Excel
Lerato Aletta Mokoka
Technical Trainer
Krugersdorp,Gauteng
Summary
Lerato is a highly driven and motivated individual and a dedicated and determined Leader, who leads without a title. Has a demonstrated history of working in a manufacturing and mining environment holding various exposure in different functional roles in the process engineering and training space. She has notable/proven interpersonal and communication skills and is very passionate about talent development, problem-solving and Human capital improvements through motivating, building and caring about people career development. A purposeful individual, who believes and strives to bring value adding and a meaningful contribution in the spaces that she occupies. Reliable employee seeking technical trainer position. Offering excellent communication and good judgment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
17
17
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Lead Practitioner: BBS
Ingrain SA
Johannesburg, Gauteng
11.2021 - Current
- The Barloworld Business System (BBS) Lead Practitioner role supports the adoption of continuous improvement and related change management processes at their allocated site
- Co-ordinate the purchase and installation of required process control, infocentre and mission control boards.
- Ensure that site daily rhythm creates the correct short interval control to look for quality solutions that enable rapid problem solving that improves efficiency and response time
- Ensures financial benefits are realised benefits including but not limited to additional income and avoided expenditure through problem solving using 5 Why form for simple problems.
- Ensures financial benefits are realised benefits including but not limited to additional income and avoided expenditure through problem solving using an A3 for complex problems
- Provides coaching to site management and staff to ensure effective PCB and Infocentre huddling, and to drive respect for people and continuous improvement at the site
- Coordinate the delivery of BBS projects and initiatives to drive sustained improvement in process metrics, targeted financial benefits, and achieve company goals at the allocated site
- Facilitates MDI 1.5 day as well as MDI Dojo training.
- Participates as a team member in Rapid Improvement Events, sharing knowledge on BBS tools and methodology and challenging team thinking to achieve improved performance goals. Where required, facilitates portions of the event week.
- Coaches the event team and staff members in the improvement area on the sustainment of changes made in the event, closing of post event actions as well as driving problem solving when issues that hinder the achievement of event goals occur.
Technical Training Facilitator
Tongaat Hulett Starch
Germiston, Gauteng
08.2020 - 11.2021
- Lean Bex Practionners my role is bringing collaboratively support and facilitate organisational change and manufacturing interventions and facilitating the acquisition of required competencies to ensure the organisation’s learning and development objectives are achieved in line with strategic, operational and legislative requirements
- My duties are:
- Manage and Evaluate Graduate Programmes for employed and unemployed (Production, HR, EIT IT, Finance, Procurement, In-Service & Apprentices, Learnerships, TVET and Vac Work)
- Facilitate and manage the operational (plant) learning and development process in line with the strategy, SDA & SDLA, as well as continuous improvement activities
- Conduct pre-employment assessments
- Facilitate and conduct relevant manufacturing training programme
- As a change champion, my role is predominantly be the voice of the people as part of the new clean air sector transformation through:
- Setup and support Line managers / engagement with local teams and global Exco team
- Work closely with Exco and HR team to implement site roadmap, plan and facilitate action orientated conversations that will assist to deliver training strategy
- Being an active member of the Ingrain SA sector change champions community that helps improve the way we do things as an organisation
- Designed and implemented full Engineer in training programme for Process engineers internally and external with 100% pass rate and absorption into permeant positions
Learning and development officer -CU band
Tongaat Hulett Starch
06.2014 - 10.2019
- My role as Learning and development officer supporting leaning and development strategy
- Implementing succession planning for production and engineering department in the organisation
- My duties include:
- Provide advice, assistance and information to the Engineering and Production Team and other departments within the organisation, where and when necessary
- Support annual skills planning process through collation of IDPs into mill planner, drawing up WSP and ATR for later collation and consulting mill Workplace Transformation Committees
- Lead and promote Continuous Improvement departmentally
- Provide advice, assistance and information to the Engineering and Production Team and other departments within the organisation, where and when necessary
- Overall project saving discretionary grant recovery R3M in 2018-2019 for Apprenticeship, Inservice and chemical operation learnership
Training facilitator
Quality Training and Consulting
09.2012 - 06.2014
- Was the start of my learning and development training career from process Engineer
- Implementing chemical operations
- Chemical Operations Learnership Facilitator
- Facilitating chemical operation for NQF level 1and NQF level 3
- Works with the managers to determine department training needs and skill programme courses to
- Prepares assessment reports on 70 learners being trained;
- Develops and oversees training plans
- Execute safety incidents/accident investigations
- Conduct safety training & safety talks as per the guidelines
- Communicates with safety manager regarding near misses and accidents
- Execute audits and implement action plan as and when required
- Ensure that the area of production is always clean (5S)
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Promotion to a senior technical Training Speciality for the whole organisation
- Innovations and change management 2019
- Effectively mentoring and coaching Inservice training graduates through the program build capability and competency as young Engineers
- Promotion to a senior technical Training Speciality for the whole organisation
- Innovations and change management 2019
- Effectively mentoring and coaching Inservice training graduates through the program build capability and competency as young Engineers
Junior Process Engineer
Consulmet Consulting Base Metal, Anglo American
08.2011 - 09.2012
- Responsible for maximising line performance by improving OEE through driving focused improvement projects, developing training material, improving processes and procedures
- Work very closely with brand team to deliver and lend new innovations without compromising safety and product quality
- Monitoring Modifications and Upgrades, and Troubleshooting Existing Processes
- Updating Process and Instrumentation diagrams for process changes
- Preparing reports, flow diagrams and charts;
- Creating new and updating of existing documentation such as operational manuals, testing procedures and process flow diagrams
- Discussing different solutions to problems with other technical staff
- Ensure integrity in reporting of plant daily data on process daily reports,
- Compiling monthly reports on plant operations
- Optimizing/improving the process and equipment’s to ensure achievement of production quality and quantity targets
- Perform trends analysis (based on historic data) and root causes analysis for processes deviations
- Monitoring process efficiencies, mass balancing and process trouble shooting
Junior Researcher
Marlow Aquatec
05.2008 - 08.2011
- Monitor day to day process deviations and batch cycle times and support problem solving and investigations of processing related issue on wastewater treatment process
- Responsible for maintaining the operation of the pilot plants
- Collecting and preparing samples Available on request
Education
Bachelor of Human Resource Development (BHRD) -
North West University, University of Johannesburg
01.2019 - Current
Grade 12 -
Coronation Ville Secondary
Coronationvlle 01.2001 - 12.2005
ETDP - Education Training Development Practionioner
Tshwane University of Technology
01.2015 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Technology Degree - Chemical Engineering
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria 01.2006 - 12.2012
Skills
On-Site Training Leadership
Lead Development
Operations leadership
Classroom expertise
Online training experience
Training material development
Project implementation
Decision Making
Succession planning
Training and mentoring
Recruitment strategies
Program implementation
Public speaking
Critical Thinking
Affiliations
Chieta Registered Constitute assessor for chemical Operation Level 1-3
Lean Certification
Green certificate
Bronze
Accomplishments
- Designed and implemented full Engineer in training programme for Process engineers internally and external with 100% pass rate and absorption into permanent positions
- Achieved 100% through effectively helping with trainees absorption to score BBBEE scores
- Supervised and managed 35 workplace learning programme learners
Software
SAP
Power point
Timeline
Lead Practitioner: BBS
Ingrain SA
11.2021 - Current
Technical Training Facilitator
Tongaat Hulett Starch
08.2020 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Human Resource Development (BHRD) -
North West University, University of Johannesburg
01.2019 - Current
ETDP - Education Training Development Practionioner
Tshwane University of Technology
01.2015 - 12.2016
Learning and development officer -CU band
Tongaat Hulett Starch
06.2014 - 10.2019
Training facilitator
Quality Training and Consulting
09.2012 - 06.2014
Junior Process Engineer
Consulmet Consulting Base Metal, Anglo American
08.2011 - 09.2012
Junior Researcher
Marlow Aquatec
05.2008 - 08.2011
Bachelor of Technology Degree - Chemical Engineering
Tshwane University of Technology
01.2006 - 12.2012
Grade 12 -
Coronation Ville Secondary
01.2001 - 12.2005