CURRICULUM VITAE Tafadzwa Tendai Tiani

Address: *** ********; Mhluzi; Middelburg; 1055 Nationality: Zimbabwean with critical skills permit Passport number: DN741768 Religion: Christian Date of birth: 01 December 1987 Marital status: Married Contact numbers: 067******* / 078******* Driver’s License: Zimbabwean Class 4 with South African traffic number (Code B Light vehicles)

Email address: adyuxi@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Mining engineering technician with 12 years in underground gold mining, including supervisory work and 1 year in surface coal mining. I am looking to transition to surface mining and thus acquire a rock breaking certificate for surface mines so as to become a seasoned mining engineer with operational knowledge in both mining disciplines.

professional training/ Qualifications

Institution: Zimbabwe School of Mines

Qualification: Higher National Diploma in Mining (2013)

National Diploma in Mining (2009)

Further Training

Full Blasting License: Zimbabwe Ministry of Mines (Nov 2013)

Post Grad Diploma Project Management: Project Management Institute of Zimbabwe (studying)

Certificate in explosives engineering for surface and underground mines (Wits University)

Certificate in Mining technology: Management of earth moving equipment (Wits University)

Competent A: Colliery Training College

Blasting assistant: Colliery Training College

LANGUAGES:

English Written Excellent, Spoken Excellent

Ndebele (IsiZulu) Written Good, Spoken good

Shona Written Excellent, Spoken Excellent)

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Word (Excellent), MS Excel (Good), MS PowerPoint (Fair)

Professional MEMBERSHIP

Candidate engineering technician (mining engineering) no 201-***-****

Associate member of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Full member of Project Management Zimbabwe

Professional Experience

DRILL AN BLAST FOREMAN - LEGACY DRILL AND BLAST MPUMALANGA - October 2022 to December 2022

●See to it that crew and employees adhere to all safety regulations set by the mine;

●Execution of all drill and blast planned activities

●Ensure targets are achieved

●Pre-shift meeting and inspection of work areas ans make sure that the work site is kept in a tidy manner

●Work closely with other supervisors to effectively manage personnel between operations

●Lead, mentor and provide direction and support to new and existing site employees

SMALL SCALE MINE CONSULTANT, MACHINERY HIRE AND EQUIPMENT SALES June 2017 to August 2022

Duties

●Sale of small scale mining equipment – drill bits, jackhammers, spares,etc

●Consulting on issues pertaining to mining activities within the small scale mine-

●drilling and blasting under The Explosives Regulations (S.I 72 of 1989),

●conducting safety assessments according to the Mining (Management and Safety) Regulations 1990 (S.I of 1990)

●Mine support, mine planning, sampling, underground mining

●Sourcing of larger equipment such as front end loaders, backhoe loaders (TLB), dozers

●Hiring out mining machinery- mobile compressors, pumps, generators and drilling accessories

●Strategic planning and scheduling

●Verbal and written communication

●Take part in meetings with Directors and other shareholders in meetings

●Compile and submit reports to said directors and other shareholders and government departments

SENIOR PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR – SMALL SCALE (CAMSTIC 9 MINE) November 2016 to June 2017

Duties

●Strategic planning and scheduling

●Verbal and written communication with Directors

●Manage and control the mining activities at all the mine shafts so as to achieve targets as planned.

●Set up and maintain safety and environmental standards and performance according to the Mining (Management and Safety) Regulations 1990 (S.I of 1990)

●Manage contractor relationships

●Recommend benchmarks and identify the best practice to attain such

●Ensure adherence to policies, standards and procedures in all areas of operation

●Communicate with operations personnel to ensure optimum production results which are in line with the production plan

●Provide direction to foremen so as to ensure operations and maintenance of all equipment is well coordinated

●Assume other duties and responsibilities as required in response to on the ground circumstances

●Participate in inter-departmemntal disciplinary hearings

Overseer miner (Old Nic Mine) December 2013 to November 2017

Duties

●Capture information with regards to production section activities

●Plan, lead, optimize mining production and development operations

●Supply plant with consistent ore as per target

●Short term production and development planning

●Coordinating drilling and blasting operations on production and development ends

●Ensure high safety and environmental standards are followed according to the Mining (Management and Safety) Regulations 1990 (S.I of 1990) and The Explosives Regulations (S.I 72 of 1989)

●Interact with geology, survey and planning departments

●Monitor and control development costs

●Ensuring daily mining operations are carried out as per regulations

●Continually review all operations in the section with the objective of making Technical improvements

●Matching drilling equipment with the Meters and Ore Called-for.

●Explosive storage and usage, with main emphasis on safety

●In charge of all shafts and shaft activities

●Reporting daily to the Underground Manager and timeous submission of all returns

Graduate learner (Mine technician/Overseer miner) Old Nic Mine: July 2011 to November 2013

I joined as a learner Mine Technician directly reporting to the underground manager and during that period I received training and gained experience in the mining activities below.

● lashing (stope, drive and raise)

●Drilling machine assistant (stope, drive and raise) which entailed assisting the machine operator in checking for safety, setting up, drilling and charging our allocated ends in development, production and also in drilling and installing anchor roof bolts for support

●Drilling machine operator (Pneumatic rock drill) -

●Shaft crew assistant- maintenance and repairing of shaft work in around the mine shafts and the maintenance and installation of pipes, guides and transportation of heavy material and equipment to and from the underground sections

●Construction crew assistant- involved pipe layout main drifts to working ends, installation and maintenance of water blasts at blasting ends, installation and maintenance of loco tracks, construction of boxes (draw points) and maintenance there-of, installation and maintenance of ladders for travelling ways

●Magazine master’s assistant- Explosive storage, usage and daily distribution with main emphasis on safety. Handling of and destruction of expired and weeping explosives.

●Supervisor-lashing- supervision of lashing crews which involved use of track-bound rocker shovel loading and secondary blasting of any rocks/ boulders as and when necessary.

●Supervisor- construction- led a crew in the construction of and replacement/removal of coco pan draw-points, construction of platforms, installation of rock bolts, chain-ladders, steel ladders, toe spacers, tracks and sleepers

●Assistant overseer miner which involved overseeing the crews and allocating jobs as instructed by the overseer miner.

●Acting overseer miner

mining student on experiential learning attachment Hwange Colliery Company (Surface Mine): January to December 2008

Obtained vital training and experience in the following mining activities,

●Drilling, charging and blasting of faces using closed and open chevron blasting designs

●Loading and hauling via use of Standard and Articulated Dump trucks

●Construction

●Surveying

●Supplementary and overburden stripping (Dragline)

●Coal production (electric shovels, excavators)

●Mine planning

Referees

1.Mr O Mudoni, Underground Manager, Old Nic mine:, Box ac 70, Ascot, Bulawayo; +263*********

2.Mr R Ndlovu, Pit Superintendent: Hwange Colliery Company Limited, P.O Box 123, Hwange Zimbabwe; adyuxi@r.postjobfree.com, +263*********

3.Mr Y Mbewe, Personnel Officer, Old Nic Mine: Box ac 70 Ascot, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; adyuxi@r.postjobfree.com, +263*********

4.Mr M January, Zimbabwe School of Mines, Training and Operations Manager; adyuxi@r.postjobfree.com +263*********

5.Mr M Sadya, Zimbabwe School of Mines, Mining Head of Department +263*********

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