1. Resume of Duane Slaney
Personnel Technical Summary
Personal Information
Employee Name: Duane Slaney
QA/QC Inspector/Commissioning
Branch Location: St. John’s, NL
Subcontractor?: Yes
Employee Position: Electrical/Instrumentation Specialist
Department(s): Inspection Services
WCB/Insurance  Yes 
E-mail : duaneslaney68@gmail.com
Professional Overview
Over twenty (20) years of experience in the industrial, commercial and residential electrical and instrumentation
fields. Experience includes:
 Quality Control activities within the Electrical & Instrumentation Disciplines
 Commissioning and start-up of various industrial equipment in Oil Sands of Alberta.
 Integration and control activities associated with offshore FPSO hook-up
 Function testing of various industrial electrical equipment.
 Familiar with PLC’s, VFD, DSA Starters, Devicenet, DCS controls
 Experience in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel.
 HVDC bus bars and rectifiers.
 Vale Quality Assurance Electrical and Instrumentation Lead
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Work Experience
Date: November 2013-Current
Location: Long Harbour Newfoundland
Vale QA Electrical and Instrumentation Lead
Duties include interfacing with contractor QC’s,
Auditing of Vendors and Contractors, Reviewing final
turnover documentation, providing as a liaison between
Vale engineering and Contractor QC, Field Engineers,
etc., on all aspects of Electrical and Instrumentation.
Working together with Construction Completion Teams
and Document Control Teams to ensure that
construction is complete and the documentation is in
place. Ensuring all work is completed safely and within
Other duties include reviewing and approving contractor
Inspection Test Plans, contractor QC resumes, quality
audits, attending daily and weekly construction
meetings, reviewing and approving QVDs(Quality
Verification Documents) and T/O documentation.
Also, ensuring the all Electrical and Instrumentation
construction activities are completed as per the
Canadian Electrical Code and Company Specifications.

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the Project Quality Management Plan.
Date: March 3,2009-Oct.1, 2013
Location: St. John’s, NL
Contracted to Husky Energy to witness and sign off on
FAT, SAT and SIT testing on Electrical and
Instrumentation equipment for their Subsea Glory Holes
on the NADC Drill center and the West White Rose Pilot
Project. Carried out SIT testing on all software for
transmitter testing and valve movements in Christmas
Trees, Manifolds and Subsea Distribution Systems.
Travelled in the U.S.A. and the UK to inspect Electrical
cables at various factories.
Date: October 2007 - January 2009
Location: Opti Canada, Long Lake, AB
Contracted to OPTI Canada to oversee and supervise
the start-up and commissioning of plant electrical,
instrumentation and control systems
Duties include:
• Coordinate all function checks of the power and
communications systems of plant equipment with
field and panel operators
• Quality control checks on electrical and
instrumentation controls circuitry
• Test and calibrate control trips on various electrical
equipment
• Completing initial motor test through VFD’s and
other control systems.
• Coordinate turnover, including documentation
review, of various E/I systems
• Prepare and sign of all applicable documentation
for electrical/instrumentation walk down systems.
Employer: Thrum Energy
QA/QC Inspector
Employer: Acquaint Contracting Services
Position: Electrical QA/QC Inspector, Commissioning
Start Up, and Maintenance

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• Walkdown piping lines and carry out inspections on
heat trace, instrumentation transmitters and other
electrical equipment.
• Walkdown inspections on electrical distribution
systems such as panels, control relays, junction
boxes, etc.
Date: September 2006 – May 2007
Location: St. John’s, NL
Duties:
• Installation and maintenance of marine aids to
support navigation systems
• Power installations and maintenance of solar
energy systems, wind mills, generators, DC
batteries and hydro power
• Installation of UPS systems
Employer: Canadian Coast Guard
Position: Marine Electrical Technician
Date: June 2006 – September 2006
Location: CNRL Oil Refinery
FT. McMurray, Alberta
Duties:
• Construction of all electrical equipment.
• Gland, test and terminate
Electrical/Instrumentation cables and
equipment.
• Install and ground field tray as well as all sizes
of ladder cable tray.
Employer: Penny Energy
Position: Electrical Technician
Date: March 2004 – August 2005
Location: Marystown, NL
Employer: White Rose Project
Position: Electrical Supervisor

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Duties:
• Electrical installation activities associated
with the integration and hook-up phase of
the FPSO White Rose
• Experience with control systems,
transformers, power distribution systems,
fire, gas and HVAC systems
• Experience with high voltage equipment,
switch gear, UPS and emergency back-up
power systems
• Commissioning and Start up of above
systems.
Date: September 2000 - 2004
Location: St. John’s, NL
Duties:
• Electrical construction and maintenance of
industrial and commercial equipment
• Hook-up and commission various electrical
equipment
• Installation of 1200 amp 600 V systems
Employer: Myles Leger Ltd.
Position: Electrical Supervisor
Date: April 2002 – November 2002
Location: Eirik Roude Drilling Rig, NS
Duties:
• Quality control activities associated with the
integration and hook-up phase of various
electrical equipment
• Experience with power distribution
systems, fire, gas and HVAC systems
• Experience with high voltage equipment,
switch gear, UPS and emergency back-up
power systems
• Gland, test and terminate various electrical
power and communications wiring
Employer: DGN Electrical
Position: Electrical Technician/Supervisor

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Date: July 1989 – September 2000
Location: St. John’s, NL
Duties:
• .Install and maintain various electrical
equipment on Industrial and Commercial
equipment.
Employer: Ted Chaulk Electric
Position: Electrician
Education
Institute Location Dates
Attended
Diploma/Degree Received
Eastern Community College Seal Cove, NL 1994
Inter-provincial Journeyman Electrical
Red Seal
Eastern Community College Burin, NL
Sept 1987 –
June 1988
Electrical Course
St Joseph’s Academy Lamaline, NL June 1987 High School
Eastern Community College Seal Cove, NL
April-May,
2011
Level 1 & 2 Hydraulic Theory and
Troubleshooting.
CONA
Ridge Road
Campus
January 2015
EX (Explosion Proof) Hazardous
Location Training.
Contact Information:
Duane Slaney
Box 20, Site 6
Point May, NL
A0E 2C0
709-728-5182
Email: duaneslaney68@gmail.com
References available on
request
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Date: July 1989 – September 2000
Location: St. John’s, NL
Duties:
• .Install and maintain various electrical
equipment on Industrial and Commercial
equipment.
Employer: Ted Chaulk Electric
Position: Electrician
Education
Institute Location Dates
Attended
Diploma/Degree Received
Eastern Community College Seal Cove, NL 1994
Inter-provincial Journeyman Electrical
Red Seal
Eastern Community College Burin, NL
Sept 1987 –
June 1988
Electrical Course
St Joseph’s Academy Lamaline, NL June 1987 High School
Eastern Community College Seal Cove, NL
April-May,
2011
Level 1 & 2 Hydraulic Theory and
Troubleshooting.
CONA
Ridge Road
Campus
January 2015
EX (Explosion Proof) Hazardous
Location Training.
Contact Information:
Duane Slaney
Box 20, Site 6
Point May, NL
A0E 2C0
709-728-5182
Email: duaneslaney68@gmail.com
References available on
request
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