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Detail Draughtsman

​Shatterprufe - January 1973 – January 1995

 

I joined Shatterprufe in 1973, where I was involved in the designing of tools, dies, jigs and checking fixtures. I also prepared artwork used to silkscreen logos and emblems on glass. During my time with the company many interesting projects were undertaken. I was also involved in the designing of polyurethane moulds for bumpers, dashboards and door mouldings for the motor industry. All this work was done manually on the drawing board. In 1992 the company moved to computer-aided design using AutoCAD as a design package. I was retrenched in 1995.

 

Mechanical Draughtsman

​Xmeco - January 1995 – January 2008

 

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KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Fault finding on designed equipment during building phase

• Practical assembly and fitting tasks

• Visit and liaise with customer on technical issues as required

• Liaise with production on special customer instruction/requirements

• 2D & 3D design and detailing and to ensure the correctness of the drawings produced.

• Control of all aspects of design related to projects

• Info preparation for assembly documentation package

• Initiate, conduct and process FMEA's and the raising and processing of ECR's

• Initiating pattern manufacture, requisition, scale drawing and machining requirements

• Raise, conduct, monitor and finalize production trials

• Handle production/workshop queries incl. QC measurement deviations

• Completion of technical specs on test reports and signing off

• Contribute to the success of the business and actively seek ways of improving efficiency.

• Liaise with workshop and technical personnel to ensure the correctness of components manufactured from drawings

• Liaise with external suppliers to ensure correctness of the materials used in the design

• To make sure that the design is safe for the end user and the people in the immediate vicinity and to ensure the adherence to the various standards for the design

• See that the design and equipment meet the original agreed upon spec and performs accordingly

• Write programs for AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Catia using auto lisp routines and Visual Basic to improve efficiency in the Design department.

• Control and set-up all the standards and file system in the Design department and to ensure that all cad stations run smoothly

• Documentation and control of all designs and drawings

• Produce catalogues, brochures and presentations of our products for customers and maintain the company website

• Design and develop new products and manage and see a project through form the initial stages until it has been completed

• Control of all aspects of design related projects and handle workshop queries

• Raise, conduct, monitor and finalize production trials

• Plant layouts

 

Mcdesign

​September 2008 – February 2009

 

​At Mcdesign I was involved in the designing of various types of equipment and machinery. Some of the work that I was involved with was steel platforms at BASF, drying tunnels and gantries at General Motors SA, conveyors at Volkswagen and ducting, steel structures and platforms at Algorax and also onsite measuring. My contract at Mcdesign ended on February 2009.

 

Senior Mechanical Design Draughtsman

​Xmeco - April 2010 – December 2011

 

In April 2010 I was remployed by Xmeco. My contract at Xmeco ended December 2011. I was employed as a Senior Mechanical Design Draughtsman to assist with weldgun projects at General Motors South Africa and Ford Venezuela. I also had to develop a new high pressure spotweld weld to achieve spotweld in access of one ton, and matching pneumatic cylinders to be used with the new design.