PERSONAL DETAILS
Name : Charl
Surname : Eksteen
Known as : Charl
Identity number : 710-***-**** 085
Date of birth : 1971/04/17
Age : 49 Years
Marital status : Engaged, living with partner
Dependants : One
Nationality : SA Citizen
Language : Afrikaans (mother tongue)
English (mother tongue)
Fanakalo (intermediate)
Criminal record : None
Health status : Good
Disability : None
Medical certificate of fitness : Yes and valid
Race : White
Hobbies : 4 X 4 adventures, outdoor life, camping, fishing, steelwork and woodwork
Physical address : 10 Korhaan Street
Thabazimbi
Limpopo
0380
Contact number : 082-***-****
Alternative contact number : 083-***-**** (Natasha, fiancée)
E-mail address : adjg9s@r.postjobfree.com
LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/charl-eksteen4b981670
Driver’s license : RSA codes EB & A1
No endorsements
Own transport : Yes
Availability : One calendar month
Relocation : Yes
Police clearance & passport : In progress
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS
Welkom Technical College (1991 – 1992)
National Technical Certificate Part 1
National Technical Certificate Part 2
National Technical Certificate Part 3
Merseta Olifantsfontein
Boilermaker Trade certificate (red seal)
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES & COURSES
Universal College Outcomes Welkom (2004)
MS Office level 1 (attended)
MS Office level 2 (attended)
A+ Technician Course (attended)
Anglo Platinum OSD Rustenburg (2008 - 2017)
Legal Knowledge and Standards
Business Centred Maintenance
Practical Supervision (Current)
Anglo Platinum ESTC, Randfontein (2007 – 2019)
Gas Safety
Electrical Basic Winder Course AC/DC
Advanced Arc Welding
Fire Marshall
Rigging skills course
APPRENTICESHIP DETAILS AUGUST 1988 – AUGUST 1993
(INCLUSIVE OF 18 MONTHS SANDF DUTY)
Steelpower Engineering
Industria
Odendaalsrus
9480
COMPULSORY SANDF (SADF) DUTY
2 Field Engineers Regiment (January 1989 – July 1990)
22 Field Squadron
Bethlehem
Ranked as Sapper
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
(STARTING WITH LATEST EMPLOYER)
Employer : Anglo American
Amandelbult Complex
Tumela upper 15 east
Position : Relieving mechanical foreman, acting master boilermaker, construction, fabrication, underground and shaft boilermaker
Period : 05 December 2017 – due date
Supervisor : Mr Gerhard de Beer
Contact details : +27 (0-72-574-****
Reason for leaving : N/A
Employer : Bokoni Platinum Mine (Lebowa)
Atok
Position : Relieving senior mechanical foreman, construction, fabrication, underground and shaft boilermaker
Period : 02 April 2007 – 29 September 2017
Supervisor : Mr Frans Makhura
Contact details : +27 (0-83-455-****
Reason for leaving : Retrenched
Employer : Acer Steel Construction
Welkom
Position : Fabrication workshop boilermaker
Period : 04 September 2006 – 28 March 2007
Supervisor : Vivian Nell
Contact details : +27 (0-72-184-****
Duties and responsibilities : Fabrication of all types of conveyances (men
and rock) as well as general mining and industrial equipment fabrication from GA and detailed drawings. Material used included dissimilar, stainless steel (304L, 316L. 3CR12 and 408L), 300 WC upgraded and aluminium
Reason for leaving : Company closed down
Employer : Welkom Rigging & Labour hire
(Contractor at PW Engineering)
Position : Fabrication workshop boilermaker
Period : 03 May 2006 – 28 August 2006
Supervisor : Des Kruger
Contact details : Not available
Duties and responsibilities : Fabrication of trackless utility vehicles with
FOPS & ROPS protection
Reason for leaving : Short term contract
Employer : Welkom Rigging & Labour hire
(Contractor at Beatrix Gold Mine Central Workshops)
Position : Fabrication workshop & construction
boilermaker
Period : 05 July 2004 – 28 April 2006
Supervisor : Wynand Breytenbach
Contact details : +27 (0-76-411-****
Duties and responsibilities : Fabrication and installation of mining
equipment, surface and underground,
interpreting GA and detailed drawings
Reason for leaving : Contract not renewed
Employer : SFS Engineering
Position : Fabrication workshop & construction
boilermaker
Period : 25 July 2003 – 25 June 2004
Supervisor : Corrie Olivier
Contact details : Not available
Duties and responsibilities : Fabrication and installation of mining
equipment, surface and underground,
interpreting GA and detailed drawings
Reason for leaving : Short term contract
TOTAL PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO 2003 AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.
LIFETIME EXPERIENCE
I have been on the trade for almost 31 years inclusive of apprenticeship and compulsory SANDF duty. During this period I have obtained a lot of experience in all disciplines of boilermaker and plating. For me to measure up and fabricate a chute for instance is really my passion. This will eliminate unplanned downtime and increase production which is a positive contribution to the ongoing challenging economical environment we are experiencing, a patch job is not a solution but purely a temporary measure till one has properly planned for a new installation or upgrade.
HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
I am currently employed as acting master boilermaker by Anglo Platinum, Amandelbult Complex, 15 East Engineering. My duties include, but not limited to, statutory legal compliance of the raise bore vertical shaft, rock winder, skip conveyances and chairlift.
This is referring to:
Weekly shaft examination as per Government requirement
Daily and weekly examinations of the rock winder and chairlifts as per Government requirement, Regulation 16.74.1
Maintenance on the shaft, pump stations, ore handling facility, chairlift, all vertical and sub incline conveyances, upgrading of current structural construction, projects, fabrication of chutes and various structural equipment from general arrangement and detailed drawings, parallel line pipe development, triangulation and radial development and assisting fellow artisans with advise due to my experience.
Bokoni Platinum Mine
Charge hand boilermaker and acting mechanical, electrical and shaft foreman when required. Co-ordinating of critical spare availability, budget control, estimating of projects and ordering of material required. This also includes overtime control and co-ordinating of all training requirements. During my employment with Bokoni Platinum Mine I have co-ordinated, fabricated and installed various ore handling systems and system upgrades. Some were done without any historical reference and had to be re-designed by myself. I am an accurate, disciplined, sober and safe worker who likes to push myself to create a sustainable, safe and dependable system. Some procedures during these events were authored by me, revised by management and implemented. Other responsibilities includes, but not limited to:
Maintenance and utilization captured on SAP using a planned maintenance order system including unplanned maintenance.
Statutory legal requirements and maintenance on the man and rock winder both double and single drum.
Replacement and maintenance of skip and cage conveyances, vertical and decline shafts (giraffe).
Winding rope replacement and periodic front and back end cutting of the ropes.
Maintenance of Centac centrifugal compressors by replacement of intercoolers, oil coolers and all applicable pipe systems.
Kelvion (GEA Nilenca) and Alva Laval plate heat exchanger maintenance and WESU environmental friendly water purification system commissioning and maintaining of the system.
Sulzer and Tektower cooling tower maintenance. This includes fabrication of new tower bridges, manifolds and distribution pipes.
Main pump station maintenance and upgrading, inclusive of a pump system up to 100 bar. The preparation, fabrication and welding of the schedule 120 pipes were done by myself. This also included off set laterals, lobster back long radius bends and ducks foot arrangements in the shaft.
Statutory vertical and decline shaft requirements and maintenance.
Conveyer belt system maintenance including replacement of belt, recovery due to belt failure resulting in the belt running away, mechanical splicing using Flexco systems and training of the belt.
Reef box, waste box and tip ramp installations and maintenance thereafter.
Conventional mining tram and ore loading machinery maintenance, such as locomotives, hoppers and pneumatic loaders (boesman). This includes total refurbishment of such machines.
11 YEARS OF WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE
Fabrication of various structural items such as
Conveyances (skips, cages, giraffes, man carriages and trackless utility vehicles), pipe fabrication and installation including development of breeches, bends, laterals and t-pieces. Conveying systems (fabricating and erecting), bulk storage structures such as tanks and silos, vibrating feeders (post stress relieved after welding), various type of building structure fabrication and erection (rafters, columns, braces, sheeting and flashing). Trigonomical, radial, calculation and parallel line plate development for example square to rounds, breeches, conical frustums and ducting. Rolling, bending, plasma cutting, guillotine cutting, profiling of multiple profiles, mass productions by means of templates and jigs. Refurbishment of trackless and excavating jumbo machines and fabrication of utility trackless vehicles to customer specification. Fabrication of specialised equipment by using various special materials such as stainless steel (3CR12, 304, 316, 408L), hard wearing material (VRN 400, 500 & 600, Bennox, Hardox, SS10/200, Roqlast, different EN types, cast iron preparation and welding, aluminium cutting and welding (guillotine, plasma, AC welding & “push and pull”). Straightening of deformed structures by means of heat treatment, MIG welding, mild steel and stainless steel, dissimilar steel welding, fluxcore and argon. Plate girders and castellated beams, plate sheets of up to 100 mm thick, profiling with a profile cutter and a straight line cutter, forming of sections by means of a bending brake or hydraulic pyramid roller, drilling and punching of holes using a radial drill, trolley line drill, magnetic base slugging and taper shank and punching and cropping. Identifying of welding requirements, fastener grades and types (GR 4.6, GR 8.8, GR 10.9, clevelock & nyloc), de-embrittle of fasteners and shamlocks. Alternatively calculating the grip length and identifying types of swage locks (huck-bolts). Familiar with the standard protrusion allowed for different types of fasteners.
Assembling jigs and marking- off templates for mass production
5 YEARS OF PLANT EXPERIENCE
Uranium, gold, acid, CIP and flotation plants. Also familiar with concentrators and smelters.
Upgrading, fabrication and installation of equipment, piping and structural items in different sections of the process plants. This includes but not limited to areas such as smelters, filtering, flotation, agitating, crushing, transferring, cyanide, ball mills, conveyers and silos.
16 YEARS OF SHAFT & UNDERGROUND EXPERIENCE
Shaft examination on rock and man winder compartments, vertical and decline shafts:
Ensure that all log book entries are countersigned by the WED.
Rigging up of inspection conveyance or skeleton for shaft maintenance.
Inspection of headgear guide rails and tipping path, shaft steelwork (buntings, dividers, guide rails), pipes and columns, shaft gates, penthouses, water rings measuring guide faces as per OEM standards, identifying and categorizing of critical maintenance, whether it can be done during shaft examination or to be planned.
Using the lock bell system during routine daily and weekly inspections as per Reg. 16.74.1, when cutting front ends or back ends of the winder rope, installing new conveyances and double down of the winder rope.
Using the ECAM system during shaft examination and maintenance.
Piloting of new installed conveyances.
Upgrading, fabrication and installation of equipment, piping and structural items in the shaft and underground for instance:
Chairlift maintenance and statutory legal requirements (Scharf and Coilmech/ABB)
Man & rock winder, conveying systems such as skips and conveyer belts including suspended belts, conveyance guide rails (vertical shaft) top hat and rope sections, all shaft support steel such as buntings, dividers, screens, station, penthouse and landing maintenance, pipes (air, mud, water & backfill), refrigeration, loading station (measuring flasks & control chutes), reef and waste box front installations, tip ramps & tipping area rails and main beams. Pump stations with different types of pumps:
KSB
Curo multi stage
A, B, C & D frame
Envirotech
Warman
RNE
Sulzer multi stage
Settler maintenance (launders & piping)
Conventional rail bound equipment, safety systems and machines including:
Locomotives up to 10 ton (Funky and Goodman Power/Trident)
Funky slides
Pneumatic loaders such as Atlas Copco, Lennings and Salzgitter
Ore transporting hoppers side and bottom discharge
Rail maintenance & switches
Farm gates, tank traps and pneumatic stop systems
Grizzlies
REFERENCES
Name : Mr Jacques Breet
Position : Engineering Manager
Contact number : +27 (0-83-441-****
Name : Mr Frikkie Nel
Position : Electrical Foreman
Contact number : +27 (0-83-455-****
Name : Mr Kaghiso Motsumi
Position : Engineering Specialist /Acting Engineer
Contact number : +27 (0-83-367-****
Name : Mr Manie de Jongh
Position : Senior Mechanical Foreman (Retired)
Contact number : +27 (0-83-632-****
PERSONAL REMARKS & ACHIEVEMENTS
I am very familiar, confident and experienced with reference to being a boilermaker. Being an acting supervisor I had to overcome a lot of serious, production threatening scenarios such as major machine failures, shaft flooding and cost cutting which I managed with skilful, professional, positive and safe approaching procedures. Being an artisan, team leader or whatever are being required from me I proceed as it is my calling and after all these years I still have passion for my trade, whether it is a breakdown or fabricating for a new installation, I still have a high standard and discipline towards myself. I push myself hard and that is very satisfying. My ability to lead a team and being a role player is excellent and I have effectively implemented situational leadership on various occasions with different scenarios, resulting in positive outcomes. Interaction, awarding, strategic planning (GANNT chart), communication, gaining trust and respect and observing team member behaviour can only lead to a task, project or procedure being done safely and within the time frame. A happy worker is a safe worker. Baseline risk assessments together with ongoing hazard identification and assessments will also ensure safe and incident free tasks and procedures. Therefore I can assure you that by adding me to your organisation will prove to be positive both financially and safety wise. We are experiencing daily challenges in the world of artisans and their responsibilities, skills and experience. Almost the entire new workforce needs to be coached and experience needs to be shared with them as it is slowly disappearing by means of death, retirement or experts leaving the country. Being an old school boilermaker I can share my knowledge and experience with upcoming learners and ensure that it stays in circulation, which will also contribute towards your establishment.
I want to thank you for taking the time to read my resume and I trust that it will meet your expectations.
Yours in health and safety
Charl Eksteen
CURRICULUM
VITAE
OF
CHARL EKSTEEN
CHARGE HAND, SHAFT, UNDERGROUND, FABRICATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PLATE/PIPE DEVELOPING BOILERMAKER/PLATER