd Obuasi, Ghana

(Instrumentation Department)

Responsibilities

Scheduling of daily maintenance programs

Maintenance of automated systems such as Ore skipping plants, Hoists (Winders) and PLC controlled conveyors etc.

Maintenance and calibration of measurement and process data acquisition systems.

Maintenance and repair of all electronic equipment such as Radio Remote Controllers (for scoops)

Welding machines and Uninterruptible Power Supply Units(UPS)

PLC maintenance and troubleshooting.

Providing complete Plant Piping and Instrumentation services.

Maintenance and calibration of the mine weighbridges

Equipments and systems worked on

Siemens PLC S7

Allen Bradley PLC RSlogix 5000

Gyratory Cone Crusher And ASRi

Process Automation Belt Scale

Vegason Level sensor

Endress+Hausers Flow meter/Level Sensor

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

ABB switchgears

Vector Variable Speed Drive

Sy-Max / Square-D PLCs

Mitsubishi PLC

Siemens (Simovert) Variable frequency Drives

ADDvantage AC and DC Digital Drives

Miller Welding machines and wire feeders

MOOG, Siamtec and Cathron-Theimeg (Toro) Radio Remote Controllers.

Winders( Mine hoists)

Conveyor controls and Ore weighing systems

Heavy duty Fridge plant

Air Compressor Machines

Heavy duty Fans and Ventilation systems

All types of transmitters,flow,level,temperature,pressure etc

Installed and commission TAC 1000 cynaide analyser at ADR Plant.(Goldfields Ghana Ltd)

Developed a Comprehensive Test procedure for Wagner Radio Remote Controllers (RRC) for the Underground Instrumentation Department of Anglogold Ashanti Company LTD, Obuasi.

Designed, constructed, installed and commissioned an Automatic Batch-Controller for the Backfill Plant of Anglogold Ashanti Company LTD, Obuasi.

Major repairs & trouble shooting works on most electronics Cards that has saved my company thousands of dollars.

dollars.Thimpact of telecommunication on the Ghanaian economy.

Abilities

Research – oriented

Deadline conscious

Result – oriented

Ability to work under high or less supervision (pressure)

Demonstrable ability to analyze, investigate and make professional deductions and recommendations

Self –Encouraged motivator

Information Technology

Good working knowledge of Microsoft office suite:

MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word

Internet and E-mailing

Trainable in any specialized Software

Languages Spoken

Proficient in English language (Official)

Proficient in GA, Twi and Fante (Local)

Researching

Playing Lawn Tennis, Swimming and watching football

Making friends

Mr. Emmanuel Appiah

Senior Instrumentation Engineer

Goldfields Ghana Limited

Tel: 024*******

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Mr Willie Van Rustburg

Supt,Instrumentation

Goldfields Ghana Company Ltd.

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