BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE – TG SLATER

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Surname Slater

Christian Names Trevor George

Sex Male

Date Of Birth 15 April 1967

Address ** **** ******

Bredasdorp

7280

Telephone Numbers (Home) 028-*******

(Work) 028-*******

Nationality SA Citizen

Marital State Married

Dependants 2

Language Proficiency Afrikaans/English

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS :

Highest qualification : National Diploma;

College attended : SANDF Wingfield Technical College

Electrical Engineering (Light Current)

Subjects : Mathematics;

Communication electronics;

Industrial electronics;

Logic systems;

Electronics;

Radar technology;

Telecommunication principles;

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :

Last school attended : Fairbairn High School (1980 – 1984)

Highest standard attained : Matric with University exemption

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS :

Company Reutech Solutions

Designation Technologist

Speciality Telemetry & Flight Test

Period April 1996 – present

Reason for wanting to leave :

Lack of current and future of flight test activities. Resignation of most test personnel. Very uncertain future prospects. Further career development.

PAST EMPLOYMENT DETAILS :

Company South African Air Force

Designation F/Sgt

Appointment Telecommunications, Telemetry

Period Jan 1985 – Mar 1996

Reason for leaving :

Lack of career opportunities & skills development.

Growth opportunities when SAAF placed telemetry system on open tender.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONAL COURSES :

MAGALI TELEMETRY SYSTEM TRAINING COURSE BY EURILOGIC (HAWK & LYNX)

DIGITAL DATA RECORDERS BY HEIM DATA SYSTEMS

KSM & KAM-500 TRAINING COURSE BY ACRA CONTROL LTD

ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL FLIGHT TEST DATA FROM AVIONICS DATA BUSSES COURSE BY UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, KUCE

GLYPHWORKS FUNDAMENTALS COURSE BY ESTEQ TEST & MEASUREMENT

MATLAB INTRODUCTION COURSE

NI LABVIEW BASIC & INTERMEDIATE TRAINING COURSE BY NI SOLUTIONS

MICROSOFT NETWORKING ESSENTIALS COURSE

CORE TECHNOLOGIES OF MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0

ADMINISTERING MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0.

FUNDAMENTALS OF SOLARIS 7 (UNIX)

ADMINISTERING SOLARIS 7, I & II (UNIX)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

EXTENSIVE FLIGHT TEST MISSION SUPPORT AT TFDC INCLUDING REAL-TIME & POST FLIGHT DATA/ VIDEO PROCESSING AND REDUCTION FOR STRUCTURAL, PERFORMANCE AND WEAPONS TESTING. (1989 – present)

DESIGN, INSTALLATION, BUILD AND INTEGRATION OF NEW TELEMETRY MISSION CONTROL CENTRE AT TFDC INCLUDING NUMEROUS SYSTEMS UPGRADES – ANALOG TO DIGITAL TAPE RECORDERS; NEW ANTENNA AND RECEIVERS, NEW DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS. (2000 – present)

INSTALLATION, INTEGRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE RADIO & INTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USED IN THE TELEMETRY CONTROL CENTRE. (2001)

ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEMETRY DATA NETWORK FOR REAL-TIME & POST FLIGHT PURPOSES, INCLUDING DATA BACKUP SYSTEMS. (2005 – present)

PREPARATION OF PARAMETER DATABASES FOR PCM, MIL-STD 1553, MIL-STD 1760, ARINC429, ANALOG AND RS 232 SERIAL DATA STREAMS PROCESSING AND ANALOG PAL AND DIGITAL MPEG VIDEO FOR MANY PROJECTS AT TFDC. (1991 – present)

DISPLAY SYSTEMS FOR MISSION SUPPORT INCLUDING 3D DISPLAYS AND OPERATION AND CALIBRATION OF THERMAL STRIP-CHART RECORDERS AT TFDC. (1989 – present)

REAL-TIME DATA PROCESSING, DISPLAY MONITORING AND SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT TESTS AT TFDC. (1989 – present)

•CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF FLIGHT TEST PROJECTS AND DATA PROCESSING. (1989 – present)

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE TELEMETRY ANTENNA SYSTEMS, TELEMETRY RECEIVERS SYSTEMS USED IN THE RF FRONT END OF THE TELEMETRY GROUND STATION AT TFDC. (1989 – present)

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ANALOG & DIGITAL TAPE RECORDERS, ONBOARD & GROUND STATION RECORDERS INCLUDING ZODIAC (HEIM) D-SERIES (D12, D20, D120/200 & GSR120/200, MDR)

PROGRAMMING, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE OF THE VARIOUS TELEMETRY SYSTEMS, PCX AND EXPRT, ENERTEC, SCHLUMBERGER, L3 VTS200, L3 OS90, L3 SYSTEM 500, MAGALI AND LUMISTAR. (1989 – present)

SAAF TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISION – ANTENNAE, TRANSMITTERS, RECEIVERS, MICROWAVE LINKS AND MOBILE DEPLOYMENTS. (1984 – 1989)

INSTALLATION, CALIBRATION, PROGRAMMING, SIMULATION AND MAINTENANCE OF VARIOUS SENSORS AND SAAF ONBOARD FLIGHT-TEST INSTRUMENTATION / DATA ACQUISITION AND RECORDING SYSTEMS AT TFDC. (1989 – present)

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION - DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURE OF PCB BOARDS FOR FTI INSTALLATIONS (1989 – 1991)

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS – DOS, WINDOWS, UNIX AND LINUX

COMPUTER HARDWARE, PERIPHERAL AND NETWORK RELATED SUPPORT

COMPUTER SOFTWARE – MS OFFICE PRODUCTS - WORD, EXCEL, ACCESS, PROJECT, VISIO, VISUAL STUDIO

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT.

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