Francois

Strydom

** **** ***** ******, *******’s Bay South Africa

+27-064-***-****

adh7un@r.postjobfree.com

https:/www.linkedin.com/in/francois-strydom-1866b9180

I am a certified Trade Tested Welder in a Supervisory position with quality on mind. Always eager to improve on one’s skills to better and further the company. Friendly, hardworking and a hands on team player.Health and safety consciousness with strong work ethics. Capable of working independently or as part of a team.

Skills (Trade Tested On = *)

Coded Mild Steel

Coded Stainless Steel

Coded Cast Iron

Aluminum Welding (TIG)

Magnetic Particle Insp. Level 2 (NDT)

Visual Inspection Level 1 (NDT)

Fabrication

TEFL / TESOL ESL (120Hours)

Forklift Driver

Excel

GMAW Welding * (MIG)

GTAW Welding * (TIG)

SMAW Welding * (ARC)

Welding Inspection * (NDT)

Plasma Cutting

Oxy Flame Cutting *

Brazing *

Oxy Acetylene Welding * (Gas Welding)

Basic Data Capturing

Supervisory

Experience

2020 – PRESENT

Supervisor/Artisan Welder/ Bloekomlaan Plant Hire

Oversees daily work of employees.

Processes customer and client work orders

Assigns duties to shop workers

Assists in repair, construction, maintenance or other tasks involved in client work orders

Reviews work completed to ensure it is up to quality standards.

Enforces all health and safety policies in the shop.

Ensures that all deadlines are met.

Assists employees in on-site health or safety emergencies.

Addresses and resolves customer issues and complaints.

Inspects and cleans shop equipment.

Fixes equipment and machinery as necessary.

Orders supplies.

Operates shop machinery such as forklifts or manufacturing equipment.

Ensures that shop area is clean, organized, and free of dangerous or hazardous material.

2009 – 2020

Artisan Welder / Transnet Rail Engineering

Reading and understanding blueprints prior to starting a project

Sourcing the materials to be used in the project

Measuring and cutting materials to specifications using plasma arc cutters or Oxy-flame cutting techniques. Material to be dressed/cleaned by grinding, buffing,filing and/or wire brush

Welding materials using the correct materials to join the metals together using Arc-, Mig- or Tig welding techniques as required by the project

Checking finished work to make sure that it falls within the tolerances marked on the blueprints

(Other Department.)

Repair or Restoration work on old wagons/locomotive coaches

Quality inspection of part’s to be worked on to see if possible for reworks

Doing NDT test to see where problem areas are through MPI, DPI, and VI techniques.

Cleaning and preparing of the parts by Arc Air Gouging, Oxy-flame cutting and grinding

Using the correct welding procedure for the part’s at hand, arc-, mig- or tig welding

Doing NDT test after completion of repairs and filling out correct documentations

2007 – 2009

Quality Control – Cosmetic Dresser / Borbet SA

Checking of casted product’s before entering the paint shop for defects and letting paint shop department know what casting are coming through

Fixing the defects with hand files or air pneumatic buffs

Removing faulty castings and send back to smelters

Checking of painted casting after they passed through the paint shop for defects

Fixing defects with hand files or pneumatic air buffs and resend to be painted again

Daily stock counting of castings and reporting back to management

2006 – 2007

Quality Supervisor / Advance Diverse Coatings

Execute specific inspections on materials and equipment

Control of storage and certification of consumables

Performs qualifications of coating processes

Checks surface preparation

Carries out wet and dry film thickness checks

Verifies the correct color-coding and painting

Performs visuals inspections

Performs adhesion testing

Performs penetration testing

Evaluates impact testing

Education

2009 - 2012

Trade / Olifantsfontein School of Higher Education

I did a 3 year apprentaship at Transnet Rail Engineering following with my trade test being done in Olifantsfontein, Johannesburg where I passed and received the title Artisan Welder.

2000 - 2004

Grade 12 / Daniel Pienaar Technical High School

Afrikaans

English

Math

Science

Technical Drawings

Fitting and Turning N3

Training and Seminars

Date

Training / Seminar Title

Presided By

26-06-2013

Magnetic Particle Inspection Level 1

D. Maughan

25-07-2014

Magnetic Particle Inspection Level 2

D .Maughan

June 2020

TEFL – Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Maria Tomas

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