Peter Van Vuuren
Gauteng
Summary
Qualified Fitter and Turner with 27 years of experience in manufacturing and building raisebore machines and reamer heads. Expertise encompasses design, machining, fabrication, welding inspection, and hydraulics within the mining and engineering sector. Notable achievements include extensive work on mine shaft equipment, flotation plants, and heavy-duty pumps. Committed to professional growth while leveraging existing skills to contribute effectively in a team or independent setting.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Raisebore site supervisor
Redpath Mining Contractors and Engineers
07.2022 - 12.2024
- Company Overview: Africa
- Experience on Raisebore Machine 70 MDUR and 50 MDUR
- Site establishment to comply with all safety and health standards
- Reporting to contract manager
- Reporting to client HOD’s
- Lead the drilling team to execute the drilling projects effectively
- Ensure compliance of quality plan
- Provide technical advice to drilling team
- Coordinating tasks and procedures on surface and underground
- Oversee quality of the site
- Erecting and disassembly of raisebore machine
- Create daily reports and sign them off by client
- Establish concrete foundations for machine base
- Line up raisebore machine with surveyor
- Overseeing collaring procedure
- Overseeing pilot drilling
- Oversee reaming procedure
- Assembly and disassembly of reamer head
- Cutter change
- Track and monitor equipment
- Repair mechanical breakdowns on raisebore machine
- Rod reports
- SHEQT reports
- Africa
Operations managers/Fitter and Turner/Millwright
Max Power Services (PTY) LTD
10.2021 - 11.2022
- Company Overview: Contract
- Skills: Budget Forecasting
- Project Planning
- Employee Training
- Budget Monitoring
- Budgeting
- Fault Finding
- Strategic Planning
- Operation manager
- Welding Inspection
- Technical Drawing
- Workshop manager
- Boiler making
- Manufacturing
- Contract
HD Fitter and Turner
LJ Process Engineering and mining
02.2015 - 03.2018
- FLOATCELL PARTS
- ( Tailings Retreatment Plant, Platinum and Chrome retreatment plant)
- PLATINUM PLANTS LIKE
- WATERVAL, UG1, UG2, SABANYE STILLWATERS, KROONDAl, AGLO PLATINUM
- Manufacture Parts on Lathe and Milling Machines
- Hydraulic cylinders
- Repairs on Pumps
- Dart valve shafts
- Motor pulleys
- Guide blocks
- Bumper bushes
- Down pipes and swade bars
- Plugs and seats
- Rotors and stators
- Collars
- Stand pipes
- Flotel base
- Falls bottoms
- Float cell guards
- Wiper changes
- Hydraulic leg
- Volute
- Rotor lock nuts
- Bearing unit shafts
- Slue rings
- Scraper blades
- Cone scraper
- All Gearbox repairs (RADICON, FENNER, BONFIGLIOLI)
- Assemble bearing units and pre-load
- Job cards
- Drawings
- Quotations
- Fault finding at factory and on site (PLATINUM PROCESS PLANTS)
- Field service and breakdowns
- EXPERIENCE ON FLOATCELL
- OUTOTECH
- MULLTOTECH
- FLSMIDTH
- OUTOCOMPO
- WEMCO
- METSO
- Bearing units
- -RCS10; 15; 20; 30; 70
- - DR180;300;500
- - OK8;16;50;1320;1500
- - 66;66D;84;120;120D;144;190D
Hydraulic fitter and Turner
Atlantis Hydraulics & Drilling
01.2006 - 12.2015
- Manufacture and Repair a wide variety of high-quality raise bore rigs and drill rigs
- For Atlantis and the mining sector
- Personal skills and competence
- - Work knowledge of CNC machines, heavy duty lathes, Boring mills, drill presses, gear cutters shapers and milling machines
- - Knowledge of various metal qualities
- - Familiar with manufacturing standards, Principles, and machining tolerance
- - Ability to interpret engineering drawings
- - Ability to interpret Hydraulic Drawings
- - Welding and brazing
- - Assemble and dis-assemble hydraulic pumps for repairs
- - Manufacture large Hydraulic cylinders
- - Bending Hydraulic tubing
- - Repairs on Hydraulic motors
- - Manufacture and repair gearboxes
- - Hydraulic hoses
- - Build and repair hydraulic systems
- - General fitting
- - Fabrication
- - Field service
- - Trouble shooting without supervision
- - Commissioning Raise bore machines
- - Repairs, service, maintenance on compressors
- - Rebuild frond end loaders
- - Breakdowns underground repairs
- - Assemble components of a raise boring machine including the drill rig and Hydraulic pack
- - Trouble shooting without supervision
- PARTS MANUFACTURED
- - High strength raisbore drill pipes
- - Large hydraulic cylinders
- - Stabilizers (rotating and non-rotating)
- - Reamers
- - Cross heads
- - Head frames
- - Base and base plates
- - Adaptors
- - Sun gears
- - Seal rings
- - Ring gears
- - Float boxes
- - Pipe loaders
- - Turn buckles
- - Spindle bolts
- - Chucks
- - Torques hafts
- - Expansion pins
- - Planetary gears
- - Oil and water sleeves
- - Worktable inserts
- - "C" style wrenches
- - Bull gears
- - Hydraulic drive shafts
- - Wrap around wrenches
- - 1st, 2nd, 3rd reduction hubs
- - Up and down reamers
- - Chrome Guide columns
- - Burn out rings
HD Fitter and Turner
Mine Track and Tools
- Specialized in Manufacturing of all type of Valves and Mining related products
- Provide technical support and problem solving
- Assistance to complex breakdowns on site and at the client
- Quality control and assurance
- Valve testing, inspection, and certification of final products
- Repair underground Drills, draglines, shovels, Front end loaders, Dump trucks, UV etc
- Building new Underground Locos and hoppers
- Non-conformance reports
- Maintenance
- Developed, recommend, implement corrective actions
- Monitor risks
- - Machine and manufacture all valve parts
- - Working on lathe, Boring mill, and milling machines
- - Repair all hydraulic machines and equipment
- - Dis assembly and assembly of Pumps ( Hydraulic and water)
- - Adjustments and settings
- - Trouble shooting
- - Building Hydraulic systems
- - Field service
- - Repair Hydraulic cylinders
- - Work in fabrication workshop
- - Work in Hydraulic workshop
- - Work in Pattern workshop
- - Work in Pump and electrical motor workshop
- Assembly and valve testing
- - Work in Diaphragm manufacturing shop
- - Drawings
- - Job cards
- - New Designs
- Valve types
- High pressure valves
- Parallel slide valves
- Safety valves
- Relief valves
- Knife gate valves
- Wedge gate valves
- Slurry valves
- Non-return and check valves
- Ball valves
- Gate valves
- Butterfly valves
- Actuators
- Diaphragm valves WM, and Saunders
- Pinch valves ext
Apprentice Fitter and Turner ( Steam)
Next Resource Development
- Company Overview: Oosterlijn steam
- APPRENTICE – Fitter and Turner on steam trains
- - Study Fitting and Turning
- - Study blue prints
- - Study drawings
- - Study manufacturing
- - Study steam trains and save working pressures
- - Manufacture and fit steam train parts
- - Fabrication
- - Repairs on boilers
- - Tensile strength and rivets
- - Layout and install piping ( steam)
- - Pressure testing
- - Hydrostatic testing of boilers
- - Setting of safety valves
- - Breakdowns
- - Manufacture parts for Sappi Ngodwana
- Conveyers
- Elevators
- Pump repairs
- Wood working machinery
- Repair on grabs and bell scaler machines ext
- Oosterlijn steam
Trackless Mobile Machinery Operator
Johannesburg Consolidated investments
- Machine operator
- Boomer Drill Rig
- Sub rock Dump Truck
- Wagner st.3.5 tons
- Bell Scaler
- Normet UV
- Impact Breaker on tip
Welder
TCS
- - Manufacture and repair metal structures
- - Weld pipes
- - Weld columns and beams
- - Weld vessels
- - Read drawings
- - Plan layout
- - Make Templates
- - Take measurements
Education
Production Supervision -
Damelin
01.2015
Fitter and Turner -
Merseta
08.2003
Hydraulics -
Hydraulic Training & Consultants
Skills
- Hydraulic Pump Maintenance
- Hydraulic motors
- Hydraulic cylinders
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Interpret Technical Drawings
- Ability to use measuring equipment
- Knowledge of mechanical maintenance
- Fault finding
- Effective Troubleshooting
- Experienced with Software Platforms
- Field service
- All thread cutting
- Semi-skilled boilermaker
- Gear cutting
- Manufacture large hydraulic cylinders
- Precision Lathe Machining
- Boring Mill Operation
- Milling machines
- Good communication skills
- Hydraulic Systems Troubleshooting
- Assemble hydraulic components
- Hydraulic hoses
- Tubing
References
- Mr. Anthony Wheeler, 083-254-0501, Redpath Mining
- Mr. Ferdie Statco, 082-782-1781
- Mr Warren Freeman 084 701 6876
Affiliations
Teaching and training people
Languages
Afrikaans
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Certification
- Fitter and Turner Section 13
- Diploma in production management
- Hydraulic diploma
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Raisebore site supervisor
Redpath Mining Contractors and Engineers
07.2022 - 12.2024
Operations managers/Fitter and Turner/Millwright
Max Power Services (PTY) LTD
10.2021 - 11.2022
HD Fitter and Turner
LJ Process Engineering and mining
02.2015 - 03.2018
Hydraulic fitter and Turner
Atlantis Hydraulics & Drilling
01.2006 - 12.2015
HD Fitter and Turner
Mine Track and Tools
Apprentice Fitter and Turner ( Steam)
Next Resource Development
Trackless Mobile Machinery Operator
Johannesburg Consolidated investments
Welder
TCS
Production Supervision -
Damelin
Fitter and Turner -
Merseta
Hydraulics -
Hydraulic Training & Consultants
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