Environmentalist
Resume:
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL PROFILE:
Name: Kondwani Kachepa
Date of birth: 16th July 1994
Nationality: Zambian
National ID: 454400/61/1
Passport #: ZN732254
Driving license: 734044
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Single
Home Address: 1 Mumbi Close, Town Centre, Ndola
E-mail: *****************@*****.***
Mobile Phone: +260*********, +919********* (WhatsApp) Hobbies: Reading, Playing Football, Travelling and Watching Movies LANGUAGES: English, Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga
EDUCATION:
Institution Mulungushi University
Date 2012 – 2017
Qualification Bachelor of Science In Environmental Studies Main courses Epidemiology
Environmental Health
Principles of Waste Management
Occupational Health and Safety (OSH)
Integrated Water Resource Management
Natural Resources Ecology
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Environmental Education
Land Use Planning
Institution Ndola Trust School
Date 2009 - 2011
Qualification Grade 12 Certificate
Main courses English
Mathematics
Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics)
Institution Ndola Trust School
Date 2007 – 2009
Qualification Grade 9 Certificate
Main courses English
Mathematics
Sciences
Institution Sunbes Primary School
Date 2001 – 2006
Qualification Grade 7 Certificate
Main courses English
Mathematics
Science
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Academic Industrial Attachment:
Date January – March (2015)
Location Ndola, Zambia
Position Environmental Officer
Scope of work Reviewing of Environmental project briefs which clearly described what a developer wants to put up or venture in. It is usually prepared by the developers Environmental and social development specialists. Providing an executive summary of the proposed work to be done in a particular area.
Preparing of Hazardous Waste Licenses for developers who would like to pretreat hydrocarbons, contaminated materials and used oil.
Preparing Waste Management Licenses to companies or people that would like to transport industrial waste.
Conducting of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) which is the systematic investigation of conditions within the environment of the proposed project followed by an assessment of the impacts that the development will have on the environment in its totality i.e. Physical, Biological and Socio-economic aspects.
Professional Experience:
Date March - June (2018)
Location Kalumbila District
Institution Kalumbila Minerals Ltd
Position Environmental Health officer
Scope of Work Monthly inspections of premises such as the chemical shed, Gas storage shed, Hazardous material areas.
(Vector Control) Participated in spraying of pest infested homes with various chemicals depending on the particular pest.
Investigating of accidents and unsafe work conditions. Page 4 of 8
Holding safety meetings as a department on every second week of every new month, with the aim of finding out the challenges that each group is facing as they carry out their various jobs and to ensure that everyone understands and complies with the safety requirements.
Safety training to the new employees.
Radiation, vibration and noise monitoring.
Ambient air quality including fallout dust and emissions monitoring.
Identification, monitoring and evaluation of workplace hazards (risks to employee’s health and safety).
Participated in weekly waste management meetings with contractors on issues such as waste segregation from inception to its final disposal, safety, dumpsite management, equipment allocation, utilization and personnel management.
Achievement Created a database for laboratory test results for portable, underground and stagnant water.
Date July – October (2018)
Location Kalumbila District, Meheba
Institution Resettlement Department - United Nations Development Program Position Resettlement Officer
Scope of Work
Participated in physical planning for land demarcation and allocation.
Report writing.
Identification of participants for entrepreneurship training.
Writing of minutes.
Created a database to improve accessibility to information concerning land acquisition.
Identifying of possible business opportunities to enhance economic activities in the resettlement scheme.
Participated in inter agency meetings.
Participated in entrepreneurship training workshops. Page 5 of 8
Participated in business pitching meetings for basic business plans.
Advising of environmentally friendly land developments to settlers. Achievements Created a database for all active co-operatives, reducing the use of paper. CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
Date, Main
Focus &
Location
Participated in the e-Faculty Development Program cum Training Workshop on Environment, Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, jointly organized by National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India and Sharda University, India. 13-17/07/2020
Participated in the African Youth Resilience Initiatives against Covid- 19 and pandemics
26/05/2020
Participated in program on Public Speaking and Presentation Skills, India.
Objectives:
1. To provide participants with the practical skills and knowledge necessary to express themselves clearly, with confidence and power, in a variety of speaking situations.
2. To express themselves in such a manner that will impress not only the audience but also peer groups and colleagues in the offices/organization earn to deliver a dynamic powerful and effective presentation. 3. To learn to speak publicly in a convincing confident and concise style. 4. To overcome stage fear and performance anxiety. 5. To build interpersonal skills and learn how to connect with the audience. 6. To build confidence and enhance leadership skills. 17/02/2020-30/06/2020
Participated in a webinar on the topic “Echo for saving Eco”, India. Objectives:
1. To enhance the quality of our global environment for the benefit of all Page 6 of 8
people.
2. To promote a better understanding of the effects our society has on the long-term health of our planet.
3. To motivate students to save Earth, to save the future. 12/09/2020
RESEARCH WORK
Investigating how poverty hinders effective provision of Environmental Education and Awareness Activities: A Case Study of Chipulukusu Compound, Ndola. Poverty reduction has been unanimously endorsed by the international community as the overarching goal of development. However, the relationship between poverty and education operates in two directions, poor people are more often unable to obtain access to adequate education and without an adequate education people are often constrained to a life of poverty. Many societies particularly in developing countries are vulnerable to the general character of poverty factors such as Ignorance, poor education skills, apathy, poor health, wage differentials, overpopulation, unemployment and subsistence agriculture which forces people to degrade the societies natural resources. Therefore this research mainly investigated how poverty factors such as unemployment level, Ignorance, disease, over population, apathy, dependency and dishonesty hinder environmental education and can be used as a blueprint of approach concerning dealing with marginalized communities. The theoretical and conceptual frame work behind this research was structural functionalism which in sociology and other social sciences can be defined as a school of thought according to which institutions, relationships, roles and norms that together constitute a society serves a purpose, and each is indispensable for the continued existence of the others and of society as a whole. VOLUNTARY WORK EXPERIENCE
Date, Main Focus
& Location
(September – November) (2017)
Environmental Health Technologist
Ndola District Health Office
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Conducting disease surveillance by going through registers and reports on NDs.
Updating disease trend graphs of top ten diseases.
Sharing weekly plans with the sister in-charge including daily supervision with IEC (Information, education and communication)
Conducting water sampling. Using Membrane Filtration technique and Membrane lauryl sulphate broth as media.
Inspection of premises based on weekly targets of catchment areas
(calculating weekly targets)
Inspection of food (at least five types from different premises per week)
Inspection of schools, markets and bus stops.
Supervision of community activities.
Holding meetings with the community.
Community diagnosis (identification of the nature of an illness by examination of symptoms.
Weekly reports from Monday to Thursday.
CAPABILITY STATEMENT
Personal Vision I envision various possibilities and perspectives about contemporary interrelationships because human assumptions and values measure the effectiveness each person brings to every activity and system in which he or she works or lives. Skills and
Abilities
I possess good interpersonal, organizational and analytical Skills. Exceptional communication skills, Tech savvy, and the ability to work with mixed cultured individuals. I pay attention to details while maintaining high standards of work. Page 8 of 8
REFEREES
Mr. Kachiwala
Sapalo
(Manager Environmental Department), Kalumbila Minerals, Solwezi, Zambia. Contact
+260*********, Email: *********.******@****.***
Mrs. Florence
mwambwe
(Ndola District Health Office, Facility In-charge), (Chipokota Mayamba Health Centre, Chifubu) Ndola, Zambia. Contact +260*********, P.O Box 70672 Dr. Mitulo Silengo (Disaster Management Training Centre), (Director), Mulungushi University, P.O Box 80415, Kabwe, Zambia. Contact +260*********
Dr. Adrian Phiri (Disaster Management Training Centre), (Director Post Graduate Studies), Mulungushi University, P.O Box 80415, Kabwe, Zambia. Contact +260*********
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