Kevin C. Rookes Email & Phone Number

Health and Safety Manager, Site ManagerJune 2019 to Sept 2019Responsible for maintaining a safe working environment during mill and underground mine re-assembly and Environmental sampling, while the mine prepares for restart. Responsible for; site management and oversight of all departments and reporting to Pembridge Resources, ongoing health and safety.

Elkford, BC

Provide on-call emergency response for structural and wildland fires, motor vehicle accidents, first responder first aid, and medical assists to BC Ambulance within District of Elkford.Ongoing completion of NFPA 1001 through JIBC

Whitehorse, Yukon

Responsible for maintaining a safe working environment during Environmental sampling and underground mine dewatering, while the mine remains viable for restart. Responsible for; site management and oversight of all departments and reporting to Capstone Mining, ongoing health and safety programs, training of site emergency response members, site Medic.

Minto Mine, Yukon Territories, Canada

Elkford, BC

Interacted directly with senior management and reported to General Manager. Supervised 15 loss prevention employees, Managed loss prevention and emergency response teams, mine-site safety programs, occupational health and hygiene, high potential risk control, emergency preparedness and response, crisis management, fire protection, avalanche, security, and.

Sparwood, BC

Interacted directly with senior management and reported to General Manager. Supervised 15 loss prevention employees, Managed loss prevention and emergency response teams, mine-site safety programs, occupational health and hygiene, high potential risk control, emergency preparedness and response, crisis management, fire protection, avalanche, security, and.

Sparwood, BC

Managed avalanche awareness, industrial hygiene, mine security access programs, and represented Safety department on Joint Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Committee.

Elkford, BC

Management of; mine site safety programs, occupational health and hygiene, incident investigation, emergency response, mine site security, mine site fire protection, drug and alcohol program. Provided organization to Loss Prevention program development through priority, program and procedure review. Developed and implemented Musculoskeletal information and.

Elkford, BC

Trained and delivered first aid and emergency response at mine-site. Shift duties included safe work audits, new employee safety inductions, safety meetings, incident investigations, recharge of dry chemical fire extinguishers, building sprinkler system service and inspection, mine-site security, contractor vehicle inspection. Performed atmospheric noise.

Elkford, BC

As a mine rescue member in a non-union environment during a market downturn we had numerous opportunities to train on heavy equipment to ensure we were qualified to operated needed equipment during scheduled shutdowns that required mandatory mine rescue coverage.Three years experience operating 830E haul trucks and other heavy equipment in surface coal.

Fernie, BC

Operation of John Deere 640 and 540 line skidders and crawlers in logging operations. 4 season operation in rugged and high angle terrain.

Sparwood, BC

First Aid Attendant, Haul truck operator (170T, 200T)Provided First Aid supervision for 120 employees in “A” Hazard IndustryOperated 200-tonne and 170-tonne haulage trucks in surface coal mining operation

Education record

Courses: Leadership for Safety Excellence COR - Health and Safety Management COR - Internal Auditor

Surface Mine Rescue

Courses: BC Surface Mine Rescue certificate maintained 1998 - 2014 Mines Supervisors Certificate Surface Mine Rescue Instructor.

Avalanche Technician

Courses: Resource and Transportation Industry Avalanche Management Level 1 Avalanche Operations Resource Transportation Avalanche.

Emergency Response

Courses: First Responder Level 3 program Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Incident Command System Orientation (ICS 100) Emergency.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Participated in a Potentially Fatal Incident utilizing DNV Investigation techniqueCourses: DNV Incident.

Fall Protection

Courses: Competent Inspection Authorized Person

Health And Safety Auditor

Courses: Health and Safety Auditor

Occupational Health And Industrial Hygiene

Courses: Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Monitoring

Occupational Safety And Health

Courses: Occupational Health and Safety Fundamentals Occupational Health and Safety Legislation Accident Causation and Analysis

Biology And Geography

Environmental Biology and geography studies

Education record

Courses: Technical Rope Rescue

Education record

Audiometric Technician

First Line Supervisor Certificate

Surface And Underground Mine Rescue Certificate

Education record

Activities and Societies: Courses: Drager BG4 Technician Level 2