The document provides a curriculum vitae for Alec Robert Le Grange. It outlines his current role as a Technical Industrial Trainer in Saudi Arabia, where he teaches operations training. It also details his previous 28 years of experience working for Sasol Synfuels in South Africa, where he held roles as a Production Foreman and Senior Console Operator. The CV includes information on his educational qualifications, training courses, employment history and responsibilities in each role.

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A.R Le Grange
BRIEF CAREER OVERVIEW
I am a 48 yearold currently employed at TUVRheinland Arabia at the easternside Al-Hofuf as a Technical
Industrial Trainer Operations for NITI National Industrial Training Institution Mubaraz Saudi Arabia for
the past 8 months teaching Operation training to new Saudi Arabian students that have entered the oil and
gas environment. I am enjoying it very much. I have enjoyed great success in the Oil and Gas Industry
Sasol Synfuels South Africa where I worked for 28 years. My job title was Operations/Plant Foreman. I
managed 10-12 individuals’ daily and up to 15 people during start-up and shutdowns. I was accountable
and responsible for ensuring safe and efficient operation of various units and meeting refinery operating
plan and targets, training operators from junior to senior console operator, writing troubleshooting guides
to assist during plant upsets. I am driven to succeed in any position placed into, i have a hunger for
knowledge that has led me to learn advance process controland assist process engineers in plant hazard and
management of change reviews. I have also been attained experience in commissioning various new plants
within Sasol over the years. My daily job now consists of mentoring Saudi Arabian students as operators
and providing operating guidance and knowledge to new students and to assist in all way possible with
training. I became a production foreman about 5 yearsago and am very proud of my teamsworking abilities
and skills that they have developed since I became there shift foreman. Now in Saudi all my focus is on the
training environment for the operations of refinery’s and plant control and equipment’s. I have also recently
achieved an International Training Certificate for Train our Trainer from the German company for witch i
work in Saudi Arabia.
PERSONAL DATA
SURNAME : Le Grange
FIRST NAMES : Alec Robert
HOME AND POSTAL ADDRESS : Langenhoven Street 2 Secunda
TELEPHONE NUMBER : N/A
CELL PHONE : 082 827 6062 or +966580212276
E-MAIL :lgrangar1@gmail.com
:lgrangar@gmail.com
IDENTITY NUMBER : 6805165081080

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DATE OF BIRTH : 16/05/1968
SEX : Male
MARITAL STATUS : Married
NATIONALITY : South African
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
LAST SCHOOL ATTENDED : Sasol fundamentals classes N3 English/Mathematics
TERTIARY EDUCATION : NQF 4 Chemical operations.
NAME OF INSTITUTION : SAQA (Chieta)
CERTIFICATE OBTAINED : NQF 2/ 3/ 4 Chemical operations
DATE : 2012
TRAINING COURSES ATTENDED
CertificatesattachedonCV.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
NAME OF COMPANY : TUV Rheinland
DATE OF EMPLOYMENT : April 2016-to current
POSITION : Industrial Technical TrainerTUVRheinland
(RefineryOperations)
Duties/Responsibilities
 Training of new Aramco/Petro Rabig and SATORP students in the operations environment
 Daily training from Training materials provided by Aramco and Petro Rabig
 Individually evaluating students on their performance on weekly basis
 Provide encouragement and assistance to trainees for better understanding ofModules provided
 Compile daily planning of training lessons to be given for 8 periods per day
 Compiling weekly pacing schedules for training material to be completed.
 Controlling a class of between 14 – 18 students in the operations environment training until evaluation.

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 Evaluating students on written and spoken criteria as in the English language as will be needed in the
refinery
 Completing a 8 periods daily attendance sheet for student payrolls
 Training provided in the NITI Mubaraz building in Eastern side of Saudi Arabia.
NAME OF COMPANY : SASOLSYNFUELS
DATE OF EMPLOYMENT : 1988-2016
DATE OF EMPLOYMENT : 2012- TO-2016
POSITION : PORDUCTIONFOREMAN
Duties/Responsibilities
 Manage 10 Individuals Daily on shift basis.
 Responsible for ensuring safe and efficient operation of units and meeting refinery operating plan.
 Train Operators from Junior to Senior Console Operator and have written troubleshooting guides to
assist during plant upsets.
 Adherence to Health, Safety and Environmental procedures, work instructions, guidelines,
regulations / legislation and programs.
 Recognises that HSE accountability is included in performance expectations.
 Proactive action to identify and correct potential unsafe conditions and acts.
 Integration of SHE into business practices, processes, procedures and standards.
 Investigates environmental complaints.
 Accountable for compliance and enforcement of Refinery Policies and Procedures.
 Accountable for compliance with shift schedule requirements.
 Accountable for meeting Refinery operating plan.
 Prioritising and accountability for assignment of work and tasks.
 Accountable for personnel relationships.
 Operate plant equipment within specified operating envelopes.
 Accurate status log.
 Detailed knowledge of plant modifications and impact thereof.
 Detailed knowledge of plant integrity status and impact thereof.
 Systematic process of recognising, isolating, identifying and resolving equipment related problems.
 Monitoring and evaluation of maintenance progress.
 Economic evaluation.
 Application of procedures and process support documentation for start-up, shutdown and for normal
and emergency control of process.
 Systematic process of recognising, isolating, identifying and resolving process problems.
 The effective monitoring and optimisation of the production of on specification products as per
production targets.
 Prevention of abnormal and emergency situations by proactive identification and reacting effectively.

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 Communication of abnormal and emergency situations as per Work Instructions and Procedures.
 Effective management of cause and effect and the minimisation of up and downstream impact. Keeps
current on abnormal situation handling strategies.
 Monitoring and manipulation of the process using graphical interface and other monitoring tools.
 Knowledge of concepts and principles of data acquisition and automatic controls.
 Effective management of DCS status alarms.
 Optimised control loops in normal mode. Monitor maintenance and other activities in the area.
 Prepare plant and equipment for maintenance and others as per Work Instructions and Procedures.
 Co-ordination of plant and personnel activities during turnaround.
 Assists other departments when necessary with plant and or process related queries.
 Takes an active ownership role in the refinery, area, unit, individual job.
 Accepts responsibility for job performance.
 Performs in a professional manner above and beyond the minimum requirements.
 Effective written and verbal communication etiquette between individuals, area teams, refinery and
customers.
 Upstream, downstream and other relevant customers /suppliers needs adequately met.
 Work effectively with others to successfully complete area activities and objectives.
 Area Team delivers on expectations
 Takes personal responsibility for own development as per refinery training matrix.
 Coaching, mentoring, gap identification and closure of team member’s knowledge and skills.
 Rotational Assignments.
 Exhibits understanding of company business.
 Understanding company strategy and implementation into unit practices and procedures.
 Works to maintain the company’s profitability and quality standards.
 Compliance with legislation and company policy.
 Exhibits understanding of roles and actions in the context of the organisation.
 Operations area expertise.
 Advanced control expertise.
 Knowledge transfer.
 Acquisition of latest international best practice expertise.
 Assist in area systems and control documentation.
 On specification product
 Production as per targets
 Plant Safety Settings
 Prevention of abnormal and emergency situations by proactive identification and reacting effectively
 Communication of abnormal and emergency situations as per guideline
 Minimisation of up and downstream impact Alarm management
 Time keeping of shift personnel
 Training development matrix for shift personnel meeting commitment dates
DATE OF EMPLOYMENT : 1997– 2012
POSITION : SENIORCONSOLE OPERATOR/
SENIORPROCESS CONTROLSYSTEMSOPERATOR
Duties/Responsibilities

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- Training new process controllers/ console operators on DCS Systems
- Safe efficient of operating of units for production plans and targets GLDL targets
- React plant upsets to trouble shoot process interruption or process disturbances
- Ensure units are safe during total outages
- Starting up and shutting down as per authorised procedures
- Operating plant and equipment operating envelops
- Co-ordinate training of junior operators
- Issuing permit to work documents
- Concurrently to train on consoles,control of process variables
- Training on Honeywell DCS systems – pertaining to plant optimisation, control & safety
- Deemed competent to work on all Units
- Coordinate of switching of normal lines to abnormal line ups during start up and shutdowns
- Delegate and working with junior operators and technicians to carry from out instructions from Plant
supervisor.
- Ensuring unit safe operating limits
- Maximising white oil productions to optimisation of catalyst/distillation
- Ensuring unit rundowns with specific specs
- Working closely with plant supervisor
- Reporting plant status regularly
DATE OF EMPLOYMENT : 1988– 1997
POSITION : PLANT OPERATOR (LearnerPC/GRADE 2/GRADE 1)
Duties /Responsibilities
- Unit sampling
- Preparing equipment for maintenance
- Commissioning line ups
- Learning the Unit – all units listed
- Heath Safety Environment Quality Control
- Basic equipment Care eg. Checking reading on equipment, pumps, compressors,multistage pumps, tanks,
- Completion of Unit Assessments
UNITS U035 DHT and DSC diesel selective cracker/hydro treated
U078/079 CD hydro and tame unit (Jet fuel)
U015 Hydro Naphtha unit
U039 Coker unit
U14/214 Pitch tar units
U075 Calcined/ incinerator
U086 Feed preparation unit
U039/OBF Oil blending facility
U 076 products dispatch unit
U 077 waxy oil ash removal plant
EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT *Pumps (Centrifugal/Multi-Stage/Positive Displacement)

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*Compressors (Centrifugal/Reciprocating)
*Tube and Shell Exchangers
*Fin Fan Exchangers
*Fractionator Towers
*Distillation Towers
*Drums
*Separators
*Centrifuges / decanters
*Stall drums
*Blower Fans
*Calcining and incinerators
*Vacuum systems
*Foster and wheeler heaters systems
*Storage tanks
*Reactors
*Road tanker loading and offloading
*Conveyor belt systems
*Flare systems
*High pressure water drilling system