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Work Experience
Sept, 2003 – Today Brandrill-Torrex, Block Cave Extraction Level & Decline Development Contract, Finsch Mine, De Beers.
Contractual Management. Maintain contractual compliance as well as Claim and Site Instruction Registers, report daily production and delay information as specified in the contract, notification and claim quantification and submission, and schedule tracking and monitoring.
Feb, 2002 – Sept, 2003 Brandrill-Torrex, Decline & Orebody Development Contract, Modikwa Platinum Mine, AngloPlatinum.
Quantity Surveyor. Maintain contractual compliance and Claim and Site Instruction Registers, report daily information as specified in the contract, notification and claim quantification and submission.
Technical Assistant to Site Managers. Assist Site Managers in technical duties, including contractual claims, underground face work, training, cost reduction and monitoring, and efficiency improvement projects.
Dec, 2000 – Feb, 2001
Vacation Student, George Fisher Mine, Mount Isa Business Unit. Shift-work, gaining experience in Development and Production operations, and Technical through working with the engineers.
Dec, 1999 – Feb, 2000
Vacation Technical Officer, Ernest Henry Mining Pty. Ltd. Project-work, 'Owner Mining Transition Production Systems Monitoring', and also worked with the Drill and Blast Engineer, Production Engineer and in production operations.
Education / Qualifications
1998 – 2001 Bachelor of Engineering (Mining), Honours
University of New South Wales, Australia
Thesis: "Stope Stability Analysis at George Fisher Mine, Mount Isa Mines". Analysis of the performance of the first five sub-level stopes at George Fisher using RMR, MRMR, HSR, Mathews' and Mathews' Isoprobablity methods, and thus determining the best method to use for future stope design.
1996-1997 Higher School Certificate, Narrandera High School, Australia
Software Familiarity
MS Windows PitRAM Gemcom
MS Office Suite ShotPlan AutoCAD 2000
MS Project MineWorks Planner VentSIM
Languages
English First Language
French Read, write and speak with good proficiency (Belgium, 1995)
German Basic conversational proficiency (Belgium, 1995)
Afrikaans Basic conversational proficiency (South Africa, 2002-2003)
References will be provided on request.
Achievements and Social Skills
Hold the Queensland Metalliferous Generic Induction Passport.
Member of The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).
Resident Assistant (RA) Coordinator for Session 2, 2001 at Basser Residential College, UNSW. Responsibilities included:
Organise, encourage and assist other RAs,
Organise the Basser College Past Papers Library,
Maintain a pro-active profile amongst college residents towards assisting and tutoring them in their studies.
As RA Coordinator I have been requested to assist in:
Interviews for College Academic Staff,
Disciplinary Interviews of residents.
Resident Assistant (RA) in Basser Residential College from Session 2, 2000 to Session 2, 2001.
Basser Residential College Food Director for 1999.
Senior Debating Team in my senior years whilst at Narrandera High School.
School Prefect, 1997, at Narrandera High School.
Corporal in Leeton-Narrandera Squadron, Australian Air League.
Played snare drum for the Leeton-Narrandera Squadron Bugle Band and with the Manly Warringah Pipe Band.
Enjoy many sports, in particular hockey, cricket, golf, water-skiing and rowing.
Rotary Youth Exchange Student to Belgium in 1995.
Assisted various Community Organisations, including Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, Shack Tutoring Youth Services Inc. and PRAMSOC (fundraising group – pushed a pram from Byron Bay to Sydney, 850kms, raising $16,500).
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