OCKERT LABUSCHAGNE

Seasoned Site Supervisor and talented problem solver with strong time management and technical abilities. Offering 20 years of experience in the field overseeing work, maintaining safety and improving operations. Methodical Site Supervisor brings top talents in site procedure implementation, inspection conduction and report preparation. Investigates and quickly mitigates safety issues and consistently complies with safety regulations. Schedules materials, manpower and equipment to complete work on schedule and under budget.

OCKERT

OKKIE

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6 TIPTOL STREET, CHRISTAL PARK, BENONI

• Site Manager, Park home Modular Units, Thomas Hendriks Senior Project Manager, +27 64 095 1836, 10/13/22 - Current, Project management and construction manager of a team of 220 people of which included safety (risk assessments, PTO’s, DSTI’s, inspections, reports), site management, construction, equipment, reporting, planning, problem solving, warehouse/stores management. Prefabricated building. Converted containers. Flat Packs. Mechanical fitter support on buildings. Manage all HVAC installations.
• Senior Workshop Foreman, Global Africa Prefabricated building and Mine Maintenance, Marius Ballmann, +27 68 668 6635, 09/13/16 - 10/05/22, Replacement of faulty solar invertors with re-fitment, connections, and gland work. Alignment of 250kW solar system brackets on rooftop. Fitment and alignment of over a 1000 Solar (PV) panels in different columns spaced throughout the rooftop. Installation of cable trays for wiring of the solar system, splicing and strapping. Testing of all panels, data sheets and correspondence. Installing invertors and combining panels, measurements, and fitment as well as cable trays in the HV room. Commissioning of Solar Plant, testing and monitoring. Reporting snags and repair, problem solving. Fabricating of brackets for trays, numerous own ideas to ensure plant safety as well as personal safety. Project management and leader of a team of 45 people including safety matters and sight management, warehouse/store management. Making of steel structures. Machining of parts. Pipe Fitter Boilermaker. Welding (Argon, stick + Co2). Working under ground Gold Mines Pipe Fitter Boilermaker Foreman. Maintenance and installation on Cooling plant. Large Bore Pipe Fitter. Laser alignment. Fan balancing. Fabrication and Maintenance Caol Shoots. Maintenance on power station Boiler tubes and High-Pressure Parts. Welder. Mechanical fitter. Did two domestic installations as well, leading a team of 25 people. 25kW installations including all relevant work mentioned in the work above. Prefabricated buildings. Container Conversions. Plat Packs Team Leader, senior foreman assistant operations coordinator.
• Mechanical Fitter and Welder/Fabricator Foreman, Advent Power, Yvonne Pepler, 011 813 1360, 01/01/13 - 11/30/14, Worked at Fonterra Plant, valve installations, fabrication of support brackets for dairy tubes, guarding of any pinch points. Preventative maintenance on conveyors. Maintenance of roller shutter doors and covers. Welding and fabrication of numerous brackets and steel structures. Welding of purged dairy tubes, installation of high-pressure airlines. Pneumatic installations and repairs. Tube leak repairs. Fabrication of instrumentation stands. Attended two major shutdowns with long enduring hours as mechanical Fitter, doing all sorts of work. General Plant Maintenance. Fitting of new Piping in plant when new machines and Equipment for upgrades. Aligning motor pumps in oil fuel plant. Making steel structures and pipe fitting. Boilermaker. Mechanical fitter. Attending to all Safety Defects within the department. Part of the Proto Team & Fire Management. Maintenance on sludge pumps, change diaphragms, milk pumps fitment and alignment. Shift Work as needed.
• Boiler Maker Welder, Aqua plan Water Treatment, Johan Bisman, 04/01/12 - 12/31/12, Mechanical Maintenance of all power stations and breakdowns.
• Mechanical Trade Oil Plant Technician & Boiler Maker Welder, Kelvin Power Station, Trevor Porter (GM and Safety Manager), 10/01/10 - 10/31/11, Assisting management over the workshop working with highly combustible fuel oil. Ordering of parts and inspection of plant and performance. Scheduling job carts and applying for permits. Attending planning meetings and discussing plant objectives and analysis of oil quantities discharged. As safety representative for the oil plant adhered to safety inspections and preventative measures to be taken. Filing of hazard identification and risk assessments and all needed documentation. Assist with plant outages to do necessary planning on refurbishment on electrical panels and mechanical gearboxes. Assist fire protection department with planning to cover and maintain all necessary electrical units to test and refurbish the fire protection discharge units and nozzles as well as preventative measures to be taken on the maintenance side. Ensure a safe working environment with good integrity to all dedicated staff working safe in my workplace. Having a “whatever it takes” attitude towards my department and my employer. Maintaining the High Pressure Crefeld hydropower oil plant. Maintaining the low-pressure oil flow credent hydropower oil plant. Maintaining the Crefeld hydropower oil burners on both Babcock and Mitchell boilers. Maintaining the forced draft wind boxes and dampers needed for perfect combustion inside the boilers. Maintaining the precision atomizing parts on the oil lances for perfect combustion. Maintaining the valve discharge locking blocks for the oil lance insertion. Maintaining the high-tension spark electrode rods in the igniters for credfelt hydropower oil burners. Assisting production with light up on all boilers after outage and refurbishing. Assisting production department with fault-finding on necessary areas of bad combustion and spillages inside the boilers. Complying with all safety regulations on the plant. Motor alignment of 3.3 and smaller motors. Removal and re-fitment of white metal bearings (3.3kV motors). Refurbishment of soot blowers as well as lance blowers. Fitment of electrical actuators. Refurbishment and fitment on soot blower gearboxes. Fitment of 3.3 motor wind box journals and runners. Overhauling of wind box dampers. Maintaining pneumatic and hydraulic pressurized cylinders on the wind box dampers. Filing of keyways and keys on motor alignment. Marking-off from precision drawings (mechanical). Fan belt and chain alignment. Maintaining high pressure valves with lapping and regreasing with packing (seals). Maintaining, refitment and alignment of high-pressure oil pumps. Brake alignment on conveyor belt pulley. Economizer gearbox fitment and maintenance. Cutting and constructing of flanges. Opening and closing of the boiler’s penthouse doors. Taking sizes of worn white metal bearings using mechanical micrometres. Size and measurements using callipers.
• Mechanical Trade Oil Plant Semiskilled and Boiler Maker Welder, Kelvin Power Station, Trevor Porter (GM and Safety Manager), 01/01/07 - 10/31/10, The same responsibilities as the above, in time more and more working without supervision as competencies increased., Performance Appraisal Award (2009)
• Electrical Assistant and Boiler Maker Welder and Fitter, Kelvin Power Station, Andrew Jansen van Rensburg (Electrical Team Leader), 2002 - 10/31/06, Develop and improve maintenance practices to assist all electricians with all work on the plant. Resolve plant problems to minimize operational down time. Assist in the application of the safety precautions to electrical and mechanical apparatus. Maintenance on panels and cleaning of switchgear. Plan maintenance on AC installations. Assisting with testing and fault-finding on AC circuits including different starting systems (220V) and Hydraulic Systems. Assistance of installing Switchboards and control panels for all the motors. Circuit breakers, overloads and contactors. Installation power supply to all installations which includes Conduit (PVC and Metal) conduit wire, flex and Cables. Installed numerous types of lighting systems (Incandescent, halogen, mercury vapour, Sodium vapour etc.). Installed socket outlets, and stove units. Installed light switches with fittings attached to it. (Including one way, two way and intermediate switches). All circuits and installations he used numerous different components for example lugs, crimps, pin lugs, grommets, glands, saddles and etc. Repairs on Light and plug circuits, and DB Boards. Construction, steel conduit and wiring. Assistance with repairs on large relay panels for automated plant. Assistance with fault-finding and repairs on air-condition and Chiller plants. Assistance with corrective maintenance on all electrical apparatus on Power Station and Pump Station. Fault-finding on Air-conditioners. Maintenance on 220V DC Battery sets, with weekly inspections. Assistance with forward reverse starters. Assistance with direct on line starters. Coaching, training, housekeeping and safety. Control and order of spares. Set up schedules for preventative maintenance. Scheduled Maintenance work and general overhauls and ensure on time completion of work. Take out permits for work on LV equipment. Liaise with other maintenance departments on concurrent outages of plant. Brush gear A and B Station, Assure maximum generation and availability of Boilers and Generators at all times. Do installations in the office block working with power skirtings and socket outlets. Do installations in office block working with 40W Fluorescent (4 foot) fittings and emergency light systems. Installations of sump pumps (submersible) with assistance on supply timing systems. Assist with motor alignment (mechanical). Cleaning and assisting with megger of motors up to 3.3kV. Trailing of- and gland work on cables all sizes.
• Electrical Assistant Foreman Boiler Maker Welder, Pro Hand Electrical, Brett Harris (Owner), 2002 - 10/31/02, Lightning and wiring and laying of cables for a brand-new factories and domestic houses. Installations of 220V AC socket and lighting outlet supply and distribution. Normal house to house maintenance on lights and plugs with fault finding. Assisting in wiring of new and established houses. Installations of 220V sockets and lighting. Installation of 3-phase 380V welding industrial socket outlet circuits with supply and distribution. Normal house to house maintenance on lights and plugs with fault finding. Container Conversions & Prefabricated Solutions

• ID Number: 790123 5285 089
• Age: 44
• Citizenship: SOUTH AFRICAN
• Date of Birth: 01/23/79
• Gender: MALE
• Driving License: CODE EB
• Marital Status: MARRIED

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