TREVOR MAPFUMO DUBE

ELECTRICIAN

OBJECTIVE & VISION

Seeking any suitable employment as Maintenance Electrical
Chargehand/Foreman/Planner, Maintenance Electrician or High Voltage
Electrician.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Surname Dube
First Name Trevor Mapfumo
Sex Male
Marital Status Married
Date of Birth 15 July 1979
Nationality Zimbabwean
Language English/Ndebele/Shona
Contact Phone Number (+263) 776 465 601
(+263) 784 048 899
Home Address 592/4 Mbizo, KweKwe
Tertiary College Attended Gweru Polytechnic (January 2001 - December 2001)

BACKGROUND SUMMARY
 A hard working and results oriented Electrician, with excellent troubleshooting
skills backed by extensive hands on experience in complex Electrical
equipment.

 Ability to read and interpret diagrams and can communicate effectively at all
levels.

 Have good Supervisory and Planning Experience.

 16 years post Apprenticeship Experience.

 Apprentice Trained at Ziscosteel (2000-2004).

 14 years’ experience in Heavy Mining Industries.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
 Class one Journeyman Apprentice Trained in Electrical Power.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
 7 Ordinary level passes including Mathematics, English and Science.

 National Certificate in Electrical Power Engineering.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN/ RELIEF ELECTRICAL SUPERINTEDENT

1 MARCH 2019 – 31 MARCH 2020 Zimasco Chrome Smelter
(Zimbabwe)

- Carrying out Plant installations, planned and preventive plant

maintenance and Plant Equipment Commissioning.
- Supervision duties.
- Electrical Installations and Supervision for a new Ore Fines Screening
Washing Plant and Commissioning.
- Carrying out Planned and Unplanned Job Observations to subordinates.
- Carrying out Standard Job Procedures.
- Carrying Trip Tests on Transformers.
- Transformer and Tap Changer Drive box Maintenance up to 24 MVA.
- Auto Transformer Diverter services and installation.
- Installation and maintenance of SF6 Breakers.
- Installation and Wiring of Safety Protection systems.
- Working on Electro-Hydraulic and Pneumatics systems.
- Installation, commissioning and maintenance of Schenck Scales.
- Installation, commissioning and maintenance of Jeffrey Vibrators and
VSDs.
- Maintenance of conveyor belts, Crushers, Screens and Vibro Feeders.
- Maintenance on Overhead Cranes and Electric Motors.
- AC Current Transmitter Installations i.e. Route 2500, Danntech.
- Installation and Setting of limit switches for protection.
- Carrying Load out Tests on weigh belts and Calibration of Weigh belts
and Bins.
- Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Load cells up to 5
Tonne.
- Variable Speed Drive Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance.
- HT Compressor and Battery maintenance.
- Maintenance of Fire Suppression System.
- PLC ladder logic Programming and SCADA troubleshooting i.e. Allen
Bradley, Schneider Electrics Unity PRO.
- Carrying out standby duties as Electrician and as Electrical Official.
- Substation Capacitor maintenance.
- Carrying out Risk Assessments (HIRA).
- Training of Apprentices and Assistants.
- Housekeeping.

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICAL SUPERINTENDENT

1 MARCH 2018 - 28 FEBRUARY 2019 Zimasco Chrome Smelter
(Zimbabwe)

- Supervision of all Plant Electrical works on HT and LT Sections and

Assigning.
- Supervision of Artisans, Assistants and Contractors.
- Carrying Planned and Preventive Plant Maintenance.
- Carrying out Standard Job Procedures.
- Carrying out Planned and Unplanned Standard Job Observations to
Artisans.
- Carrying weekly Plant inspections and noting Deficiencies for planning.
- Ensuring safety is carried out to required standard.
- Carrying out HIRA for Electrical Section.

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 - Updating and working on HT and LT Plant Reticulation system and
Upgrading.
- Installation and Wiring of Enermax energy meters.
- Updating Safety files for SHE Audits.
- Carrying out SHE Plant inspections.
- Carrying out Scope and Designs for new projects and plant
Modifications.
- Follow up on weekly/daily Equipment Schedules for planning.
- Carrying out Brainstorming on major Equipment Downtimes.
- Providing of spares.
- Assisting and advising Projects Department on carrying out new
projects in the plant and Commissioning of Equipment.
- Reporting to the Electrical Engineer day to day status of the Plant.
- Carrying out planning meetings.
- Compiling Report of Faults from Artisan for Planning.
- Liaising with Stores buyers for critical spares and checking stock levels.
- Updating weekly plans.
- Raising and Closing of Work Orders in SAP.
- Working with Mechanical Superintendent in planning for Major
Equipment maintenance Schedules.
- Carrying Standby duties as Maintenance official.

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN

12 Sep 2017 - 27 FEB 2018 Zimasco Chrome Smelter

(Zimbabwe)

- Carrying out Plant installations, planned and preventive plant

maintenance and plant Commissioning.
- Carrying out Standard Job Procedures.
- Carrying Trip Tests on Transformers up to 11kv.
- Transformer Maintenance up to 24 MVA. i.e. Auto, Single Phase and 3
Phase.
- HT Cable jointing and Terminations.
- Transformer Diverter services and installation.
- Installation and maintenance of Breakers i.e. ABB, Schneider, Merlin
Gerin.
- Installation, commissioning and maintenance of Schenck Scales.
- Installation, commissioning and maintenance of Jeffrey Vibrators and
VSDs.
- Maintenance of conveyor belts.
- Overhead Crane maintenance.
- Carrying Load out Tests on weigh belts.
- Maintenance on vibro feeders.
- Variable Speed Drive Installations, Commissioning and Maintenance
i.e. Schneider, ABB, Sew Euro, Yaskawa.
- HT Compressor and Battery maintenance.
- Carrying out maintenance on Electric motors.
- Charge Car maintenance.
- PLC ladder logic Programming and SCADA troubleshooting.
- Carrying out standby duties.
- Substation Capacitor maintenance.
- Carrying out Risk Assessments. (HIRA).
- Training of assistance and Apprentices.
- Housekeeping.

HVAC/ELECTRICAL CHARGEHAND
March 1 2016 - Oct 2017 AirDuct (ZAMBIA)
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 - HVAC Installations, Commissioning and Maintenance.
Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Danfoss Drives.
- Running of Control and Power Cables and Cable ladders installation.
- Installation of Ricards Diffusers with PSU.
- Carrying out Terminations of CAT Cables on RJ45 Plugs.
- VRV and VRF Systems i.e. Daikin, Samsung installations,
Commissioning and Maintenance.
- Fan Coil Units final connections and commissioning.
- Final connections on Split units i.e. Phillips, Samsung, Daikin,
Panasonic and LG.
- Chiller Plant and Air Handling units’ installation, Commissioning and
Maintenance i.e. (Johnson Controls).
- Wiring of distribution boards and starter panels.
- Carrying out Risk Assessment on all tasks.
- Trouble shooting on all Electrical breakdowns.
- Wiring of room and gas sensors.
- Wiring of Fire Dampers.
- BMS System wiring and Commissioning.
- Extract and Fresh air fans installation.
- Supervision of all HVAC Electrical installations.
- Housekeeping.

PREVIOUS –PROJECTS ELECTRICIAN /CHARGEHAND

August 2015 - Dec 2015 (LOME, TOGO)

- Plant Installation, maintenance and commissioning and Supervision.

- Wiring of starter panels.
- Maintenance of Electrical equipment.
- Pumps Maintenance.
- Maintenance and trouble shooting of Control Systems.
- Wiring of Split Units up to 48000BTU.
- Linking BMS system.
- Wiring of Air Handling Units.
- Installation of sensors i.e. Thermocouples, pressure sensors.
- I/O handling with PLC and Scada systems
- Terminations of cables both HT and LT.
- Transformer Terminations (HT and LT).
- Installation of Vacuum Circuit Breakers.
- Carrying out Risk Assessment on all Tasks.
- High Voltage Switching up to 11kv.

ELECTRICIAN / RELIEF ELECTRICAL SUPERINTEDENT

October 2007 - 31 July 2015 ZimascoPvt.(Ltd.), KweKwe,
Zimbabwe

Key Accountabilities

- Carrying out Planned Plant Maintenance.

- Supervision.
- Maintenance on conveyor belts, overhead cranes and electrical motors.
- Reviewing of safe working procedures (HIRA).
- PLCs trouble shooting and maintenance in i.e. Allen Bradley SLC5,
Micrologix 1500 and Rslogix 5000 Rockwell Automation.
- Scada system.
- Basic ladder logic programming.
- Electrical Protection systems i.e. Transfomers, motors.
- Maintenance on Temperature Controlled Boilers with Thermocouples.
- Transformer oil Die-electric strength testing.
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 - Scheduled maintenance of oil, vacuum and SF6 breakers.
- Switching up to 11kv.
- HT Cable jointing and termination.
- Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of VSDs i.e. Yaskawa, ABB,
Sew Euro.
- Wiring of Interlocking systems.
- Wiring of panels.
- Worked on switches (limit, proximity and level sensors).
- Wiring of DC injection braking system on Electric motors.
- Installation of Safety devices and protection systems.
- Installation of AC/DC brakes on motors.
- Working with solenoid coils on DCVs (hydraulics).
- Calibration of scales with VDU.
- Installation of weightometers on conveyor belts (RAMSEY).
- Installation of programmable load cell controllers and load cells up to one
ton.
- Installation of Speed Switches on conveyor belts.
- Crushing, Vibro feeders and Screening Systems maintenance with VSDs.
- Carrying Pre Task Risk Assessment.
- Transformer maintenance.
- Carrying out standby duties.

PREVIOUS-ELECTRICIAN (PLANT/UNDERGROUND)
July 2004 - 22 April 2007 MIMOSA Platinum Mining Company

Key Accountabilities:

- Installation of conveyor belts with DOL and Star Delta starters with mini
PLC (Klockner Moeller ER412).
- Floatation Cell maintenance.
- Tails Thickeners maintenance.
- Larox Machine maintenance.
- Secondary and Primary Ball mill maintenance.
- Wiring of starter panels.
- Skid Transformer and RMU installations and wiring. (Hensen and Genwest
type)
- HT cable jointing and termination up to 11KV.
- Switching up to 11KV.
- HV and LT power Reticulation.
- Maintenance on drill rig machines (Tamrock Axera D06, DD 320 and
DD210 Sandvik).
- Maintenance and installation of underground vent fans up to 210KW with
Soft starter.
- Installation and wiring of Earth leakage relays and Shunt trip coils.
- Underground Dewatering System.
- Submersible electric pumps maintenance and assembling.
- Maintenance on automatic belt tensioners.
- Compressor maintenance (Atlas Copco and Broomwade).
- Maintenance of underground substation with SF6 breakers up to 11KV
(Merlin Gerin.
- Transformer maintenance.
- Training of assistants and Apprentices.
- Carrying out standby duties

PREVIOUS – ELECTRICIAN
February 2004 – June 2004 Ziscosteel Pvt. (Ltd.), Kwe Kwe,
Zimbabwe

- Repairing workshop machinery.

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 - Servicing and overhauling of AC and DC motors.
- Motor resistance starters with metallic resistor banks and liquid starters
- DC 12 Siemens Simoreg drive.
- Maintenance of AC and DC overhead cranes and grab cranes.
- Temperature controllers and thermo couples.
- Worked on protection system i.e. transformers, motors and domestic.
- Worked on reactance starters and smart motor controllers and soft
starters.
- VSDs installation and maintenance.

OTHER COURSES

- 33KV Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority Switching Certificate.

- Mine Rescue Certificate from Chamber of Mines.
- PLC RSlogix 5000.
- SHE Rep.
- NOSA 5 Star.
- HT Cable Jointing and Termination up to 33KV.
- Utility Pro Schneider Electrics PLC.
- SAP System.
- Ellipse System.
- Schenck Process.
- Jeffrey Vibrators and VSDs.

REFERENCES

MR. W. MAWONEKE
Maintenance Foreman
Mimosa Mine
P Bag 638
Zvishavane
Tel +263 54 230000 Ext 2149
Cell +263 772 779 598

MR. L MUTISI
Senior Training Officer
Ziscosteel
P Bag 2
Redcliff
Tel +263 776 333 824

MR T JAKARASI
Electrical Engineer
Zimasco KweKwe Division
P O Box 489
Tel +263 777 893 949

MR A GARETH
Electrical Manager

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ZPC Company
South Africa
Tel. +27 71 300 2965

MR. BRIAN TURNER

Projects Manager
AirDuct
South Africa
Tel. +27 825 511 249