Driver, Maintenance Mechanic and Assistant Transport Dispatcher
government officials and partners
Total years of experience :31 years, 1 Months
UNHCR- (Driver, Maintenance Mechanic and Assistant Transport Dispatcher) 2002--2009
• \{DRIVER\} My responsibilities were to drive all UNHCR staff, guests (government officials and partners), deliver official mails take conveys to sub-stations and other places required by the office and perform other jobs that were required by the office.
• \{MAINTENANCE MECHANIC\} I was responsible to conduct maintenance on all head office vehicles, inspect all vehicles for relevant safety equipments to ensure that each vehicle is fit for mission or trip.
• I diagnose mechanical faults and help identify spare parts for repairs and replacements and also road test after maintenance and repairs to ensure that the vehicles are properly fit as required by standard.
• I go on recovery whenever there is brake down on the highway.
• I served as an assistant transport dispatch to the fleet manager in dispatching vehicles to locations as may be required by the office.
• I also perform other duties relating to logistics ( purchasing when necessary)
My responsibilities were to drive all staff, take conveys to substations, deliver official mails and perform other duties as were required.
Perform maintenance on all vehicles at the head office and ensure that they were road worthy and fit for missions.
Diagnose mechanical faults and help identify spares for repairs and replacements.
Also went on recovery and serve as dispatcher.
PACIFIC ARCTHITECTS AND ENGINEERS (PAE) -Sierra Leone (1997-2000 Supervisor ( Aviation Fuel and Diesel) and Mechanic-Workshop (Freetown)
• I served as aviation attendant during the mission with Ecomog station in Kenema with PAE. I was responsible for the refuelling of all aircrafts that were in the operation during the conflict (war) of Sierra Leone.
• I went to Liberia from Kenema, Sierra Leone to get fuel (aviation fuel-JetA1 and diesel) for mission use-that was where the Ecomog troops were stationed and at different locations within the country and that of PAE base in Kenema.
• I had responsibilities to issue fuel to every unit at the frontline and at the end of each period, I compiled reports to my supervisor on fuel consumptions monthly.
• I also served as a mechanic in the workshop in Freetown as an overhauling mechanic in charge with a team.
Supervisor (mechanic in the workshop responsible for overhauling and in charge of aviation and diesel fuel.
Had the responsibilities to supply all frontline equipments with fuel and compiled consumptions reports at each period ending.
PACIFIC ARCTHITECTS AND ENGINEERS (PAE), LIBERIA (1996-1997)
AVIATION FUEL HANDLING (JetA1) SUPERVISOR
• I was responsible for all Ecomog, I.C.I. (International Charter Incorporated) and other humanitarian aircrafts that were serving in the mission during the Liberian conflict.
• I was responsible to monitor all aviation fuel depots that were setup in various locations in the country.
• I did daily supply to aircrafts and compiled reports on monthly consumptions of all aircrafts.
• I drove fuel tankers to the terminals to lift for operational use.
MOBIL OIL INC., LIBERIA (1995-1996)
LIGHT AND HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC
• I work as a mechanic serving and repairing all of the company's light and heavy duties vehicles. There I identified mechanical faults and identified spare parts for maintenance, repairs and replacements
• I was responsible for installations of all generators at service stations in and around the city (Monrovia) and also carried on maintenance and repairs as were requested or required.
• I was also responsible for the maintenance and repairs of the compound's generators and the water pump machines which supplied water to various houses.
• I also drove fuel tankers to service stations and to other customers as per office request.
Worked as mechanic on all vehicles belonging to the company, repair stations generators (service stations), repair water pumps at compound residences (Mobil compound) and drove tankers to customers as per request from the office.
LIBERIA ELECTRICITY CORPORATION (1986-1995)
GENERAL MECHANIC
• I served as a workshop mechanic with direct supervision of the workshop former.
• I was placed in the overhauling section to reconditions all light truck engines and had other duties to perform such as repairing brakes, tune up engines, changing clutches and other related jobs.
• I also went go missions with the transmission and distributions crew for months as the crew mechanic to solve any mechanical which I could during the course of the mission.
• I was also responsible for all commercial vehicles at the head office for the daily checkup and maintenance before leaving for the field. This was to make sure that they were fit for the day's works and that all safety tools were on board to start.
Served as workshop mechanic under the direct supervision of the workshop former.
Served as overhauling mechanic in the engine room and went on missions with the maintenance crew for brake down or recovery.
Was responsible for all commercial vehicles daily check up before duties in the morning.
MORDEN TECHNICAL MACHINESHOP (1981-1986)
MECHANIC AND MACHINIST
• I worked as a machinist producing parts on the lathe machines and on drill press where we ream and bore holes of different sizes as required by customers. And also grind wheels, discs and drums and refaced cylinder heads, valves seats and valves as per requests.
• As mechanic, we repaired smaller machines for customers and assembled engines after reconditioning them.
Were required to produce parts on the lathe for customers as requested.
Drill, bore and ream bushings as were requested by customers and did surface grinding on cylinding heads for engines and other surfaces.
Repaired other smaller engines and had them assembled.
Worked in the machnieshop as a machinst producing parts for vessels use.
Worked on drill presses to bore engines and have them ream to sizes.
went on sea as a mechanic for some testing of works.
MESURADO FISHING COMPLEX (1977-1981)
MACHINIST AND MECHANIC
• I worked in the machineshop on lathes producing spare parts for vessels use and reconditioning other fittings for the vessels.
• We made wheels, cutless bushing, shafts for water pumps, regrind winches drums and other parts that were requested by the pier mechanics.
• I went on sea with vessels to monitor works done on engines from the machineshop.
2007 • UNHCR Protection Induction Programme
1974----1976 Liberia-Swedish Vocational Training Center Lamco, Yekepa, Liberia
1970----1973 Lansdell Kins Christie Jr. & Sr. High School Mano River, Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia
1968----1969 Madital Newport Elementary School Monrovia, Liberia 1965----1967 Edwin J. Barcaly Elementary School Monrovia, Liberia BASIC TRAININGS • Microsoft and basic excel training in the UNHCR system 2003 • UN Prevention of Harassment, Sexual and Abuse of Authority in workplace