Lukholo Mpaka

• To plan and independently conduct inspection with the aim of ensuring compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 85 of 1993, Regulations and incorporated Standards.
• Plan and conduct allocated proactive inspections as per schedule to monitor compliance with the relevant labour legislation including compiling and consolidating reports emanating from such inspections.
• Plan, investigate and finalize independently incidents and complaints reported pertaining to the OHS Act and the relevant regulations and enforce as and when necessary.
• Plan and conduct advocacy campaigns on all labour legislation independently, analyze impact thereof, consolidate and compile report.
• Contribute at a higher level to planning, drafting and maintenance of regional inspection plans and reports including, execution of analysis and compilation of consolidated statistical reports on regional and allocated cases.
• Conduct the registration of competent persons: GMR2 and electrical contractors, and approval of equipment and machinery: boilers, lifting man-cage, elevators and escalators, stacking.

Positions held:

Cable Designer: 2019/09 – 2021/09

• Develop cable designs on Cimteq Cable Builder.
• Create designs against various national, international and customer specifications.
• Maintain, manage and update industrialized designs.
• Optimize designs to improve product, processes, quality, and costs.
• Co-ordinate with factory to ensure capacity to manufacture power cables.
• Ensure active designs on SAP are up to date.
• Update site cable design manual.
• Provide technical assistance to customers.
• Initiate and commend change proposals on cable designs.
• Create and run trial designs through the factory for factory capability.

Development Technician: 2018/10 – 2019/08

Management Trainee: 2017/01 – 2018/09

• Coordinate the planning, testing and reporting of testing in the laboratory.
• Conduct type testing and other specialized testing on Aberdare power cable products, and on behalf of external organizations.
• Write technical reports on tests carried out in laboratory in accordance with various national and international specifications.
• Develop test procedures for laboratory use.
• Conduct developmental projects on power cable material.
• Propose new cable testing equipment with the latest technology.
• Conduct routing electrical tests on finished low, medium and high voltage polyvinyl chloride, cross-linked polyethylene and paper insulated power cables.
• Ensure test equipment is calibrated and test specifications are updated.

In-service Trainee: 2016/01 – 2016/12

• Involved in electrical upgrades of the factory machines.
• Performed wiring of electrical panels for factory development projects.
• Assisted Electricians and Artisans with maintenance of electrical breakdown of factory machines.
• Conducted type and routing testing of power cables against various national and international specifications.
• Compiled test reports and developed test procedures for laboratory use.