Construction Health & Safety Officer with 18 Years Experience

**** ********* ******, ******* ****

Contact: +27-69-236-****

ID: 720**********

Email: *************@*****.***

MARIA SANDRA ZANELE MOKHELE

OBJECTIVE

Result driven Health and Safety professional aiming to prioritize Safety on and off site in ensuring compliance, communication and client relationship as well as management skills. I am a self driven individual who enjoys implementing new ideas and have very good presentation skills.

My 17 years as a safety officer have built my confidence in approaching all types of situations with an observational eye for safety.

6 Years of my experience working for Eskom as a Safety Officer for Electrical construction contractors from: Electrification, Minor and Major Reticulation, Substation upgrade and more. KEY STRENGTHS

• Verbal & written communication.

• Negotiation and problem-solving skills

• Excellent leading and coaching abilities

• Excellent customer relations and management skills

• Communication with various target markets comprised of internal and external clientele.

• Liaison with clients, management & all stakeholders at various levels. EDUCATION

Educational Institution Qualification Year Completed St Endas College Matric 1990

Wits Technikon Retail business management 1991-1993 Eskom College Accelerated development

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1999 - 2000

HASLAC SHEMTRAC NQF level 5 2007

LANGUAGES

LANGUAGE READ WRITE SPEAK

ENGLISH Excellent Excellent Good

Afrikaans Good Fair Fair

Zulu Excellent Excellent Excellent

Sotho Good Good Excellent

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office-Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Internet

WORK EXPERIENCE

Eskom Risk management Safety Officer 2007 to 01/2012

Addressing all contractors safety issues.

Assisting contractors to adhere to legislation

Evaluation of prospective contractors for database entry

Auditing of active contractors safety files to check compliance

Site visits to all active contractors to do inspections and observations

Standards and procedures presentation to employees and contractors

Implement policies and procedures to be in line with ISO requirements

Induction of prospective contractors

Reporting, recording and investigating of work-related incidents

Attending all contractor investigations including the legal ones

Behavioural observation at construction sites

Substance abuse management

Conduct all types of Risk assessments

Ngishilo Trading & projects Safety & Environmental Officer 04/2012 – Ongoing

Monitoring & ensuring continuous improvement

Handle customer related queries

Preparing and updating safety files as per clients requirements

Implement corrective action on all non conformances

Ensuring that government legislation is adhered to

Conducting internal audits and when necessary and comply with Ngishilo Trading & Projects policies and procedures

Providing adequate communication regarding SHEQ standards

Ensuring that proper licences & permits are obtained where required

Supervise & coordinate employees and all SHEQ functions

Conduct on site risk assessments

Ensures that all working conditions are favourable

Providing representations at meetings with regard to the SHEQ systems and issues affecting the quality of work in Ngishilo Trading & Projects.

Streamlining of system procedures & Maintaining the SHEQ MS filing system

Carrying out of reviews & modifications

Annual updates – coordinate circulating of reports for staff to update TWH TURNKEY SOLUTIONS - SAFETY OFFICER – 01.09.2017 – 30.05.2018(ESKOM ERE) Assisting in all safety related issues for their Eskom sites in Gauteng, Limpopo and Cape town Consultation on safety requirements with Clients safety department Sitting in all safety and environmental audits

Doing weekly environmental inspections

Monthly PTO’s and all safety consultation with Eskom’s project officers Compilation of monthly stats on manhours

LUSODE CONSTRUCTION – SAFETY OFFICER – 01.06.2017 – 30.06.2018 (TRANSNET MILLSITE) Site visits 2 times a week to check compliance on safety issues with onsite safety Representative. Compliance auditing with clients safety officer once a month. Assisting in risk assessments

Preparation of monthly statistics of manhours and incidents register Weekly inspection of site safety

Maintain validity of certificates and legal documents including appointment letters Advise contractor of any training needs while doing Planned task observations Bashitameetsi Business Enterprise (Eskom Electrification)– SAFETY OFFICER-01.06.2019 – 03.03.2020 Site visits 2 times a week to check compliance on safety issues with onsite safety Representative. Compliance auditing with client’s safety officer once a month. Assisting in site specific risk assessments

Preparation of monthly statistics of manhours and incidents register Weekly inspection of site safety

Maintain validity of certificates and legal documents including appointment letters Advise contractor of any training needs while doing Planned task observations Site Visits and regular monitoring audits.

PMATLALA ELECTRICAL (Eskom Electrification)– SAFETY OFFICER-01.06.2019 – Present Site visits 2 times a week to check compliance on safety issues with onsite safety Representative. Compliance auditing with client’s safety officer once a month. Assisting in site specific risk assessments

Preparation of monthly statistics of manhours and incidents register Weekly inspection of site safety

Maintain validity of certificates and legal documents including appointment letters Advise contractor of any training needs while doing Planned task observations Site Visits and regular monitoring audits.

Attending Audits on behalf of Contractor

Monthly Safety meetings with employees

MOZMAS –ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS – SAFETY OFFICER-01.11.2020 – 31.03.2021 Site visits 4 times a month to check compliance on safety issues with onsite safety Representative. Compliance auditing with client’s safety officer once a month. Assisting in site specific risk assessments

Preparing contractor for RAS audits

Preparation of monthly statistics of manhours and incidents register Weekly inspection of site safety

Maintain validity of certificates and legal documents including appointment letters Advise contractor of any training needs while doing Planned task observations Site Visits and regular monitoring audits.

BASH ELECTRICAL - City Power Contractor– SAFETY OFFICER-01.03.2022 – 01.06.2023 Site visits 4 times a month to check compliance on safety issues with onsite safety Representative. Compliance auditing with client’s safety officer once a month. Assisting in site specific risk assessments

Preparing contractor for City Power audits

Weekly inspection of site safety

Maintain validity of certificates and legal documents including appointment letters Advise contractor of any training needs while doing Planned task observations Site Visits and regular monitoring audits.

DAMITA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS- Eskom Vegetation Management - SAFETY OFFICER – 01.09.2021 – PRESENT

Assisting in all safety related issues for their Eskom sites in Gauteng, Northern Cape and Westen Cape Attending Clarification meetings on behalf of contractor Safety File updating and Ensuring compliance

Consultation on safety requirements with Client’s safety department Sitting in all safety and environmental audits

RAPID DAWN- SAFETY OFFICER – 01.09.2022 – Aug 2023 Assisting in all safety related issues for their Eskom sites in Gauteng and Mpumalanga Consultation on safety requirements with Clients safety department Sitting in all safety and environmental audits

Doing weekly environmental inspections

Monthly PTO’s and all safety consultation with Eskom’s project officers Compilation of monthly stats on manhours

Biliyon Bazilor – Full time SHE OFFICER – 01.09.2023 – 31.07.2024 12km 88kv Eskom Power Line Construction (Rebuilt) – Kroonstad Full time safety officer on site

Supporting and advising in all safety related matters for the duration of the project. Daily toolbox talks and DSTI’s

Consultation on safety requirements with Clients safety department. Sitting in all safety RAS audits and environmental audits. Doing weekly environmental inspections

Monthly PTO’s and all safety consultation with Eskom’s project officers Compilation of monthly stats on manhours.

Assisting the Site Manager with the Presentation of procedures. REFERENCES

Company Name: Peter Matlala Electrical Construction Contact: Tsepiso – 067-***-****

Rapid Dawn – MD

Contact: Jabu: 081-***-****

Damita Business Solutions – MD

Contact: Preshen Peruman – 078-***-****

Skills, competencies and experience

The exposure as Safety Officer with different contractors has given me so much experience in the safety sector and I have completed the following courses thus far.

• Root cause analysis techniques (Incident investigator)

• SHEMTRAC

• Construction regulation 2014

• Hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA)

• Train the trainer

• COID Act

• ISO 45001 SHE Management System

• Covid-19 Vulnerable employees risk assessment

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTION

• SACPCMP Registered (CHSO)

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