Curriculum Vitae of Thokozane Nzimande

**** / ** ****** & Crouse Street

Naturena Ext 19

Johannesburg 2095

071-***-**** / 065-***-****

Or Email: adnf0g@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL DETAILS

D.O.B : 15 November 1987

ID Number : 871***-****-***

Gender : Male

Marital Status : Single

Nationality : South African

Home Language : IsiZulu

Other Languages : English

Afrikaans

Sesotho

Setswana

Xhosa

Criminal Record : None

Driver’s License : Code C1 plus PDP License

Health Status : Good

Skills : Good Communication skills, Good Planning &

Organizational skills, Good interpersonal skills

Great leadership ability & Intermediate computer

Skills. Toolbox (Fitter tools), own transport (Own

Car) and willing to relocate anywhere in South

Africa

EDUCATION

School Attended : Ennerdale Technical High

Level : Grade 12

Subjects : English 1st Lang, Afrikaans 2nd Lang, Mathematics

Engineering Science, Engineering Drawings, Fitting

And Machining

Year : 2004

School Attended : South West Gauteng College

Course : Mechanical Engineering (Fitter Trade Theory)

Level : N1, N2, N3 and N4

Year : 2005 - 2013

OTHER COURSES

Institute Attended : Havatech

Course : Computer Literacy

Intro to Computing, windows environment

Ms. Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Year : 2008

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Company : Agrana Fruit South Africa (City Deep)

Position : Maintenance Technician

Duties : Responding immediately to plant equipment-related

Problems, troubleshoot, maintains, install and repair

Across all equipment in the business area to ensure

Minimal downtime. Keeping company safety and

Quality standard of product (GMP & HACCP).

Observe, test, maintains, repairs of Rotary cookers,

Coolers, Syrup making machine, APV-Juice

Making machine and product / batch packing scales.

Dismantle equipment and machinery to identify

Root cause of faults or problems remove, repair or

Replace damaged, deteriorated, worn parts or

Components and reassemble. Monitor Plant

Equipment flow meters, temperature and pressure.

Performs corrective, preventative and planned

Maintenance on equipment and machinery including

Replacement / Maintenance of bearings, valves,

Actuators, sensors, mechanical seals, pneumatics,

Alfa Laval pumps & valves, heat exchangers,

Lubricating of parts, cleaning or changing of filters

Strainers and gaskets. Basic (Horizontal Fire tube)

Boiler (Garioni Naval) maintenance, Steam traps,

Sight glasses, separators and shutting on / off the

Boiler when needed. Daily inspection & blow down

Of boiler, gauges, (Air-Liquide) Nitrogen station,

Compressor (Ingersoll Rand), Chillers, Cooling

Tower, fridges and freezers, Temperature

(Refrigeration Plant). Maintaining maintenance logs

And work order documentation of equipment,

Machinery and all repairs done. Troubleshooting

PLC, HMI, VSD’s, Electrical & electronics

Equipment and calling Electrical Engineer when

Needed. Maintaining a clean and safe working area.

Adhering to all company safety standards, rules and

Regulations

Period : 24-01-2018 - currently work here

Company : Sappi (Ngodwana) Nelspruit

Position : Mechanical Fitter (Shutdown)

Duties : Tag-out, sign work permit, compiling 60 seconds

Risk Assessment, work according to company

Health and Safety Standards, cleaning &

Refurbishing valves, packing, refurbishing pumps,

Changing worn bearings, worn vanes, inner pressure

Plates correcting shaft run-out, replacing worn

Couplings (Tire couplings), bolts, nuts and re-

Installing / assembling pumps, refurbishing agitator

1 & 2 Agitator impeller blades, electric motor:

Bearings, changing v-belts, re-installing all

Components and alignment, Installation of 8inch

Valves and green liquor pipelines, replacing worn

Spiral gaskets changing & cleaning strainers, globe,

Ball, gate valves for soot blowers

Period : 09-05-2017 to 21-05-2017 (Shutdown)

Company : Parnis Airport Services (Kempton Park)

Position : Assistant Technician (Fuel Hydrant)

Duties : Maintenance, repairs, refurbishing (Jet Fuel Hydrant

Pipelines, Flanges, Spiral gaskets, pit valves,

Pilot valves, performing pressure tests, basic

Maintenance on Rorork actuators, replacing worn

And damaged Dabico lids, lid seals, weekly

Inspections and attending call-outs

Filling HIRA and Risk Assessment before carrying

Out any Job

Period : 01-02-2016 to 24-02-2017

Company : Nampak Tissue Sancella (Kliprivier)

Position : Mechanical Fitter

Duties : Dismantling Diaper making machines (Nemo1 & 2)

Stripping machinery components, Pneumatic hoses

Cylinders, modules, conveyor belts, motors,

Gearboxes, couplings, platforms, panels, electrical

Cables, trunkings, module doors, removal and

Loading machinery to be transported

To new site

Period : 01-12-2015 to 11-12-2015

Reason for leaving : Contract ended

Company : Powertech Transformers (Pretoria)

Position : Apprentice Fitter

Duties : Working with Qualified Artisan doing maintenance

On CNC core cutting machines & slitting machines, saw machines, punching machines, bend machines, dismantling, stripping, servicing, repairing, refurbishing, modifying, installations, precision fitting and assembling of machinery (using engineering drawings), mechanical components and equipment. Fitting spares, repairing welding machines, full Inspections on mechanical equipment, preventative, maintenance, corrective maintenance, planned maintenance, attending breakdowns reducing downtime, (Fault finding, diagnostics, repairing & maintenance on hydraulic driven machines, power packs and pneumatic systems), centrifugal pumps, vacuum pumps, gearboxes, (repacking, repairing & fitting) valves, changing electric motors bearings, lubricating & replacing worn bearings, changing and aligning (V-belts & chain drives), pipe thread cutting, pipe assembling, building new pipe-lines (for water, oil & steam) maintenance on pipe-lines (changing & making gaskets for pipe flanges and valves) changing filters and cleaning strainers, completing jobs as per job card requirements, maintaining a safe and healthy working environment according to the NOSA & 5S Regulations, reporting any unsafe conditions or acts and maintaining company quality standards the ISO 9001: 2008

Period : 05-09-2011 to 09-07-2014

Reason for Leaving : Passed my Trade Test & my Apprenticeship

Contract ended

References

Contact Person : Abdu Abdelrahman (Plant Manager)

Company : Agrana Fruit (City Deep)

Contact Number : 011-***-**** / 083- 462-8239

Contact Person : Claudia (Fitter Supervisor)

Company : Sappi Ngodwana (Nelspruit)

Contact number : 083-***-****

Contact Person : Mr. Tebogo Tsoku (Senior Artisan)

Company : Powertech Transformers

Contact Number : 071-***-****

Contact Person : Mr. Nicholas Ndhlovu (Fitter Artisan)

Company : Powertech Transformers

Contact number : 073-***-****

Contact Person : Mr. Bert Engel Brecht (Mechanical Foreman)

Company : Powertech Transformers

Contact number : 082-***-****

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