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Christa van Wyk

Environmental Officer / EHS Coordinator

Tel. 072-***-**** (Work) 082-***-**** (Personal) E-Mail. ************@*******.*** / ***************@*****.*** 7 Soetdoring Street, Onverwacht, Lephalale, 0557

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A skilled professional, experienced, passionate, and goal driven Environmental, Health and Safety Professional, with mega project experience in HSE. With proven skills in the management of HSE, implementing initiatives towards Zero Harm & Sustainability, Audits / Inspections, Incident Investigations, EHS Gap analysis, Management of Contractors, System Development and Implementation, Training – as well as a deep understanding and knowledge of the OHSAct and Regulations, and the Environmental Legislation and Requirements – I am able to excel at sustaining incident and hazard fee work environments, whilst ensuring minimal damage to the environment, training and motivating staff for optimal regulatory compliance.

I had the privilege, being exposed to and worked on Medupi Power Station Project over the past 10 years. During the 10 years, I have gained detailed knowledge of Construction HSE and Environmental requirements at managerial and operational levels, with the ability to design, compile, implement and manage the HSE and Environmental Requirements. The ability to mentor, coach and guide subordinates and coworkers. I have hand-on system experience, from gap analysis, to development, to implantation, maintenance and audits. PERSONAL PROFILE

Honest, trustworthy, hard-working environmental practitioner with 10 years’ experience in Environmental Management, along with Health and Safety experience, with a passion to make an environmental difference. I do believe that environmental management and health and safety walk hand-in-hand, and by educating the people on Environmental, Health and Safety, you can triumph and change the bad culture that has been created through the years. By changing the culture, numerous lives can be saved and the environment can be protected. I am a responsible person and tend to be tasks focused and goal driven with a passion for assisting people in need. I enjoy educating people and building relationships. It gives me great pleasure to see my hard work paying off by making a difference in people’s lives as well as in the way they think about health and safety and the environment and the protection thereof. My communication skills, knowledge and ability to consume new information coupled with the experience gained over the years can be of benefit to any organization. I am interested in joining a team which is action-oriented and result driven. Skills include: Good communication skills

Problem Solving & Analyzing Skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure

Self-motivation

Adaptability

Computer literate

Good Report Writing

Able to take complex information and present it in a well- written, easily understandable format

Work methodically

Good research skills

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Teamwork

Good time management

Conflict resolution

Decision making

Ability to work with people from all

backgrounds

Multi-tasking skills

Good knowledge on environmental legislation

Able to apply information in the development of

environmental strategy action plan

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth

27th October 1986

Other South African / Married / Female / 2 children Driver’s License Yes: Code 8 [B]: Own Transport

Languages Afrikaans Read Write Speak

English Read Write Speak

CAREER PROGRESSION

Dec 2020 – Present

Document Control / EHS Officer (dedicated a

minimum of 32 hours per week to IWC)

Industrial Water Cooling

Lephalale, Limpopo, South Africa

Company Type Water Cooling Towers (Mechanical & Civil) on Medupi Power Station - Contractor Key Activities: - Ensuring EHS compliance whilst executing commissioning and optimization activities.

- Managing the sub-contractors and service providers from an EHS perspective for Medupi and Kusile Power Stations.

- Management of SHE systems as per company, client and legislative requirements

- Compile and submit Monthly Reports to Head office regarding safety performance, hours worked as well as incident data

- Ensure compliance to provincial regulations and by laws

- Ensure Health and safety responsibilities are appropriately assigned and documented

- Conduct EHS inductions with all visitors, employees and other persons that visit IWC on Medupi Site as well as Kusile Site.

- Report incidents immediately to client and management and ensure that the needed immediate and remedial actions are executed.

- Conduct incident investigations and submit to client and management timeously and in the event of a reportable injury report to the relevant office of the DOL and submit needed documentation

- Preparation and reviewing of Risk assessments and Safe work procedures and the continual monitoring of compliance to procedure for the health and safety off all employees.

- Compiling all the EHS end of contact documentation and files and ensuring sign off with the client.

- Managing all EHS incidents according to the applicable legislation and client requirements.

- Arranging site access for management as well as service providers and / or clients for Medupi and Kusile Power Stations.

- Ensuring all required consumables and office supplies are available.

- Raising purchase requisitions for services and/or goods required for Medupi and Kusile Projects.

- Assisting with the compiling and preparations of data books to be submitted to the client.

- Formally transmitting documentation to the client and keeping record thereof.

- Assisting with early warnings, costing, claims, etc. C U R R I C U L UM V I T A E • C H R I S T A V A N WYK 7 S O E T DORING S T R E E T • ONVERWACHT • L E P H A L A L E • 0557 • 0 8 2 3 0 8 3812 [ M O B I L E ] P A G E 0 0 3

- Ensuring all invoices and supporting documentation is approved and submitted to the financial department timeously.

- Filing and safe keeping of documentation.

- Assisting with verifying the content of the project contracts relevant to certain situations in order to find a way forward.

Achievements No EHS Incidents during employment period.

Generated an EHS site specific system for Kusile Power Station, according to scope of work and client requirements.

Reason for Leaving

End of Contract in December 2021

Jan 2019 – Present

EHS Coordinator & PJFF Data Analyst

(dedicated a minimum of 16 hours per week

to SPX DB Thermal)

SPX DB Thermal

Lephalale, Limpopo, South Africa

Company Type Mechanical Construction on Medupi Power Station - Contractor Key Activities: - Ensuring EHS compliance whilst executing the rehabilitation and clearing of the designated / responsible areas of the contractor.

- Managing the sub-contractors and service providers from an EHS perspective.

- Management of SHE systems as per company, client and legislative requirements

- Compile and submit Monthly and Weekly Reports to client and Head office regarding safety performance, hours worked as well as incident data

- Ensure compliance to provincial regulations and by laws

- Ensure that all legal appointments are done and that responsibilities are explained to appointees

- Ensure Health and safety responsibilities are appropriately assigned and documented

- Conduct EHS inductions with all visitors, employees and other persons that visit DB Thermal on Medupi site.

- Report incidents immediately to client and management and ensure that the needed immediate and remedial actions are executed.

- Conduct incident investigations and submit to client and management timeously and in the event of a reportable injury report to the relevant office of the DOL and submit needed documentation

- Preparation and reviewing of Risk assessments and Safe work procedures and the continual monitoring of compliance to procedure for the health and safety off all employees.

- Ensure that good housekeeping is maintained in all areas and offices.

- Implementation of an audit schedule, conducting audits timeously and findings reported and corrective actions implemented

- Coaching employees where needed.

- Attending client meetings and liaise with the client on EHS matters.

- Ensure that waste management is practiced as per the set requirements.

- Management of the hazardous chemical substances on site and ensure that the system is utilized and adhered to.

- Upholding the entire environmental management system as well as the health and safety management system, whilst reporting on EHS performance and any needed reporting to be done and facilitating the site clearance and rehabilitation process.

- Compiling all the EHS end of contact documentation and files and ensuring sign off with the client.

- Managing all EHS incidents according to the applicable legislation and client requirements.

- Fleet management.

- Ensuring all needed resources are available for site clearance and the rehabilitation process. C U R R I C U L UM V I T A E • C H R I S T A V A N WYK 7 S O E T DORING S T R E E T • ONVERWACHT • L E P H A L A L E • 0557 • 0 8 2 3 0 8 3812 [ M O B I L E ] P A G E 0 0 4

- Liaising with management and the client on EHS matters as well as progress on site clearance and rehabilitation.

- Ensure that all stores and offices are ready for loading and transportation.

- Supplying the client with material required to complete construction work.

- Constantly ensuring and monitoring EHS compliance and performance during the site clearance process.

- Arranging site access for management as well as service providers and / or clients.

- Ensuring all required consumables, tools, equipment and office supplies are available on site.

- Ensuring site security clearance is received for items and / or vehicles required to be removed from site.

- Record keeping of the entire site clearance process to ensure traceability.

- Additional Scope of Work included:

o Performance monitoring of the PJFF plants and establishing what factors within the system impacts the PJFF plants in what manner and what the results of those actions would be. o Collecting data within the Alstom and Siemens software control systems. o Capturing photographic evidence of the results and impacts. o Reporting such information to management in presentation reports. o Managing the deliveries of spare parts to the client on site upon arrival. Achievements Achieved 5,190,170 hours without a major environmental incident or a legal contravention.

Achieved 406 days without an LTI and still counting

Scored 80% or greater for EHS Legal Compliance & HSE Specifications

Achieved good health and safety records

Built an excellent relationship with the client’s HSE team

Changed the HSE culture within the construction team Reason for Leaving

End of Contract in December 2021

Jan 2011 – Dec 2018

Environmental Officer

SPX DB Thermal

Lephalale, Limpopo, South Africa

Company Type Mechanical Construction on Medupi Power Station - Contractor Key Activities: All matters regarding Environmental Management for SPX DB Thermal Medupi Site & its sub-contractors and service providers:

- All drafting, reviewing and implementing management plans (water, waste, emergency, monitoring, etc. management plans)

- Aligning the environmental documentation with the ISO 14001 standard.

- Developing and maintaining an Environmental Management System.

- Ensuring compliance with the RoD and EMP.

- Ensuring all environmental aspects and impacts are identified and mitigated in a reasonable manner.

- Ensuring environmental impacts are kept to a minimum.

- Ensuring all activities practiced on site comply with the set standards and taking action if the standards are not met.

- Compiling monthly environmental compliance reports, as well as waste reports whereby the environmental performance on waste can be monitored and analyzed.

- Exploring methods where the SPX DB Thermal can improve their environmental performance.

- Responsible for all aspects regarding environmental incident management.

- Drafting and reviewing Method Statements and Risk Assessments from an environmental approach.

- All record keeping regarding any environmental matters, such as registers.

- Verifying environmental legal compliance of service providers used. C U R R I C U L UM V I T A E • C H R I S T A V A N WYK 7 S O E T DORING S T R E E T • ONVERWACHT • L E P H A L A L E • 0557 • 0 8 2 3 0 8 3812 [ M O B I L E ] P A G E 0 0 5

- Conducting service provider environmental audits and inspections.

- Providing guidance to service providers on environmental compliance.

- Providing in-house MSDS training to employees working with hazardous chemicals.

- Managing the hazardous chemical stores, the issuing of chemicals and the hazardous waste associated with it.

- Conducting emergency drills and provide guidance where needed.

- Conduct regular inspections in the work areas to ensure environmental compliance.

- Establish annual environmental objectives and targets to ensure continual improvement.

- Attend site meetings such as production progress meetings, bi-weekly site feedback meetings, HSE Committee meetings, client meetings, etc. to ensure a clear path of communication between all the different levels within the business as well as between the different organizations conducting work on Medupi Construction Site.

- Proactively developing environmentally responsible solutions to problems.

- Drafting environmental awareness and training material and ensuring it is relevant and understandable to the specific audience.

- Daily matters such as waste disposal and management, noise control, water usage, hazardous substances, mobile plant, etc.

As part of my daily duties I also assisted with Health and Safety matters, namely;

- Drafting the baseline risk assessment

- Participating in the daily risk assessments done as well as reviewing it.

- Participating in developing method statements and task specific risk assessments.

- Ensuring EHS Committee meetings are conducted as per legislation.

- Conducting field inspections to verify EHS compliance.

- Managing fire equipment and ensuring all work areas are issued with it.

- Daily liaising with the client and attending client meetings

- Assist in compiling EHS files and reviewing of contractor EHS files.

- Drafting of non-compliance and deviation reports.

- Compiling of health and safety performance reports.

- Capturing and analyzing of EHS statistics.

- Capturing EHS observations and illustrate the performance using graphs.

- Assisting in EHS awareness campaigns and daily awareness amongst employees.

- Managing incidents and ensuring corrective action is implemented.

- Arranging external training when needed.

- Aligning documentation with client requirements as well as OHSAS 18001 standard and legislation.

- Assist in compiling the safety file and reviewing contractor’s safety files. Other daily tasks include;

- Fleet management.

- Ordering of office and cleaning supplies.

Achievements Achieved 4,000,000 hours without a major environmental incident or a legal contravention.

Scored 80% or greater for all environmental audits.

Created an environmental conscious culture amongst employees.

Implemented an environmental management system.

Achieved good health and safety records

Reason for Leaving

Appointed as the EHS Lead.

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Sept 2010 – Dec 2010

SHE Administrator

Hitachi Power Africa

Lephalale, Limpopo, South Africa]

Company Type Mechanical Construction on Medupi Power Station – Principal Contractor Key Activities: - Risk Report (10 high risks - HS).

- Risk Assessment review schedule and review accordingly.

- Attend monthly HS Committee meeting.

- Sub-contractor EHS meetings.

- Review all STPA's for risks and quality of document.

- Baseline Risk Assessment to be updated.

- HS Risk Register to be updated with Risk Manager.

- Ensure your filling system has indexes and content according.

- Identify and communicate the high risk activities of the month.

- Maintaining the filing system and ensure all records are up to date.

- Establish H&S training needs and arrange training.

- First aiders identified and photos displayed.

- Attend HS Team leader`s VFL weekly walkabouts.

- Ensure training rooms, board rooms etc. are scheduled for HSE meetings and training to be done.

- Compile and submit weekly and monthly H&S reports to client and management.

- Capture all H&S incidents and report to client and management.

- Update and analyze H&S performance statistics and communicate to employees.

- Evaluate method statements and provide feedback. Achievements Established a documentation system.

Gained in the field experience on Health and Safety matters. Reason for Leaving

End of Contract

Nov 2008 – Jul 2009

Geographical Information Systems Data Capture and

Operator

Lower Sundays River Water User Association

Sunlands, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Company Type Control Function of Water Supply for Irrigation Purposes to Farmers and other Land Users Key Activities: - Collecting data,

- Analyzing the data,

- Managing and updating the Geographic,

- Information System,

- Environmental Management.

Achievements Drafted a complete set of all the canals, dams and pipes supplying the Lower Sundays River Region with water, including the characteristics of each component. The set consisted of visual summaries, thus maps, as well as detailed lists with the sizes, slopes and flow direction of the canals, pipes, etc. This aided the employees in calculating the time duration needed to provide the farmer with the exact quantity of water ordered and well as which canal or pipe to use to provide the water and what sluices to open.

Reason for Leaving

Relocated to Lephalale, Limpopo for better career opportunities. C U R R I C U L UM V I T A E • C H R I S T A V A N WYK 7 S O E T DORING S T R E E T • ONVERWACHT • L E P H A L A L E • 0557 • 0 8 2 3 0 8 3812 [ M O B I L E ] P A G E 0 0 7

Oct 2008 – Nov 2008

Geographical Information Systems Data Capture and

Operator

Setplan PE

Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Company Type Capture spatial data information received from the Government. Key Activities: - Digitizing

- Mapping

- Modifying maps in a presentable manner.

Achievements Gained practical experience in Geographical Information Systems. Reason for Leaving

Better career opportunity.

Nov 2005 – Jan 2006

Office Assistant

BB Transport

Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Company Type Transportation of Goods within South Africa Key Activities: - Administrative filing,

- Managing switchboard,

- Processing dockets.

- Compiling work packs – waybills, delivery notes, etc. Achievements Gained organizational skills.

Reason for Leaving

Temporary Job during university studies

EDUCATION Distinction obtained *

2009 Degree:

Baccalaureus Scientiae Honores

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Majors

- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

2008

Degree:

Baccalaureus Scientiae

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Majors

- Geology

- Geography (consisting of: Physical

Geography, GIS & Environmental

Management)

2004

National Senior Certificate:

Grade 12 / Matriculation

Despatch High School

Despatch, South Africa

Subjects Complete

- Afrikaans First Language HG

- English Second Language HG

- Mathematics HG

- Science SG

- Geography HG

- Biology HG

ADDITIONAL TRAINING / EDUCATION / SHORT COURSES

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01/06/2010 – 03/06/2010

21/06/2010 – 02/07/2010

21/01/2011

Introduction to SAMTRAC at NOSA.

SAMTRAC at NOSA

Introduction to OHSAct, Job Observation, Safety Representative, Accident and Investigation, Risk Assessment at HDM Production

22/06/2015 Legal Liability Project Training Course at Legricon. 13/03/2017 – 15/03/2017 ISO14001:2015 – Environmental Management System: Implementation at EOH. 28/03/2017 – 30/03/2017 OHSAS18001:2007 – Health & Safety Management System: Implementation at EOH. 05/04/2017 – 07/04/2017 Internal Auditors Course Based on ISO14001:2015 & OHSAS18001:2007 at EOH. 10/07/2017 – 12/07/2017 Environmental Law at EOH.

13/12/2018 – 13/12/2018 HIRA at Easy Safe

13/12/2018 – 13/12/2018 Incident Investigation at Easy Safe 18/12/2018 – 18/12/2018 Hazchem at Easy Safe

18/09/2020 – 18/09/2020 COVID-19 Workplace Preparedness & Prevention Training at National Institute for Occupational Health 17/09/2021 – 17/09/2021 Emergency Coordination at SM Training 17/09/2021 – 17/09/2021 Fire Fighting at SM Training 24/09/2021 First Aid Level 1 & 2 at Sediba Sabasadi Skills Training Academy AWARDS, COMMENDATIONS & PERSONAL INTERESTS

Family Orientated

Gardening

Outdoor Activities such as target shooting.

Baking

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Golden Key International Honour Society

SACPCMP Construction Health & Safety Officer, Registration Number: CHSO/2833/2019 PUBLISHED & UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

October 2008

July 2009

Identifying Flood Prone Regions within the Nelson Mandela Metropole during a Tsunami Event Utilizing GIS

The Lower Sundays River Valley Water Canal Distribution System COMPUTER LITERACY

1 Had appropriate

training only

2 Limited practical

experience

3 Solid practical

experience

4 Well versed,

extensive experience

5 Expert, extensive

experience

Technology Years Used Last Used Skill Level (1 – 5) Windows 20 Current 4

Internet 20 Current 4

E-mail 15 Current 4

MS Word 20 Current 4

MS Excel 15 Current 3

MS PowerPoint 15 Current 3

MS Visio 6 Current 3

REFEREES

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Mr. Heime September

HSE Manager

Tel. 071-***-****

Mr. Martin Basson

Site Manager

Tel. 071-***-****

Mr. Herman Conradie

HSE Coordinator

Tel. 061-***-****

Mr. Ian Griffin

Project Manager

Tel. 083-***-****

Mr Richard Cardoso

Project Manager

Tel. 082-***-****

Mr Fred Els

Construction Manager

Tel. 066-***-****

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