PROFILE

OF

GRAHAM HALL__________________________________________________

Date of Birth. 18 March 1956.

Place of Birth. Wanganui, New Zealand.

Marital Status. Married - Two children.

Trade Qualifications. Registered Electrician. Welding. Previously held 4711, and ASME9Low Hydrogen all position. (Elapsed)Confined Space Trained.Gas Testing.Safe Working at Heights.Hazard Management.Diploma in Adult Education.Contact Energy NCP, NS.First Aid (Level 1)

Driving Licenses. Car, Motorcycle, Heavy Trade Vehicle, Heavy Trade Trailer. (Classes 1,2,3,4,5,6) Forklift Cert.

Interests. Family. Sailing. Diving. Hunting, Fishing. 4 Wheel Driving. Square Dancing. Youth Development.

Referees. Available on request.

Contact Address. 642 Oruanui Rd. Rd, RD4, Taupo. 3384

Home Ph. N/A

Mobile. (021) 917 480

E-Mail: qrahamhall@xnet.co.nz

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1973-NZ POST OFFICE.Commenced apprenticeship with NZ Post Office as an Electrician. Duties included

all aspects of the electrical trade from domestic installation and maintenance in residences and District Post Offices to heavy industrial installation and maintenance in Microwave Stations, Radio transmission stations, Chief Post Offices, Telephone Exchanges as well as the responsibility to maintain and repair the extensive network of emergency power generation equipment operated by the Post Office. Worked in Wanganui District, and later as an indentured tradesman in Palmerston North District and Wellington District. All stages of time as an indentured tradesman involved the responsibility of both apprentices and indentured tradesmen working under my supervision.

1983 - TEGAL POULTRY, NEW PLYMOUTH.Worked for Tegal Poultry, New Plymouth, as maintenance electrician. During that

time was also involved in the installation of a major new electronic chick weighing system in the main factory. Duties included routine maintenance and repair of all facets of their electrical installations. Both in the main processing factory as well as the hatcheries and breeding farms.

1984 - NEW PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICS.Worked as an electrical troubleshooter for an electrical firm involved in domestic,

industrial and energy project installations. Progressed to position of Foreman in charge of field installation and oil rig shifts for both bore testing and drilling rig installations throughout North Taranaki. Teams under my supervision ranged from two to 20 men and apprentices dependent on the type of installation.

1984 -1989 - TARANAKI BAKERIES, NEW PLYMOUTH.Responsible for entire electrical and mechanical maintenance of the factory, as well

as engineering, fitting and welding duties when required. For the latter part of my employment I worked as sole charge engineer/electrician.

1989 -1990 - EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE LTD, NEW PLYMOUTH.Worked as electrician and fitter/turner in the manufacture of industrial grade vacuum

packaging machinery specifically for the meat and dairy industry. Work involved installation of electrical systems in machines including PLC equipment and control. Also considerable amount of stainless steel fabrication and machining. Also heavily involved in spray painting and final finishing work on completed machines.

1991 - NEW ZEALAND RENNET CO, ELTHAM.A brief time as plant maintenance electrician and engineer in the Rennet Company's

specialist cheese manufacturing plant in Eltham. Duties included electrical maintenance, repair and installation, air conditioning and refrigeration maintenance and repair, stainless steel fabrication, repair and machining. Left Rennet Co to pursue own career in country and western dance instruction, wishing to convert a long time hobby into a full time business.

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1991-1997-AUCKLAND.Involved in running own business in conjunction with my wife Mhairi, in the field of

dance instruction with brief spells of engineering and electrical work as fill-in for friends with local businesses to keep my hand in and skills sharp.

May 1997McConnell Smith Ltd - worked on contract at the Marsden Power Stations

decommission and demolition contract as Site Electrical Supervisor/Safety Officer/Fitting Supervisor. Had a team of 8-10 men to demolish one generator, turbines and condensers at “Marsden A” Power Station. Attended weekly meetings to co-ordinate work schedules with the other teams of riggers and boilermakers. Where necessary being moved into other areas to assist. My team finished ahead of schedule for our part of the contract.

September 1997Transferred to mechanical sub-contract at Kinleith Pulp & Paper Mill Modernization

Project as Site Foreman for mechanical team supervising a staff of 16 fitters and welders. Contract was terminated by main contractor BE&K/Bechtel JV at end of October.

February 1998Employed by Putaruru Electrical to work as a contract Electrician on the Carter Holt

Harvey Timber Mill in Putaruru. Involved in maintenance and repair on timber milling and processing plant as well as general fitting and welding for the Electrical service team.

June 1998Asked to join project at Marsden Point for the construction of a new Tanker Wagon

Filling Station & Tank Farm for Wiri Oil Services to be constructed by Robt Stone & Co. Began the project as Piping and Structural Steel Supervisor, as well as Site Safety Officer. But due to the departure of the site superintendent and the inability of the Tank Construction Supervisor to maintain his workload I finished the last five months of the project in sole charge of the day-to-day construction of the project. I was running a team of 30 people consisting of Welders, Fitters, and Riggers and Trades Assistants, plus overseeing the team of Electricians and Instrument Technicians provided by Alstom NZ . During this time I answered directly to the project manager Mr Fred Crozier. The project was completed on time on the 23rd of December 1998.

December 1998 – March 2011.Self employed as an Electrician and Fitter-Welder, completing several major

projects on FCF mill sites around central North Island.Included in this time was a spell as a Line yard maintenance Electrician and Fitter for Alstom NZ working in High Voltage line yards all over the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions.The final 3 years of this time have almost exclusively been spent working as an IT field technician involved in the servicing, repair and reprogramming of the range of ruggedized hand held PCs imported by the NZ agent, Pocket Solutions of Wellington.

March 2011 – July 2012.Employed as a retail sales person at the Outdoorsman Headquarters in Rotorua in

the Hunting, Fishing and Camping depts.

July 2012 – July 2014.

Employed by AG Industrial of Taupo as a Fitter/Electrician.This work has seen me working on many industrial sites around the Taupo region.Most importantly this work has involved work on both Contact Energy and Mighty River Power Geothermal Power Stations.

Contact Energy sites include Wairakei (Both main station and Binary plants, Te Mihi, Poihipi, Ohaki, Te Huka binary, and Karapiti pump station).During this time I have been directly involved in two turbine surveys on Wairakei, one turbine survey on Wairakei Binary, one turbine survey on Ohaki, plus many other small projects on all of these stations.

I have current inductions on all of these sites and hold Contact Energy’s NCP qualification. I am currently working on Wairakei conduction the 60hz – 50hz machining modifications to the spare turbine rotor for Poihipi Power Station under the supervision for Mr Chris Morris the station’s senior Engineer.

Mighty River Power sites include maintenance shutdowns on Mokai, Nga Awa Purua, Rotokawa and Ngatamariki.

July 2014 – Present.Singer Group as Leading Hand Fitter based on Contact Energy power staions in

Taupo region. Based on Wairakei power station.Responsible for day to day maintenance of plant on all five Geothermal staions in the region.I am also the Singer Group team HSE Representative for the geothermal MTC team.

ATTRIBUTES OF GRAHAM HALL

My upbringing and trade training has left me with strong abilities in most aspects of engineering and electrical work.

I have developed considerable problem solving skills in most areas of the engineering and electrical trades.

I have an ability to adapt to a wide variety of work environments and challenges.

I maintain good working relations with management, team members, and any staff under my supervision.

I am capable of working to deadlines and in the often high pressure situations of mechanical engineering and electrical work.

I am a strong team player and I am equally happy working within a group situation or in sole charge.

I remain highly motivated and am willing to learn, accept training and be adaptable at all times.

Considerable training via Government employment, the electrical trade, underwater paramedic training, and NZ Cadet Forces, in CPR and First Aid plus Instructional Techniques and Management.

I hold a keen personal interest in safety issues in the workplace, from team and project oriented philosophies, on down to the discipline of my own personal safety.

I am highly PC literate, and hold above average skills in the use, maintenance and upgrading of IBM compatible personal and network based computer systems. I have considerable skills with Microsoft applications plus many others such as drafting, graphics, navigation, web design, OCR and many more.

I am very familiar with the safety policies of Power Stations, Timber Mills, Rail Yards, High Voltage environments and large industrial work-sites, and have no problems taking on a safety supervisory role if so required.

EDUCATION

Wanganui East Primary School, Wanganui Intermediate and Wanganui Boys College

School Certificate Subjects:English, Maths, Science, Technical Drawing, Applied Mechanics

Sixth Form Certificate:English, Maths, Physics, Biology, Technical Drawing

March 1973-May 1977. Trade apprenticeship as an Electrician with the New Zealand Post Office at the Post

Office Workshops in Wanganui.

August 1977. Became indentured as a Registered Electrician.

1985. Certificate in Programmable Logic Controllers from Manukau Technical Institute.

1986-87 Allen-Bradley certification in Programmable Logic Controller courses in Auckland.

1987 Certificated course in Quality Assurance from NZOQA.

1988 Certificated course in Team Management skills from Buckingham Management

Resource in New Plymouth.

2009

Commissioned as a NZ Cadet Forces Officer

2010 Qualified as an NZCF Shooting Range Safety Officer.

2010 Qualified as an NZCF Officer Outdoor Leader (MSC) and Outdoor First Aid (long

term care in the outdoors-) holder.

2011 Qualified in Instructional Techniques and Training Management with New Zealand

cadet Forces resulting in being awarded the National Certificate of Adult Education and Training – Level 4

NZQA Unit Standards held by Graham Hall

New Zealand Qualifications Framework Registered Qualifications        National Certificate in Outdoor Recreation (Leadership) Bush-Walking 31 August 2011        National Certificate in Adult Education and Training (Level 4) 1 May 2011

Adult Education and Training

6A 18 May 2011Level 5 Level 4 7093De

sign learn-

ing ses-sions for

adult educa-

tion and

training

7091 Facilitate adult learning in New Zealand's cultural environment 4 A 18 May 2011

7096 Deliver learning presentations to adult learners 8 A 18 May 20117103 Determine adult training requirements of individuals 4 A 18 May 2011

7115 Create and maintain a positive learning environment for adult learner groups 4 A 18 May 2011

19444 Deliver group training sessions to adults 8 A 18 May 2011Com-munic-ation Skills

5A 4 February 2013Level 4 Level 3 21335L

ead a group/

3491 Write a report 4 A 4 February 2013

team to achieve an ob-jective(

s)

9681 Contribute within a team or group which has an objective 3 A 4 February 2013

11097 Listen actively to gain information in an interactive situation 3 A 4 February 2013

1307 Speak to a specified audience in a predictable situation 3 A 16 November 2009

1296 Interview in an informal one-to-one situation 3 A 16 November 2009

Core Gen-eric

2A 16 November 2009Level 2 Gen-eric Educa-tion and Train-ing4250-Demonstrate know-ledge of equal em-ploy-ment oppor-tunities, and de-scribe strategies for positive action

6A 18 May 2011Level 4 4098Use standards to assess candidate perfor

11281 Prepare candidates for assessment 3 A 18 May 2011

manceHealth Studies

2A 26 July 2010Level 3 Level 2 6400Manage

first aid in

emer-gency situ-

ations

6401 Provide first aid 1 A 26 July 2010

Level 1 6402 Provide resuscitation level 2 1 A 26 July 2010Occu-pa-tional Health and Safety

5A 14 August 2014Level 4 Level 3 17599P

lan a con-fined space entry

17600 Explain safe work practices for working at heights 3 A 19 September 2014

18426 Demonstrate knowledge of hazards associated with confined spaces 4 A 14 August 2014

17602 Apply hazard identification and risk assessment procedures in the workplace 4 A 12 August 2014

Out-door Recre-ation

12A 4 July 2011Level 4 Level 3 26251L

ead a bush-walk-

ing ex-peri-ence for a group

20146 Apply concepts of basic risk management as an outdoor recre-ation leader 5 A 4 February

2013

20143 Demonstrate basic knowledge of theories associated with in-structing and guiding in the outdoors 3 A 4 July 2011

26249 Demonstrate bush-walking knowledge and skills 5 A 4 July 2011

26391 Lead an outdoor recreation activity for a group 4 A 4 July 2011424 Respond to an emergency care situation for an outdoor activity 5 A 26 July 2010

Level 2 20159 Access and compare weather information for outdoor recreation 1 A 4 July 2011426 Experience camping 3 A 26 July 2010425 Experience day tramps 3 A 26 July 2010

Recre-ation and Sport

4A 4 February 2013Level 3 13377Identify and manage hazards and risks in relation to a recreation activity and environment

21414 Plan and run a recreation activity 4 A 4 February 2013

20673 Demonstrate knowledge of injury prevention and risk and in-jury management in sport or recreation 4 A 4 February

2013

27302 Demonstrate professional behaviour in a recreation workplace 3 A 4 February 2013

Service Sector Skills

2A 4 February 2013Level 3 376Employ customer service techniques to accommodate customer behavioural styles in a workplace