CV Sorthouse Supervisor, Metallurgical Foreman, DMS plant operator, expat in various African countries

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Last Updated: Sunday, September 19, 2010

I would like to submit my CV for your perusal in application to the following Job postings.

General Metallurgical foreman.
Plant operator.
Maintenance planner for plant operations.
Sorthouse supervisor end chief sorter.

I hope that you will find my experience as the above mentioned to your satisfaction. I have at least 13 years experience in this sector as an expat in various African countries.

Commissioning of crushers and mills, recomissioning of mills after relining.
Wash plant operations: Taking of belt cut samples, pump supervision, slime control and thickeners.
Cyclone inspections and maintenance, changing of spigots.
Titration tests for PH control for settling, flocculants mixing and adding to wash plant thickeners.
Conveyor belt
Maintenance, belt clip replacement, daily screen panel’s inspection and other general maintenance.
Direct supervision and training of workers on operation of Metallurgy Reduction Plants ensuring optimum production.
Relining of mills and relining stock control and monthly/ yearly planning of scheduled jobs as well as inspection of mills.
Operation of crushers, Jaw and Symons crushers i.e. short head and standard.
Maintaining operating standards (density, titrations, and grind on milling section), Scada computerized program, control room operations for milling and crushing sections.
Thickener experience and some experience on filter plant section and kemix plant CIL.

Concentrating on correct operation standards of DMS Plants
Tromp curves, operating of DMS, flow sort DRM as well as Pre-Treatment, and Washing Plants. Managing of workers and technical support.
Metallurgical maintenance.
Coordinating and planning of engineering monthly shutdown maintenance.
Chief sorter in recovery plant.
Initial evaluation, acid treatment of final product, weigh up, final weigh up and preparation of product for dispatch.


Employment
03/2003
03/2008
10/2008
06/2009 Met. Production Foreman (Expat). ITM MINING LIMITED - Diamond Mining
Calonda, Lunda Norte, Angola, West Africa
Benefits: Accommodation, air travel, transport, medical aid

Duties
Concentrating on correct operation standards of DMS Plants
Tromp curves, operating of DMS, flow sort DRM as well as Pre-Treatment, and Washing Plants. Managing of workers and technical support.
Metallurgical maintenance.
Coordinating and planning of engineering monthly shutdown maintenance.
Chief sorter in recovery plant.
Initial evaluation, acid treatment of final product, weigh up, final weigh up and preparation of product for dispatch.
Accomplishments
I have learned to speak a new Language (Portuguese) in the first year, and was accelerating at teaching and training of the local staff on plant operations, health and safety.
Reason for Leaving
Retrenched
03/2008
10/2008

Chief Sorter (Expat).TECMAD MINING SERVICES - Diamond Mining Kimberlitic
Lucapa, Angola, West Africa, Lunda Norte
Benefits: Accommodation, air travel, transport, medical aid

Duties
Evaluation, acid treatment, final weigh up and exporting of product.
Running of operations in final recovery i.e. Coordinating of pickers, DRM technicians,
Maintenance planning, grease tables, wash plant screens, screen panels and cyclone spigots.
Daily inspection of problem areas in washing plant section i.e. fines channel, slime dumps and screen panel.
Thirteen years experience on Flowsort machines as well as DMS plant operations. Wash plant supervisor.

Accomplishments
Commissioning of new Recovery plant classification and sorting equipment. Rear earth magnet to remove ilminite. Single stage Flowsort X-ray sorting machine. Initiating of acidification procedures of the product and preparation of final product for export.
Reason for Leaving
I was on “loan” from Itm. Company to Camutue project for commissioning of new recovery plant and problem solving on DMS and wash plant sections.
03/2003
07/2003
Metallurgy Site Foreman (Expat). SENGA MINES - Diamond Mining
Democratic Republic of Congo, West Africa
Benefits: Medical aid, pension, accommodation, Air travel.

Duties
Operations and supervision of pre-treatment wash plants, DMS Plant.
Grease plant operation.
Cleaning regreasing etc.
Assisting of Chief sorter in final recovery

Accomplishments
Commissioning of 150TPH, 50TPH, 5TPH Bateman DMS plants and Central recovery plant IE: Flowsort double stage machines and Grease tables.
Reason for Leaving
Retrenched
06/2000
01/2003


Production Foreman. STEENCO PLANT
Barkley West, South Africa
Benefits: Medical aid, pension, accommodation,

Duties
Coordinating and managing stockpiles (Alluvial).
Technical and metallurgical supervision.
Pan plants.
Dump truck operator.

Accomplishments
Introduced a small autogenous mill before concentrate go into grease table section to clean product for better recovery
Reason for Leaving
Resigned to accept better offer.
05/2000
02/1995


Metallurgy Production Supervisor/Shift foreman/Reliner. HARTIES GOLD MINE
Stilfontein, South Africa

Duties
Commissioning of crushers and mills, recomissioning of mills after relining.
Wash plant operations: Taking of belt cut samples, pump supervision, slime control and thickeners.
Cyclone inspections and maintenance, changing of spigots.
Titration tests for PH control for settling, flocculants mixing and adding to wash plant thickeners.
Conveyor belt
Maintenance, belt clip replacement, daily screen panel’s inspection and other general maintenance.
Direct supervision and training of workers on operation of Metallurgy Reduction Plants ensuring optimum production.
Relining of mills and relining stock control and monthly/ yearly planning of scheduled jobs as well as inspection of mills.
Operation of crushers, Jaw and Symons crushers i.e. short head and standard.
Maintaining operating standards (density, titrations, and grind on milling section), Scada computerized program, control room operations for milling and crushing sections.
Thickener experience and some experience on filter plant section and kemix plant CIL.

Education
12/1983 Grade 11 at High School Kalahari
Kuruman, South Africa.
Subjects: English, Afrikaans, History, Economics, Bookkeeping, Carpentry.


Courses / Training
2009 Edumine Certificate in the Mill Operating.
Ore preparation, mineral recovery.
2009 Edumine Introduction to mining and mineral processing.
2008 Diamond College Johannesburg
Rough diamond classification and evaluation
19??
Chamber Of Mines Training Center Stilfontein

Metallurgy supervision, washing plants, milling, crushing, relining, slime dumps, titrations, acid and cyanide, plant operations, technical support

Word and excel

I can speak Portuguese and English as well as some French.