Ivan Van Zyl

Inspection of work areas daily and throughout the day Updating of safety work file on a weekly basis Developing and enforcing safety policies and procedures

Workshop Manager/Installation Technician/SHE Officer at Multi Track (2019-05 – Present)

• Inspection of work areas daily and throughout the day
• Updating of safety work file on a weekly basis
• Developing and enforcing safety policies and procedures
• Training employees on workplace safety practices
• Investigating accidents and incidents, and recommending correct actions
• Toolbox talks daily and monitoring occupational health risks.
• Ensuring availability and use of PPE
• Identification of risks on site to improve safety within the production area.
• Risk assessments and Safety audits.
• Installation of tracking units
• Promoting energy efficiency and energy conservation

Owner at Self Employed (2018-08 – 2019-04)

These are the services offered to the private and business sector:

• Stainless steel and Aluminum welding
• Tilling
• Painting
• Plumbing
• Building and concrete works
• Roof repairs and maintenance
• Reason for Leaving: Relocated to JHB

Project Manager at Masakhane Construction (2013-04 – 2018-07)

• Conduct safety toolbox meetings.
• Pre-audits and planning of road construction site
• Traffic management plans, daily risk assessments and tech drawings.
• Updating of safety and work site files on a weekly basis and presented to dept of public works.
• Installing traffic signs and daily site inspections.
• Reported to safety manager on a daily basis
• Oversee all legal documents and appointment letters.
• Onsite training given to employees and inspectors.
• Internal audits on a weekly basis.
• Integrated planning in accordance with the department of transport and public works teams and management.
• Following the construction regulation 85 of 1993 (the act)
• Reason for Leaving: Contract ended.

SHE Officer at CCI Turnkey Projects (2012-04 – 2012-06)

• Tool box talk meeting with coal and ash lock teams.
• Inspection of work areas daily throughout the day.
• Inspections of all issued work permits daily and for repeated tasks.
• Updating of safety work file and site safety file on a weekly basis, reporting to the safety committee and production manager.
• Visual inspections on all tools and welding equipment following necessary procedures to remove equipment from site if need be.
• Attend weekly safety meetings with production team.
• Weekly and monthly safety reports
• Identification of risks on site to improve safety within the production area.
• Internal audits.
• Reason for Leaving: Contract ended.

SHE Officer at Libby Construction (2012-01 – 2012-03)

Installing of fibre optic lines for various companies, monitoring and checking the health and safety of work done onsite in CBD and surrounding suburbs. Working according to and in bounds of the occupational health and safety act 85 of 1993 (construction regulations)

• Approval and drawing up traffic management plans according to municipality standards and reassessing changes that need to be made due to change in traffic demands.
• Morning tool box meeting and general meeting with traffic & road construction teams.
• Liaising and planning of all control, emergency procedures and protocols.
• Work specs from the town planning department and site engineer.
• Updating of site safety and work files on a weekly basis.
• Quality control.
• Time keeping and S.H.E rep performance filtering.
• Daily SHE rep meetings.
• Reason for Leaving: Contract Ended

SHE Officer / Site Supervisor at Sanyati Civil Engineering & Construction (2011-03 – 2011-10)

Duties according to S.H.E officer (act 85 of 1993)

• Ensure that a culture in which safety is the prime concern and will never be compromised on site or workplace.
• Endorse the involvement of all staff in improving safety.
• Implementation of the Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management systems.
• Ensure that all staff have undergone pre-employment medical and have been correctly inducted prior commencement of work. Exit medicals are completed at and of each project on all staff.
• Conduct full self-safety audits to evaluate compliance with safety management plans and systems.
• Liase with Client line and safety management to ensure full understanding and communication of all safety issues impacting on Client from TTC’s activities and vice versa.
• Ensure that a safety committee is established and at least monthly meetings take place and correctly minuted. Copies of which are to be sent to the safety co-ordinator.
• Ensure that emergency plan is put into place and communicated.
• Co-ordinate and ensure that all involved personnel prior to commencement of any work all hazards, risks and environmental aspects and complete risk and environmental assessments and daily safety task instructions.
• Administer the suggestion scheme as per standard operating procedures is implemented on site.
• Ensure communication and training of all risk and environmental assessments, safe working procedures and safety coaches to the workforce.
• Ensure that toolbox talks are done and recorded as per standards.
• Ensure that planned task observations (PTO’S) are being conducted by supervisor and evaluate them.
• Carry out adhoc PTO’s as per standard operating procedures.
• Carry out daily inspections of the work areas with the view of eliminating unsafe acts,and rectifying unsafe conditions quickly.
• Ensure that safety reps are carrying out their safety inspections and recording findings correctly.
• Verify that sub-contractors on site comply with these safety Management Procedures and that all sub-contractors on the site have signed a statuary responsibility agreement in terms of section 37(2) of the OH&S act.
• Ensuring that disciplinary action is taken for any violations of HSE standards and rules.
• Submit HSE monthly report to the company safety co-ordinator.
• Ensure that all documentation required as per the HSE Management Procedural Manual and standard operating procedures are filed as per standard and readily available.
• Ensure and check all inspections and registers that have to be kept and maintained as per the HSE Management Procedural Manual and standard operating procedure.
• Participate in all incident / accident investigations and ensure that all investigation reports are submitted to the company safety co – ordinator.
• Reason for Leaving: Contract Ended

Shop Manager at Omega Pawn Shop (2009-10 – 2010-11)

Stock Controller at South African Breweries (2009-06 – 2009-10)

SHE Officer at Finch Engineering Contracting cc (2008-11 – 2009-03)

SHE Officer / Site Supervisor at Tiger Wheel &Tyre (2007-08 – 2007-10)

SHE Officer / Site Supervisor at Applecon Controls cc

3 years and 6 months

Applying S.H.E Principles / SAMTRAC – NOSA 5 Star Safety Systems (2004 – 2004)

Computer practice N4 / Introduction to Computers – Taletso F.E.T Lichtenburg campus. (2004 – 2004)

Matric (Grade 12) in English – Afrikaans –Business Economics - Motor Mechanics - Farm Mechanics Applied Agricultural Science – Bekker High School (2003 – 2003)