This document is a curriculum vitae for Lodewyk Annandale that provides his personal and contact details, qualifications, languages, and extensive work experience as a millwright, mechanical technician, and electrician for various companies in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past 15 years. It details his responsibilities in roles overseeing maintenance teams and projects, and references are provided.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
LODEWYK ANNANDALE
PHYSICAL ADDRESS : Lot 12 Kuick Vlei No. 1396
Wasbank
Dundee
2920
CONTACT DETAILS : Cell phone +2782 940 8978
E-mail : lodewyk.a@gmail.com
CHRISTIAN NAME : Lodewyk
IDENTITY NUMBER : 750510 5144 084
DATE OF BIRTH : 10 May 1975
DRIVERS LICENCE : Code ECI, Code A
LANGUAGES : Afrikaans, English and Zulu (Zulu speak
only)
GENDER : Male
MARITAL STATUS : Married with four dependants
SCHOOLING : Matriculated 1993, Dundee High
School
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS : N6 Certificates (N6
With effect from 2003-05-01)
(Newcastle & Pietermaritzburg
Technical Colleges)
TRADE : Millwright
Trade test @ SA Sugar Association
T/Center Mt. Edgecombe (Durban)
1998
COMPUTER LITERACY : MS Office 2013
EXPERIENCE Word, Excel, Outlook
Variable speed drive programming and
setting up (Yaskawa)
Remote control programming and setting
up (Teleradio)

2. WORK EXPERIENCE
Period : March 2011 – December 2015
Company : Turbo Agencies DRC sarl
Function : Overhead crane maintenance
supervisor
Responsibilities:
1. Taking charge of shift, preventative maintenance and refurbishment teams (48 people)
as a subcontractor at a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo.
2. Putting into place preventative maintenance systems for all the overhead lifting
machines on site (72 cranes on contract, 90 pieces of equipment in total).
3. Ensuring critical spare parts were ordered and in stock at all times. Doing root cause
analysis investigations on all equipment failures and reporting these to the client.
4. Drawing up and maintaining a service interval schedule for all overhead lifting
machines and ensuring that planned maintenance gets performed as planned and as
per OEM specifications. Liaising with the client and suppliers and ensuring a smooth
workflow of orders, invoices and payments.
5. Doing improvements on lifting equipment to enhance performance and availability
where necessary.
6. Liaising with suppliers and obtaining quotes for equipment/parts as and when needed.
These quotes were re-worked to include transportation, taxes, etc. before handing it
over to the client for consideration.
7. Replacing redundant lifting machines with new equipment as per the client’s request.
This included the approval of drawings and ensuring that all measurements, voltages,
capacity, etc. are correct according to the clients’ request. This also involved
upgrading and installation of new power supply systems to suit the new equipment.
8. Load testing and commissioning of all new overhead lifting machines after installation,
before signing it over to the client. This also included the installation and
commissioning of four-post lifts and lubrication systems in light vehicle workshops.
9. Training operators and maintenance personnel on the correct and safe use and
maintenance of new equipment. Various brands were installed new on site i.e. Kone,
Demag, Condra, Kito, Elephant and Fermont and all new equipment were immediately
placed on the planned maintenance schedule to ensure and maintain optimum
performance of the equipment.
10. Doing detailed time keeping for all employees which reflected leave taken and sick
days taken for payroll purposes.
11. Controlling the petty cash and keeping a detailed register of how cash was utilized.
This was an average of USD 20 000 per month. This included drawing cash from the
company’s bank account and paying various accounts as well as buying necessary
equipment, consumables, fuel, etc. needed to perform our work safely and efficiently.
Reason for leaving:
Due to the current economic climate the mine seized all production activities and our
contracts expired on 31 December 2015 which meant our services and positions became
redundant.

3. COMPANY : Columbus Stainless
POSITIONS : Mechanical Technician (May 2008-Feb 2011)
RESPONSIBILITIES AS MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN
 Controlling projects from the design phase to final implementation and
commissioning.
 Coming up with new ideas to improve the plant and-or production and sometimes
bringing someone else’s ideas to fruition.
 Liaising with contractors and suppliers to ensure quality and prompt service to my
employer.
 Maintaining and updating technical drawings as design changes are implemented.
 Ensuring that implementation deadlines, quality requirements and budget constraints
are strictly adhered to.
 Supervising and coordinating standby personnel on breakdowns and shut downs.
Reason for leaving:
Started working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
COMPANIES : Columbus Stainless
UCL Company Ltd.
POSITIONS : Millwright (April 07-April 08)
Electrician
Fitter and Turner
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AS MILLWRIGHT AND ELECTRICIAN
 AC Drives – WEG, ABB, DANFOSS (fault finding and installation)
 PLC’s – Siemens S5 & S7, Cutler Hammer, Telemechanique, Allen Bradley (fault
finding)
 Electric motors - Slip-ring, Squirrel cage, & Conical rotor – 3 phase AC from 0.11kw to
100kw (testing, overhauling, and commissioning)
 Synchronizing of turbine driven alternator sets to national grid (11KV – 4MW)
 General electrical installations and testing of premises and industrial switch gear.
 Overhead crane maintenance (Demag & Morris)
 Maintenance of power factor correction capacitors, contactors and controllers.
 LT Cable joints up to 240mm²
 Fault finding and repairs to all kinds of electrical installations and switchgear.
 Shutdowns – planning and organizing.
 Breakdowns – dealing with the unforeseen.

4. MECHANICAL EXPERIENCE AS FITTER AND TURNER
 Maintenance of single and multi stage centrifugal pumps, positive displacement
pumps, gear pumps and gearboxes.
 Bearing maintenance and replacement (up to nominal bore 400mm)
 Shaft alignment
 Fabrication on milling machines and lathes.
 Conveyor maintenance, slat carriers, feeder tables, cane crushers.
 General mechanical maintenance of overhead cranes, including rope changes and load
testing.
REFERENCES
Mr. Buks Snoer
DRC Operations manager for Turbo Agencies DRC sarl
Cell: +27718574151
bsnoer@gmail.com
Mr. Henry Garnett-Bennett
Section Engineer Technical Support - Plate Processing
Columbus Stainless
Tel: 013 247 3091
Cell: 082 803 1411
Mr. Hennie Lourens
Section Engineer Technical Support – Hotmill
Columbus Stainless
Tel: 013 247 2537
Cell: 083 633 1823
SUMMARY:
I firmly believe that knowledge is power and to pursue it, adds value to the individual as well as the
team. I see myself as an interactive, participating team player. I enjoy the responsibilities and
challenges relating to my choice of career.
I regard loyalty, commitment, passion and honesty as fundamental elements of any successful, long
lasting, working relationship.