AWONLIMALI KENNETHALI
Tamale
Summary
Motivated Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) professional transitioning from Environmental Resource Management into the mining industry (specifically process plant). As a Graduate Trainee, I am focused on integrating environmental stewardship with rigorous industrial safety standards to foster a resilient safety culture. Seeking to utilize my analytical skills to improve hazard identification, incident prevention, corrective actions for near miss, risk assessment, PPEs audit and inspection, and sustainability performance within the process plant.
Dynamic Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Officer-Graduate Trainee with a foundational background in Natural Resources Management, currently designated in gold production process plant. Leveraging technical knowledge in HSE to enhance safety protocols, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive operational excellence. Committed to fostering a “Safety First” culture, utilizing emerging experience in Chemical Handling (specifically Cyanide handling), Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures, Risk Assessment, and Emergency Response while applying the fundamental principles safety to mitigate and/or control industrial risks.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Trainee
Golden Dynasty Company Limited
01.2025 - Current
- Risk Assessment: specifically HIRA (Hazards Identification and Risk Assessment and JHA (Job Hazards Analysis)
- Hazards Identification: ability to observe and identify hazards in the workplace.
- Lockout/Tagout Procedures: ensuring energy isolation before maintenance on energized machinery (examples; mills, conveyors, crushers etc.)
- Facilitating Toolbox Meetings/ Pre-shift Information (PSI): leading “Toolbox Talks” and influence workers behavior.
- Incident investigations: finding out the “Root Cause” of an incident using methods like the 5 why.
- Audit and Inspections: conducting site walkthroughs and PPE compliance audits.
- Issuing and Monitoring work permits: managing High-risk work permits (Hot Work, Confined Space, Work at Height)
- Minerals and Mining Regulatory Compliance: ensuring familiarity with the Minerals and Mining L.I 2182 Regulations.
- Communicating and Analytical thinking: clearly explaining complex safety protocols to both laborers and management.
Health, Safety and Environment Officer (3 Months Contract)
Minerals Commission
Tamale
10.2024 - 12.2024
- Inspection and Compliance: visits to mine site to ensure companies are following the regulations.
- Environmental Monitoring: ensuring mines are managing waste, tailings dams, and water bodies according to environmental standards.
- Operational Audits: verifying that the mine’s “operational plan” is being followed exactly as approved.
- Accidents Investigation: investigating any serious injury or fatal accident on site to determine the cause and prevent recurrence.
- Printing, photocopying, and scanning services for documents using the office printers and scanners.
- Tamale Regional Office
National Service Personnel
Minerals Commission
11.2023 - 09.2024
- Inspection and Compliance: visits to mine site to ensure companies are following the regulations.
- Environmental Monitoring: ensuring mines are managing waste, tailings dams, and water bodies according to environmental standards.
- Operational Audits: verifying that the mine’s “operational plan” is being followed exactly as approved.
- Accidents Investigation: investigating any serious injury or fatal accident on site to determine the cause and prevent recurrence.
- Printing, photocopying, and scanning services for documents using the office printers and scanners.
Final Year Attachment
Forest Service Division
Sefwi-Wiawso
02.2023 - 04.2023
- Carried out 10% check survey of the stock survey which was already done to make sure they had the right data documented and given out to the timber contractor.
- Worked alongside the employees in the office doing tasks that included filling of felling register, entering stock survey data into the Ghana Wood Tracking System (GWTS) as well as stumpage calculations.
- Identified the felled trees which was done by illegal chainsaw men and took record of that so those logs can be sold out to a timber contractor. Coordinates, diameter and length were taken and recorded.
- Sefwi-Wiawso, Ghana
Internship Student
Forestry Commission
Tamale
11.2021 - 12.2021
- Nursery Assistant & Forestry Support
- Contributed to the Green Ghana project by nurturing seedlings in the nursery, promoting reforestation efforts.
- Demonstrated technical skills by accurately recording attendance data using spreadsheets for the Youth Employment Agency (YEA).
- Collaborated with Range Supervisors on patrols to monitor and prevent illegal activities within the forest reserve.
- Conducted field measurements, including trees diameters, to calculate log volumes and determine stumpage fees.
- Tamale - Ghana
Education
BSc - Forest Resources Technology; Social Forestry
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) -
Ghana Senior High School
Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) -
Tiyumba Annex Junior High School
Skills
- Risk Assessment
- Hazards Identification
- Lockout/Tagout Procedures
- Facilitating Toolbox Meetings/ Pre-shift Information (PSI)
- Incident investigations
- Audit and Inspections
- Issuing and Monitoring work permits
- Minerals and Mining Regulatory Compliance
- Good Communication
- Analytical thinking
- Computer literacy
- Teamwork
Projects
Dissertation on the topic; Role of Women in Agroforestry, The thesis explored the application of a straightforward Stratified random sampling technique for the quantitative portion of the study, household survey questionnaires alongside crucial interviews with households, specifically, The research aimed to assess how women contribution affects agroforestry management in Sefwi-Wiawso District, Ghana., Identified the local agroforestry practices carried out by women., Assessed agroforestry management carried out by women., Identified the aspirations of women to participate in agroforestry management., Understood the interactions between women and agroforestry management practices.
Languages
- English
- Builsa
- Dagbani
- Twi
References
- Mr. CHARLES WHINHAM, Senior Inspector of Mines Machinery, Minerals Commission - Tamale Regional Office, 0545929250
- DR. PATRICK OPOKU, Lecturer at Department Forestry, dr.patrickopoku@yahoo.com, 0547168607
Education And Qualification
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, BSc Forest Resources Technology; Social Forestry, 09/01/19, 09/30/23, 57.07, Second class lower honor
- Ghana Senior High School, West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), 11/01/16, 07/31/19
- Tiyumba Annex Junior High School, Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), 09/01/13, 06/30/16
Timeline
Graduate Trainee
Golden Dynasty Company Limited
01.2025 - Current
Health, Safety and Environment Officer (3 Months Contract)
Minerals Commission
10.2024 - 12.2024
National Service Personnel
Minerals Commission
11.2023 - 09.2024
Final Year Attachment
Forest Service Division
02.2023 - 04.2023
Internship Student
Forestry Commission
11.2021 - 12.2021
BSc - Forest Resources Technology; Social Forestry
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) -
Ghana Senior High School
Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) -
Tiyumba Annex Junior High School