Kumaravel Perumal

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Block No. 4, Mangaf, Kuwait

Career Objective:

Seeking a challenging technical career that encourages continuous learning, updating skills and applying the learned skill for the growth of the organization.

Summary of Skills:

Operational knowledge of industrial hygiene equipment

Ability to meet the deadlines

Sound knowledge of IH and environmental survey

Ability to work efficiently and compatibly in a team

Great ability to contribute in field activities and research

Sound capability to work alone while following Safety rules & regulations

Professional Experience:

Experienced in the field of Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Monitoring and Occupational Health Assessment.

Work Experience 1: Industrial Hygiene Officer (NAPESCO) - Aug 2017 – Till Date

Working as an Industrial Hygiene Officer in National Petroleum Services Co. (NAPESCO), Environmental Laboratory Division, Kuwait. Project Contract subject: Environmental Monitoring, Laboratory & Industrial Hygiene Services and other commercial industrial sectors, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC).

Duties and Responsibilities:

Identify occupational health hazards in each task

Evaluate the adequacy of existing control measures

Prepare Health Risk Assessment for all activities in scope.

Cooperate with occupational health physician in managing occupational health and safety program.

Conducting various exposure assessment studies which include exposure to major health hazards like Benzene, Hydrocarbons, Toluene, VOC’s, H2S, Crystalline Silica, Inorganic & Organic chemicals, Dust & fumes, Asbestos, etc., in various sites of KNPC.

Conducting active sampling for metal fumes, Fluorides and Hexavalent Cr (VI) during welding, grinding, blasting, spray painting and shutdown works. By using SKC active sampling pumps.

Conducting biological exposure assessment (eg. Fungi, mold & Bacteria Legionella) for industrial and non-industrial buildings in all KNPC sites and Head office building

Conducting Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) Survey for industrial and non-industrial buildings in all KNPC sites, Head office building, and other industrial sectors.

Conducting noise monitoring (Personal & Area) assessments for various Units of KNPC refineries and other types of industrial sectors (ie. Oil services company, Glass bottle manufacturing, Cement industries, etc.), as part of Hearing Conservation Program.

Conducting Heat Stress monitoring (Personal & Area) assessments and Illumination assessments for various industrial sectors (ie. Glass bottle manufacturing, Oil Services Company, etc.)

Laboratory Ventilation Study: Conducting ventilation assessment for assessing the performance and efficiency of fume hood and release of toxic gases/vapor.

Reviewing and evaluating various Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) as part of the chemical hazard management program.

Experience in the use of equipments like Sound level meter, Heat Stress meter, Illumination meter, Vibration meter, NORM monitoring meter, SKC Universal Pumps, Charcoal tubes, filter cassettes, sampling for asbestos, use of cyclones for particulate matter sampling including sampling techniques based on NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) / OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) analytical methods, Direct reading monitors, Passive monitors, Calibration of equipment’s etc.

Knowledge about in National and International OEL standards. (NIOSH - REL, OSHA - PEL, ACGIH - TLV, KEPA, etc.)

Analytical services

Dust sample analysis using the gravimetric method

Identification of asbestos, fibers and types using light microscopy, phase contrast and electron microscopy techniques

Environmental Monitoring

Coordinating Stack emission monitoring in various sites of KNPC refineries and other industrial sectors by using TESTO 350 XL & TESTO 350 monitor. (Monitoring Gas Pollutants like CO2, CO, O2, H2S, SO2, SOx, NOx, etc.)

Conducting Ambient Air quality monitoring in various sites of KNPC and other industrial sectors by using Mobile Van monitor. (Monitoring Dust exposures like PM 2.5, PM 10 and Gas Pollutants like CO2, CO, O3, O2, THC, NMHC, CH4, H2S, SO 2, NH3, SOx, NO, NO2,NOx, etc.)

Other IH Activities

Determine measurements to be made, methods to use, and identify required equipment needs to maintain a pro-active industrial hygiene assessment system in a complex, chemical environment.

Preparing a report for all Industrial hygiene exposure assessment and AAQ & IEQ Assessments.

Maintenance and Conducting calibration of monitoring equipment, downloading data from Industrial Hygiene monitoring equipment (ie. Heat stress meter, sound level meter etc.)

Responsible for all file management and report submissions

Preparing industrial hygiene field samples (ie. Crystalline Silica and passive samples) for submitting to AIHA accredited laboratories.

Provide trainings, demonstrations, videos to workers to educate them to protect themselves from heat stress.

Assist various HSE awareness training programs for employees on industrial hygiene and occupational health issues in Env. Laboratory, NAPESCO.

Assist preparing the presentation on IH activities for HSE in Env. Laboratory official meeting.

Assist in developing various Procedures for Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health Issues for Env. Lab, NAPESCO.

Developing and updating of specifications for various PPE’s

Work Experience 2: (1 Year & 4 Months)

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research, Dept. of Environmental Health Eng.

Position Held: Sr. EHS Specialist Period: Mar 2016 – July 2017

Worked as a Senior EHS Specialist under Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health Services section in Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research [World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health], Chennai, India.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Involved in various departmental major activities such as Occupational Health & Safety consultancy services to various industries, (i.e. Construction, Electronic, auto parts, automobile, tire manufacturing, glass manufacturing, printing, Steel manufacturing, Paint manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceutical, food, and heavy vehicle manufacturing industries, etc.)

IH related academic programs (i.e. M.Sc (Industrial Hygiene and Safety, Master of Public Health, and AFIH) and various Research Projects (Air pollution and Climate change and Health

Coordinating and assisting to Occupational Health & Safety Services by offering through the department to various Industries (nearly 110) situated in this part of Southern and two industries in Indonesia.

The services include Dust Exposure Assessment, Chemical Exposure Assessment, Physical Health Hazard (Noise, Illumination, Heat Stress and vibration) Exposure Assessment, Bioaerosols Assessment, and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Assessment.

Coordinating field measurement activities for various R&D projects and Industrial Hygiene Consultancy projects. (Chemical, Noise, Heat Stress, illumination, vibration, Biological exposures assessment, and Fume hood validation Study).

Providing assistance in the conduct of academic and short term training programs in occupational safety & health field. Also, assist in training the Research Fellows of the department in the field of Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Monitoring.

Conducting demonstration classes on Air Sampling - Instruments, calibration, sampling and analysis for the course conducted by the EHE department and other internal departments (ie. Biomedical science). Also to Research Fellows of the EHE department.

Conducting training on Noise Measuring Equipment’s and their principles, Personal Protective Equipment’s for the head, finger, hands, foot, and body for the courses conducted by the EHE department and other internal departments (ie. Biomedical science).

Assisting the ergonomics assessment in various industrial sectors.

One of the members of the audit team for the National study conducted by Regional Labor Institute, Govt. of India on Construction Workers Safety in Southern India.

Work Experience 3: (4 Years & 10 months)

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research, Dept. of Environmental Health Eng.

Position Held: Technician (Industrial Hygiene and Safety) Period: May 2011 – Feb 2016

Worked as a Technician (Industrial Hygiene and Safety) under Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health Services section in Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research [World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health], Chennai, India.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Conducting and assisting in the Quantitative exposure assessment (Chemical. Physical, Biological hazards and exposure assessment) in various sectors in southern India.

Determined and selected correct sampling tools and techniques.

Assist preparing the report for all Industrial hygiene exposure assessment and IEQ Assessments.

Responsible for all IH equipment maintenance and factory calibration

Responsible for the report submission and file management.

Sampling media purchase and equipment purchase for IH and IEQ exposure assessments.

Assist in identifying health and safety training and where appropriate, organize /develop training.

Work Experience 4: (1 Years & 8 months)

Position Held: Supervisor Period: Oct 2007 – Jun 2009

Worked as a Supervisor, V.S. Durka Enterprises, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Giving the instructions regarding safety to the working people.

Monitor all the Job activity at the site to ensure safety compliance

Installation of safety signs, traffic control signs and other safety promotion posters to remind workers to work safely and enhance safety awareness among them.

Ensure wearing of PPE’S by all workers and staffs like helmets, goggles, glass, life jackets, safety shoes, safety Harness, masks Respiratory wares, etc.

Conducting tool box meeting and ensure availability of First aid kits and Fire extinguishers at all workplace.

Academic Qualification:

Degree/Diploma

Institution/University

Year of Passing

Diploma in Industrial Hygiene

Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India

2015

M.Sc. Environmental Science

Bharathiyar University

Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

2013

Diploma in Fire & Industrial Safety Management

White Cross Educational Institutions, Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India

2010

B.Sc. Industrial Electronics

E.G.S. Pillai Arts & Science College Nagappattinam, Tamilnadu, India

2005

Professional Qualification:

BOHS training on “W-501- Measurement of Hazardous Substances” in 2018, which is organized by ASSE-Kuwait.

NEBOSH (International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety – IGC2 & IGC3).

Approved IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) Course on Managing Safely in 2015.

Advanced Training In the field of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health:

1.Training workshop on “Current Concept and Tools in Occupational Health and Safety Risk Assessment” by SRU in Collaboration with RLI, Chennai and SEA India, Chennai on 2nd and

3rd November 2012.

2.Participated in the CME Program on “Physiology of Heat Stress” conducted by Dept. of Physiology in SRU on 19th, Jan.2013.

3.Participated in the CME Program on “Chronic Kidney Diseases” conducted by Dept. of Physiology & Dept. of Nephrology in SRU on 15th, April 2013.

4.Hands on training program on “Industrial Hygiene Measurements & Safety” conducted by SRU in Collaboration with RLI, Chennai on 29th & 30th November 2013.

5.Participated in the certificate course on “Climate change and health” conducted by Dept. of EHE in SRU, Chennai in collaboration with Umea University, Sweden on 18th - 20th Nov-2013.

6.Participated in the International Symposium on “Climate Change, Heat Stress and Health” conducted by Dept. of EHE in SRU, Chennai in collaboration with Ruby Coast Research Centre, Mapua, Newzealand on 13th & 14th April 2015.

7.Participated in the Seminar on “Updates on Global Practices in Occupational Safety, Health and Hygiene – An Overview” conducted by SRU in Collaboration with RLI, Chennai on

17th August 2015.

8.Participated in the International Seminar on “Occupational Risks Factors - Implications on Renal Health” conducted by Department of EHE & Department of Nephrology in SRU on 19th January 2016.

9.Delegated the poster presentation topic “Heat Stress Exposures and Adverse Renal Health –An Exploratory Study in A Steel Industry” in TROPMET 2016, “National Symposium on Tropical Meteorology: Climate Change and Coastal Vulnerability” organized by Indian Meteorological Society, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, on 18th - 21st Dec 2016.

10.Training program on “The Need of Occupational Hygiene in Industries” conducted by Dept. of EHE in SRU on 7th April 2017.

11.Professional Training Course on “Radiation” conducted by Baker Tilly at NAPESCO, Kuwait on 4th – 8th March 2018.

Computational Skills:

Experience in using KOKO PFT system which is involved in OH system.

Having experience in using Microsoft Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint).

Having experience in using wind rose software

Publications:

●Krishnamurthy Manikandan, Paramesh Ramalingam, Kumaravel Perumal, Latha Perumal Kamalakannan, Jeremiah Chinnadurai, Rekha Shanmugam, Krishnan Srinivasan, and Vidhya Venugopal. "Occupational heat stress impacts on health and productivity in a steel industry in southern India." Safety and health at work 8, no. 1 (2017): 99-104.

●Venugopal Vidhya, Shanmugam Rekha, Krishnamoorthy Manikandan, Perumal Kamalakkannan Latha, Viswanathan Vennila, Nalini Ganesan, Perumal Kumaravel, and Stephen Jeremiah Chinnadurai. "Heat stress and inadequate sanitary facilities at workplaces–an occupational health concern for women?." Global health action 9, no. 1 (2016): 31945.

●S Jeremiah Chinnadurai, VidhyaVenugopal, P Kumaravel, K Paari, KrishnenduMukhopadhyay, India, Challenges and opportunities in occupational health services in India - A perceptional study from southern India, Asian-Pacific Newslett on Occup Health and Safety 2014;21:44–47.

Achievement:

●Received an award for Dedicated field research activities in the area of Industrial Hygiene, Health and Safety (2011-2012) at the Department of Environmental Health Engineering, SRU

Personal details:

Date of Birth : 15th May 1985

Marital Status : Married

Nationality : Indian

Passport Number : N9521982

Date and Place of Issue : 24/06/2016, Tiruchirappalli

Date of Expiry : 23/06/2026

Languages known : English, Tamil

Permanent Address : 1/8, Keelakadu, kovilpathu (post), Vedaraniyam (T.K)

Nagapattinam (D.T) Pin code: 611112

Reference:

Dr. Vidhya Venugopal

Professor – Occupational & Environmental Health

Head (Industrial Hygiene Services)

Department of Environmental Health Engineering

Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India

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Mr. R. Ayyappan

Sr. Industrial Hygiene Specialist

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)

Kuwait

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P. Kumaravel

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