Benson Chama Safeli
Lusaka,Zambia
Summary
To be an effective and self motivated professional through continuous development and contribute positively to the Organisation I would be working for at any particular time.
Am a Dynamic person whose able to work under pressure with good troubleshooting skills and determined to take challenges with the aim of trying to improve in my proffesion. Am an experienced instrumentation and process control technician. I am profient in plc siemens, PCS7 hardware, allen bradly, DCS control systems siemens SCADA, ethenet network, profibus DP/PA communication networks (trouble shooting and maintence), Hart intruments and electronic measuring instruments.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Expat Instrumentation Technician
, Eritrea
11.2022 - Current
- Training local technicians
- Coaching and assessing the trainees
- Drawing a training program for the technicians
- Plant maintenance and improvement
- Troubleshooting and repair
Acting Shift Supervisor
03.2022 - 11.2022
- Leading a team of technicians responsible for breakdowns
- Continuous Plant improvement
- Coaching team members and assessments
- Performed other duties assigned by the superiors
Instrumentation Technician
FQML Kalumbila Mine
, Zambia
01.2015 - 11.2022
- Crushing and Conveying
- Installation, maintenance and repair of instruments on the gyromatic primary crushers, metso secondary and pebble crushers
- Conveyor belt protection and control instruments e.g conveyor magnets, tramp metal detector, belt speed sensors, weight meters, dust suppression, belt drift, rip and pull wires switches
- Drive motors protections and control instruments i.e lubrication flow meters and switches, pressure switches, motor winding and bearing temperatures and brakes
- Primary crushers spider cap greasing system control unit
- Calibration of the thermo scientific electronic metal detectors
- Conveyor belt rip optical sensor turning and setup
- Speed, zero and span calibration of conveyors for PA and LAHMS weightometers
- Siemens gearless Sag and Ball mills with the capacity of 5500t/h maintenance, troubleshooting, installation and repair of instruments
- Mill auxiliaries i.e lubrication system, brake system and chillers for cooling systems
- Auxiliary flow, temperature level, pressure and moisture measuring instruments repair and maintenance
- Cyclones pressure control and valve maintenance
- Mill feed water and dilution flow control values for hoppers
- Density control for cyclone feed lines
- Motor speed control for high pressure lubrication pumps
- Milling flash floatations cells instruments
- Float cells control using level marvel and velocity control with the instruments associated with transmitters, level control valves and air flow transmitters
- Agitators protection instruments
- Calibration of PH and Conductivity analysing meters using 4, 7 and 10 PH buffer solutions for both Endress and Hauser and Yokogawa
- Online sampler analyser (OSA) maintenance and repair
- Columns floatation and Jameson cell instruments
- Concentrate thickeners control i.e bed pressure, bed level, bed mass, rake torque, rake level and flocculant dosing
- Outotec Larox fitter maintenance and repair
- Standardization and calibration of process automation Radioactive DSensitometers for different pipe sizes
- Thickener bed mass, bed level and rake instruments
- Tailing density instruments
- Water treatment plant
- Leco machine repair and maintenance
- Analysing and Sampling Services Instruments
- Outotec on steam analyser (OSA) couries 16 maintenance and repair
- Outotec particle size analyser (PSA) maintenance and repair
- Leco sulphur and carbon analyser
- Blue cube diffuse reflective spectroscopy
Instrumentation/Refrigeration Technician
Silicon Electronics
, Zambia
07.2011 - 12.2014
- Installing process instruments at Lubambe and KCM Nchanga
- Fibre cable laying and splicing
- Telephone cables laying and termination
- Installing CCTV cameras and LED displays at KCM Nchanga, Konkola, Nkana, Ndola lime and Chubuluma copper mines
Instrumentation Technician Trainee
First Quantum Mining & Operation Ltd
, Zambia
09.2008 - 04.2009
- Calibration checks
- Loop checking
- Maintenance jobs (cleaning the probes)
- Installation of instruments (flow meters, level sensors, Thermocouples, PH meters)
- Maintenance of weighbridge computer and printers
- Controller tuning
- PLC maintenance
Education
Advanced Certificate - Instrumentation
Northern Technical
Ndola, Zambia01.2010
full ECZ School Certificate -
Kabundi high School
Chingola, Zambia01.2006
Matelo Primary School
Chingola, Zambia01.2003
Skills
- General capacity for learning, appreciation and practical implementation
- Sound basic education
- Can easily be integrated and incorporated in new environments
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and meeting deadlines
- Team player
- Schematic reading
- Wiring diagrams
- Instrument Calibration
- Set up equipment
- Testing procedures
- Testing protocols
- Schematic interpretation
- Pneumatic systems
- Wiring plans
- Troubleshoot instrumentation
- Visual inspection
- Component installation
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Critical thinking
- Decision-making
- Control circuitry
- Wire stripping
- Blueprint and schematic reading
- Troubleshoot faults
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Maintenance management
- Verbal and written communication
- Cable termination
- Instrument preparation
- Hand and power tool operation
Languageproficiencies
- English
- Bemba
References
- Mr. Anthony Sikanyika, Instrumentation Supervisor, Kalumbila Mining Limited, Kalumbila, Zambia, +26 (0) 763198848, anthony.sikanyika@fqml.com
- Mr. Joseph Mumba, Engineer, Kalumbila Mining Limited, Kalumbila, Zambia, +26 (0) 967 798 351, joseph.mumba@fqml.com
- Mr. Abel Kangasa, Director, Silicon Electronics Zambia, +26 (0) 966271792
Countryofresidence
Zambia
Personal Information
- Available: After notice period
- ID Number: I.D No(NRC). 289090/64/1
- Citizenship: Zambian
- Health Status: Fit
- Date of Birth: 10/29/87
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Expat Instrumentation Technician
11.2022 - Current
Acting Shift Supervisor
03.2022 - 11.2022
Instrumentation Technician
FQML Kalumbila Mine
01.2015 - 11.2022
Instrumentation/Refrigeration Technician
Silicon Electronics
07.2011 - 12.2014
Instrumentation Technician Trainee
First Quantum Mining & Operation Ltd
09.2008 - 04.2009
Advanced Certificate - Instrumentation
Northern Technical
full ECZ School Certificate -
Kabundi high School
Matelo Primary School
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