Denver van Wyk, Instrumentation Instructor

Denver van Wyk

Instrumentation Instructor

Sohar Aluminium

البلد
الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
التعليم
دبلوم, Project Management
الخبرات
28 years, 10 أشهر

مشاركة سيرتي الذاتية

حظر المستخدم


الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :28 years, 10 أشهر

Instrumentation Instructor في Sohar Aluminium
  • عمان
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ أغسطس 2007

Member of the project team to set up and develop the Control and Instrumentation training
Develop Control and Instrumentation training materials to an international standards
Train employees in the Control and Instrumentation discipline including Allen Bradley PLC.
Prepared and provided written support materials to trainees and feedback to trainees as well as key stakeholders on trainee progress and competency achievements.
Ensured the training facility is prepared and in a safe manner to conduct training.
Provide on-the-job follow-up to training events to ensure competencies are transferred to the job.

Senior Training Specialist في Emirates Aluminium
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - أبو ظبي
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ مارس 2009

Part of the green field Project Team for Emirates Aluminum, Procuring Original Equipment Manufacturing Training for operation and maintenance personal. Controlling a budget of 3.5 Million dollars.
Stand in Head of Technical Training, managing the department budget, manpower and daily activities to meet the organizations goals.
Engaged in repair, testing, modification and maintenance of control and instrumentation equipment .
Plan, selects sets up, and operates electronic instrumentation
Select, installs, calibrates and checks sensing instrumentation and develops specifications for nonstandard apparatus according to engineering data,
Preventive and corrective maintenance of the plant instrumentation equipment.
Programing and fault finding on the Allen Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers.
Analyze and converts test data to usable form and prepares written reports to translate test results.
Develop and conducts training programs for employees on Control and Instrumentation.
Confer with line management to gain knowledge of work situation requiring training for employees to better understand changes in policies, procedures, regulations and technologies
Formulate teaching outline & determines instructional methods, utilizing knowledge of specified training needs effectiveness of such methods as individual training, group instruction, lectures, demonstrations, conferences, meetings and workshops.
Select or develops teaching aids, like training handbooks, demonstration models, multimedia visual aids, computer tutorials, and reference works.
Test trainees to measure progress to evaluate effectiveness of training.

Senior Instructor في Eskom Koeberg Nuclear Power Station
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أبريل 2003 إلى أغسطس 2007

Analyzed, designed, developed, implemented and evaluated training programs for Control and Instrumentation on the Nuclear Engineering Program
Coordinated Control and Instrumentation training programs for Nuclear Engineering Program
Control and Instrumentation Technician duties during yearly plant outages (Install, calibrate, modify and testing of all field instruments. Maintain turbine instrumentation. Plan, selects sets up, and operates electronic instrumentation. Select, installs, calibrates and checks sensing instrumentation. Write reports to translate test results. Faultfinding on ALSTOHM controls (safeguarding systems). PLC.
Analyzed, designed, developed, implemented and evaluated training programs for PSR.
Coordinated Plant Safety Regulations training programs
Monitored budget expenditure and implemented effective cost cutting initiatives.
Investigated Plant Safety Regulations violations and compiled reports.
Human Performance Representative for the department
Stand-in manager duties:
Comply with all regulatory items and minimize compliance risks.
Application of risk management principles.
Identify, develop and implement organizational training and development strategy
Update reports
Control Budget

Instrumentation Technician في Eskom Koeberg Nuclear Power Station
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أكتوبر 1999 إلى مارس 2003

Corrective and preventative maintenance of all electronic and pneumatic instruments
Troubleshoot and maintained relay logic.
Installed and calibrated all flow, level, temperature and pressure field instruments
Carried out the necessary tests and performance monitoring on instrumentation
Used various instrument measuring equipment
Maintained control valves
Maintained Distributed Control System (DCS)
Supported Engineering to maintain Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system
Programmed PLC’s and performed general maintenance.
Participating in daily production and engineering meetings
Compiled departmental job procedures
Training of trainees technicians and assessing their progress
Liaise with stores to make sure that critical spares and non critical spares are available
Optimizing PID loops in different processes to achieve desired end products as per design
Advising operating and process personnel of best utilizing of the plant control systems
Complete accurate records on SAP of maintenance performed
Raise Notification and completed work orders on SAP
Compiled work packages
Closed out of departmental corrective actions
Support Design Engineering to replace obsolete equipment

Instrumentation Technician في ESKOM T.S.I
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • مارس 1998 إلى سبتمبر 1999

Supervised a team doing Turbine, High Pressure Heaters and Steam feed Pump efficiency test with the help of instrumentation
Analyzing the test results and advise on recommended action to be taken

Instrumentation Technician في Eskom Duhva Power Station
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أغسطس 1995 إلى فبراير 1998

Completed an apprenticeship in the control and instrumentation discipline
Installed flow, temperature, level and pressure field instrument on the coal-fired power plant
Calibrated flow, temperature, level and pressure field instrument on the coal-fired power plant
Commissioned and fault finding of PLC’s
Maintained instrumentation on the boiler and turbine power plant
Used various instrument measuring equipment
Troubleshoot and maintained relay logic
Works with tubing and piping fittings from vacuum to high pressures
Routinely performs safety and productivity observations
Completed maintenance records on the Computerized Maintenance Management System
Used Flow diagrams and electrical drawings to troubleshoot problems
Maintained control valves

الخلفية التعليمية

دبلوم, Project Management
  • في PMI
  • نوفمبر 2012

Project Management Professional (PMI)

دبلوم, Advance Education Training and Development Practioner
  • في UNISA
  • ديسمبر 2005
دبلوم, Project management
  • في Damelin
  • يونيو 2005
دبلوم, Moderator
  • في Assessment College
  • نوفمبر 2004
دبلوم, Assessor
  • في Competency International
  • يناير 2004
دبلوم, Industrial Instrumentation
  • في Wingfield Technical College
  • ديسمبر 2001
الثانوية العامة أو ما يعادلها, Idustrial Instruments Apprentiship
  • في Eskom
  • ديسمبر 1997

Specialties & Skills

Materials
Education
Pressure
Instrumentation
Presentation Skill
Problem Solving Skill
MS Excel
Power Point
Performing on job observations Skill
MS Word
Project Management Skill
Time Management

اللغات

الانجليزية
متمرّس
الأفركانية
متمرّس
الفرنسية
مبتدئ

العضويات

PMI
  • Project Manager
  • November 2012

التدريب و الشهادات

Workplace Assessor (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
Competency International
تاريخ الدورة:
January 2004
Moderate Assessments (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
Assessment College of South Africa
تاريخ الدورة:
November 2004