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Rustenburg, Nw, Za

Rustenburg, North-West, South Africa

Madagascar

Stella, North West

Drc

Rustenburg

• Design of Hydraulic systems• Rig assemblies• Testing of rigs before delivery and hydraulic pressure set• Signing off of rigs after testing and completion• Risk assessments according to ISO standards

Doko Drc

Based in Doko DRC, Rotation 9 weeks on & 3 weeks offSenior Maintenance mechanic and supervisor dutiesIn control of onsite fleet consisting of 14 drill rigs5 CS 1400 Diamond core drill rigs 9 Smith Capital RC grade control drill rigsMaintenance on all machines, Hydraulic repairs, pump rebuilds, hose assemblies

MozambiqueMaintenance and Hydraulic fitterRunning field service Operation (11 rigs in the field LF 90’s, Hanjin & CS 1000)All breakdowns on motors and Hydraulic systems including motors and pumpsAll generators and water pumpsMaintenance and services of all Support trucksMaintenance and services of all compressors

TanzaniaMaintenance and Hydraulic fitterWorkshop and field services of rigs, compressors and boostersSupport trucksMothersIncludes servicing and repairing in maintenance

Malacca, Malaysia

First EngineerOperating and maintain 4 x 400 ton drum winches that was used for salvaging ship wrecks (Skagit winches especially modified for Salvaging that was manufactured in America)Operating and maintaining hydraulic power packsMaintaining generator set

Dubai, Palm Deira

• Cutter Dredger (Hector)• Second Engineer• Maintenance of: 2 x 18 cylinder Bolness motors 2 x straight 8 Deutz motors 3500 hp 2 Motor driven sand pumps 1 Electrical sand pumps All gland pumps, fuel pumps, injector pumps, fire pumps and hydraulic pumps Daily inspections of the ladder, gearbox, sand pump 1, electrical motors and automatically grease system Operating overhead crane I was onboard with a major scheduled overall with Wartsilla on 2 Bolness motors and straight 8 DeutzThe overall consisted of the following duties:Replacing:• Cylinder liners• All pistons• All big end bearings• Boring of all cylinder liners• Checking crank shaft• And turbo chargers

Saudi Arabia, Ruwais

• First Engineer• Running and maintaining a booster station (Malmo)• Start up and switch downs• Operating booster station manually and automatically• Servicing of all diesel motors, gland pumps, fuel pumps, and main engines• Operating of overhead cranes• Maintaining stock levels of parts and ordering parts when necessary• Handling pneumatics and hydraulics on board• Handling electrical problems

India

• Rig mechanic• All types of diesel driven engines (Rolls Royce, Cummins)• Repair and maintenance of all Hydraulic pumps• Ballast-, vane-, gear- and piston pumps• Valve- and hydraulic banks• Air winches• All hydraulic cylinders, compressors, generators and main engines• Servicing and maintaining life saving equipment such as live boats, motors and man riders• Air winches etc.