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Jackson Forbes

Heddon Greta,NSW

Summary

Qualified plant mechanic, Lower management experience, specialising in Sandvik drills, experience with Epiroc long-hole drills, experience with Caterpillar and Sandvik loaders, experience with Epiroc, Sandvik and Caterpillar trucks, experience with assisting with mining operations.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Leading Hand Fitter

Redpath Mining
09.2024 - Current

* Maintain a high standard of safe and efficient work practices within the crew

* Sustain crew morale to maintain a healthy work environment

* Work closely with mining to achieve maintenance goals and targets in a timely manner with reduced impact to mining operations

* Mentoring and teach new starters and apprentices

* Managing inventory levels to ensure parts are always at hand

* Regularly review SWI revisions to ensure the crew is following the correct safe work practices

* Deliver detailed handover's over change of shift and crews

* Organising jobs to ensure there is ample and effective labour and parts and utilising crew members different strengths to deliver the best product to mining

Underground Drill Fitter

Mader
06.2023 - 08.2024

* Maintain 2 DD420 jumbo's that where heavily modified to comply with NSW underground coal standards to maintain an explosion proof machine status to complete a twin decline project and the Woodland Hill seam drift project in Muswellbrook NSW

* Regularly assist mining with operations when the maintenance schedule allowed

* Assist with the further development of these two unique machine as engineering issues would arrise

* Assisted in maintaining the fleet of JUG-A-0 and Torque titan coal loders

* Assist mining with dewatering and maintaining pumps

Field Service Fitter

Mader
12.2021 - 05.2023

* Move around the Cobar region to different sites supplying labour to maintenance crews, predominantly utilised as a breakdown fitter

* Occasionally work outside of sites for offsite work on their machinery

* Occasionally utilised for ad hoc jobs on civil sites and waste management sites

Fitter

Keldan
11.2020 - 11.2021

* Worked at Moolarben mine removing Cummins engines from electric drive trucks and retrofitting MTU engines for performance, fuel economy and enviromental reasons

* Occasionaly utilised for labour on machine mid lifes

Apprentice Plant Mechanic

Expressway Spares
08.2016 - 08.2020

* Completed apprenticeship at expressway spares

* Various bare chassis "Zero Hour" rebuilds on different machines

* Sand blasting and painting experience


Education

No Degree - Completed Up To Year 11

Singleton High School
Singleton

Skills

    Certificates and Licences

    * Cert III Mobile Plant Technology

    * Working at heights

    * Confined space

    * Forklift license

    * Extra low voltage training

    * Advanced first aid

    * Sandvik DD422i training certificate

    * Aircon ticket

    * TRG license (MDG25)

    * Experience with JDE

    * Experience with OnPlan

    * Full drivers license

    * DES certificate (explosion proof exhaust system training)

    * Sandvik fire suppression certificate

Timeline

Leading Hand Fitter

Redpath Mining
09.2024 - Current

Underground Drill Fitter

Mader
06.2023 - 08.2024

Field Service Fitter

Mader
12.2021 - 05.2023

Fitter

Keldan
11.2020 - 11.2021

Apprentice Plant Mechanic

Expressway Spares
08.2016 - 08.2020

No Degree - Completed Up To Year 11

Singleton High School
Jackson Forbes