Richard Tonkin
Penrith,NSW
Summary
Reliable and hardworking individual, with over 5 years' experience in Telecommunications Rigging and major construction on experience. Responsible and adaptable. I am a self-starter and team player. Strong time management, solid work ethics, strong communication skills and troubleshooting skills. Able to read structural telco site drawings and plumbing diagrams. Demonstrated competency at the terminations of various co-ax cables. Be able to work safely and competently at heights and the ability to climb structures and work at heights up to 100m.Carry out all site activities including some civil works, installation of steel work, Antennas, feeders, hybrid cable, plumbing whole external system including labelling, installation of TMAs, RRUS, cable tray, raised lids, sweeps, PIM testing.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Rigger
Asset Cranes
Milperra, NSW
08.2024 - Current
- Installation and erection of Steel Columns
- Installation of Rafters
- Installation of purlins and fly braces
- Installation of floor beams with efficiency
- Dogging franner, mobile cranes and telehandlers
- Lifting loads with correct lifting methods
- Operation of boom lifts above 11 meters
- Use of tools which include cumberlongs, rattle guns, podgers, drifters and podger shifters and all basic tools
Dogman/Rigger
Workfast Cadia mine
04.2024 - 04.2024
- Doing shutdown/maintenance work as a rigger/dogman operating Gantry crane and slinging up loads with the use of slings and shackles
- Using cumalongs and chain blocks for the task of job
- Identifying and mitigating hazards associated with a lift
- Ensuring stability of suspended loads
- Complying with workplace Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) procedures
- Signalling and guiding the Crane Operator during the lift
- Setting up, using and dismantling rigging equipment such as slings, shackles, chains and winches
- Lifting and erecting prefabricated panels made of steel, glass or concrete
- Inspecting all lifting gear before and after lifts to ensure gear is not compromised or damaged
- Erecting structural steel
- Ensuring that all erected structures are completely safe and of Australian standard
Dogman Tower crane
Advanced Cranes
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Estimating the weight and size of objects to be lifted and deciding on the equipment to be used
- Identifying and mitigating hazards associated with a lift
- Ensuring stability of suspended loads
- Complying with workplace Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) procedures
- Signalling and guiding the Crane Operator during the lift
- Setting up, using and dismantling rigging equipment such as slings, shackles, chains and winches
- Lifting and erecting prefabricated panels made of steel, glass or concrete
- Inspecting all lifting gear before and after lifts to ensure gear is not compromised or damaged
- Erecting structural steel
- Lifting materials in brickcages
- Using various slinging techniques for lifting
- Ensuring that all erected structures are completely safe and of Australian standard
Dogman/patcher/precast work on line.
NX Blue/ Gamuda Australia
07.2023 - 12.2023
- Spotted the Gantry crane and helped with allocating heavy concrete segments to its designated location in the yard ready for deliveries
- Worked on the Assembly line screeding the concrete inside the moulds
- Replaced the mould lids with use of rattle gun and hoist crane
- Repaired concrete segments with the use of the Hilti drill and grinder
- Patched and Repaired defects with A poxy, HB 70 and FC
- Dogman operation work
Dogman
Advanced Cranes
Mosman, NSW
05.2022 - 07.2023
- Luffa crane lifting concrete, pre-cast, panels
- Estimating the weight and size of objects to be lifted and deciding on the equipment to be used
- Identifying and mitigating hazards associated with a lift
- Ensuring stability of suspended loads
- Complying with workplace Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) procedures
- Signalling and guiding the Crane Operator during the lift
- Setting up using lifting lugs
- Lifting and erecting prefabricated panels made of steel, glass or concrete
- Inspecting all lifting gear before and after lifts to ensure gear is not compromised or damaged
- Erecting structural steel
- Lifting materials in brickcages
- Using various slinging techniques for lifting
- Ensuring that all erected structures are completely safe and of Australian standard
Telecommunications Rigger
Decon Technologies
05.2020 - 07.2022
- Demolishing/rebuilds of old telco sites, dismantling with efficiency
- Panning and installing IRU, TMA, along with other hardware
- Panning radio Broadcast dishes
- Rigging up structural steel for 5G
- Replacing and swapping out new filters on the radio tower
- Installation of feeder cable
- Swapping out heavy and new equipment by hauling rope
- Building greenfield and working on NBN
Rigger
Advanced Cranes
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Estimating the weight and size of objects to be lifted and deciding on the equipment to be used
- Identifying and mitigating hazards associated with a lift
- Ensuring stability of suspended loads
- Complying with workplace Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) procedures
- Signalling and guiding the Crane Operator during the lift
- Setting up, using and dismantling rigging equipment such as slings, shackles, chains and winches
- Lifting and erecting prefabricated panels made of steel, glass or concrete
- Inspecting all lifting gear before and after lifts to ensure gear is not compromised or damaged
- Erecting structural steel
- Ensuring that all erected structures are completely safe and of Australian standard
Rigger | General Labour
Advanced Premier Solutions
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Assist construction crew as necessary
- Operation of jackhammers, compression and power tools
- Working with heavy /Machinery, paving and kept flow of work with trucks
- Built and placed forms, plywood and wall systems
- Constructed concrete forms
- HV Pipe laying
- Load and unload trucks, hauls and hoist materials
- Perform underground adjustments (I.e., manholes, catch basins.)
- Operating an overhead crane
- Rigging/slinging up loads of plumbing pipes for distribution
- Use of forklift to load up trucks
- Ticking cleaning pipe welds
Traffic Controller | General Labour
Lack Group
01.2019 - 08.2019
- Control traffic using stop/slow bat
- Two-way radio
- Set up site according to TCP
- Thorough understanding of the Workplace Health & Safety (WHS)
- Support Team Leader in completing daily site assessments, vehicle and equipment inspections
- General housekeeping
- Ensuring compliance with Western Traffic Managements, safety management systems at all times
Telecommunications Rigging
SC Services
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Installing and running cables/fibres
- Installing of IRU, TMA, antennas, mounts and other steel work on monopoles/towers/buildings
- Working within OH&S to complete jobs
- Working with cranes and heavy equipment
- Working and operating EWP
- Maintain an open flow of communication between riggers and ground personal
- Dogging and Rigging License
- Working at heights
Telecommunications Rigger
ECM Engineering
01.2014 - 12.2017
- Demolishing/rebuilds of old telco sites, dismantling with efficiency
- Panning and installing IRU, TMA, along with other hardware
- Panning radio Broadcast dishes
- Rigging up structural steel for 5G
- Replacing and swapping out new filters on the radio tower
- Instillation of feeder cable
- Swapping out heavy and new equipment by hauling rope
- Building greenfield and working on NBN
Tank Driver
The British Army
01.2009 - 12.2014
- Using initiative to make quick decisions commanding firepower
- Directing each person in the crew on their job ensuring the smooth running of the tank operations
- Being the point of reporting for information collected by crewmen
- Feeding down orders from unit commander to crewmen overseeing the recording of all data
Skills
- High Rish Work License
- DG
- RB, RI
- LF
- WP
- White Card
- Working at Heights
- SECTA Security License
- EWPA yellow card
- BL, SL,VL
- Traffic control
- Yellow card
- Blue card
- Ladsaf assessor certified
- Operate and maintain 4WD
- Drive and maneuver trailers
Certification
- Certificate II in Construction
- Certificate III in Warehousing
- Perform EWP Descent
- Telstra certified Radhaz EME/RF
- Telstra DME
- Power Rescue
- Awareness certificate
- NBN Safety awareness certificate
- North Connex Tunnel
- Light Rail Inducted
- Telecommunications Induction :
- Telstra SKA
- TPG
- Vodaphone
- Optus
- Ericsson
- Huawei
Timeline
Rigger
Asset Cranes
08.2024 - Current
Dogman/Rigger
Workfast Cadia mine
04.2024 - 04.2024
Dogman Tower crane
Advanced Cranes
01.2024 - 04.2024
Dogman/patcher/precast work on line.
NX Blue/ Gamuda Australia
07.2023 - 12.2023
Dogman
Advanced Cranes
05.2022 - 07.2023
Telecommunications Rigger
Decon Technologies
05.2020 - 07.2022
Rigger
Advanced Cranes
01.2020 - 12.2020
Rigger | General Labour
Advanced Premier Solutions
08.2019 - 12.2019
Traffic Controller | General Labour
Lack Group
01.2019 - 08.2019
Telecommunications Rigging
SC Services
01.2018 - 01.2019
Telecommunications Rigger
ECM Engineering
01.2014 - 12.2017
Tank Driver
The British Army
01.2009 - 12.2014
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