CURRICULUM VITAE

F.W.J DU PLESSIS

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PERSONAL DETAILS:

SURNAME: DU PLESSIS

NAME: FREDERIK WILLEM JACOBUS

ID NUMBER: 8009265034085

GENDER: MALE

MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED

NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 3

NATIONALITY: SOUTH AFRICAN

BIRTH PLACE: KRUGERSDORP

BIRTH DATE: 1980-09-26

HOME LANGUAGE: AFRIKAANS

TELEPHONE: 0791617121

DRIVER LICENSE: CODE 10

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DETAILS OF SCHOOL:

o HIGH SCHOOL:
 High School HTS N Diedericks

o QUALIFICATION REACHED:
 GRADE 12

o SUBJECTS PASSED:

 AFRIKAANS
 ENGLISH
 TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
 FUNCTIONAL MATHEMATICS
 FITTING AND TURNING
 FUNCTIONAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

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WORK HISTORY:

 TRANSTECH GLOBAL AFRICA

SERVICE PERIOD: 14 YEARS

CAREER: SATELLITE TECHNICIAN

DC POWER INSTALLATIONS

PHONE: (011) 318-8666 / 082 883 1191

CONTACT: A. VORSTER

WORK EXPERIENCE

o Zambia:
 Installation of 4.0m Andrew antenna and 1+1 system Codan equipment

o Chad:
 Installation of 3.8m Prodelin antenna and 1+1 system Codan equipment
 Installation of 4.5m Viasat antenna and 1+1 system Codan equipment
 Installation of 4.0m Andrew antenna and 1+1 system Codan equipment
 Installation of 4.9m Andrew antenna and 1+1 system equipment
 Dismantle of 3.8m Prodelin antenna
 Dismantle of 4.5m Viasat antenna
 Installation of new modems and switches
 Installation of Comtech modems and switches

o Niger:
 Installation of 4.9m Andrew antenna and 1+1 system Anacom equipment
 Installation of 3.7m Andrew antenna
 Installation of 4.0m Andrew antenna
 Installation of 4.5m Viasat antenna
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o Congo Brazzaville:
 Installation of 3.8m Prodelin antenna
 Installation of 7.3m Andrew antenna
 Installation of 4.0m Andrew antenna

o Congo DRC:
 Repointing of antennas
 Maluku Projects
 Installation of 7.6m Vertex antenna C-Band retrofit to KU-Band.
 Installation of 9.3m Andrew antenna
 9m vertex antenna Azimuth actuator move in order for antenna to move to now satellite.

o Tanzania:
 Installation of 4.5m Viasat antenna
 Installation of 7.6m ASC Signal antenna with full tracking system in al axis. (Azimuth, Elevation
and Polarization).
 Installation of rain blower on 7.6m ASC Signal antenna.

o Ghana:
 Installation of 7.3m Andrew antenna
 Installation of 9.3m Andrew antenna

o Kenya:
 Re-peaking of antennas
o South Africa:
 Rebuilding, repairing and installations of AVL 1.2m mobile antenna’s
 Repairing of and testing Codan equipment
 Installation of a 7.0m Scientific Atlanta antenna
 Dismantling and Installation of a 2 x 3.8m Prodelin antenna
 Repositioning of 7.3m ASC signal antenna
 Installation of 7.3m vertex antenna
 Installation of Codan redundancy BUC system
 Installation of dehydrator
 Installation of 9.3m vertex antenna
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o DC Power Installations:
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 Solar Panels installation and connection

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 Battery installation and connection

 Experience on Delta Rectifiers
 Experience on Victron Inverter systems

Fun Fact

Satellites travel at 18,000 miles per hour

o CERTIFICATION:
 Certified climbing gear inspector
 Certified for working at heights
 Certified forklift operator up to 7000 kg
 Certified mewp operator (cherry picker)
 Basic firefighting training certificate
 First aid Level 1
 Defensive Driving Competency
 Apply knowledge and understanding of South African law to the management of risk Level 4
 SHERQ Training

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

 AUTO INVESTMENTS: (Panel Beaters)

SERVICE PERIOD: 1 YEAR

CAREER: APPRENTICE

TELEPHONE: 083 375 3185

CONTACT PERSON: MR. ATTIE GOOSEN

 Chamdor precision ENG. CC

SERVICE DURATION: 6 MONTHS

CAREER: APPRENTICE

TELEPHONE: 011 762 1251

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CONTACT PERSON: MR. B Carthy

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 Joe’s Butchery

SERVICE PERIOD: 9 MONTHS

CAREER: BLOKMAN

TELEPHONE: 011 660 2058

CONTACT PERSON: MR. J DE JESUS

 JVC Car Engineering

SERVICE DURATION: 4 Years

CAREER: Cylinder head Engineering

TELEPHONE:

CONTACT PERSON: V. Cloete

ABOUT ME:
 Project management of Ultra Low Cost Tower systems and Antenna installations.
Managing of staff and contractors on site for 7 tower sites in Lesotho to the value of R500 000
per site from 10 – 06 – 2017 to 28 – 07 – 2017. 6 personnel members on site per site.
Managing contractors in the DRC for 900 tower sites with full solar and batteries to the value of
150 000 000 USD from 02 – 03 – 2015 to 15 – 06 – 2019. 200 contractors for all installations in
total.
 Installations of 15 and 22 meter Tower systems with 1.2m antenna, Delta rectifier, Solar Panels
and Battery backup systems in South Africa and Lesotho.
 Quotations and Orders of stock and equipment.
Quotation to clients to the value of plus minus 20 000 000 USD over the last 5 years.
 Sales of RF Equipment.
Sales of RF Equipment to the value of plus minus 18 000 000 USD in versus African countries and
R6 000 000 in South Africa in the last 4 years.
 Import and Export of RF Equipment.
 Preparation of shipping documentation and Shipping of Antennas, Towers, installation Materials.
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Preparation of shipping documentation for RF Repair units from and to manufacturer.

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 Installation and commissioning of Inetvu self-deploy antenna and Antenna controller.

 Installation and commissioning of iDirect modems.

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