Comprehensive CV with contactable references

1. CURRICULUM VITAE – DONAVAN ALAN BOYD
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Surname : Boyd
First Names : Donavan Alan
Contact Number : (+27)76 043 6916
Physical Address : 51 E Kuhn Street; Vrede; Freestate Province; RSA
E-Mail : Donavan.Alan.Boyd@gmail.com
ID Number : 770503 5067 088
Date of Birth : 3 May 1977
Gender : Male
Driver’s license : EB
Nationality : South African Citizen
Home language : English
Other Languages : Afrikaans, Fanakalo
Notice Period : 30 Days
TECHNICAL TRAINING
Institution & Year : Gencor Technical Training Centre (1998)
Qualification : Electrician (Red Seal)
TERTIARY EDUCATION
Institution & Year : Pretoria West College of Engineering (1997)
Qualification : N4
Institution & Year : Pretoria West College of Engineering (1996)
Qualification : N3
Institution& Year : EvanderTechnicalCollege (1995)
Qualification : N2
SECONDARY EDUCATION
Last school attended : HighveldParkHigh School (Secunda) (1994)
Standard passed : Standard 9 (Grade 11)
KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• Maintenance of Flameproof Equipment
• Gases And Gas Testing
• Dimako Flameproof Transformers and Switchgear
• Medium Voltage Training (1KV – 44 KV)
• Lifting Equipment Inspector’s Course
• Basic Lincoln Lubrication Training
• Gerotek Defensive And Advanced Driver Training
• Simation Basic Siemens S7 PLC Training
• Reid And Mitchell Rotating DC Equipment Course
• Contel Plus Dragline Electrical Training
• Bearing Handling And Failure Analysis
• Siemens PLC – St - Intro, St - Trouble Shooting And St – 7 Serv – 2
• Growth – Link Leadership Excellence Development (LED)
• G-SAP Basic, G-SAP Requisitioner, G-Sap Requester Feedback
• Installation Rules (Wireman’s License) Paper 1 And Paper 2
• First Aid
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2. • 1 SAP Maintainer Maintenance Execution
• WEG Soft Starters
• WEG VSD’s
• Working at Heights
• Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
• Issue Based Risk Assessments
• Mini Risk Assessments / Job Safety Analysis
• Reliable Self Starter and High Performer with a proven track record
• Able to work independently and as a team member
• Very good people skills
• Effective Communicator (written and verbal communication)
• Safety Conscious
• Pro-Active, Preventative Maintenance
• Accurate and meticulous work – job done right the first time.
YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 18
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Name of Establishment : VKB – Triple V Animal Feed
Year : January 2016 – Present
Type : Feed Mill
Position : Electrician
Reporting to : Maintenance Controller
Reason for leaving : Seeking employment in a more stable environment
Main duties
• Electrical and Mechanical Installation, Maintenance, Repairs and Fault Finding on
Palladin Pellet Mills; Roller Mills, Chain Conveyors and all associated field devices
(choke sensors, rotary sensors etc); Bucket Elevators and all associated field
devices (rotary sensors, proximity switches etc); John Thompson Coal Fired Boilers;
Techmach Hammer Mills and Mixers; Fat Coaters, Screens, Coolers, Cyclones,
Steam Line Valves and Control Equipment, Screw Feeders; Bin Slides, Pocket
Feeders, Pumps, Goods Hoist and Electrical/Pneumatic Solenoid Valves, Single and
3 Phase AC Motors.
• Electrical Installation, Maintenance, Repairs and Fault Finding on Low Voltage MCC,
including all circuit breakers, relays, WEG Soft Starters, WEG VSD’s and associated
circuitry.
• Fault Finding on PLC Input and Output hardwiring and field devices.
• Electrical Maintenance, Repairs and Fault Finding on Weigh Bridges, Scales, Screw
Feeders, Conditioners, Expanders, Diesel/Electric AC Generators (Alternators),
Medium Voltage RMU and Transformer.
• Appointed as Portable Electrical Equipment inspector.
• Member of the Triple V Animal Feed Health and Safety Committee.
Name of Establishment : BECSA (Middelburg Mine)
Year : July 2004 – September 2015
Type : Coal Mine
Position : Dragline Electrician and Millwright
Reporting to : Dragline Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor
Reason for leaving : Contract of Employment terminated – Neutral Referral.
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3. Main duties
• Electrical Installation, Maintenance, Repairs and Fault Finding on BE 1570w
Draglines, Pump Control Panels, 6.6Kv Reticulation, Transformers, NEC’s,
Overhead Cranes, MV and LV systems and circuits, DC Motors and Generators, DC
Drives, AC Motors, Synch Motors, CVT’s, Fire Suppression Systems, Maintenance
on MV switchgear, MCC Panel wiring, Metering. Basic Air Conditioner Maintenance.
Basic PLC and SCADA maintenance.
• Installation, Maintenance and repairs to medium voltage switching skids and related
Transformers, NEC’s, VT’s, Cabling and Circuit Breakers.
• Training and coaching of new artisans and apprentices in section
• Basic data capturing,
• Creation of notifications and works orders (PM) on 1SAP
• Reservations on 1SAP
• Acted as Maintenance Supervisor
Name of Establishment : Anglo Coal (Landau Colliery)
Year : October 2002 – July 2004
Type : Coal Mine
Position : Opencast Electrician
Reporting to : Opencast Electrical Foreman
Reason for leaving : Better opportunity elsewhere
Main duties
• Maintenance and repairs to BE 1570WDragline
• Maintenance and repairs to BE 49R II overburden drills
• Maintenance and repairs to P&H2100 electric rope shovels
• Maintenance and repairs to O & K RH200E hydraulic shovels
• Maintenance and repairs to Substations, MCC panels, Breaker Skids, 10 MVA &
4MVA Transformer Skids, Rail Traction Substations, Overhead Power Lines, Pump
Control Panels
• Maintenance and repairs to general Reticulation Network
• Acted as foreman
Name of Establishment : ChicagoBridge and Iron (CB & I)
Year : May 2002 – October 2002
Type : Iron and Steel Fabrication
Position : Factory Electrician
Reporting to : Maintenance and Warehouse Superintendent
Reason for leaving : Contract Position
Main duties
• Electrical and mechanical maintenance of all equipment in the fabrication process
(welding equipment, overhead cranes, CNC machines, automated fabrication
equipment.). Inspection of lifting equipment and machinery.
• Installation, maintenance and fault finding on various electrical equipment.
Name of Establishment : GDS Electrical
Year : September 2001 – May 2002
Type : Private Domestic and Industrial Electrical Contractors
Position : Electrician
Reporting to : Owner
Reason for leaving : Retrenched
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4. Main duties
• Installation and maintenance of single and three phase electrical equipment and
appliances (including rising mains)
• Installation, maintenance and commissioning of all electrical equipment, appliances
and circuits in retail trading stores such as Ackerman’s and Hang Ten (country wide)
Name of Establishment : Anglo Coal (New Denmark Colliery)
Year : November 1998 – August 2001
Type : Coal Mine
Position : Underground Construction Electrician
Reporting to : Electrical Construction Foreman
Reason for leaving : Retrenched
Main duties
• Installation and maintenance of mobile flameproof substations, conveyer belt drives,
pump stations and panels, permanent substations, flameproof and conventional
lighting, flameproof transformers and switchgear, medium and low voltage
reticulation and switchgear (including all associated equipment), fault finding on a
wide variety of AC and DC circuits, cable jointing.
Name of Establishment : Harmony Gold Mines
Year : January 1995 – August 1998
Type : Gold Mine
Position : Apprentice Electrician
Reporting to : Various Electrical Foremen + Apprentice Supervisor
Reason for leaving : Apprenticeship Completed
Main duties
• General electrical apprenticeship.
• Theoretical, practical and on the job training on all electrical equipment and circuits
relating to the gold mining industry for underground operations (track & trackless
mining), metallurgical plant, smelt house, compressor house, winders, motor shops,
general outside section, hostels.
• Acted as section electrician in 2nd and 3rd year of apprenticeship whilst artisans
were on leave.
REFERENCES
1) Jayson Andrews
Maintenance Controller
Triple V Animal Feed
Phone (+27) 73 893 5318
2) Piet Taljaard
Maintenance Supervisor Draglines
BECSA Middelburg Colliery
Phone (+27) 74 324 3785
3) Clayton Child
Engineer
Ex Anglo Coal - Landau Colliery
Phone (+27) 82 495 6068
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