Nicolaas Jacobus Vermaak

Seasoned Production Technician bringing 17 years of hands-on experience inspecting and testing finished products and performing maintenance tasks such as making minor equipment adjustments. Tech-savvy individual possessing outstanding safety record and documented history of increasing efficiency and decreasing costs. Well-versed in maintaining and monitoring physical inventories and creating comprehensive reports on status of operating equipment.

Technician at Columbus Stainless Steel

Middelburg Technical High School, Matric, 2001, Technikon Pretoria - Witbank Campus, Nat. Dip. In Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, 2005 / 2006, 

HIGHVELD INTERNAL TRAINING, Personnel Induction, First Aid, General Health and Safety Training, Quality Assurance Awareness for Supervisors (SHEQ), Reliable Control Maintenance, Outcomes Based Safety Training Level 1, 2 & 3, Basic Electrical Training at C.T.C. College, Mobilift Licence, 

COLUMBUS STAINLESS TRAINING, GHAST (General Health and Safety Training), First Aid, Team Manager Induction, Fire Training, Situational Leadership, Management Development Programme - University of Pretoria (Gibbs), Advanced hydraulic training, Problem Solving Techniques, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Office Outlook, Paint and Notepad, Microsoft Projects, JD Edwards, Domino Doc and Solid Edge

• Highveld Steel and Vanadium, Sponsor Student /Junior Technician / Engineering Foreman, January 2005 to September 2007, Personal growth
• Columbus Steel, Maintenance Team Manager Z-Mills, 03 September 2007 – 1 January 2009, Newly appointed
• Columbus Steel, Maintenance Team Manager Z-mill 2, 01 January 2009 – 01 January 2010, Internal move
• Columbus Steel, Maintenance Team Manager SL1 / SL3, 01 January 2010 – 19 March 2014, Internal move
• Columbus Steel, Maintenance Technician Final Lines, 19 March 2014 – 07/11/2018, Restructuring
• Columbus Steel, Production and Mechanical Technician, 07 November 2018 – currently, Personal growth

• ID Number: 830921 5012 086
• Age: 40
• Nationality: South African (White Male)
• Driving License: Yes
• Marital Status: Married

I have completed the following modules in the Management Development Program

1. Operational Effectiveness - To appreciate and use the broad vocabulary and concepts of business.

2. Business Environment - To understand the interaction and interplay between various functions of an organization.

3. Effective Execution - To understand current and emerging methods for evaluating organizational performance.

4. Business Finance for Managers - To help accelerate the rate of change in your organization as it affects individuals, teams and the group as a whole.

5. Essential Communication Tools - To work with and through your people as individuals and teams.

6. People & Performance Management - To understand current and emerging methods for evaluating organizational performance.

7. Marketing for Managers - To optimize your use of information and knowledge to sustain competitive advantage.

8. Managing the Art of Innovation - To evolve your perceptions of how organizations develop and deliver products and services.

9. Business Strategy for Managers & Simulation - To unlock your own creativity in the process of growing organizations, teams and individuals.

10. Action Learning Project, Personal Development Plan, Individual Development Report. - To better understand the current and future global economic and social environments, with a special emphasis on the new economy.

I have taught myself Solid edge V15 drawing program.  This enabled me to create professional manufacturing drawings.