Jan Dirk Grobler is a 64-year-old South African male. He has a national diploma for technicians in light current from Pretoria Technicon and over 40 years of experience working in mechanical and electronic design, testing, and maintenance. He has worked at Lyttelton Engineering Works, CSIR, and Kentron and is now self-employed providing services in medical equipment maintenance, military vehicle integration, mechanical design, and electronic design.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal information:
Surname: Grobler
Name: Jan Dirk
Age: 64 years
Sex: Male
Identity number: 520129 5007 081
House address: 9 Joubert Street
Strand
7140
Telephone number: 021 853 5265 (Home)
082 550 1623 (Cell)
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3 Sons
Nationality: South-African
Language: Afrikaans
English
Drivers licence: Code 10
Health: Good

2. Academic training:
Matriculation: HTS Tom Naude , Pietersburg , 1969
After-school:
1. Apprenticeship: Lyttelton Engineering Works 1973
Tool & Jig maker
2. National technical certificate (NTS 4) mechanical 1973
Institute: BTC
Subjects: Internal combustion engines
Machine design
Strength of materials
3. National diploma for technicians (T4) light current 1982
Institute: Pretoria Technicon
Subjects: Digital electronics
Industrial electronics
Computer technology
Electronic measurements
Management
Television theory
Employment record:
1973 Lyttelton Engineering Works ( Pretoria)
Tool & Jig maker.
1973 – 1980 C.S..I..R. National Institute of Defense Research (Pretoria)
Mechanical technician.
Involved in designing, building and testing of anti-landmine
vehicles.
Electronic technician.
Building of testing equipment for weapon systems.
1980 - 1990 KENTRON (Pretoria)
Design, testing, maintenance and integration of weapon systems.

3. 1990 – Present Self employed.
Maintenance of medical equipment.
Integration of electronics in military vehicles.
Mechanical design and manufacturing.
Electronic design, manufacturing and fault finding.
Embedded software.
Production management.
Contract worker doing electronic and mechanical development and
production support.