Leelananda (Lee) Balachandra

Unit 1/10-12, Bedford Street, Box Hill, Victoria 3128

Phone: 0447 301 953 (M) (03) 9899 3840 (H)
Email: ramanisi@yahoo.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE
To obtain employment in a familiar role where I can utilise my experience as a
qualified Surveyor and drafter with personal skills acquired during my career. With
a background of high focus on customer services I believe I can make a valuable
contribution.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

- Communicating with clients, preparation of quotes
- Organised, have a professional approach to work
- A flexible team player who can also work independently, enjoyed helping people
- Experience in GIS/GPS equipment: Trimble Pathfinder Pro XR, Trimble 4800-R8,
Sokkia GSR 2700 ISX, & Leica 300
- Experience in Total Stations: Sokkia SRX (Robotic), Nikon NPL 352, Leica 1010
- Experience in survey software: Civilcad, Geocomp, Traverse PC, and AutoCAD
Land Development & AutoCAD
- Experience in GIS/GPS software: Trimble Pathfinder Office, Trimble Geomatic
Office, Spectrum Survey, TravNet & SKI
- Cadastral, topographical/feature and engineering surveys
- Office operations including data processing and drawings
- Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Internet Research
- Competent in English and a second language

SUMMARY OF WORK HISTORY

Senior Surveyor March 2006-November 2009

MAKJaP Pty Ltd Port Hedland WA

Duties & Responsibilities:

o Communicating with individual, private & state sector clients , preparation of
quotes, job billing, archiving
o Maintain quality system standards
o Engineering, topographical, feature, cadastral, control & mining lease surveys
o Data downloading, processing and drawings

Registered Licensed Surveyor November 2004- March 2006

Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities:

o Property surveys (includes subdivisions)/data processing & drawings

Major project: Boundary survey of a Wild Life Park (29,625Hectare) - Data processing &
drawings

Geodetic Surveyor July 2004-November 2004

MAKJaP Pty Ltd Port Hedland WA

Duties & Responsibilities:

o Cadastral, topographical, mining lease and site surveys & drawings
o Communicating with clients, preparation of quotes, job billing, archiving

WORK HISTORY UPTO 2003

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Registered Licensed Surveyor July 2003- July 2004
Sri Lanka

Principle Surveyor January 2001-January 2003

Statkraft Groner, Third Water Supply & Sanitation Project (NORAD)], Sri Lanka

Duties & Responsibilities:

o Prepare training material and conduct training programmes in using
Trimble Pathfinder Pro XR GPS & Surveying
o Survey of water utilities & data processing for GIS
o Trimble Pathfinder / Geomatics Office, AutoCAD Map 2000 &
preliminaries of ArcView 8.1

Land Surveyor January 2003-July 2003

High-Point Rendel, Development & Engineering Consultants, Doha, State of Qatar

Licensed Surveyor March 1999-December 2000

Sri Lanka

Senior Surveyor March 1995-March 1999

Auscon Consultants International, Oman

Licensed Surveyor May 1994-March 1995

Sri Lanka

Survey Controller May 1991- May 1994

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi ARAMCO), Saudi Arabia

Land Surveyor /Licensed Surveyor February 1986-May 1991

Sri Lanka

Land Surveyor August 1985- February 1986

Zubair Kilpatrick L.L.C., Sultanate of Oman

Government Surveyor November 1983- August 1985

Surveyor General's Department, Sri Lanka
Surveyor Party Chief November 1980- November 1983
Arab Establishment for Projects, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Assistant Director (Survey & Demarcation)

November 1978-November 1980
Land Reform Commission, Sri Lanka (Land Ceiling Project as per Land Reform Law)

Government Surveyor September 1970-November 1978

Surveyor General's Department, Sri Lanka

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES UPTO 2003

o Property surveys (includes subdivisions)
o Topographical, engineering and construction surveys
o Data processing, drawings, computations, designing, quality assurance
o GPS field operations, processing & network adjustments
o Prepare project specifications, compiling reports, liaison with client organisations
o Organise, locate, survey profiles & setting out for overhead power lines
o Horizontal & vertical control surveys
o Supervision of construction of road construction project
o Issue instructions to Government & Licensed Surveyors to carry out cadastral surveys
o Scrutinize quality control & approval of plans.
o Administrative/financial management of 8 to 10 men survey crew. Survey equipment
maintenance.
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COMPETENCY IN SURVEY EQUIPMENT
o GIS/GPS:Trimble Pathfinder Pro XR with Trimble TD C2 Asset Surveyor,
Trimble 4800-R8 with TSC2, Topcon Hiper+ with FC-100,Sokkia GSR 2700 ISX
with Allegro CX, Racal (Thales) and Leica 300
o Total Stations: Leica 1010, Nikon NPL 352, Sokkia SRX (Robotic)

COMPETENCY IN SOFTWARE
o GIS/GPS : Trimble Pathfinder Office, Trimble Geomatic Office, Spectrum Survey,
TravNet, SKI
o Survey : Geocomp, GeoCivil, Civilcad Traverse PC, AutoCAD Land Development &
AutoCAD
o MS Office

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
o Member, Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI), Australia
o Fellow Member of the Surveyors' Institute of Sri Lanka
o Life Member, Geo-Informatics Society of Sri Lanka
o Member (Probation), the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, England

QUALIFICATIONS
Diploma in Surveying (Advanced Level), Institute of Surveying & Mapping, Sri Lanka (1978)

APPLIED STUDIES
o Licensed Planner (Draftsman), Sri Lanka (1975)
o Computer Applications Using Structured BASIC - University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka (1987)
o Practical classes in computer programming - PASCAL, Open University of
Sri Lanka (1987)
o AutoCAD Rel. 11 & DCA Rel. 11 Course - conducted by The ACADemy
(San Francisco, USA) (1991)
o Advanced Course in AutoCAD Rel. 10, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (1994)
o Computer Hardware, UniTech Computer Systems, Sri Lanka (2000)
o Computer Aided Drafting and 3D Modelling, ScadCAD Consultants,
Sri Lanka (2001)
o Global Positioning Systems (GPS) operations & techniques

HOBBIES / INTERESTS
o Reading, listening to music, cricket
o Charter Member, District 306 A1 Lions Clubs International,
o Cabinet Officer (2003-2004), District 306A Lions Clubs International

REFEREES

Upon request

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