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BEKUNGA KOBOKANA

Millwright
Vredenburg
BEKUNGA KOBOKANA

Summary

I am a qualified Millwright (Electrotechnical) with an experience of about 6 years, 11 months. I am currently working at MINOPEX as a Eng Shift Millwright (Running and Preventative Maintenance) Conveyer Belts, Positioners, Transmitters, Valves, Motors, Pneumatic and Hydraulic , Verderflex, Centrifugal and Goodwin Pumps, Sulphuric Acid, Caustic Acid, Fatty Acid and Amine Acid, Loadcells, VSD Drives, PLC's and SCADA. I have also been working at Inoxpa SA as a Millwright Service Technician. My duties included Repairing and Building-Up of Lobe Pump SLR, RV Helicoidal Impeller Pump, Prolac HCP Centrifugal Pump, SE Pumps and EFI Pumps, Timing, Mechanical Seals and Bearings on Lobe Pumps.

Overview

13
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
3
Languages

Work History

Transnet Port Terminals
Saldanha

Millwright
12.2024 - Current

Job overview

Equipment Maintenance & Repair:

  • Installing and maintaining machinery
  • Disassemble and reassemble machinery and equipment for repair
  • Maintain conveyor systems, cranes, ship loaders, and other port-specific equipment
  • Perform preventative maintenance on mechanical systems
  • Review and interpret engineering specifications, schematics, and blueprints to determine work procedures

Technical Duties:

  • Installation, maintenance, and repair of industrial machinery and equipment. Using specialized tools, such as welders or hydraulic bolters, they align and replace a machine's individual parts
  • Move and relocate machinery on- and off-site
  • Troubleshoot mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
  • Perform welding, fabrication, and machining tasks as required

Minopex
Hopefield

Engineering Shift Millwright
09.2023 - 11.2024

Job overview

  • Running Maintenance and Preventative Maintenance: Verderflex Pumps, Goodwin, Centrifugal Pumps, Pneumatics and Hydraulis, Loadcells, AS-I, PLC, Scada, VSD Drives, MV Swithing, Valves with positioners
  • Conveyer Belts, Speedswitch, Pressure, Level and Flow Transmitter, Sulphuric Acid, Caustic Acid, Fatty Acid and Amine Acid

Apollo Bricks
Atlantis

Millwright
03.2023 - 05.2023

Job overview

  • Maintenance and Programming
  • Robotics Systems
  • Motor Testing and Installation
  • Drives (ABB, Allen, and Bradley and Motorelli) installation and programming
  • Maintenance and breakdowns on Conveyer belts, Stackers, Gearboxes, Pneumatics, Hydraulic Systems and Compressors

INOXPA SA
Cape Town

Millwright Service Technician
04.2022 - 02.2023

Job overview

  • Repair and Build-Up of Lobe Pump SLR, RV Helicoidal Impeller Pump, Prolac HCP Centrifugal Pump, SE Pumps and EFI Pumps
  • Reason for leaving Contract position

KUMBA IRON ORE
Northen Cape

Millwright
08.2021 - 11.2021

Job overview

  • Electrical Installations Vibration Sensor Installation
  • Reason for leaving Contract position

TRANSNET
Saldanha

Millwright
12.2020 - 01.2021

Job overview

  • Maintain/Inspect Gearboxes and Pulleys
  • Maintain/Inspect Conveyer Belts
  • Maintain/Inspect Grease Systems
  • Clean/Change Oil Filters
  • Reason for leaving Contract position

TRANSNET
Saldanha

Millwright
07.2020 - 11.2020

Job overview

  • Maintain/Inspect Gearboxes and Pulleys
  • Maintain/Inspect Conveyer Belts
  • Maintain/Inspect Grease Systems
  • Clean/Change Oil Filters
  • Reason for leaving Contract position

ARCELLOR MITTAL SALDANHA
Saldanha

Electrical Maintenance (Millwright)
02.2019 - 04.2020

Job overview

  • Maintain, repair do fault-finding on electrical and instrumentation equipment at Hot Strip Mill, Temper mill and Roll shop as per laid down maintenance targets.
  • Installing ABB Mag Flow meters and Transmitters, calibrate and service V150 and V500 fisher Control valves and Basic Valve link software diagnostics
  • Service, maintain and strip Pumps (Centrifugal and Sump)
  • Maintain, test and do fault-finding on electrical motors, cables and switch gear.
  • Maintain service and repair precipitator for de-dusting.
  • Reroute, upgrade electrical cables and panels of various machines, hydraulic blocks.
  • Maintain repair pneumatic actuator circuits.
  • Mechanical maintenance consisted of replacing hydraulic and water valves.
  • Working with SAP to plan shutdowns.
  • Getting spares from stores and sending routable spares out for repairs and QI of spares via SAP.
  • Arranging site meetings for contractors via SAP.
  • Making permits and doing isolations for safe working conditions. (Task initiator)
  • Overhead crane maintenance and fault-finding on Yaskawa, ABB and AC10 drives. Also working with gantry protection, relay logic, contactors and cable faults.
  • Common exposure on pressure transducers (pressure control systems), Tempo-Sonics, Sony's (Position control systems)
  • Reason for leaving Plant Closed down

ARCELLOR MITTAL SALDANHA
Saldanha

Millwright Apprenticeship Program
05.2015 - 07.2018

Job overview

  • Electrical: -Wiring Phase 1,2&3
  • -PLC Programming
  • Fitter: -Hand skills
  • -Marking off -Flanges -DTI -Hydraulics & Pneumatics -Brakes -V-Belt & Chain Belt
  • Welding: Gas & Arc Welding Introduction

ASTA NETWORK SOLUTIONS
Cape Town

Electrical Assistant
06.2012 - 07.2012

Job overview

  • General house wiring. Installing lights, plugs, trucking, and conduit.
  • Completed all electrical work in Cape Town areas and big companies, e.g., WSO.
  • Wire distribution boards for houses and shops in the mall.
  • Reason for leaving: Contract ended

Education

West Coast College

Electrical Infrastructure and Construction
01.2012 - 12.2014

University Overview

False Bay College

Trade tested Millwright - Merseta
05.2015 - 06.2018

University Overview

Dr Tobie Kotzé

Radiation training

University Overview

Permit to work

University Overview

Risk assessment (HIRA)

University Overview

Working at heights

University Overview

Confined space

University Overview

Contractor management

University Overview

Red Permit

University Overview

Material Handling

University Overview

Utility Knife

University Overview

Mine Safety (Sec.22 and Sec.23)

University Overview

Skills

As-I

Personal Information

Personal Information
  • Date of Birth: 06/05/93
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: South African
  • Marital Status: Married

Driving Licence

Driving Licence
C1

Additional Information

Additional Information

REFERENCES:


Mava Fipaza

Transnet Master Fitter

083 959 7399

Mava.Fipaza@transnet.net


Francios Pienaar
MINOPEX SUPERVISOR, HOPEFIELD
072 543 1586


Helgard Van Der Bijl
INOXPA SA, CAPE TOWN
+27 (83) 232-5169


Aldrich Louis
AMSA- Plant Manager, SALDANHA
(C) 0736761631 (H) 0414525505 (W) 0227094450


Allen Wenn
Arcelormittal, SALDANHA
072 248 3615

Timeline

Millwright
Transnet Port Terminals
12.2024 - Current
Engineering Shift Millwright
Minopex
09.2023 - 11.2024
Millwright
Apollo Bricks
03.2023 - 05.2023
Millwright Service Technician
INOXPA SA
04.2022 - 02.2023
Millwright
KUMBA IRON ORE
08.2021 - 11.2021
Millwright
TRANSNET
12.2020 - 01.2021
Millwright
TRANSNET
07.2020 - 11.2020
Electrical Maintenance (Millwright)
ARCELLOR MITTAL SALDANHA
02.2019 - 04.2020
Millwright Apprenticeship Program
ARCELLOR MITTAL SALDANHA
05.2015 - 07.2018
False Bay College
Trade tested Millwright - Merseta
05.2015 - 06.2018
Electrical Assistant
ASTA NETWORK SOLUTIONS
06.2012 - 07.2012
West Coast College
Electrical Infrastructure and Construction
01.2012 - 12.2014
Dr Tobie Kotzé
Radiation training
Current
Permit to work
Current
Risk assessment (HIRA)
Current
Working at heights
Current
Confined space
Current
Contractor management
Current
Red Permit
Current
Material Handling
Current
Utility Knife
Current
Mine Safety (Sec.22 and Sec.23)
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