Engineering Engineer
Resume:
Takunda Liveson Taurayi
Tafelsg, Capetown
South Africa
Email: ***********@*****.***
WhatsApp: +27-65-238-****
Mobile Number: +27-65-238-****
OBJECTIVE
I am looking for a job as a full time Boilermaker/welder.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
I am a trustworthy, honest, hardworking, assertive and result-oriented man with a passion for engineering and quick to adapt to different environments.
WORK HISTORY
National Railways of Zimbabwe
Acting Shop Foreman (January 2018-present)
Supervising artisans and helping with processing of weekly job cards
Interpreting drawings and calculating material requirements before the commencement of each job
Assigning tasks and setting targets times
Promoting health and safety at the workplace by promoting good house-keeping standards and ensuring that protective clothing issued to subordinates is properly used always
Dealing with personnel matters (leave, performance appraisals, discipline)
Conducting on-job training for apprentices deployed in the shop and compiling performance assessment reports at the end of the training session.
National Railways of Zimbabwe
Artisan (December 2012-December 2017)
Repair and maintenance of furnace, damaged locomotives, wagons, the Victoria Falls Bridge
Fabricating components of locomotives and wagons
Fabricating and erecting radio and signal masts of different heights ranging from 26m-75m
Fabricating and repairing load boxes and other steel structural works
Fabricating and repair of damaged steel bridges due to derailment of trains
Supervising work allocation of semi-skilled personnel and apprentices
ZECO HOLDINGS ENGINEERING COMPANY
Training Attachment (February 2012-June 2012)
Structural work and pipe work; fabrication of roof trusses and fitting on site for Lupane State University
Fabrication of steel water pipes for Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA)
ABJ ENGINEERING COMPANY
Training Attachment (January 2011-May 2011)
Fabricating mining equipment, mining conveyor, stump mill, ball mill, wheel barrows, etc
QUALIFICATIONS
1.Bulawayo Polytechnic (January 2010-December 2010)
National Certificate in Fabrication
2.National Railways of Zimbabwe (November 2008-November 2012)
Certificate of Apprenticeship
3.Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education (Industrial Training and Trade Testing Department)
Class 1 Journeyman Boilermaker (Plater/welder)
4.Sunrise Academy Private School (2005)
Ordinary Level
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Class 4 driver’s licence
Class 1 journeyman plater welder (TIG welder)
Ms word
PERSONAL SKILLS
Effective communication
Team management
Self-management
ACHIEVEMENTS
Managed to win prizes twice for the National Railways of Zimbabwe at the International Mining Exhibition (2018 and 2019): having designed a multi-purpose model mining head gear with the functions of working as a lighting mast, radio signal mast and having two buckets for drawing ore from underground (2019).
Designed a model for mining processing plant steel structure/workshop which can be easily assembled and disassembled so as to cut costs and maximise on production (2018).
INTERESTS
I am a very active person and enjoy playing cricket and running in my spare time.
REFERENCES
1.Mr B. Katsande ( Field Foreman)
Email: *********@***.**.**/*********@*****.***
2.Mrs S. Moyo (Structural Officer)
Email: *********@***.**.**
3.Engineering Makamache (Structural Principal Engineer)
Email: ********@***.**.**
4.Mr Tshuma (ABJ ENGINEERING)
5.Mr Marasha (ZECO HOLDINGS)
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