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DUMSANI WISEMAN MAYISELA

Instrumentation And Control Technician
Selection Park, Springs

Summary

I am at a mid level career with 3 years of experience within Process instrumentation, Control, and Electrical as Instrument technician at Element Six, working with transmitters, maintenance work, fault-finding and troubleshooting in PLCs (Siemens, Schneider mostly) , AC & DC Drives, Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems. Working in project designs from Controls Implementation, BoM, cable Scheduling, IO listing to installation, IO check up to commissioning. I have National Diploma in Electronic Engineering (instrumentation) obtained at Durban University of Technology I have knowledge of Industrial communication Protocols and field buses. I have a driver’s license C1 and own vehicle, I'm open to learn new things and as part of that I would appreciate to explore the field from a different environment.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages

Work History

INSTRUMENTION AND CONTROL TECHNICIAN

Element Six
Springs
04.2022 - Current
  • Working under both Engineering Maintenance and Projects team
  • On my daily basis I do preventative maintenance in Heavy industrial machines, High pressure and high temperature systems, chemical/leaching plants, scrubbing systems and grinders, Attending breakdowns, faultfinding PLCs (Siemens, Schneider and Omron), heat and VS drives, hydraulics and pneumatic systems
  • Doing planned maintenance and instrument calibrations
  • Installing, setting up transmitters (flow, pressure, level, temperature and PH)
  • I work with Analyzer instruments, Prominent PH Units and controllers, conductivity and scrubbing systems
  • I do diagnostics in gas monitoring systems, electrochemical cells from GFG and Helio and do pump tests
  • I Close job cards on JDE.
  • Assisting my supervisor on tasks he cannot get to, monitored supply levels and requested additional spare parts, manuals or tools
  • Performing standby and attend callouts after hours
  • Communicating with instruments/transmitters suppliers for units required for our applications
  • Under projects I do projects design, FDS, loop drawings, bill of materials, cable Scheduling, IO list on excel, point to point IO testing and cold/hot commissioning
  • Setting up Siemens Ethernet switches for MRP client and manager
  • Implementation of automated system for stand alone & repetitive systems
  • Setting up and configure IPCs (industrial process computer ) for SCADA installation and MES integration.
  • Coordinated with engineers and producers to ensure effective operation of broadcast systems.
  • Revamped systems and upgraded wiring, PLCs and drives to handle changing needs.

TRAINEE TECHNICIAN, ELEMENT SIX

Element Six
Springs
04.2021 - 04.2022


  • Doing Panel wiring and designing Working under maintenance team, attending breakdowns
  • Doing fault finding in PLCs, drives and process control instruments calibration
  • Doing projects, installation, IO testing and commissioning.

Education

National Diploma - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING(INSTRUMENTATION

DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Durban
06.2017 - 05.2020

Process Instrumentation 1,2 & 3 - undefined

NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE - Mathematics And Physical Science

SIPHOKUHLE S SCHOOL
KwaNgema, Mkhondo
01.2013 - 05.2016

Skills

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Additional Information

  • I made a drawing and graphical view of the plant and IO list. Wired the instruments i.e., level transmitters, motor contactors to Siemens PLC Write the program to control the level of the tanks and run the agitator motor Programmed the alarm system and acknowledge buttons. The project was successfully commissioned, signed off and still running. 200KW DC Power supply development (LFAC) Drafting a drawing from the transformer side to thyristors and to the machine Installing the thyristors in a correct sequence on the copper bus bars Wiring thyristors to the controller card, do the phasing and testing. Connecting the controller card to a PLC where it will get the setpoint and the direction change. The LFAC was successfully done, and it is delivering heat to the machine as required. E6 diamond Leaching plant upgrade Assisting my mentor to develop IO list, cabling termination and sizes. Involved in installation of equipment’s. Involved in IO testing and commissioning of the plant. Commissioning 100 Mpa Hydraulic press Analysis drawings and do field wiring and internal wiring Done point to point I/O check and commissioning Red line drawings for additional IOs.

Certification

TIA Service 1 Training - [10/07/23 - 14/07/23]]

Timeline

TIA Service 1 Training - [10/07/23 - 14/07/23]]

07-2023

INSTRUMENTION AND CONTROL TECHNICIAN

Element Six
04.2022 - Current

TRAINEE TECHNICIAN, ELEMENT SIX

Element Six
04.2021 - 04.2022

National Diploma - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING(INSTRUMENTATION

DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
06.2017 - 05.2020

NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE - Mathematics And Physical Science

SIPHOKUHLE S SCHOOL
01.2013 - 05.2016

Process Instrumentation 1,2 & 3 - undefined

DUMSANI WISEMAN MAYISELAInstrumentation And Control Technician