DERRICK MTHEMBU

• TGS - Servicing and refurbishing all rotating equipment and related components with focus on maintenance engineering of power station turbines and generators.
  
• 1-2 months departmental visits to learn processes and for exposure:

1.1 Quality Assurance.
1.2 Planning.
1.3 Project management.
1.4 NDT
1.5 Bearing Services and OSM
1.6 Balancing Services (Balancing of rotating components)

1.7 Quality Control

• Performed assessments requiring application of professional methods and techniques.
• Training courses
• Vendor visits
• Assisting Engineers on the current projects.

The Integrated Polypropylene Products company manufactures a wide Denier range of Polypropylene tapes, flat and fibrillated tapes in different colours, different package types, and high-demand fabrics for mining and geotextile industries. My duties were as follows:

1.Quality tester and Inspector for polypropylene tapes.
2. Computing bar codes.
3. Using SYSPRO to monitor the Work-In-Progress.
4. Capturing products in the system.
5. Comparing the actual with the projected production.
6. Involved in projects to improve the production
quality and production rate.

Designing, constructing and refurbishing the equipment for the university workshop laboratories.

• Design and make drawings with the use of SolidWorks.
• Formulating design concepts and drawings for the workshop technicians.
• Assembling and disassembling components, exposure to tooling and CNC machines and making use of the excel spreadsheet to keep records of our work.

Smiths manufacturing is an accredited automotive component manufacturing company, based in New Germany, Pinetown. The training was a period of three months, for two weeks rotations in each department. The departments I trained in are as follows:
1. Test lab.
2. Plant engineering (Maintenance).
3. Engineering.
4. Drawing Office.
5. Metrology.
6. Tool Room.

• Demonstrated exceptional subject knowledge, adapting teachings to age-appropriate stages, building and nurturing positive student relationships, and devising mentoring programs.
• Evaluated students, provided instruction, and provided compassionate pastoral support.
• Used effective communication during coordination of activities, improved social functions, and delivered high-quality tuition, promoting development and classroom management.

• This includes preparing before lab session and assist students during laboratory session
• Work closely with students during lab sessions and guide them through experiments
• Mark students' lab workbooks and provide timely feedback to students accordingly.