Riaan Van Wyk

• Co – Ordination of all instrument maintenance
• Do inspections in my area
• Load cards for defects
• Prioritizing work
• Looking at spare requirements
• Ordering of spares
• Equipment and services required to execute work (Scaffolding, Insulation, Mechanical, Rigging)
• Planning of work together with planning department
• Permit – RSA (Permit to Work)
• Planning and running Shutdowns
• Scoping of work to be done in shutdown
• Sourcing of all spares required to do shutdown
• Sourcing of Extra labour depending on scope
• Sourcing of transport and vehicles for shutdown purposes as to transport equipment and people as required by scope and time frame
• Planning of work as per time frame together with planning department
• Ensuring execution of tasks in shutdown goes according to schedule and is safely performed
• Handling and maintaining discipline under subordinates when acting in foremen position
• Total acting as foreman +/- 7 years
• Attending meetings with different departments on work to be done and problem solving
• Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
• Apply company disciplinary code
• Ensuring work is done according to standard
• Handling transgression effectively and swiftly as to correct behavior
• TRA – Task Risk Assessments
• Maintaining a safe and productive workplace
• Ensure maintenance is done effectively as to ensure stable operations
• Ensuring subordinates have all safety equipment required to execute work safely
• Do inspections on plant identify unsafe areas or situations and rectifying
• Completed proactive maintenance and repair actions to keep equipment operating at peak levels.
• Put together task risk assessments to assist guys day to day in performing work safely
• Inspections on all equipment used to perform work for safety transgressions
• Innovative thinking
• Coming up with new ideas to improve operations in my area
• Launching projects to get the new agreed improvements installed
• Updating and maintaining of all Drawings and Data sheets for equipment as to ensure equipment information is up to date and available.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
• Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
• Standby duties.

• Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
• Prioritizing and carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Removed damaged instruments and repaired components.
• Do inspections in my area.
• Load cards for defects.
• Signing of Permits – RSA (Permit to Work).
• Planning and running Shutdowns.
• TRA – Task Risk Assessments.
• Maintenance is done effectively as to ensure stable operations.
• Put together task risk assessments to assist my day to day in performing work safely.
• Innovative thinking.
• Coming up with new ideas to improve operations in my area.
• Updating and maintaining of all Drawings and Data sheets for equipment as to ensure equipment information is up to date and available.
• Sourcing of all spares required to do day to day jobs.
• Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
• Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working.
• Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
• Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
• Actively listened to process personal, handled process concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisor.
• Identified issues by testing and troubleshooting instruments, components and assemblies using voltmeters, circuit testers and communicators.
• Modified, maintained or repaired electronics equipment or systems to achieve proper functioning.
• Completed proactive maintenance and repair actions to keep equipment operating at peak levels.
• Controllers
• Level transmitters
• Flow transmitters
• Trip systems
• Ph meters
• Density meters
• Chemical dosing pump system
• Batching systems (palletizers, Festo bag packing and weighing machine, hopper batching system)
• Weighing systems (belt weight scales, load cell systems)
• Conveyer belt metal detector system
• Dust Collector systems and replacing solenoids
• Project work:
• Installation and commissioning of level, flow, temperature, and final control valves
• Expansion projects.
• Standby duties.

• Maintenance of all instrumentation on running plant equipment which included: Inspections
• Reporting of deviations and defects.
• Sourcing and acquisition of all necessary spares and equipment necessary for repairs
• General day to day preventative plant maintenance
• Breakdown and emergency defects
• Shut down and day to day maintenance (removal, inspection, repair of defects, replacement of broken parts, refurbishment of old parts, reassembly, installation and re-commissioning)
• Checking of mass flow meters accuracy which clients where billed according to
• Repair work and installation assistance on control systems and PLC systems
• Training of learners and learning assistance to all Junior Artisans
• Shutdown maintenance and day to day maintenance and training on the following equipment:
• Control valves
• Controllers
• Level transmitters
• Flow transmitters
• Temperature Transmitters
• Trip systems
• Chemical dosing pump systems
• TDC Control systems (Honeywell TDC2000/3000 and Honeywell Experian)
• PLC Systems (Moore Quad log, Festo and Siemens S7)
• Compressor control system Maintenance
• FSC system (Fail Safe Control system)
• Standby duties with an artisan.
• Removed damaged instruments and repaired components.
• Kept shop area and equipment clean, organized and maintained.
• Identified issues by testing and troubleshooting instruments, components and assemblies using voltmeters, circuit testers and oscilloscopes.
• Conducted troubleshooting procedures and root cause analysis to determine causes of problems.
• Modified, maintained or repaired electronics equipment or systems to achieve proper functioning.

• Maintenance of all instrumentation on running plant equipment which included:
• Inspections of termowels, temperature indicators, temperature elements.
• Calibration of pressure gauges.
• Reporting of deviations and defects
• Works card generation and execution from reports
• Sourcing and acquisition of all necessary spares and equipment necessary for repairs
• General day to day preventative plant maintenance
• Breakdown and emergency defects
• Shut down maintenance (removal, inspection, repair of defects, replacement of broken parts, refurbishment of old parts, reassembly, installation and re-commissioning)
• Shutdown maintenance and day to day maintenance on the following equipment:
• Control valves
• Continues improvement projects
• Responsible for factory acceptance tests on behalf of client
• Basic first aider for workshop
• Within this role:
• Attended courses in basic CPR and first aid
• Monthly inspections on all first aid kits in work area
• Responsible for making recommendation for improving basic health and safety in works area
• Basic fire fighter
• Within this role:
• Part of first response team for small fires
• Housekeeping inspections pertaining to fire hazards
• Inspection and testing of all fire equipment
• Received training in all types of fire extinguisher as well as fixed monitor extinguishers and high pressure hose systems

Had to wire control panels and do wiring of the complete machine

• Shuttle cars, roof bolter's, buffalo car and oil tankers
• When a machine arrives for maintenance, I had to strip off all the control panels and send it to be cleaned, sandblasted, sprayed and skimmed the flame paths of all enclosures.
• After receiving the panels I had to ensure that the flame path is correct because it was flame proof boxes
• I had to do my lay out of equipment in the box and wiring harness,
• Had to wire according to the electric drawings.
• After wiring the control panels I had to install them on the machine and make sure that it is working by measuring all the contacts.