John Rapulana is a South African instrumentation technician seeking new opportunities. He has over 10 years of experience in instrumentation maintenance and installation. His experience includes working for Sasol, Omnia Fertilizers, Vicotec Engineering, AMT Placements, Group Five in Mozambique and Burkina Faso. He is proficient in DCS, PLC, calibrating various field instruments, and working independently or as part of a team under difficult conditions.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
J.RAPULANA
Personal Details
Name John Rapulana
Date of Birth 24 Aug 1990
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
Nationality South African
Identity No. 9008245376086
Home languages English, Zulu, Afrikaans, S. Sotho
Driver’s License code 8
Health Good
Interests / Hobbies Reading E-books, Net Surfing And Fixing Electronics
Address 140 Sekhukhune Street
Boipatong,1901
South Africa
Contact Details Cell: 076 360 9752, 078 418 1515
E-mail: john.rapulana@live.com
Education - School
Institution Mahareng Secondary School
Year 2007
Qualification Matric
Subjects Passed English, S.Sotho, Afrikaans, Mathematics,Biology,
Physical Science
Course Training
Company Training
Sasol Basic Rigging
Sasol Overhead Crane
Sasol Advanced Fire Fighting
HDM Working At Heights

2. SkillTec Instrumentation NQF Level 4
Work Experience
Company: Sasol, Sasolburg (Chlorine)
Position: Learner Fitter
Duration: july 2008 – aug 2009
Job Description / Responsibilities:
Repairing mechanical valves, drives
Engineering Drawings, Measuring, marking off
Reference: Mr. Girshwin Collins (Fitting Training Practitioner) CEL:082 885 7437
Company: Sasol, Sasolburg
Position: Instrument Artisan ( Site Services)
Duration: 08 Mar 2010 – 31 Dec 2012
Achievements: Instrumentation
NQF Level 2, NQF Level 3, NQF Level 4
Job Description / Responsibilities:
Maintenance of field process instruments
Fault finding, calibrating and repairing of flow, level, pressure, final control elements,
temperature instruments, limit switches, pH probes
Pressure testing and leak tests
Reference: Mr. Gerard Celliers (Senior Training Practitioner) TEL: 016 960 2955
Mr. Lourence Bango (Line Manager) TEL: 016 960 3489, 0826796717
Mr. Mark Hattingh(Senior Instr Mechanic)TEL0169202454, 0832321089
Company: Omnia, Sasolburg (Fertilizer Plant)
Position: scales/weighbridge maintenance
Duration: july 2010 – dec 2011
Job Description / Responsibilities:
Establishing positioning, polarity and faulty l oad cells, setting up indicators, calibrate
and programming, basic fault finding on defective weighing equipment
Reference: Mr. Ishmael Moloi (Instrumentation Technician) CEL: 082 975 5993
Company: Vicotec Engineering, Sasolburg (KUKA Robotics, )
Position: Instrument mech
Duration: Jul 2013 – Nov 2013
Job Description / Responsibilities:
Wiring of field process instruments
Fault finding, calibrating and repairing of flow, level, pressure, final control elements,
temperature instruments, limit switches, pH probes

3. Pressure testing and leak tests
DCS (DELTA-V)
PLC (LG, SIEMENS)
Reference: Mr. J R Burgeroffer (manager)
Cell: 0823314371
Company: AMT Placements(WETBACK), Sasolburg (Wax Expansion Project)
Position: Instrument Tube Fitter
Duration: Nov 2013 – Nov 2014
Job Description / Responsibilities:
Installations of impulse lines on instruments and steam tracing lines.
Bending tubes (½" and ³/8"), reading and interpreting Isometric Drawings, measuring
and marking off
Reference: Mr. Cobie(AMT)
Cell: 0836487641
Company: Group Five, Mozambique (Kuvaninga Project)
Position: Instrument Technician
Duration: Aug 2015 – Dec 2015
Job Description / Responsibilities:
Wiring and installations of field process instruments, calibration of flow, level, pressure,
final control elements, temperature instruments, limit switches, ethernet, Fibre Optic
DCS (SCADA)
PLC (SIEMENS)
Reference: Mr Vladimiro Catarino
Cell: +258 823908807
Company: Group Five, Burkina Faso(RoxGold Mine)
Position: Instrument Technician
Duration: Jan 2016- Present
Job Description / Responsibilities:
Wiring and installations of field process instruments, calibration of flow, level, pressure,
final control elements, temperature instruments, limit switches, pull wire switches,
Ethernet, Fibre Optic
DCS (SCADA)
PLC (SIEMENS)
Reference: Mr Vladimiro Catarino
Cell: +258 823908807
Additional Information
 Integrate with colleagues of different backgrounds on basis of achieving one
common gold.
 Ready to learn and work under difficult conditions