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Louis Clinton Williams

Louis Clinton Williams

Mechanical Fitter
Simonstown

Summary

I always had a passion of working with my hands and coming in the mechanical industry has thought me alot of the engineering world. I am a strong hardworking team player, willing to share my knowledge and welcome the chance to gain more experience and opportunity to improve my skills. Have experience by doing mechanical maintenance and fault finding on machinery, working with hand tools/power tools. Lifting and moving loads by use of overhead crane or mechanical lifting. Planned maintenance and unplanned jobs. Read and interpret drawings and use of machinery such as lathe,milling machine, drilling machine etc. Work from job cards, doing inspections on equipment and machinery, report defects to supervisor, but repair if necessary need. Doing standby and attending to breakdowns to minimise machinery downtime. Doing my job to the best of my ability, conduct risk assessment and adhere to occupational health and safety regulations. I am in the market to get stability and grow forward with the vision and values of the company and adhere to all policies

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Mechanical Fitter

ARMSCOR DOCKYARD
06.2022 - Current
  • Dismantled and reassembled delicate mechanisms
  • Performed onsite maintenance and repair work.
  • Reviewed finished equipment for accurate fit and assembly.
  • Increased productivity with the timely replacement of worn parts and maintaining optimal machine conditions.
  • Improved equipment performance by conducting regular maintenance checks and repairs.
  • Contributed to project completion by assembling, fitting, and aligning complex mechanical components accurately.
  • Maintained a clean work environment by following established housekeeping procedures, reducing hazards and ensuring worker safety.
  • Thoroughly read and comprehended blueprints in order to understand how installation was to be performed.
  • Demonstrated expertise using various hand tools, power tools, measuring devices, and precision instruments for accurate job execution.
  • Assisted in training junior mechanical fitters on proper techniques, fostering effective teamwork and skill development within the department.
  • Completed detailed inspections of electrical and mechanical components to identify issues.
  • Collaborated with coworkers, discussing assembly, and needed product adjustments.
  • Developed and coordinated effective predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance approaches.
  • Frequently diagnosed mechanical problems and determined how to correct issues.
  • Identified mechanical problems and determined best solutions for correction.
  • Performance mechanical maintenance on mechanical equipment of vessels.
  • Refurbished/replace worn and damaged part.
  • Perform maintenance on pumps, gearboxes, replacement of mechanical seals, impellers, bearings.
  • Replace couplings and lazer align shafts of equipment vertical and horizontal.
  • Refurbish and lapping of valve seats and pressure test seat to specified operating pressures.

Fitter

AFRISAM Cement
02.2022 - 05.2022


  • Followed safe work practices, which included fall protection and personal protective equipment.
  • Reduced downtime by performing preventative maintenance on equipment, ensuring smooth operations.
  • Inspection to prevent breakdowns and report defects to supervisor but repair if necessary and complete job cards.
  • Remove and replace of bearings, overall gearbox. Alignment of motor and couplings. working with valves and pumps.
  • Attend to breakdowns and standby call outs to maximize plant run, conduct risks assessment.
  • Adhere to occupational health and safety regulations. Fault finding, working on heights, lift and move loads.
  • Basic hydraulic and pneumatics fault finding on circuit. Hand tool work with power tool

Fitter and Turner

PPC CEMENT
01.2021 - 12.2021
  • Applied strong problem-solving skills to address unexpected challenges that arose during the fitting process.
  • Measured, marked, cut, bored, fitted and installed various piping or structural components in accordance with blueprints and job specifications using hand and power tools.
  • Followed safe work practices, which included fall protection and personal protective equipment.
  • Reduced downtime by performing preventative maintenance on equipment, ensuring smooth operations.
  • Operated welding equipment to assemble and repair metal structures and elements.
  • Followed Operational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations to promote safe equipment operation and workplace safety.
  • Maintained machinery and tools to keep fabrication processes running smoothly.
  • Worked with presses, saws and drills to manipulate metal components for structural fabrication.
  • Managed subcontractor relationships to maintain project timelines and ensure high-quality workmanship.

Fitter and Turner Apprentice

PPC CEMENT
03.2018 - 12.2020

Responsibility as a an apprentice was to attend to job tasks with artisan to observe and learn from artisan. To work with artisan on call outs and assist with work such as removal of bearings, gearboxes,pneumatics and hydraulic pums, gates and actuators. Complete on the job tasks and training centre modules. Work on lathe and milling machine.

Fitter Assistant

AFRISAM CEMENT
07.2015 - 07.2017
  • Applied problem-solving skills to assist artisan and discuss unexpected challenges that arose during the fitting processes
  • Followed safe work practices, which included fall protection and personal protective equipment.
  • Reduced downtime by performing preventative maintenance on equipment, ensuring smooth operations.
  • Assist artisan with standby call outs to minimize downtime and maximize plant running time
  • Clean work areas where we worked, housekeeping in workshop.

Education

Certificate - Engineering

SKF, Cape Town
03.2024

•Bearing Maintenance & Technology

Certificate - Engineering

SKF, Cape Town
03.2024

• Precision Laser Alignment

Certificate - Engineering

Festo, Cape Town
11.2023

Advance hydraulics

•Design, install and test an Advance/electro-Hydraulic system

Certificate Of Technical Studies - Engineering

FESTO, Cape Town
11.2022

• Basic Hydraulics


•Design, Install and test a basic hydraulic system

Certificate Of Technical Studies - Mechanical Engineering

PPC TRAINING ACADEMY , Mahikeng
12.2020

•TRADE CERTIFICATE

• FITTER AND TURNER

Certificate Of Technical Studies - Mechanical Engineering

Falsebay College , Cape Town
12.2017

•N2 Fitting and Turning

•engineering science

•engineering drawings

•Fitting and machining Theory

•Mathematics

Certificate Of Technical Studies - Mechanical Engineering

Artisan Training Institution , Roodepoort Johannesburg
02.2016

Fitting Artisan assistant Level 1

Grade 12 - High School

Hoerskool Vaalrivier , Barkley West
12.2012

Skills

Troubleshooting

Timeline

Mechanical Fitter - ARMSCOR DOCKYARD
06.2022 - Current
Fitter - AFRISAM Cement
02.2022 - 05.2022
Fitter and Turner - PPC CEMENT
01.2021 - 12.2021
Fitter and Turner Apprentice - PPC CEMENT
03.2018 - 12.2020
Fitter Assistant - AFRISAM CEMENT
07.2015 - 07.2017
SKF - Certificate, Engineering
SKF - Certificate, Engineering
Festo - Certificate, Engineering
FESTO - Certificate Of Technical Studies, Engineering
PPC TRAINING ACADEMY - Certificate Of Technical Studies, Mechanical Engineering
Falsebay College - Certificate Of Technical Studies, Mechanical Engineering
Artisan Training Institution - Certificate Of Technical Studies, Mechanical Engineering
Hoerskool Vaalrivier - Grade 12, High School
Louis Clinton WilliamsMechanical Fitter