Tenson Kambwali

Trade Certificate III Boilermaker/Welder with over 14 years of industrial experience in mining industry and heavy fabrication workshops across Zambia. Specialized in Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) services, repairs and rebuilds including buckets, trays, G.E.T, liners, shrouds, hardfacing. Skilled in MIG, SMAW, FCAW, welding, and workshop machinery operation. Strong focus on quality and safety standards compliance.

Fabricator - Barrick Mining Corporation - Lumwana mine site, Zambia

(2025-06)

• Refurbished Komatsu 930E haul trucks trays, excavator buckets, and dozer blades, extending lifespan 70%.
• Crack repair, bucket and body work, wear packages
• Repairs, rebuilds and maintenance on mobile plant
• Performed precision welding and rebuilds using FCAW, MIG, and SMAW
• Installed wear plates (Carbide, benox, and weldox), G.E.Ts, Adaptors, lip shrouds, grader bars, and liners on clams, backboards and buckets (PC2000-PC 8000) to minimize operational wear.
• Respond to breakdowns, restoring equipment availability and reducing downtime.
• Site inducted and trained in compliance with site safety standard requirements
• For working at heights, confined spaces, overhead cranes operation, and isolation and tagging.

Welder - Hitachi construction machinery - Kansanshi Mine site, Zambia

(2023-08 - 2024-12)

• Refurbishment of excavator buckets and dozer blades.
• Refurbishment of bucket and trays
• Assembly of EH4000-AC3 Dump bodies (Trays)
• Chassis crack repair EH 3500-AC
• Repair of EX 1200 buckets
• Assembly of EX5600 diggers
• G.E.T. Change outs, air arc gouging, thermal lancing and general fabrication
• Work across major mine sites on both breakdowns and scheduled maintenance

Coded welder - First Quantum Minerals Limited - Zambia

(2019-10 - 2023-08)

Coded welder - Transmechanical Mining - Zambia

(2017-01 - 2019-08)

Boilermaker - Car Mine Mining - Zambia

(2011-08 - 2013-11)

Boilermaker - Buildcon Investment Limited - Zambia

(2014-01 - 2016-08)

Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Welding) - Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Welding) - Trade Skills Australia (2026-05)