Tapera Dzapatsva, Mechanical Technician

Tapera Dzapatsva

Mechanical Technician

Chrometech Holdings

Lieu
Afrique du Sud
Éducation
Diplôme, Plant Engineering
Expérience
21 years, 0 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :21 years, 0 Mois

Mechanical Technician à Chrometech Holdings
  • octobre 2011 à mars 2014

1. Chrometech Holdings October 2011to Date
Position Mechanical Technician.

Mechanical Fitter & Pipefitter à Senet Services
  • janvier 2010 à août 2011

2. Senet Services (ERITREA gold project) January 2010 to August 2011
Mechanical Fitter & Pipefitter

Maintenance Fitter (Pelletizing Plant) à Pelletizing Plant
  • juillet 2008 à décembre 2009

3. Xstrata Alloys (Rustenburg Smelter) July 2008 to December 2009
Position Maintenance Fitter (Pelletizing Plant)

Pipe Fitter à Pelletizing Plant
  • octobre 2007 à mai 2008

4. SMEI PROJECTS October 2007 to May 2008
Position Pipe Fitter

Turbine Maintenance fitter à Duvha Powerstation Eskom
  • Afrique du Sud
  • février 2007 à septembre 2007

Corrective Maintenance
.Balances all Equipments to ensure that it returns to its normal working condition.
Eqipment monitiring.
.Monitor physical condition of rotating equipments so that it is maintained in a suitable condition and maintenance can be carried out in a planned manner.
Preventive Maintenance.
.Measures thickness of plant equipments using suitable equipment detector, and takes temperature and vibration readings.
Reporting.
.Take all routine and emergency incidents, maintain information in the database.Prepare routine and special reports as per directions from supervisor.
Policies & Procedures.
.Follow all relevant operational procedures so that work is carried out in controlled manner.
Safety, Quality, & Environment.
.Follow all relevant safety, quality and environment control procedures and instructions so that personal safety / the safety of others is not jeopardised and a minimum level of product /service quality and environmental impact can be guaranteed

Fitter and Turner Machinist à Zimchem Refiners
  • janvier 1993 à décembre 2006

6. Zimchem Refiners (Zimbabwe) January 1993 to December 2006
Position (1) Fitter and Turner Machinist
(2) Mechanical Supervisor
(3) Planned Maintenance Officer


Duties And Responsibilities
• Checking equipment and operating systems and correct where ever necessary.
• Ensure mechanical operations, standards and controls are maintained at high quality.
• Ensure high level technical support to lower level artisans.
• Show expertise in working with team and independently.
• Comply with company safety guidelines and procedures.
• Repair and perform preventive maintenance as per established standards on all rotating and static equipment and corrosion control.
• To indentify spare parts required for maintenance work, from manufactures drawings and parts lists.
• Inspect completed work for conformance with specs and requirements.
• Actively participate in accident and incident investigations.
• Ensure that risk assessments are filled and all hazards identified and control measures put in place.

Maintenance
* Plant equipment installation, commissioning and maintenance, overhauling problem equipment, basic rigging, pipe fabrication and installation and plant lubrication
* Pumps- Centrifugal- Single and multistage, piston, gear, vane, position displacement type and vertical spindle (modules mother splat, Cochrane, worman, KSB & sulzer)
* Furnaces, replacement of contact shoes, pressure rings, bass tubes, slipping devices (e.g. slipping blocks, co-fans repairs, pre heater assembly, hoist maintenance, insulations, arc testing, casing installation with casing welders and inspection of lifting equipment to HSEC Standards.
* Gearboxes- Worm and wheel, variable step up, reduction, gear train setting backlashes, tooth contact, shaft floats, overhauling, installing and alignment.
* Hydraulics and pneumatics- fault finding, actuators, variable and fixed pumps, hoses-fixed and removable fittings, circuit identification and trouble shootings.
* Conveyors- Rubber, chain, bucket elevators fixed drive coupling and condition monitoring.
* Compressors-Atlas copco, piston, screw, storages tanks and accessories.
* Boilers- Coal fired, steam reticulation, heat exchanges, pipe-work, steam valves reconditioning and servicing.
* Power generation - Overhauling turbines, HP. IP. LP, generators, high pressure valves reconditioning and commissioning.

Éducation

Diplôme, Plant Engineering
  • à City &Guilds London institute
  • août 2000

1.Diploma in Mechanical Engineering pass with credit. 2.Mechanical Engineering Technicians Part 2 pass with distinction. 3.National certificate in Machine shop craft practice. 4.Skilled worker class one in Fitting including Machining.

Diplôme, Mechanical Engineering
  • à Harare Polytechic
  • novembre 1992

Specialties & Skills

Compressors
Mechanical Maintenance
Maintenance Planning
Power Plants
ACTUATORS
ASSEMBLY
BOILERS
COAL FIRED
COMPRESSORS
CONVEYORS
CORROSION
CORROSION CONTROL
FABRICATION
MAINTENANCE
fitting and turning including machining

Langues

Anglais
Expert

Formation et Diplômes

Modern Maintenance Management Techiniques and Application (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Zimbabwe institute of Management
Date de la formation:
September 1996
Durée:
40 heures

Loisirs

  • Walking,Playing tennis, Watching sport, Reading techinical manuals.
    In 2001 i, and ten of our college students together with lectures of the school did a sponsored walk from our school to harare townhouse a distance of 75 km and raised money for a children;s home next to our school. and awarded with medals and recognition by the Mayor of the city.