Automation Engineer
Private
Total years of experience :40 years, 4 Months
Installation and maintenance to component level of all electronic equipment
Installation and maintenance of all PLC equipment
Maintenance of SCADA packages
Fine tuning Instrumentation installations
Calibration of all control equipment
PLC programming, fault finding
Installation and faultfinding on AC drives and motors
Installation and faultfinding on DC drives and motors
Capex control, budgeting
Planning effective and efficient staff usage
Installation and maintenance to component level of all electronic equipment
Installation and maintenance of all PLC equipment
Maintenance of SCADA packages
Fine tuning Instrumentation installations
Calibration of all control equipment
PLC programming, fault finding
Installation and faultfinding on AC drives and motors
Installation and faultfinding on DC drives and motors
Assist mechanical and electrical departments with breakdowns, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical LV and MV
Daily meetings with technical and production to improve quality and ensure uptime of equipment
Team leader and team member
Time keeping, discipline
Assist SHE department with a safe working enviroment
Capex control, budgeting
Planning effective and efficient staff usage
Maintain all machinery, ensure uptime of all machinery for production
Installation and maintenance of all PLC equipment, fault finding, programing
Assist electrical and mechanical departments with breakdowns.
Design and maintain all electronic / electrical / mechanical / hydraulic / pneaumatic systems
Calibration of all control equipment
Board repair to component level
Staff control
Maintenance and installation of all computer equipment (Hardware, networks, mainframes)
Installation and maintenance to component level of all electronic equipment
Development of electronic equipment
Travelling to other abattoirs within the company to assist with breakdowns
Maintenance in the refridgeration department
Maintenance and installation of electrical equipment
Stand in for the Technical manager when he is unavailable
Responsibilities All aspects of normal apprenticeship
3 Months of the year was spent in the training centre
5 Months of the year was spent at Technikon
The rest of the year was on the job training
Matriculated at Linpark High in 1979 Subjects - English -Afrikaans - Mathematics - Science - Technical drawing - Electronics National Diploma (T3) at Vaal Triangle Technikon - Electrical Engineering Heavy Current Subjects - Electrical Engineering - Electrical Machines - Digital Systems - Electronics - Mechanical Technology - Strength of materials Completed Electrical Apprenticeship with an A grade pass. The time being done with AngloVaal