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Safety is my passion
Gavin J Bruwer
Personal details
Full names: Gavin John
Surname: Bruwer
Date of birth: 24 August 1987
Identity number: 8708 2450 48087
Passport: Applied 30.01.2015
Age: 27
Marital status: Married
Dependents: 1 (Daughter, 3years old)
Nationality: South African
Languages: English and Afrikaans (Reading and writing)
Health: Excellent
Home address: 69 Heron Waters (willing to relocate) 108 Hopley road CAPE TOWN Western Cape 7441
Driver’s license: Code B
Cell number: 082 086 6953/ 082 807 1869
Email address: [email protected] (preferred) or [email protected]
Registered SHEQ Manager at SACPCMP
I have knowledge and understanding regarding the fundamental elements and management thereof pertaining to Occupational health and safety. My leadership skills combined with effective communication techniques have given me the ability to monitor and guide employees to ensure compliance with safety regulations. I am able to create and implement policies and procedures to promote a safe working environment. Every person has a right to a place that is not harmful or detrimental to their health and safety. With this in mind, I believe prevention is better than cure and as result I am a pro-active thinker. I strive to maintain a professional attitude irrespective of who may be at fault. My sheer dedication, passion and willingness to learn makes me a vital key to successful health & safety management on sites
Education Richards bay high school
Highest grade past: Grade 12
Subjects: Afrikaans (HG)
English (HG)
Math’s (SG)
Geography (HG)
Technical drawing (HG)
Wood work (SG)
UNISA (National Diploma in Safety Management) January2008
ENN103F - English for Academic Purposes
EUC1501 - End-User Computing I (Theory)
OHS101S - Occupational Health and Safety Law I
RMN111Z - Risk Management I
SPP101S - Safety Principles and Practice I
BSM1501 - Business Management IA
OHS2601 - Occupational Health and Safety Law IIA
OHS2602 - Occupational Health and Safety Law IIB
SPP201S - Safety Principles and Practice II
SPPPRAC - Safety Principles and Practice II (Practical)
OHS301S - Occupational Health and Safety Law III
SMN301S - Safety Management III _________________________________________________________________________________________
Oxbridge Academy (National Diploma in Risk Management) July 2011
Risk Management 1
Risk Management 2
Human Resources
Financial Management 1
HASPRAC November 2012- December 2012
Various HASPRAC short courses (1 qualification)
OHS Act & Regulations
OHSAS 18001
Sherq Business Planning
Contract Management
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Incident Investigation
Construction Regulations
Emergency Preparedness
Legal Liability (OHSA)
Hazard Chemical Substance Control
Other HASPRAC courses completed (8 qualifications);
Working At Heights and Fall Protection
Hearing Conservation
HIV/Aids in the Workplace
Function of the workplace She Rep
Environmental Awareness
Work in Confined Spaces in a Workplace
Basic Fire Extinguisher Handling
Basic Health and Safety Awareness
Transvaal Training
Hazardous Identification & Risk Assessment Short course 2008
Advantage a.c.t
Safety, Health, Environment & Quality Management Course Short course 2007.
Advantage a.c.t
Safety, Health, Environment Business Administration Course Short course 2007.
Advantage a.c.t
Incident and accident investigation Course Short course 2010.
Advantage a.c.t
Hazard and risk identification Course Short course 2010.
Other courses
Safety representative course (2006)
Advanced safety representative course (2007)
Excavation supervision and inspection. (2009)
First aid level one (2007)
Basic firefighting (2009)
Hazardous chemical handling (2007)
Psychomotor assessment (2007)
Vehicle operating competency (2007)
Hazard identification and risk assessment X 2. (2008) and (2009)
Incident and accident investigation. (2009)
Mine health and safety act. (2008)
S.M.A.T (2009)
Hasprac (2012)
Risk management diploma (2011-present)
Safety management diploma (2008-present)
Construction Regulations 2014 (2015)
Troxler Moisture Density Gauge (2015)
Awards
Sinobuntu (We care) HQ Roshcon Rotek July 2014 The Cape Coastal team managed by myself has won the Sinobuntu awards on three occasions already in the past 1.5 years. Attachments available on request for more info
Junior SHEQ Officer- best performer Roshcon Head Office 2010
Outstanding work done by SHEQ officer Roshcon Head Office 2011
Best managed site by SHEQ Roshcon Head Office 2011
Overall best SHEQ performance Roshcon Head Office 2011
Best caring region- Sinobuntu Roshcon Head Office 2014
Service Excellence Roshcon Head Office 2012
Service Excellence Roshcon Head Office 2011
Skills and development
Skills:
Thorough knowledge of relevant local safety, security and environmental legislation (OHS ACT, COID Act,
Environmental Conservation Act)
Thorough knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
Working knowledge of safety systems
Ability to manage the implementation and administration of safety systems
Leadership competencies:
Driving accountability
Drive and energy
Initiating action
Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
Cross-cultural awareness
Impact and influence
Organisational understanding
Business understanding
Facilitating and managing performance
Attracting, developing and retaining talent
Strategic focus
Articulating and cascading the vision and values
Decisive insight
Team leadership
Communication skills
Excellent computer skills
Training, empowering & developing other staff
Excellent mentor skills
Presentation & training skills
Passion for client service excellence (both internal & external)
Excellent supervisory and admin skills
Good knowledge of computer systems & internet
Excellent knowledge of business practices
Developing, implementing of systems and maintaining it
Always willing to work hard and go the extra mile.
A very loyal honest worker
Passionate about my career and making it a success.
Compliance to legislation
Designing and implementing systems
Strong independent worker, motivated team player
Go getter and goal orientated
Strong leader, creative and thinking out of the box is my game
Goal orientated, target focused
Working experience and references
ACTING REGIONAL SHEQ MANAGER
Job title: Acting Regional SHEQ Manager for Western & Eastern Cape
Company: Roshcon
Period: January 2011 – End April 2015
Location: Western Cape and all Surrounding Sub-Stations
Eastern Cape & all Surrounding Sub-Stations
Job description and duties: Ensure Company complies with regulations and set standards. Compiled safety files for Projects. Audited and approved contractor SHEQ files. Conducted monthly audits internal and external Conducted Sheq monthly meetings Compiled safety meeting minutes and held committee meetings monthly. Ordered personal protective equipment, inspected monthly and issued out on issue registers. Ordered safety equipment Compile and implement SHEQ plans. Compiled safety reports for client and Roshcon Reported all incidents and accidents Did all incident and accident investigations Put all preventive and corrective actions in place Booked and sent all employees for entrance and exit medicals Conducted all site inductions Compiled all risk assessments Compiled and conducted all tool box talks Compiled all mini hira's for the tasks at hand Did all appointments Compile Safe working procedures Compiled method statements Compiled safe work procedures Initiating awareness campaigns
Notice period; 1 Calendar month
Remuneration package; Negotiation able
Willing to relocate/travel
(1) HUMAN RESOURCES CLERK
Job title: Human Resources Clerk Company: Grinaker Lta/Murray and Roberts Period: Two months (December 2005 – January 2006) Location: Sishen Iron Ore Mine, Kathu, Northern Cape. Job description and duties:
Organizing and conducting needed paper work Booking of entry medicals Booking of exit medicals Compiled take on forms for employees Conducted interviews for competency Compiled all documentation for new employees to enter site Ordered and handed out all necessary personal protective equipment Recruited local labor for project
(2) SAFETY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT REPRESENTATIVE Job title: She representative Company: Grinaker Lta/Murray and Roberts Period: Four months (February 2006 – May 2006) Location: Sishen Iron Ore Mine, Kathu, Northern Cape Job description and duties:
Ensure company complies with regulations Conducted site inspections internal and with client Maintaining all safety registers as per Murray and Roberts procedures Assisting with audits Assisting with risk assessments Preparing daily tool box talks Distributing daily tool box talks and daily safety documentation Correlating information from all safe practice observations
(3) JUNIOR HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER
Job title: Junior health and safety officer Company: Grinaker Lta/Murray and Roberts Period: Seven months (June 2006 – December 2006) Location: Sishen Iron Ore Mine, Kathu, Northern Cape Job description and duties:
Ensure company complies with regulations Typing safety committee meeting minutes Chairing safety committee meeting Conducting internal audits Ordering personal protective equipment Issuing personal protective equipment Assisting in incident investigations
Project name: Sishen Expansion project
Number of employees: 1502
Medical treatment cases: 4
Loss time injury cases: None
First aid cases: 12
Best achievement: 12 months without loss time injury
Project description: Murray and Roberts with Grinaker Lta combined constructed a primary crusher,
secondary crusher and a tertiary crusher with a rom stock pile and conveyor belt plinths between the
crushers in a year with only Henry Rust as the Safety Manager and myself as Junior Safety officer and
7 SHE representatives with the completion of the project there was no lost time injury or any incidents
concerning safety.
Grinaker/Murray and Roberts did - Earth works - Batching concrete - Fixing steel - Pouring concrete - Vibrating concrete - Placing and building shutters
Grinaker Lta/Murray and Roberts did all the civil work and earth works on the project Reference Safety Manager of Murray and Roberts: Henry Rust Tel number: 079 5103 789 (4) SAFETY OFFICER FOR ROSHCON
Job title: Safety officer Company: Roshcon Period: Fourteen months (January 2007 – February 2008) Location: Beta, Perseus substations, Mossel bay, Dealsville/ Bloemfontein Job description and duties:
Ensure company complies with regulations Compiled safety files for sub-contractors Conducted monthly audits internal and external Conducted she representative monthly meetings Compiled safety meeting minutes Ordered personal protective equipment
Distributed personal protective equipment Ordered safety equipment Conducted monthly hand tool inspections Conducted monthly electrical equipment inspections Conducted monthly fire extinguisher inspections Conducted monthly first aid box inspections Compiled safety reports for client and Roshcon HO Reported all incidents and accidents Did all incident and accident investigations Put all preventive and corrective actions in place Booked and sent all employees for entrance and exit medicals Conducted all site inductions Compiled all risk assessments Compiled and conducted all tool box talks Compiled all mini hira’s for the tasks at hand Did all appointments
Project name: Beta and Perseus expansion projects
Number of employees: 60 employees
Medical treatment cases: 2
Loss time injury cases: None
First aid cases: 22
Best achievement: 9 months without loss time injury
Project description: Roshcon constructed two high voltage yards with two terraces and on the
terraces the constructed concrete plinths erected steel and put up electrical fencing around the
terraces. Roshcon constructed about seventy to eighty concrete plinths
Roshcon did - Earth works - Fixing steel - Excavations - Mixing concrete - Pouring concrete - Compiling steel structures - Lifting and placing steel structures on concrete plints
Roshcon did all the civil works on these two projects witch I was the only safety officer on these projects with four safety representatives.
Project name: Gourikwa
Number of employees: 400 Employees
Medical treatment cases: 2
Loss time injury cases: None
First aid cases: 18
Best achievement: Completed entire project without any lost time injuries.
Project description: Roshcon constructed a terrace, with water and storm water pipe lines they
constructed concrete basis, brick buildings and storing areas constructed roads.
Roshcon did
- Earth works - Fixing steel - Excavations - Mixing concrete - Pouring concrete - Compiling steel structures - Lifting and placing steel structures on concrete plints - Erected brick buildings.
Roshcon did all the civil works on the project. Reference Safety manager of Roshcon Civil: Henry Rust Tel number: 079 5103 789 Roshcon safety department: 011 629 8000
(5) SAFETY PRACTITIONER FOR PROFESSIONAL SAFETY Job title: Safety practitioner Company: Power Vac Period: Five months (March 2008 – July 2008) Location: Anglo Platinum smelter, Kroondal, Rustenburg Job description and duties:
Ensure company complies with regulations Compiled safe operating procedures Compiled safe working procedures Compiled method statements Reviewed company policy Compiled risk assessments Conducted risk awareness Conducted risk identification Compiled and conducted tool box talks Conducted planned task observations Compiled monthly and weekly safety statistics Compiled safety committee meeting minutes Conducted safety committee meeting Attended safety meetings Arranged all appointments Conducted site specific induction Conducted regular checks on fire extinguishers and first aid boxes Compiled safety files as per Anglo specification Attended incident and accident investigations Conducted internal audits
Project name: Anglo smelter (industrial cleaning and vacuuming)
Number of employees: 39 employees
Medical treatment cases: 2
Loss time injury cases: None
First aid cases: 2
Best achievement: 465325 man hours without loss time injury
Project description: Power Vac is an industrial cleaning company which uses large trucks to vacuum
all slag from the specified areas and they have a number of general cleaners cleaning in between
conveyors and spaces witch is narrow.
Power Vac did
- General cleaning
- Industrial vacuuming
- Slug dam cleaning
- High pressure cleaning
Reference Site manager of Power Vac: Olivier Tel number: 083 455 9009 Power Vac CEO: 083 266 4954 Safety manager: Riaan Vos Tel: 073 6811 720 (6) SAFETY HEALTH, QAULITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER
Job title: Safety, health, Quality and environmental officer Company: Roshcon Period: Twenty months (July 2008 – January 2010) Location: Medupi Power station (Housing section), Lephalale, Limpopo
Job description and duties:
Ensure Company complies with regulations and set standards. Compiled safety files for sub-contractors Conducted monthly audits internal and external Conducted she representative monthly meetings Compiled safety meeting minutes Ordered personal protective equipment Distributed personal protective equipment Ordered safety equipment
Conducted monthly hand tool inspections Conducted monthly electrical equipment inspections Conducted monthly fire extinguisher inspections Conducted monthly first aid box inspections Compiled safety reports for client and Roshcon HO Reported all incidents and accidents Did all incident and accident investigations Put all preventive and corrective actions in place Booked and sent all employees for entrance and exit medicals Conducted all site inductions Compiled all risk assessments Compiled and conducted all tool box talks Compiled all mini hira’s for the tasks at hand Did all appointments Compile Safe working procedures Compiled method statements Compiled safe work procedures Managed the site in an acting capacity on a couple of occasions.
Project name: Medupi Power station temporary housing facilities.
Number of employees: 955
Medical treatment cases: 4
Loss time injury cases: None
First aid cases: 12
Best achievement: Hundred and ninety hours, two days without loss time injury and one million man
hours without loss time and one million hours worked without any lost time injury.
Project description: Roshcon had to erect temporary pre-fabricated houses for all employees working
on the Medupi Power station the houses needed to accommodate about 8000 employees it consisted
of one large recreation room, five dining rooms, one kitchen area four soccer fields, forty housing
blocks with five houses on a Blok, water pipe lines, sewerage pipe lines and electrical installations.
Roshcon Did: - Earth works
- Concrete works
- Steel works
- Shuttering
- Electrical installations.
- Building Roads.
- Laying pipes.
- Removal of asbestos.
- Erecting pre-fabricated houses.
Reference Site manager of Roshcon: Jan Vermeulen Tel number: 083 642 8904 Roshcon Regional SHEQ specialist C. Basson: 082 885 1407 Roshcon Safety Manager H. Rust: 079 5103 789 (7) SAFETY HEALTH, QAULITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER
Job title: Safety, health, Quality and environmental officer Company: Roshcon Period: Twenty months (February 2010 – January 2011) Location: Kusile Power station (Earthworks), Mpumalanga Job description and duties:
Ensure Company complies with regulations and set standards. Hazardous chemical substance coordinator Conducted monthly audits internal and external Conducted she representative monthly meetings Conducted monthly hand tool inspections Conducted monthly electrical equipment inspections Conducted monthly fire extinguisher inspections Conducted monthly first aid box inspections
Reported all incidents and accidents Compiled all risk assessments Compiled all mini hira’s for the tasks at hand Compile Safe working procedures Compiled method statements Compiled safe o0perating procedures Managed all sub-contractors and there specific areas. Compiled weekly photo diary of and positive and negative points on site. Conducted hazardous material management audits. Conducted Behaverioul observations. Conducted planned task observations. Compiled man job specification. Compiled work instructions. Conducted emergency drills and evacuation drills. Conducted Hira on all activities.
Project name: Kusile Power station.
Number of employees: 300 employees
Medical treatment cases: None in my designated areas of responsibility
Loss time injury cases: None in my designated areas of responsibility
First aid cases: None in my designated areas of responsibility
Best achievement: The project is standing at one million man hours worked without any lost time
injury. And 435 days without any lost time injury.
Project description: Roshcon is doing all the earthworks and pipe laying on the Kusile power station
project, at this stage in my areas of responsibility I am overseeing the sewer plant erection, raw water
dam lining and erecting of offices and facilities including trenching and piping.
Roshcon Did:
- Earth works
- Concrete works
- Steel works
- Shuttering
- Electrical installations.
- Maintaining Roads.
- Laying pipes.
- Erecting sewer plant.
- Dam lining.
- Erecting pre-fabricated buildings.
Reference Roshcon Regional SHEQ specialist C.Basson: 082 885 1407 Roshcon Safety Manager H.Rust: 079 5103 789 Roshcon SHEQ officer D. Raath: 071 681 9003 (8) ACTING REGIONAL SHEQ MANAGER
Job title: SHEQ MANAGER Job title: Regional Acting Safety specialist for Western & Eastern Cape Company: Roshcon Period: Thirty three months (January 2011 – present) Location: Koeberg Power Station & Surrounding Sub-Stations
Eastern Cape & Surrounding Sub-Stations Job description and duties:
Ensure Company complies with regulations and set standards. Compiled safety files for Projects. Audited and approved contractor SHEQ files. Conducted monthly audits internal and external Conducted Sheq monthly meetings Compiled safety meeting minutes and held committee meetings monthly. Ordered personal protective equipment, inspected monthly and issued out on issue registers. Ordered safety equipment Conducted monthly hand tool inspections Compile and implement SHEQ plans. Conducted monthly electrical equipment inspections Conducted monthly fire extinguisher inspections Conducted monthly first aid box inspections
Compiled safety reports for client and Roshcon HO Reported all incidents and accidents Did all incident and accident investigations Put all preventive and corrective actions in place Booked and sent all employees for entrance and exit medicals Conducted all site inductions Compiled all risk assessments Compiled and conducted all tool box talks Compiled all mini hira's for the tasks at hand Did all appointments Compile Safe working procedures Compiled method statements Compiled safe work procedures
At this stage I am managing all SHEQ related matters in the Western & Eastern Cape for Roshcon, from the kick of meeting, finances, site establishment, site operations, document control and SHEQ system compile and implementation.
Running an entire SHEQ system, keeping it up to date and running 5-20 different sites at the same time without any fatal or serious injuries to date. I have 10 SHEQ personnel that is working under me and that is reporting to me at this stage.
Project name: Western Cape Region Projects (Koeberg power station and surrounding sub-stations)
Number of employees: 250 employees at the present time.
Medical treatment cases: 4
Loss time injury cases: Two
First aid cases: 4
Best achievement: I have completed several projects without any incidents while they were running
and at this stage we are standing at 1 year without any loss time injuries.
Project description: Roshcon does maintenance, upgrades and new structures for Eskom in the
Western Cape region; Roshcon does civil construction work and electrical installations including power
lines.
Roshcon Did: - Earth works
- Concrete works
- Steel works
- Shuttering
- Electrical installations.
- Building Roads.
- Laying pipes.
- Placing cladding and roof sheets.
- Building works.
- Power lines.
- Cabling.
- Stringing.
Reference Roshcon Safety Manager H. Rust: 079 5103 789 Roshcon Site Manager E. Freyer: 082 804 5658
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