Dylan Somerfield
Gladstone,QLD
Summary
Reliable Construction Worker offering expertise gained over 15 plus-years career in diverse labor roles. Versed in completing physically-challenging jobs and working long hours under all types of weather conditions. Familiar with manufacturing and process tech style jobs with history of quickly learning new techniques and equipment operation. Used to working shift work, including rotating days/nights, used to working in a hot environment and labour intensive jobs.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Trades Assistant
Downer Group - RG Tanna Coal Terminal Gladstone Port
01.2024 - Current
- Preparing high build epoxy paint to assist painters
- Assisting sandblasting crew with various tasks
- Pre-start checks and maintaining equipment to ensure their safe for the crew
- Assisting boiler-markers with prep work
- Encapsulating areas to contain garnet and paint.
Cyanide Warehouse Team Member
Orica, Yarwun
10.2023 - 01.2024
- Unloading shipping containers
- Trucks
- Inspecting shipping containers for damage and ensuring they're safe
- Loading 1.2 tonne cyanide boxes into shipping containers
- Operating a double tyne forklift
- Ensuring correct paperwork matches shipping containers
- Ensuring container is safe to leave the site
- Unloading pallet and ply trucks.
Nitrates Technician Ammonium Nitrate Bulkstore
Orica, Yarwun
03.2022 - 10.2023
- Inspecting plant before operation the facilities
- Doing safety checks before operating equipment ensuring it's safe
- Using and operation of front end loaders
- Loading trucks with ammonium nitrate prill from bulk store operating chute
- Loading 1.2 tonnes bags of anoprill using a control panel Operating front end loader with hook attachments to remove bags and store away in the storage
- Loading trucks with 1.2 tonne bags of anoprill
- Ensuring the truck drivers fill out correct forms and are within the correct weight limits utilising the weigh-bridge system to ensure their safety on our roads
- Loading AN solution tank and retrieving lab samples
- Analysing lab samples and creating certificates of verified lab samples for the trucks
- Manufacture companion and gasser solution for mining sites.
Sparge Maintenance Cyanide
Orica, Yarwun
11.2020 - 03.2022
- Inspecting empty sparges
- Ensuring they're safe to be filled with cyanide (solid + liquid)
- Replacing relief values on all sparges so ensure they are safe and don't fail safety inspections
- Reporting damage to head office
- Replacing gages that needing replacing to pass safety standards
- Inspecting sparge after being filled to ensure it's safe to leave site.
Labourer Supervisor
Cardinal Packaging, Orica Yarwun
06.2014 - 11.2020
- Ability to use various power tools and construction equipment
- Ability to always follow instructions, policies and procedures and standards
- Whilst working and subcontracting to cardinal packaging at Orica I was responsible for: Cyanide box construction, producing ply wood boxes by hand daily
- Morning's consisted of checking how many boxes night shift personnel used
- Constructed 300 boxes per shift
- Sweeping and general housekeeping to maintain a clean and safe work environment
- Operating the forklift on site
- Use of power tools, screw guns and air gun staplers
- Attending and holding safety meetings
- Training new employees
- Paperwork daily
- Running toolbox meetings
- Supervising 20 employees.
2nd year Boilermaker
Holmwood Highgate, Melbourne
08.2012 - 04.2014
- Fabrication of chassis' for international, national and local companies
- Completed work with a degree of a high standard and attention to details
- Conscientious in relation Health, Safety and Environmental practices and standards, focused on all safety personnels
- Process sound knowledge of the following welding procedures when fabricating aluminium hose trays, pipe work and chassis' for tankers to sit on - mig welding, tig welding, stick welding, aluminium/stainless steel
- Ability to operate overhead 8 tonne crane onsite to carry steel racks
- Completing full inspection of materials and tools returned to stores to ensure appropriate use and ensuring they didn't need maintenance
- Operating a forklift and employ safe manual handling procedures and techniques
- Operating the following tools - drills, grinders (5"/7"), die grinders, sanders.
Labourer Supervisor
Cardinal Packaging, Orica Yarwun
05.2011 - 04.2012
- Ability to use various power tools and construction equipment
- Ability to always follow instructions, policies and procedures and standards
- Whilst working and subcontracting to cardinal packaging at Orica I was responsible for: Cyanide box construction, producing ply wood boxes by hand daily
- Morning's consisted of checking how many boxes night shift personnel used
- Constructed 300 boxes per shift
- Sweeping and general housekeeping to maintain a clean and safe work environment
- Operating the forklift on site
- Use of power tools, screw guns and air gun staplers
- Attending and holding safety meetings
- Training new employees
- Paperwork daily
- Running toolbox meetings
- Supervising 20 employees.
Education
grade 12 -
Toolooa State High, Gladstone
01.2010
Skills
- High attention to detail
- Working with precision at all times to reduce the waste of materials and resources
- Able to work on busy sites, negotiate with other employees/contractors for access to ensure progression of works and projects
- Ability to pass pre-employment screening requirements
- Willing to work roster, lifestyle, shift weekends and overtime if needed
- Willingness to learn, acquire new skills
- Ability to work within strict timeframes
- Great team worker, able to ease into any crew
- Ability to multitask
- Reliable
- Detail-oriented work
- Materials Handling
- Hand-tool proficiency
- Safety awareness
- Surface Preparation
- Hazardous Materials
- Work Inspection
- Worksite preparation
- Time Management
Certification
- Open Class License
- OH&S White Card
- Forklift License - High Risk
- MISC - Maritime Security Identification Card
- 3 Site Medi Pass
Additional Information
Willing to obtain: Coal Board Medical, Standard 11
References
- Brad Norris, Orica Bulk Store Leader, 0427547609, 0449157390
- Chris Bye, Cyanide Warehouse Crew Leader, 0428348215
Timeline
Trades Assistant
Downer Group - RG Tanna Coal Terminal Gladstone Port
01.2024 - Current
Cyanide Warehouse Team Member
Orica, Yarwun
10.2023 - 01.2024
Nitrates Technician Ammonium Nitrate Bulkstore
Orica, Yarwun
03.2022 - 10.2023
Sparge Maintenance Cyanide
Orica, Yarwun
11.2020 - 03.2022
Labourer Supervisor
Cardinal Packaging, Orica Yarwun
06.2014 - 11.2020
2nd year Boilermaker
Holmwood Highgate, Melbourne
08.2012 - 04.2014
Labourer Supervisor
Cardinal Packaging, Orica Yarwun
05.2011 - 04.2012
grade 12 -
Toolooa State High, Gladstone
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