Senior low-voltage Technician

highly experienced Structured and Fibre Cabling Specialist with over 34 years of expertise in the field. Highlights of Special skills

• Have more than 34 years of

experience in the Data and Fiber

cabling field.

• Have worked out quotations, planned

and negotiated with clients for 27

years in South Africa for my own

business.

• Excellent ability to perform manual

labor for long periods of time and

to execute as desired.

• Ability to adapt to new environments

and new challenges.

• Logical systematic approach.

Exceptionally good at problem

solving, fault finding and repair.

• Can read blueprints, plans and also

plan routes.

• Always looking for a better way or

better finishing of installations,

better numbering system of

cable installation.

• Splice fusion splicing, mechanical

splicing. Knows how the

equipment for fusion splicing

should be cleaned and

calibrated.

• Possesses knowledge of test

equipment for Fiber, cat 3, 5, 6

and 7.

• Is hardworking, responsible,

innovative, reliable, self-

motivated and dedicated.

• Have a long and safe record of

driving Telkom vehicles in South

Africa and also possess a South

African vehicle driving licence.

• I don't smoke, and I don't drink

alcohol either.

Job Objective: Skilled in structured and fibre cabling specialist from South Africa who is looking for any position as a structured cabling installer in Buffallo to get me back on my feet in America, where all experience will be fully utilized. My true passion lies in telephone and data cabling as well as fibre cabling and fault finding. Cabling career began when I completed my 3-year cabling training at South-Africa's Telkom after completing high school. Worked for 7 years at Telkom South-Africa as a technician on installation and repair of telephone and data cabling, as well as fibre installations, fault finding and repairs.

After the 7 years with Telkom, founded my own business, "Data Cabling Specialists" and operated for 27 years. I had to close my business because could no longer find work due to the fact of racism against white farmers was used as an excuse to rob whites of their businesses.

For 6 years, from 2014-2020, with my experience in Telkom I sold, installed and maintained VOIP systems along with my structured cabling systems.

After resignation from Telkom I farmed after hours on our farm that we owned. So I was able to fall back on farming when I could no longer find work with companies and went to work at Shakati for 4 years until I moved to America. Refugees and Migration. Languages • Afrikaans

• English

Education

Trainings

1984 High School Agricultural Diploma, High Agricultural

• School Kuschke, Pietersburg, South Africa

1990 Telkom SA, Silverton, Pretoria, South Africa

• Senior Telkom Technician

1999 Certified Approved Alcatel Structured Cable Installer 2006 VOIP Asterisk training Certificate of attendance 2007 Miro distribution Certificate of attendance for VOIP 2008 Optical Fibre Cable Installation, Splicing & Testing 2012 Certified Fibre Optic Technician

Experience

1985-01 - 1992-11

Senior Telkom Technician – Telkom SA, Silverton, Pretoria, South Africa

• Installations and maintenance of:

Fiber, cat5, cat5e, cat6, telephone cabling and PBX systems.

VOIP systems with soft-phones and IP-phones.

CCTV & IP camera systems. VideoMed and conference calls set-ups.

• Set up of routers, firewalls etc.

• Fault finding and repairing of cabling, PA BX, Exchange, and phones.

• Project management, budgeting, product inspections & supervision. Contact details: Barend Smit Cell: 716-***-**** email: ******.****.*******@*****.*** page 1 of 2

BAREND PETRUS - SMIT PHONE: 716-***-****

Structured and fibre

cabling specialist

70 Barker st., Buffalo, Ny 14209 ******.****.*******@*****.*** Owen Company

1993-01 - 2020-11 (Data Cabling Specialist CC)

• As founder of Data Cabling Specialist I brought the business to a new level by providing all our clients with a reliable high speed internet system. Not only were all the points clearly numbered but I also drew up a plan, myself, on which each point was indicated. Furthermore we set it up on PHP for the clients so that the client could click on any point and pull a complete test report. On top of that a database was also set up to which extension or switch and port the point was connected. It wasn't long before our client base grew and most of our clients were large companies. Here is a list of the names of some of the clients up to and including 2013 when there was a big change in businesses due to Black Economic Empowerment (BEE):

• Comair, SAL, Sunair, Alcatel (We were their only structural cabling contractor), The precident of South Africa Thabo Mbeki's house in 1999 and also the president of Rwanda in 1999 (Pasteur Bizimungu) whose entire house was installed with Fiber to the desk.

• Our biggest ideal was to have satisfied clients who can enter the next day with a peace of mind. That was also why we stood out after-sales service.

• After 2013 it was very difficult for us to recruit clients, although our price was only R500,00 per point compared to that of BBEE businesses who tendered R1500 and got the job. All our business was good for was to sorting out the faults and mistakes that the BEE installers make. At the end of 2020, we felt forced to close our Data Cabling Specialist's doors due to the BEE factor. (2013 – Present (Mandatory Scorecard): Amended legislation tightened compliance across the country's provinces. Companies are scored on a scorecard and must hold B-BBEE certificates to do business with the state, compete for tenders, or supply major corporations. Recent procurement regulations feature set-asides, requiring large tenders to be awarded to suppliers with 100% or majority Black ownership.)

• For 6 years, from 2014-2020, I did marketing to smaller businesses, with my experience in Telkom I sold, installed and maintained VOIP systems along with my structured cabling systems.. I not only did structured and fibre cabling but also had a second profession, namely farming after hours. Farmer

1993-11 - 2019-05 Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng, South Africa

• Farming with beef cattle, potato, maize and watermelon under pivot.

• Plant, irrigated, fertilize, harvest and sell crops.

• Recruit, co-ordinate and direct farm workers for crop growing, irrigation and livestock.

• Co-ordinates worker activities, such as chemical application, planting, harvesting, grading, payroll, and record keeping.

• Monitor animal health and seek veterinary advice when necessary and make sure there are adequate food supply, water and protection from the weather for livestock.

• Cattle ranching, sheep ranching and cultivation for crops.

• Crop management and fertilization while working in the field.

• Lead meetings with the farm Laborers and team leaders to coordinate goals.

• Reorganized workloads to improve morale and productivity.

• Help with harvesting and coordinated shipment schedules.

• Trained new farm laborers on equipment, tractor driving with trailer and plowing .

• Hire and recruit talented laborers for permanent, daily and seasonal work.

• Direct and manage the farm’s capital; plans the strategic direction of the farm.

• Managing the financial aspects of the business by controlling income and expenses.

• Plan the type of farming activities to be undertaken, estimate operating costs and order supplies such as seed, fertilizer, livestock fodder and farm equipment.

Farm Manager

2022-04 - 2026-04

End of March 2022 the owners of Shakati approached me to come and help with their game farm, Shakati as Farm Manager. The following tasks and execution thereof were assigned to me:

• Drafting of management plan

• Budget Plan and outline of everything needed.

• Animals were full of ticks and also not in good condition, planning how we will deal with it in the future.

• Management of workers.

• Water management and installation of solar panel system to utilize water better.

• Repair of tractor that no longer runs and maintenance on all vehicles.

• Construction of new equipment to facilitate farm work.

• To implement a system so that the farm can be profitable.

• To increase the breeding of game.

• Maintenance and construction of new buildings.

• Maintenance of Fences.

• Worked between farmhands and management to communicate and mediate any issues that may arise on either side.

• Take care of necessary feeds and licks to keep animals healthy and looking good.

• Separate setting of Culling & Game Numbers.

• Bush Burning Program, as well as fighting uncontrolled fires. I am requesting an opportunity to prove that I will use my experience and dedication to be of use to a structure cabling company. Contact details: Barend Smit Cell: 716-***-**** email: ******.****.*******@*****.*** page 2 of 2

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