Raymond Azevedo

Experience

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  Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd

  Jan 1986 - Oct 2020

  Providing a learning strategy, leadership and direction .Facilitating and Maintaining the training safety and quality management systems. Manage Human Resources activities of the department.Managing Education Training and Development finances.Providing advice and assistance to employees on career development, general information on legislative developments and statutory compliance requirements and clarifying the scope of legislative impact and advising on appropriate action strategies.Managing efficient execution of all contracts, external contracted resources and service providers to ensure that contracted requirements are fulfilled within the specific required scope and in line with the strategic focus of the Business Unit Show less Execute daily production activities by:Liasing with Operating on plant problems and state of plantMeeting with Maintenance managers and exchanging information prior to the Production MeetingDoing plant walk downs to identify plant deficienciesDoing job observations on activities on plant and equipmentArranging for major plant outages where Unit send out is affected by:Negotiating with Operating and Maintenance the opportune time to execute the workArrange with the Energy Trader to reduce the loading through Trading and BiddingFeedback to the relevant parties the arrangements and / or reschedule outages in cases where the system cannot accommodate the load reductionPlanning and scheduling of short term unit and equipment outages as well as forced outages by:Collecting scope of work from Resource plannersThrough interaction, negotiation and persuasion influence the duration and timing of workDrawing up master project plans on MS ProjectArranging and chairing pre-outage meetings with stakeholdersPlanning Permit to Work requirements with OperatingInvestigating Production related incidents by:Calling the relevant expertise together for investigation and analysisDo cause and effect analysis by utilizing an applicable methodPrepare and present the findings and corrective actions in accordance with the Occurrence Management procedure and processPresent findings and corrective actions to Production MeetingTracking and developing production indicators. Show less EAITB Accredited Instructor.EAITB Accredited Trade / Discipline Mentor.EAITB Accredited Instructional Writer.EAITB Accredited Content / Process Assessor.Responsible for the theoretical and practical training and retraining of all operating personnel. This includes ensuring that the training material is in accordance with Adult Based Learning as per National Standards (NQF) and SAQA.Also responsible for Legislative training in terms of Plant Safety Regulations, Operating regulations for High Voltage systems and the occupational Health and Safety Act for all employees and contractors on site Show less

  • Training Manager

    Mar 2012 - Oct 2020

  • Production Manager

    Oct 2007 - Mar 2012

  • Production Planner

    Nov 2002 - Sept 2007

  • ETD Practitioner

    Mar 1997 - Oct 2002

  • Unit Controller / Operator

    Jan 1986 - Feb 1997
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  AboitizPower

  Oct 2020 - Oct 2023

  Technical Training Manager

  Responsible for the establishment of a Technical Training Department for the Coal Business Unit. This includes the development of Learning Paths, Training Materials and Assessment documents as well as a comprehensive Technical Competency Matrix for the organisation