Fitter

BENJAMIN AKIMU

** ***** ******** ****, ***** END, BULAWAYO

MOBILE: +263-0733896595 / +263-****-*** 416

E-mail: ********.******@*****.***

Personal details

Date of birth : 23 August 1974

Gender : Male

Nationality : Zimbabwean

Descent : Zambian

Marital status : Married

Religion : Christian

I.D Number : 24- 090496 W 24

Educational qualifications

Chemukute secondary school, Kadoma – 1991

ordinary level education

Professional qualifications

Basic plumbing – Bulawayo polytechnic college –1995

Machine shop practice – Westgate technology centre 1995

Basic hydraulic and pneumatic – Westgate technology centre – 2003

Maintenance fitting – class one [NQ4] - 2005

Work experience

Matabeleland engineering -March 2009 to date -fitter and turner

Duties performed

Repairing of;

drilling machines, precision machine and crankshaft grinders

Zanroso- reboring and re-sleaving machine

Sunmen- horning machine, valve facing machine,

Line boring machine

Precision valve seat re-facing machine

Dino test machine

Pressure testing machine

Con- rod resizing end rebushing machine

Lathe machines

Milling machines

Sharpers

Cap and rod skimming machine

Lapping machine

MSA geo-services/ bhp biliton (exploration) Zambia -June 2008 to Dec 2008 -fitter and turner

Duties performed

Geotechnician duties

Core checking

Core retrieval

Tray numbering

Depth marking

Orientation

Magnetic susceptibility

Core photography

Core sampling for geochem analysis

Quality assurance and quality checking

Dispatching

Site rehabilitation

Bilboes holdings (isabela mine) -Feb. 2006 to dec 2006 -maintenance fitter

and crushing

Plant overseer

Duties performed

Safety health and environment awareness talks

First aid and fire fighting talks

Housekeeping of the work environment

Weight meter reading and power meter reading (KWH)

Filling in of plant breakdown and storage of record sheets to include pre-use checklist records

Repair and maintenance of workshop and plant machinery e.g. ball mills, jaw crushers, stamp mills,

hammer drills, shaking tables, winches, concentrators, conveyor system, gears, couplings,

chains and sprockets, rollers,, idlers, roll cases, cyclones, fans, screens etc

Radiator and Tinning –Zimbabwe -Oct 1994 to December 2004 -maintenance

fitter

Duties performed

General repair and maintenance of;

Guillotines and pressing machines

Hydraulic and pneumatic equipment

Drew benches

Pointers,

Conveyors

Agitators

Gearboxes

Fin packing machines

Blowers

Water pumps and boreholes

Injection moulds and Extruders

Coilers and decoilers

Saws and drilling machines

Rolling mills

Wire straightness

Heat treatment machines

Grinders

General machining, production machining and drilling

Polishing and lapping to micro meter sizes

Pipe fitting

GENMEC –Zimbabwe -January 1994 to September 2016 - pipe fitter

Duties performed

Co-coordinating with site manager to configure pipe system layout

Ordering suitable pipes and other materials

Selecting supports, hangers and hydraulic cylinders

Installation of piping systems from cost estimate to blueprint to installation and testing

Troubleshooting mechanical piping systems

Personal attributes

Very good communicator

Hard worker

Able to communicate in both team and individual setting

Always willing to learn and share learnt knowledge

References

YAGDEN ENGINEERING

N/O 5 Wilton Road

Thorngrove

Bulawayo

Zimbabwe

Tel: +263-****-*** 722

Vaughn Southey

Attorneys, notaries, conveyans

80 Harding street

3108 Newcastle 2940

South Africa

Tel: +27-034-***-****

Fax: +27-034-***-****

e-mail: ***********@*******.**.**

KD scott

MSA GEOSERVICES (PVY) LTD

20 Rothersay ave

Craighall park

Johannesburg 2196

South Africa

Tel: +27-011-*******

Fax: +27-011-***-****

e-mail: ****@*************.**.**

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