Curriculum vitae of Noel Zondo

Contact information

Name Noel Mazithulele Zondo

Address ** **** ****** *** ***** ext 4 Witbank 1035

Telephone +243********* +278******** +278********

E-mail adyz2v@r.postjobfree.com

Skype name noel.zondo1

Personal information

Date of birth 25 December 1970

Id number 701**********

Citizenship South African

Sex Male

Employment history

February 2014 to Date Frontier mine (Congo Drc)

I am a lifting/rigging supervisor at the mine and responsible for all rigging and lifting activities.

Implemantation of rigging standards and job procedures

Monitoring of standard practices and evaluation

Train local riggers in conducting rigging inspections

Advise management on key issues related to rigging and lifting

Implement scaffold training and evaluation

Order rigging equipment

Annual load testing of rigging equipment

Projects ( pump station relocations) from planning phase to finishing phase

Lowering of HDPE pipes for de-watering

Rigging studies, JSA and HIRA

1.Conveyor belt replacements longest being 700m and 18.4tons

2.Mill motor changes ie. sag-mill, ball-mill and regrind mills

3.Mills gearboxes, fans and transformers

4.Mill liner changes

5.Primary crusher shutdown

6.Secondary crusher shutdown

7.Float-cells replacement

8.Manage a team of 32 riggers, 12 crane operators, 4 forklift operators and 2 truck operators

9.Manage job allocation of mobile lifting equipment

10.Manage 8 mobile cranes ranging from 20 ton to 250 ton

11.Manage 50 ton overhead crane and two 15 ton tower cranes

12.Plan yearly statutory inspections on mobile lifting machines.

April 2008 to January 2014 Sentech

Joined Sentech as a senior rigger and later promoted to principal rigger. I managed the rigging teams from the six different regions of the country

Plan rigging jobs for upcoming projects

Maintainance of masts

Conduct site inspections

Manage rigging equipment and fleet used by riggers to conduct different jobs

Regional visits for meetings with rigging teams

Attend project meeting

May 2007 to March 2008 Rotek Engineering

Then I joined Rotek Engineering as a rigging supervisor with my primary responsibility of managing rigging teams in all the sites (power stations)

Conducted site visits to check on the progress of jobs

Conducted performance appraisals on riggers

Conducted planned task observations

Site assessments and report writing

July 2005 to April 2007 Anglo coal (Kleinkopje colliery)

Appointed as a dragline rigger in the pit section. My responsibilities included;

Maintenance of five draglines, conducting daily inspections on the draglines and fixing identified problems

Replacement of drag ropes and chains whenever necessary

Cut backs on drag ropes

Bucket changes using mobile cranes

Inspection of lifting equipment

Mentoring of apprentices

May 2004 to June 2005 Eduardo construction

I joined Eduardo construction as a rigger/rigger supervisor on various Eskom sites on general outages, Iscor and Natref for various projects

we installed a new piping system for the clean fuels project at Natref and my responsibility included lifting and connecting the pipes on a high structure as they became longer and heavier.

Rigged in a new vessel into position with a mass of 120tons using a 550ton crawler crane

Revamped a furnace at Iscor Vanderbijlpark

Inspected rigging tools

Conduct rigging studies

June 2000 to April 2004

This period I was appointed as a technical trainer for rigging. I was responsible for all rigging related training in the company.

Apprentices that I trained within this period was 47 and nobody failed a trade test conducted in Olifantsfontein.

Multi-skilling of the workforce in the rigging trade

Managing rigger apprentices from induction to completion of training (successful trade testing)

Conduct Rigging and lifting assessments on site after training

Attend training meeting

October 1996 to May 2000 Highveld steel & vanadium corporation

After getting my trade diploma I was appointed at Iron plant no.1 as a rigger mechanician. My responsibilities included the following;

Maintaining all rigging equipment in the plant and keeping the equipment in a good working order

Responsible for all rigging and lifting in 9 rotary kilns coupled with 6 submerged furnaces

Attended to plant breakdowns and shutdowns

Replacement of gearboxes, fans and motors

Replacement of transformers using tandem lifts

Selection and erection of scaffolding in conditioning towers

Inspection of winches, electric hoists and mobile equipment

Extensive work with both mobile and overhead cranes

Mentoring apprentices

Report writing weekly and monthly

Highveld steel & Vanadium Corporation 1994 to 2004

Apprenticeship February 1994 to September 1996

This period was for my apprenticeship training. I was trained in various aspects of the rigging trade;

Load transfer using lifting tackle and later using cranes both mobile and overhead

Rigging studies

How to use derrick poles, “A” frames and tripods

Erection of different types of scaffolding

Inspection of lifting equipment and the importance of record keeping

Working with mobile cranes and cabin/pendant controlled overhead cranes

Load calculations and planning

Machinery movement using rollers on inclines/declines and transportation of different loads

Then I went for a trade test at olifantsfontein in September 1996 and got my Rigging trade diploma

Educational information

Finish matric in 1988 in St Philips high school in Swaziland

Have N3 in mathematics and rigging theory from Witbank technical college

Principles of training course from Maccauvlei training and conference Centre

Training of trainers course from Maccauvlei training and conference Centre

Higher certificate in training and personnel management from Damelin

D 32/33 qualified assessor

Computer literate in Microsoft office

70 T Mobile crane license

Diploma in supervisory management from Alison United Kingdom

Notice period

3 months

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