Fred Van Dyk

Fully flexible professional with no boundaries to work day. Strives to keep companies' clients and customers content with service and product. Totally reliable and honest, works well within teams and under pressure independently. Over 10 years of experience as Telecommunications Engineer and various operational roles.

Garden Refuse Removal / Cleaner at PANDA EDUCARE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE (2020-01 – Present)

Appointed as garden refuse removal and cleaner, overseeing tree felling and upkeep of grounds maintenance to parts of the complex on temporary basis as part of ongoing work program.

• Garden refuse removal and cleaning duties
• Tree felling and grounds maintenance
• Ongoing temporary work program

Club Manager / Operations Manager at DURBAN CITY SCHOOL OF FOOTBALL (2012-09 – 2019-12)

Managed full operation of club and clubhouse. Catered for live-in foreign football players, administration, housekeeping and hygiene of training equipment. Dealt with Ethekwini municipality and assisted in upkeep of grounds. Performed maintenance to electrics, plumbing, and re-decoration (handyman duties). Non-paid position with accommodation. Also worked as sub-contractor assistant and vehicle monitor (car guard) at malls in southern Durban.

• Full club and clubhouse operations management
• Catering for foreign football players
• Administration and housekeeping
• Training equipment and kit hygiene management
• Liaison with Ethekwini municipality
• Grounds and surrounding areas upkeep
• Electrics and plumbing maintenance
• Club house re-decoration (handyman)
• Sub-contractor project assistance
• Vehicle monitor (car guard) services

Cable Jointing Maintenance Team Member at DEANS CABLE CONTRACT (Subcontractor to Vuka Enterprises, Meridian Trading, Telkom Ltd) (2012-01 – 2012-10)

Part of cable jointing maintenance team. Performed hauling, fault identification, cable cutovers for aerial and underground cables up to 2400 prs. Exchange purification, termination, and various other telecom duties assigned by Telkom S.A Ltd management.

• Cable jointing maintenance
• Hauling and fault identification
• Cable cutovers for aerial and underground cables
• Exchange purification
• Cable termination
• Telecom infrastructure duties

Telecom Cable Engineering Team Member at FLACK CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING (pty) LTD (2010-04 – 2011-04)

Part of telecom cable engineering team contracted to Openreach (main contractor to BT Telecom). Identified obsolete main 'E' side and junction cables for recovery to make provisions for fibre optic technology. Installed various sizes of optic cable.

• Identification of obsolete cables
• Cable recovery and repositioning
• Fibre optic technology provisions
• Optic cable installation of various sizes

Kitchen Team Member / Culinary Assistant at LSG SKY CHEFS (Pty) LTD (2009-09 – 2010-02)

Part of team assisting Sous and Head chefs in preparing, cooking and presenting foods for à la carte menu for various airline groups on mass catering scale. Left when employer's contract options employment agency lost the contract.

• Food preparation and cooking
• À la carte menu assistance
• Mass catering for airline groups
• Kitchen team support

Immigration Preparation at Personal (2009-01 – 2009-06)

Prepared for immigration to UK with young son to join spouse.

• Family immigration preparation

Technical Officer / Telecommunications Engineer at TELKOM SOUTH AFRICA LTD (1997-02 – 2008-12)

Worked in senior position as Telecommunications Engineer for over 10 years striving for excellence. Conversant with all versions of telecom infrastructure including copper, fibre optic cables, Z-Screen equipment and topographic/schematic planning. Actively responsible for given areas, supplying circuits including ADSL, ISDN, 2meg, Telematix, Voice, Telplus lines to subscribers.

Performed cable fault reduction using Metro-ohm, Bartek, S type locator, Universal type, Fluke, Dynatel testers. Also assigned to call center dealing with complaints and directing to appropriate departments. Left to immigrate to UK to join spouse.

• Senior Telecommunications Engineer position
• Telecom infrastructure copper and fibre optic cable expertise
• Z-Screen and equipment knowledge
• Topographic and schematic planning
• Circuit supply: ADSL, ISDN, 2meg, Telematix, Voice, Telplus
• Cable fault reduction and location
• Metro-ohm, Bartek, S type locator, Universal type, Fluke, Dynatel tester operation
• Call center complaint handling and departmental direction

Telecom Infrastructure Team Member at REPUBLIC POWER & COMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD (1993-03 – 1996-12)

Part of team contracted to Swaziland government to upgrade entire Mbabane telecom copper infrastructure to world standards. Tasked to oversee installation of various size copper core underground and aerial cables, civil works, and completed jointing and termination of all cables and joints, cut overs in specified time limit. Contract ended.

• Telecom copper infrastructure upgrade
• Mbabane telecom modernization project
• Underground and aerial cable installation oversight
• Civil works project management
• Cable jointing and termination
• Project cut overs

Telecom Network Officer at TELKOM SOUTH AFRICA LTD (1985-01 – 1993-02)

Part of cable maintenance team locating subscriber faults and complaints. Upgraded Johannesburg copper cable network infrastructure into digital area of communications on daily basis. Involved in planning and changeover to Doornfontein telecoms exchange, the second electronic telecoms exchange in South Africa to give relief to Johannesburg Central exchange. Left when offered contract position above.

• Cable maintenance and subscriber fault location
• Network infrastructure upgrade to digital
• Doornfontein telecoms exchange planning and changeover
• Second electronic exchange implementation in South Africa
• Johannesburg Central exchange relief

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