Kenneth Pereka

• Operated heavy machinery in support of the tailings dam construction project.
• Conducted daily pre-start checks and routine maintenance to ensure safe, efficient equipment operation.
• Worked collaboratively with site supervisors, engineers, and other operators to meet project milestones and safety standards.
• Contributed to earthworks, material placement, and compaction to meet design specifications and quality requirements.

Machinery:

Dozer: CAT D6R, CAT D7R, CAT D8R, and CAT D10R.

• Carried out cut-and-fill operations, spreading and leveling dam wall construction, and access roads.
• Completed ripping, track rolling, and compaction to achieve required group preparations and density specifications.

Excavator: CAT 24T, CAT 36T, CAT 95T.

• Performed bulk earthworks, trenching, battering, and detailed excavation for dam walls and drainage structures.
• Safely loaded out material into haul trucks, and maintained effective benching and stockpile management.

Elevating Scraper: CAT 623G, CAT 633D.

• Hauled and placed bulk fill material for dam lifts, managing cart and fill zones efficiently.
• Operated independently or in tandem to maintain material flow and support production targets.

Grader - CAT 16H.

• Maintained safe and efficient site access by regularly grading construction roads and managing water run-off.

Drainage apprentice.

• Working in a team of three daily, doing various tasks together and individually, communication is an important part of our day-to-day job.
• Operate power tools, equipment, and vehicles according to regulations.
• Accurate craft piping, including measuring, cutting, threading, soldering, and bending materials to correct angles.
• Install and repair 50+ PVC pipes for sewer and storm water.
• Installed 80% of stormwater and manholes on a construction site.
• Confined space work.

Machinery

Excavator

• Daily pre-start checks, excavation, loading, unloading, and transportation of heavy equipment.

Roller

• Daily pre-start checks, rolled overlapping passes to the desired compaction.

Loader

• Daily pre-start checks, loading trucks, unloading, and transporting heavy equipment.