Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Generalsummaryofexperience
Accomplishments
Personalparticulars
Certification
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Robam Kwete

Robam Kwete

Chililabombwe

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Mine Ventilation Engineer

Lubambe Copper Mine Limited
06.2018
  • Ensure compliance to legislative and company standards
  • Interaction with other institutions, bodies and forum for continual improvement
  • Continue monitoring of intake and return airways
  • Continue review of ventilation system as and when need arises to ensure safety and health of personnel.

Ventilation Engineer

Konkola Copper Mines
01.2012 - 05.2018
  • Ventilation Engineer: Both Surface and Underground at Shafts 1, 3 and 4
  • Provide short and long term Ventilation planning to ensure that environmental conditions relating to noxious/toxic gases, dust, heat and humidity in both surface and underground workings to comply with Section IX of the Mining Regulations in order to ensure safety and health of workers.

Sectional Ventilation Engineer

Baluba Copper Mine
09.2010 - 01.2011
  • Conducting dust sampling, heat, diesel emission test and general underground conditions for the purpose of Health and Safety of miners
  • Inspection developing headings and production stopes for ventilation favorable acceptable conditions
  • Enforce and improve ventilation standards to be followed for improvement of development headings, improvement and implementation of safety, health and environmental management systems, procedures, standards, training, inspections, checklists, audits as well keeping update fan census for the mine.

Ventilation Officer

Konkola Copper Mines
01.2005 - 08.2010
  • Ventilation Officer for both Surface and Underground at Shafts 1, 3 and 4 (3000 to 9100 employees per site)

Education

Advanced Certificate in Mine Ventilation, Technician -

Mine Ventilation Diploma, Technologist -

IEMA Approved Carbon Footprint Management, Certificate -

VentSim -Howden, Certificate -

Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Certificate, In Progress -

Skills

  • Safety - Foster a safety conscious environment ensuring safety standards are adhered to and maintained
  • Planning - Plan and design the future ventilation and emergency preparedness requirements to facilitate planned mining operations for various stages
  • Budget - Prepare operating and capital budgets for the section and control expenditure so that the section operates within budget Minimize costs by ensuring correct application of ventilation appliances / equipment and ensuring a planned maintenance regime is implemented and maintained
  • Monitor & Ensure Ventilation Set Standards
  • Ventilation - Manage the provision and maintenance of adequate ventilation so as to maintain environmental conditions conducive to safe and healthy underground and surface operations This provides for personnel to achieve planned targets safely, efficiently and economically and includes routine inspection, compilation of reports and installation and maintenance of ventilation controls
  • Leadership - Provide guidance and support to mining and engineering teams on all issues pertaining to ventilation and emergency preparedness
  • Legislative - Prepare and present statutory reports to the MSD
  • Developing Ventilation Procedures and Policies
  • Technical - Provide technical services on compressed air and water reticulation and usage
  • HSE Planning & Budgets
  • Understanding legal Ventilation requirements
  • Implementing Best Practices
  • Communication Skills Compliance
  • Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation

Generalsummaryofexperience

I am a registered Mine Ventilation Engineer with the Engineering Institution of Zambia and as Mine Ventilation Engineer with 16 years of Mine Underground and Surface Ventilation experience in different types of Mine industries which include Mining, Processing of mined Copper as a Mineral and Supply Chain of Technical accessories. I have gained management experience in a total of three (3) mines I have worked in. This has bestowed me with a holistic approach towards Mine ventilation to enhance Production, health and safety of miners, not only based on the applicable legislative requirements, but also based on "Best Practices" that actually deliver desired results. I have a proud proven track record of coming up to open up unresolved resource due to ventilation challenges and assisting mine to achieve many successes.

Accomplishments

  • Best graduating Student in Mine ventilation Diploma in 2015 at The Copperbelt University
  • Appointment as a Ventilation Engineer at Konkola Copper Mines in Chililabombwe from Sectional ventilation Engineer based on performance at KCM-Konkola Mine: 2013.
  • Employed by EMR-Capital at Lubambe Copper Mine as a Mine Ventilation Engineer: 2018 to date
  • Successful and Safe Completion of the Ramp 1 Ventilation system to open up a resource of 180,000 tons stopes at Lubambe Copper Mine
  • Personal Congratulations card from Lubambe Copper Mines through the General Manager Services for putting up a ventilation system to the Winder House motors tripping in 2019. The problem had sat down with mine for 6 years.

Personalparticulars

Robam Kwete, Class C, Nkole, English/Bemba, 231569/64/1, Short Notice, 08/08/75, Yes

Certification

Mine Ventsim Software

Timeline

Mine Ventilation Engineer

Lubambe Copper Mine Limited
06.2018

Ventilation Engineer

Konkola Copper Mines
01.2012 - 05.2018

Sectional Ventilation Engineer

Baluba Copper Mine
09.2010 - 01.2011

Ventilation Officer

Konkola Copper Mines
01.2005 - 08.2010

Advanced Certificate in Mine Ventilation, Technician -

Mine Ventilation Diploma, Technologist -

IEMA Approved Carbon Footprint Management, Certificate -

VentSim -Howden, Certificate -

Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Certificate, In Progress -

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