Manager Assistant
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae of Marcelle
Ferreira
M.Sc. Environmental Science
(Cand. Sci. Nat) Environmental Science
Cell number: 084*******
Email: ********.**********@*****.***
Address: * ********* ****ue;
Proteapark; Rustenburg; North West
0305
PERSONAL INFO
Surname: Ferreira
Name: Marcélle
LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/marcélle-ferreira-01b86ab0 Gender: Female
Race: White
Identity number: 910**********
Age: 29 Years
Relocation: Yes; willing to relocate.
Willing to educate further: Yes; I’m an eager learner and willing to expand my knowledge. Marital status: Single
Nationality: South African citizen
Languages: Afrikaans (Native)
English (Second)
Driver’s license: Code B
Transport: Yes; own vehicle.
Health: Excellent
Computer literate: Excellent in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, Statistica, QGIS, GIS and Microstation
Professional Societies: LaRRSA (The Land Rehabilitation Society of Southern Africa) (Member no: 0598)
SACNASP (Cand. Sci. Nat) (South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions) (Member no: 117817) FERTASA – BASOS (Fertilizer Association of Southern Africa) (Member no: A0731)
Skills: Analytical mind
Artistic and Creative
Ability for processing and distilling huge amounts of data Good sense of humour
Hardworking and Self-motivated
Team player and good leadership skills
Open- minded to new experiences
Hands-on person and not afraid to get dirty
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
SECONDARY:
SCHOOL: High School Grenswag
Highest grade: Grade 12
Year completed: 2009
Afrikaans
English
Mathematics
Physical Science
Life Science
Visual Arts
Life Orientation
TERTIARY:
Courses, Workshops and additional training
completed 2013
Mining and the Environment Presented: Dr. Ronald Cohan(Colorado School of Mines) - North West University
LaRRSA (The Land Rehabilitation Society of Southern Africa) Presented: LaRRSA - Obtained official membership status (Member no: 0598)
2014
The 5th International Mining and Industrial Waste Management Conference Presented: Geotechnical & Environmental Divisions of SAICE
Soil Remediation Workshop Presented: Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
Advanced GIS Presented: Astrid Hattingh - North West University
Applied GIS Presented: Astrid Hattingh - North West University
Mining Radiation and the Environment Presented: Dr. Ronald Cohan
(Colorado School of Mines) - North West University
LaRRSA (The Land Rehabilitation Society of Southern Africa) - LaRRSA
Presented a presentation on Honours dissertation
Basic Principles, Rehab and Mine Closure Short Course: Basic Principles of Ecological Rehabilitation and Mine Closure - North West University (Centre of Environmental Management)
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SUBJECTS COMPLETED DURING DEGREES:
BSc. in Environmental and Biological Sciences 2010-2012
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science Majoring subjects: Geology and Geography with Soil Science - North West University Hons.BSc. in Environmental Sciences
(Geology) 2013
Honours Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geology - North West University
Short Course: Mining and the Environment
AAAC 558: Mining and the Environment
Research Title: Monitoring of soil quality on specified Mine Waste Solutions properties
MSc. in Environmental Sciences (Geology)
2014-2015
OMWN 871: Masters in Environmental Geology (North West University - Potchefstroom)
Thesis Title: Inoculation of carbon and nitrogen in growth mediums to promote seed germination in mine rehabilitation Business Management Course (NQF 5) Presented by Kukhula and OBARO
2016
Learner manageress at OBARO Rustenburg
Personnel management; Stock management; Warehouse management; Finance; General management
BASOS Presented by FERTASA (Fertilizer Association of Southern Africa)
2017
Module 1: Plant Nutrition
Module 2: Soil Classification
Module 3: Properties of Fertilizers and Agriculture Lime
Module 4: Advice and Fertilizer Recommendations
Module 5: Application Methods
Module 6: Transport, Handling and Production of Fertilizers
Module 7: Mineral Fertilizer Uses, Environment and Regulations
Module 8: Groundwater Quality and Irrigation Scheduling MSc. Geology
2018-2019
GLGY 8900: Masters in Geology (University of the Free State)
Thesis Title: Assessment of nitrate contamination at the Kroondal mines in Rustenburg. 4
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Deputy Head Girl 2009
Dux Student 2009
Junior Springbok Colours – Land Service 2009
Radikale Redenaars – 3rd in SA Finals - 2009
Athletics – Nowessa (5 Years) 2005 - 2009
Golden Key International Honor Society Member (Top 15% of all the Universities) 2012
Advivendum (Academic Student Society of NWU) Bursaries & Publications Portfolio 2010 – 2011
Completed a management course (NQF5 2016)
BASOS - Fertilizer recommendation (2017)
Completed second masters’ degree MSc. Geology (2020) HOBBIES:
Dance
Breeding stud Brahman cattle
Hiking, camping and off-road tours
Fishing and game drives
Pencil and charcoal sketching, oil painting and oil pastel sketching 5
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Ms Marcélle Ferreira obtained her degree in 2012 from the North West University (NWU) majoring in the following subjects Geology, Soil Science and Geography. She is a Golden Key International Honour Society member (Top 10% of all the Universities) since 2012. She subsequently completed her B.Sc.Hons. Environmental Geology degree in 2013 with a special focus on soil science and remediation of mining impacted land at NWU. She completed her Masters Degree in Environmental Science (Geology) in 2015, also at NWU.
During her six years of study, she completed several additional courses to expand her general knowledge and understanding and obtained experience as a student assistant in several projects based on environmental studies, mining, geology and rehabilitation of mining impacted sites. She attended and completed the courses “Mining and the Environment” as well as “Uranium and the Environment” presented by Dr. Ronald Cohan from Colorado School of Mines, America. She is a member of LaRSSA (Land Rehabilitation Society of South Africa) and presented her honours project at the conference in 2014. Additionally, she has completed GIS subjects during her degree with distinction as well as the internal courses Advanced1 and Applied2 GIS at the North West University. North West University
Student assistant and researcher
2010-2015
Some of the work experience that she gained includes:
Radiometric data collection;
Soil water and tailing sampling;
Magnetic data collection;
GIS mapping;
Data capturing;
Data analyses;
Soil auger (hand and hydraulic) sampling; grass sampling;
Soil and tailings monthly/quarterly/yearly monitoring; penetrometer analysis;
Infiltration tests in pot trials;
Field trials;
Vegetation establishment in various growth mediums in NWU nursery;
Rock, mineral and soil identification;
Geological mapping;
Laboratory analyses (pH, EC, PSD, linear shrinkage, etc.)
Report writing and compilation.
Her involvement in the above-mentioned activities provides her with considerable knowledge about rehabilitation, mining, geology and environmental aspects. 6
OBARO
Learner manager
2016
She gained experience in the agricultural and retail field from 2015 onwards. Her responsibilities as a learner business manager included:
Personnel management
Stock management;
Warehouse management
Finances
General management
Report writing
Innovation of new company projects
Research
OBARO
Agriculturalist
December 2016 - 2018
Her current responsibilities as an agriculturalist include; but is not restricted to:
Manage all Water Related Projects (licensing, water quality, water monitoring and research).
Manage all crop income and expenditure sheets for financing department.
Satellite monitoring (GIS based) on crops.
General processing and interpretation of GIS analysis.
Sampling (water, soil, leaf and sap).
Fertilizer recommendations and general guidance on crop production.
Report writing and Research in Agriculture, Soil Science and Crop production.
Writing of automated MS Excel programmes used in the OBARO group for crop production fertilizer recommendations and animal feeding programmes.
Training of retail personnel on agricultural / fertilizer topics. 7
Sibanye Stillwater
Graduate Geologist
August 2019 – October 2020
Her current responsibilities as a geologist include; but is not restricted to:
General assistance to Superintendent Geologist.
Underground mapping of geology structures and features.
Attending and providing insight to planning meetings.
Data capturing and recommendations by using system programmes (Sable, MRM, Syncromine, ProjectWise, Microstation, ect.).
General processing and interpretation of data collected on routine underground visits, sampling and core drilling.
Report writing on all geology related subjects to supervisors (weekly, daily and monthly). Reports include, but is not limited to, grade control, geology recommendations for mining personnel, core drilling and general related topics.
Providing technical advice to prevent grade dilution and implement the necessary control measures based on core logging, mapping, sampling and general geological data.
Writing of automated programmes used in MRM systems (SW Tracker, Tramming Tracker, Weekly report) by means of MS Excel programming. Her involvement in the above-mentioned activities provides her with considerable knowledge within the field of geology and related science subjects. 8
Sibanye Stillwater
Supervisor Environmental Compliance
October 2020 - Current
Her current responsibilities as an Environmentalist include; but is not restricted to:
Working footprint consist of Rustenburg, Marikana and Kroondal.
General assistance to Superintendent Environmentalist.
Reports include the collection, assessment, calibration and interpretation of data.
Reporting (monthly, quarterly and annual) on Water Withdrawal, discharged and consumption reports.
Volumes for compliance flow and carbon inventory reports.
Monthly purchased water reports, various water balance reports and regular assessments.
Annual water balance diagrams on Platinum operations.
Support with implementation WCWDM Objectives.
Manage WRMS accounts for Gold and Platinum and implement (Hand over) process to reconcile and process invoices.
Ground Water modelling and assessments of old opencast pit areas.
Investigations into site specific issues.
Providing technical advice to prevent and solve environmental challenges. Her involvement in the above-mentioned activities provides her with considerable knowledge within the field of geology and related science subjects. 9
Ms. Marcélle Ferreira is a passionate, enthusiastic and dedicated scientist. She is self- motivated and calm and collected person, even when facing extreme pressure during critical situations. She is innovative; creative and constantly develop new ideas whilst improving current practices in the environmental field. She has the ability to solve extremely complex problems and can be described as a go-getter; with an enthusiastic and positive perspective in life. She believes that no challenge is too big to strive for when setting your mind to it. She effortlessly gets along with her fellow peers and co-workers. Environmental Science is her absolute passion in life. Her ethical and moral behaviour are one of her most pristine qualities. She live her modest life by a code where mutual respect is a necessity towards all individuals without restriction. She achieved all her goals by perseverance and hard work. She recently obtained her second masters (MSc Geology) during 2020 from the UFS. Since 2011 she gained exposure in diverse earth science disciplines such as environmental geology, rehabilitation, soil science, environmental science, water conservation and water demand management (WC/WDM), agriculture and mining geology. Although she is fairly educated, she continue to strive for improvement. Some of her unique qualities also include extreme resilience, attentiveness, assertiveness and ample cooperativeness. She is very adaptable to her environment. Correspondingly, she has no difficulty reporting to management structures. Tasks are always completed within set timeframes with confidence and accuracy. She is innovative, admirable, loyal, trustworthy and tend to go above and beyond. She is an asset to any environment and can easily adapt to attain the best desirable results. Ultimately, her perspective and positive mind-set motivates people and help to bring out the best in them.
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REFERENCES:
Mrs. Hantie Reed
Agriculturalist manager at OBARO
060-***-**** (cell)
Mr. Lucas Kekana
Superintendent Geologist (Bambanani Shaft)
076-***-****(cell)
*****.******@*****************.***
Mr. Tim Scott
Operations Mining Manager (Kopaneng Shaft)
082-***-****(cell)
*******.*****@*****************.***
*Any other documentation (certificates) will be provided upon request.
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