Mathys Phillipus Van Zyl
Dalby
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven educator committed to fostering student engagement and academic success. Proven expertise in implementing innovative teaching strategies and contributing to curriculum development, with a focus on personal values and professional growth in teaching, engineering, and technology. Passionate about leading, motivating, and training teams to achieve collective goals, dedicated to continuous skill enhancement through ongoing professional development. Aiming to leverage these strengths to advance within the educational field while inspiring the next generation of learners.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Secondary School Teacher
Christian Community Ministries – Dalby Christian College
07.2022 - Current
- Normal teaching duties.
- Teaching manual arts (Design Technology, Industrial Technology Skills & Certificate 2 in Engineering), Biblical studies and Sport)
- Teaching additional classes when and if required (Mostly if other teachers are unavailable due to illness)
- Yearly updating of the subject and Industrial Skills workshop budget as well as maintaining the budget through the year.
- Subject planning which include yearly, termly as well as daily planning.
- Teacher / parent contacts which include meetings, phone calls etc.
- Teacher admin duties such as completing report cards, student progress reports etc.
- Playground duties
- Attending and working at all sports carnivals
- Certifying students competent in the trade subjects that I teach.
- Head of Industrial Skills Workshop duties
- Industrial Skills workshop maintenance which include machine and tools maintenance as well as tool and machine purchases
- Buying and maintaining Industrial Skills workshop consumables such as timber, metal, glue, nails, screws etc. while adhering to the available budget.
- Core Subject areas: Design Technology Year 7 to 10 Industrial Technology Skills Years 11 to 12 (This includes teaching Certificate 2 Engineering Pathways) Biblical Studies Sport
Secondary School Teacher
Queensland Department of Education – Miles State High School
07.2019 - 07.2022
- Normal teaching duties.
- Teaching manual arts (Engineering, Furnishing, Construction and IDT) and Mathematics
- Teaching additional classes when and if required (Mostly if other teachers are unavailable due to illness)
- IDT Trade Center maintenance which include machine and tools maintenance
- Buying and maintaining Trade Center consumables such as timber, metal, glue, nails, screws etc. while adhering to the available budget.
- Yearly updating of the trade center budget as well as maintaining the budget through the year.
- Subject planning which include yearly, termly as well as daily planning.
- Teacher / parent contacts which include meetings, phone calls etc.
- Teacher admin duties such as completing report cards, student progress reports etc.
- Playground duties
- Attending and working at all sports carnivals
- Attending and assisting members on the community at the men's shed that is held in the ITD trade center
- Certifying students competent in the trade subjects that I teach.
- Core Subject areas: Industrial design and Technology (Manual arts) Year 7 to 12 (This includes teaching Certificates 1 and 2 Furnishing Pathways and Certificate 2 Engineering Pathways) Junior Mathematics Junior Science
Application Specialist
Sasol Limited (Synfuels)
02.2015 - 10.2016
- Responsible for all SmartPlant P&ID related work in a Process team.
- Ensuring that all Draughting teams are able to work on the application and that all teams have all the relevant cells available in the tool at all times.
- Retrieving data from SPF and publishing off P&ID drawings to SPF.
- Ensuring that all engineering standards are met when drawings P&ID drawings in SmartPlant P&ID.
- I am responsible for the training and competency declaration of all new draughtspersons / External Companies that need to work on SmartPlant P&ID.
- We are currently busy with a project to redraw all old P&ID’s off all Sasol Secunda Plants into SmartPlant and it is my responsibility to ensure that the targets are met while the applicable standards were followed.
Team Leader – Mechanical Draughting
Sasol Limited (Synfuels)
02.2009 - 01.2015
- Managing a team of senior draughtspersons.
- Duties consist of assigning work, performance management of the team as well as safety and leave management of the team.
- Ensure cost efficient and reliable service delivery.
- Ensuring the team is trained and complying to competency requirements.
- To provide high quality weekly and monthly reports to higher management.
Teacher
Hoërskool Oosterland
01.2007 - 02.2009
- Teaching of the following subjects: Technology Engineering Graphics and design (Technical Drawing) Engineering Science
- Coaching rugby, athletics and cricket.
- Tutor at CAD classes after school
Education
Bachelor of Education - Senior and Further Education and Training Phase Technica
North – West University
Potchefstroom12.2006
Grade 12 - Afrikaans (HG), English (HG), Mathematics (HG), Physical Science (HG), Geography (HG), Technical Drawing (HG)
Hoërskool Parys
Parys12.2002
No Degree - Power Engineering
Vaal University of Technology (VUT)
11.2015
Skills
- Peer collaboration
- Student motivation
- Collaborative teaching
- Verbal and written communication
- Parent-teacher communication
- Subject expertise
- Classroom management
- Curriculum design
- Lesson planning
- Differentiated instruction
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 10 staff members.
- Expanded subject programs to include more technical disciplines.
- Differentiated subject content and assessments to improve inclusiveness and better student engagement.
Certification
- TAE40116 – Certificate 4 in Training And Assessment (Healthy Business Training) (Australia)
- MEM20413 - Certificate 2 in Engineering Pathways (Blue Dog Training) (Australia)
- CPC10120 – Certificate 1 in Construction (Blue Dog Training) (Australia)
1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Home Language: Afrikaans (Read, Write and Speak)
Second Language: English (Read, Write and Speak)
Interests
- Hiking
- Camping
- Gardening
- Auto Repair/Restoration
Timeline
Secondary School Teacher
Christian Community Ministries – Dalby Christian College
07.2022 - Current
Secondary School Teacher
Queensland Department of Education – Miles State High School
07.2019 - 07.2022
Application Specialist
Sasol Limited (Synfuels)
02.2015 - 10.2016
Team Leader – Mechanical Draughting
Sasol Limited (Synfuels)
02.2009 - 01.2015
Teacher
Hoërskool Oosterland
01.2007 - 02.2009
Bachelor of Education - Senior and Further Education and Training Phase Technica
North – West University
Grade 12 - Afrikaans (HG), English (HG), Mathematics (HG), Physical Science (HG), Geography (HG), Technical Drawing (HG)
Hoërskool Parys
No Degree - Power Engineering
Vaal University of Technology (VUT)
Hobbies and Interests
Fishing, Camping, Gardening
Training
- Computer Aided Design (Turbo CAD 2D) (Tri – CAD Education)
- Accredited Assessor Course (Conduct outcomes – based assessment) (NQF Level 6) (Credit Points: 32) (SOR 137649)
- Provincial C Cricket Umpires’ (United Cricket Board) (South Africa)
- Bakers Level 1 Cricket Coach (Bakers Coaches Academy) (South Africa)
- Essential Micro Station V8 XM Edn (Bentley)
- MicroStation V8i cad managing (Bentley)
- SmartPlant P&ID Administrators (Intergraph)
- SmartPlant Foundation 2018 Basic Authoring & Admin (Intergraph)
- SmartPlant Foundation 2018 Administration & Configuration (Intergraph)
- Fundamentals of Process Plant layout (Sasol Limited)
- SAP Navigation (Sasol Limited)
- (SAP) Introduction to EDMS (Sasol Limited)
- (SAP) Create and Change Documents (Sasol Limited)
- Business Understanding (Sasol Limited)
- Smart plant electrical (Sasol Limited)
Disclaimer
I, hereby, declare that all the details submitted with this application are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. Signature: Date: Place
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