Kenneth Fouche

Technical Manager
Orapa, BW

About

Additional professional activities Maintenance Planning and Work Control with Roland Berg Consultancy Personnel Management with 3D Reliability Centered Maintenance with Optechtra Maintenance Planning with Cyberstream Radiation Protection Officer with Nuclear Energy Corporation of S.A. Fibre Optics for Engineers and Technicians with IDC Technologies Industrial Networking & TCP/IP Networking with IDC Technologies Programmable Logic Controllers with Rockwell Automation Additional professional activities Appointment in terms of the Mines, Quarries, Works and Machinery Act Regulation 9.4 and 13.2 Project Management with Macauvlie Industrial Relations and Disciplinary Concepts with Debswana SAMTRAC Citect scada systems Azon scada systems

Work Experience

Senior Electronic Technician

Anker Data Systems
1989 - 1990
Cape Town, South Africa

Production and repair of computer based retail systems, 80386 Store controllers, 8088 Receipting terminals, Laser scanning systems, Printers, Power supplies

Instrument Technician Charge hand

KPL ETSA (Pty) Ltd.
1991 - 1992
Mosselbay, South Africa

Supervision of Installation and calibration of control Instrumentation, Hardware updates to PLC's, DCS and Marshalling equipment, Loop checking and functional testing

Instrument Foreman

M. F. Kent Projects
1991 - 1991
Mosselbay, South Africa

Installation, termination of Industrial instrumentation, Plan cable routes liaise with other disciplines on routing, Supervise termination of JB'S and instruments

Senior Instrument Technician

Mossgas Syngas Division
1992 - 1992
Mosselbay, South Africa

Commissioning of reformer package loops, Start up modifications, Site design changes, Update and compile data sheets with vendor data sheets

Instrument Supervisor

Mossgas Syngas Division
1993 - 1993
Mosselbay, South Africa

Supervising Instrument Technicians on units 04 and 08, Repair and calibration of all instrumentation during shutdowns, Hot and cold commissioning of instrumentation

Instrumentation Technician Townships

Debswana Diamond Company
1994 - 1997
Orapa, Botswana

Repair and maintenance of instrumentation, Maintain radio communications systems, Maintain hospital equipment, Maintain water systems for township and plant

Instrumentation Supervisor

Debswana Diamond Company
1997 - 2009
Orapa, Botswana

Maintenance of all plant instrumentation, Planned maintenance schedules, Planning of projects and plant optimization modifications, Management of 15 Artisans

Technical Manager

Process Technology Botswana
2009 - Present
Orapa, Botswana

Manage Company, Project Management, Submit Proposals, Liaise with Clients, Respond to Tenders, Design Instrumentation Loops, Design MV ring main circuits, Design Telemetry Systems

Education

National Diploma

Technikon South Africa
1978 - 1982

Radio Theory, Mathematics, Applied Electronics, Engineering Science, Aircraft Instrument Theory, Technical Drawing

Trade Test as Avionic Instrument Technician

Not specified
1979 - 1982

Apprentice program

Languages

English - Native
English - Intermediate

Skills

Engineering
Other

Sectors

Industry
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