1. Abraham Frederick August
ADDRESS: 4 Bresler Street
Parow Valley
Cape Town
7500
CONTACT NUMBER: 083 255 4218 (Cell)
021 933 1877 (Home)
044 601 4869 (Work)
EMAIL ADDRESS: ab.august@webmail.co.za
IDENTITYNUMBER: 611030 5065 08 9
GENDER: Male
MARITAL STATUS: Married
NATIONALITY: South African
HEALTH: Excellent
LANGUAGES: English & Afrikaans
(Speak, read & write)
DRIVERS LISENCE: Code 08
AVAILABILITY: 4 Weeks
 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE – Grade 12 (1980)
Florida Senior Secondary School - Ravensmead
Subjects: English, Afrikaans, History, Biology, Geography, Woodwork
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2. Company Name : PetroSA FA Production Platform (South Africa)
Job Description : Offshore Mechanical Technician
Duties : Adhere and perform duties according to the permit to work
system. Perform maintenance and routines on all rotating
equipment onboard eg. fire pumps, sea water lift pumps,
drilling sea water lift pumps, condensate forwarding
pumps etc. Perform maintenance and routines on
gas/diesel turbines (Nuovo Pinone, Solar), gas / air
compressors (Solar, Atlas Copco, Ingersol Rand), Hvac
systems, refrigeration (Sulzer), RO water maker. Routines
and repairs on life saving equipment (Fire systems, deluge
systems, lifeboats and life rafts. Maintenance on filter
packages, heat exchangers (shell and tube), printed
coolers and plate coolers. Commissioning of new and
overhauled equipment. Member of the emergency
response team. Perform supervisory duties during
statutory outages.
Period of Employment : October 2008 till present
Company Name : PetroSA (G.T.L.) Gas to Liquid Refineries
Job Description : Mechanical Technician
Duties : Day to day maintenance on all mechanical and production
Equipment. Attend to maintenance notifications and
malfunction reports. Attend to breakdowns to limit down
time and keep production loss to a minimum and maximize
MTBF. Perform preventative maintenance. Perform daily
plant checks. Perform safety inspections. Incident eporting.
Fault finding / standby duties after hours. Conduct on the
job training. Steam Generation and Distribution Units,
Demin Water Production Units, Factory Cooling Water
Systems, Factory Fire water and Foam Units,
Water Purification Units. Petrol / Diesel / Kerosene
Blending and Storage Units. LPG And Propylene
Blending, Storage and Loading Units. (TEL) Lead
Offloading, Storage and Blending Units. Chemicals
Offloading and Storage (Caustic & Acids). Chemical
injection systems for Demin Water Units. Steam Boilers
for Power & Heat generation (ICAL & STEINMULLER)
(LNG / Tail gas / LPG / LFO / HFO / Flash gas)
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3. Technical Skills Summary Pumps:
Complete reconditioning of single and multi stage, Mono,
Diaphragm, Gear, Piston and Pedasteltic Pumps.
KSB, Sulzer, APE, Howden attack, Mono, Milton Roy, etc.
Mechanical seals:
Repair, replace overhaul and Pressure test of Crane and
Burgmann Seals
Boilers:
Maintenance of burners, sootblowers, valves, safety
valves, steamleaks and statutory
Pressure tests:
Coolers, Vessels, Pipes, Valves, Boilers etc.
Valves:
Repair, repack, replace and pressure test.
Safety valves:
Remove, repair overhaul and reset. Reset/Float Boiler
Psvs on line.
Tanks&Sferes:
Maintenance, spade for Statutory/vessel entry and
periodic test on fire protection.
Fan & Gearbox:
Reconditioning of fans/blades and various types of
gearboxes.
Maintenance:
Daily oil Check/replace, clean strainers, repair various
types of leaks and inspections.
Period of Employment : August 2006 - October 2008
Company Name : Arvin Meritor SA
Job Description : Snr. Mechanical Technician
Duties : Fault finding, Installation, Upgrade and general
Maintenance of Various PLC controlled welding machines
Maintain ABB and Motoman robotic welding systems.
Overhaul various cooling systems. Fault find and setting
on Addison. Pipe benders, hydraulic presses. Power saws
and revolving welding machines. Overhaul various gear
and belt driven machines. Involve with continues
improvements of machines. Managing production lines
and assist with installation of new production lines.
Period of Employment : January 2000– July 2006
Company Name : Atlantis Diesel Engines (PTY) Ltd
Job Description : Mechanical Technician
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4. Duties :
Responsibility included full production. Cover over 100
high tech and general machine tool equipment including
hydraulics, pneumatics and CNC operated machines.
Experience in the maintenance management systems
including preventative, condition monitoring total
productive maintenance and pro-active maintenance.
Total accountability during night shift work for the efficient
and smooth operation of the production flow line.
Do complete overhauls on machines during shutdown
periods. Do general welding and boiler making.
Involvement with apprentice training. Modules under
Auspices of the Metal and Engineering Industries with
projects such as modifying and improvements of
machines. New product installations.
Period of Employment : April 1995 – December 1999
Company Name : Sasol Synfuels
Job Description : Mechanical Artisan
Duties : Overhaul of safety valves. Setting of safety valves up to
inspection requirements.Fitting and overhaul of different
types of valves ie :Gate valve, globe valve, Butterfly valve,
and plug Valve, etc. Mark off of flange and drill/ Overhaul
of different types of Gearboxes. Strip and overhaul of
lathes. Milling machines and boring mills. Do maintenance
on overhead cranes. Hot tapping of pipelines in situ.
Work on flange cutting/facing machines. Do in Situ repairs
on valves including trevitesting of PSV’s. Work with valve
lapping machines on plant and in Workshop. Overhaul of
centrifugal pumps with both mechanical seals and gland
packing. Multi stage centrifugal pumps. Piston pumps.
Overhaul of petro-chemical reactors. Vessels, heat
exchangers. Loose tubes and fixed tubes. Maintenance of
drums, condensers and coolers Work on fin-fans. Do fin-
fan blade and V-belt changes. Motor & gearboxes by
using dial gauge methods or laser Alignment. Work on
conveyors. Changing rollers and work on pulleys.
Reading of isometric / engineering drawings. Work on
steam traps and repairs. Maintenance of compressors.
Vibrations monitoring on motors & pumps. During
shutdown, assist production with Decommissioning
and recommissioning.
(Isolate pumps & valves, drain and purge equipment)
Period of Employment : August 1986 – April 1995
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5. Company Name : Sasol Synthetic Fuels (SSF)
Job Description : Trainee Mechanical Artisan
Duties : As per trade test requirements inclusive of but not limited
to the following: Saw projects fitting piece tap & die
projects. Aligning of pumps. Overhaul of pumps.
Shaping and milling projects. Basic hydraulic & pneumatic
training. Overhaul different types of valves. Fit Shaft keys.
Overhaul gearboxes. Marking off.
Period of Employment : June 1985 – August 1986
Certification obtained: Combined offshore survival & firefighting certificate
Safety Representative Course (OSHA)
Dresser Safety Valve Course
Crosby Safety Valve Course
Mobile Hydraulic Crane (5 Ton)
Industrial Forklift (Diesel)
Advance Fire Training
Basic First Aid
Setting and Alignment
Advanced Hydraulics (Module 1)
Pneumatics
CNC Programming
Electro-Pneumatics
Bearing and Lubrication
E.I. (Employment Involvement)
C.I.T. (Continuous Improvement Tools)
Computer: Basic PC
Excel 1
Navision
S.A.P
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C E R T I F I C A T E S

6. 1) W Jones (ADE)
Maintenance Facilitator
Tel: 021 573 8568
2) W Kruger
Synref Refineries
Divisional Manager
Tel: 017 404 1185
3) W De Villiers
Synref Refineries
Area Engineer
Tel: 017 404 170
4) M Lockett
Arvin Meritor
Maintenance Foreman
Tel: 076 257 4255
5) D Wepener
PetroSA
Mechanical Supervisor
044 601 3258
6) J Turner
PetroSA FA Platform
Mechanical Engineer
0846371617
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7. 1) W Jones (ADE)
Maintenance Facilitator
Tel: 021 573 8568
2) W Kruger
Synref Refineries
Divisional Manager
Tel: 017 404 1185
3) W De Villiers
Synref Refineries
Area Engineer
Tel: 017 404 170
4) M Lockett
Arvin Meritor
Maintenance Foreman
Tel: 076 257 4255
5) D Wepener
PetroSA
Mechanical Supervisor
044 601 3258
6) J Turner
PetroSA FA Platform
Mechanical Engineer
0846371617
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