Adriaan Kruger

Westend flats no **

Bloemfontein

Mobile contact details: 081*******

Email Address: oceanboy.ak@ gmail.com

PROFILE

A brief history of my career to date, and sectors I worked in: Qualified as Artisan Machinist and Fitter with a red seal sec 13 certificate on a wide variety of engineering machinery. Four years teaching experience with subjects, Technical Drawing and Metal Work. Plant Maintenance experience in the Platinum and Chrome Mining Sector as Fitter/Boiler Maker/Rigger. Thirteen years’ experience in the Textile Industry as Designer and Coordinator of a production line. Team leader in the renovator building and industrial sectors. Excellent communication, organisation and project skills and fully bilingual in English/Afrikaans. Thirty two years of technical expertise.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Technician subcontractor:

Dolfit Electrical and mechanical Feb 2015- Curent

Key Duties/ Projects

Fabrication of steel concrete moulds.

Casting of concrete barriers @ Skycountry Meats factory.

Installation of 800 meters plumbing pipe work @ Skycountry Meats factory.

Installation of electric geysers @ Skycountry Meats.

Erecting 1500 meters of fencing at Transnet.

Installation of ceilings and guttering.

Reverence: Dinka Lindenberg 051-***-****

Dolf Lindenberg 083*******

Self-employed Contractor Oct 2013- Nov 2014

Various Mines ( Hernick Ferrochrome, Glen core Extrata, Crocodile river mine )

Maintenance Fitter, Chrome Tech Holdings PTY. limited Oct 2011 – Sept 2013

East Plats, Crocodile River Mine, Concentrator Plant

Key Duties:

Performing maintenance in the Concentrator plant on the Chrome production line.

Performing job specific risk assessments in the Chrome plant.

Performing maintenance on cyclones, splitter boxes, spirals, spiral valves, flock floating pumps, flock pumps, slurry pipe lines, gearboxes, spillage pumps, gland feed pumps, bearing assembly’s, pneumatic valves and diaphragm valves.

Rigging of replacement parts.

Welding and construction of new structures and extensions on the Chrome plant.

Performing maintenance on conveyers.

Obtaining a GDI licence.

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Reasons for leaving:

Low market price of Chrome and Platinum combined with continues labour strike action Crocodile River Mine halted production.

Reverence: Engineering foreman Mr H Bruyns 082******* or Head office @

011-***-****

Maintenance Fitter/Boiler maker/Rigger, Jolow Construction June 2008 – Sept 2011

East Plats, Crocodile River Mine, Concentrator Plant

Key Duties:

Performing Team leader responsibilities and Maintenance duties in the Crusher section of the Concentrator plant.

Performing job specific risk assessments in the Crusher section of the Concentrator plant.

Performing maintenance on Crusher shoots, replacing liner plates,

Performing maintenance on conveyers.

Performing maintenance on the Mill and the Tailings section of the concentrator plant.

Performing maintenance on cyclones, splitter boxes, spirals, spiral valves, flock floating pumps, flock pumps, slurry pipe lines, gearboxes, spillage pumps, gland feed pumps, bearing assembly’s, pneumatic valves and diaphragm valves.

Rigging of replacement parts.

Fabrication of pipe lines and various steel structures.

Reasons for leaving:

Chrome Tech Holdings approached me with a more lucrative job offer at East Plats,

Crocodile River mine. The job offer include more fringe benefits and promotional

opportunities.

Reverence: Mr H van Tonder 018-***-****

Engineering Assistant Foreman, Renovator X-Treme 2004 - 2008

Bloemfontein, Freestate

Key Duties:

Performing Team leader responsibilities as assistant Foreman.

Execution of risk assessments, inductions and job cards of projects.

Lease with the Maintenance Planer on daily and monthly schedules of work sites.

Advise and assist maintenance teams in the execution of projects.

Reasons for leaving:

Renovator X-Treme was liquidated in February 2008.

Director of Legend Inflatables, Port Shepstone 1991 - 2003

Kwazulu Natal

Key Duties:

Management of the factory production lines.

Designing of products and construction strategies.

Marketing strategies and products.

Researcher of potential products and markets.

Reasons for Leaving:

I sold my shares in the Company to relocate abroad.

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Teacher at Mamelodi Technical College, Mamelodi 1986 - 1989

Pretoria, Gauteng Department of Education and training

Key Duties:

Lecturer of subjects in Technical Drawing and Metal Work.

Head and Coach of Mameloadi Technical College Athletics Team.

Reasons for Leaving:

Strike action in the township of Mamelodi became a security risk and

I decided to resign as a cause of live threatening circumstances.

Reverence: 011-******* / 011-********

Apprentice Machinist and Fitter at Quality Engineering, 1982 - 1985

Pretoria, Pretoria North

Key Duties:

Trained on Lathe machining, Milling machining, Crank machining, Line bore, Block

bore, Conrod resize, Cylinder Head machining, Pressure testing, Engine strip and

assemble (Petrol/Diesel) and Dynamo testing.

Trained on Welding engineering.

Trained on a wide range of modifications/ applications and conversions.

Reasons for Leaving:

At the end of my apprenticeship contract I qualified with a red seal certificate at

Olifantsfontein as Artisan Machinist and Fitter and applied for a Lecturer position

at the Department of Education and Training, Mamelodi Technical College.

Reverence: Mr Harris 012-*******

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Gerhard Maritz High school Pretoria North grade 10

Subjects: Maths, Sciences, Technical drawing, Afrikaans, Eng., Electricians theory.

Quality Engineering

Artisan: Machinist and Fitter

Olifantsfontein Red seal certificate 1985

N 2 Dunotar College

Subjects: Maths,Sciences, Technical drawing, Machining theory.

Dunotar

Johannesburg

CORE SKILLS

Precision Engineering.

Excellent communication, organisation and project skills and fully bilingual in English/Afrikaans.

A natural leader by character.

IT Skills: Microsoft Office 2010: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Explorer,

software installations and hardware installations.

Wide range of knowledge in Technical skills.

PERSONAL DETAILS

ID number – 650**********

Drivers licence – Code 08

Marital status – Single

Race – European

Sex – Male

Contact number – 081*******

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