Aidan Hawkins
Taupo
Summary
Five years experience in the electrical supply industry and telecommunications.
Proven experience working within generation, substations and industrial sites.
Reliable electrician with background in all aspects of project work, high voltage switchgear, substation maintenance, protection systems, PLC wiring, prescribed electrical work and telecommunications.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Electrical Apprentice
Omexom
02.2019 - 10.2023
- Installing substation and other high voltage equipment, as per job instructions and specifications, meeting current regulations and standards
- Performing high voltage maintenance and construction work to client specifications.
- Responding to emergency fault breakdown work within planned response times.
- Compiled accurate electrical drawing documentation such as as builds and test results
- Programmable logic controller and instrumentation wiring
- Fibre optic cabling and splicing
Business Director
Fibre Optic Communications Ltd
10.2017 - 02.2019
- Self Employed owner/operator connecting homes to Chorus's Ultra-Fast Broadband network via underground and overhead methods.
- Schedule and confirm appointments and meet with clients, contractors, or supervisors.
- Organize schedules, order material and stock, liaise with customers, prepare accounts and communicate with business associates such as accountants.
Telecommunications Technician
Ventia
02.2016 - 10.2017
- Assemble, install and test communication equipment such as fibre, data and telephone communication lines, wiring and network hardware.
- Climb poles, use truck-mounted booms, and enter areas such as manholes, in order to install, maintain, or inspect equipment.
- Run cable and test cabling between network points, inside customers homes and businesses and throughout network.
- Maintain computer and manual records and diagrams such as as builds and construction drawings
Skills
- Electrical installation
- Fiber optic installation and splicing
- High voltage transmission networks
- Electrical and mechanical schematics
- Electrical testing
- Telecommunications systems
- Switchgear maintenance
Certification
- New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Trade (Level 4), Electricity Supply
- New Zealand Certificate in Electricity Supply (Level 2), Telecommunications
- National Certificate of Educational Achievement (Level 3)
- Working at Heights
- Mobile Elevated work platform
- Confined Space and Gas Detection
- Current Electrical Practicing License
Projects Completed
- Harapaki 220Kv Substation
- Mokai safety PLC installation
- Transpower SMS upgrade
- Transpower protection scheme upgrade
- Mokai hydrogen plant
Timeline
Electrical Apprentice
Omexom
02.2019 - 10.2023
Business Director
Fibre Optic Communications Ltd
10.2017 - 02.2019
Telecommunications Technician
Ventia
02.2016 - 10.2017
- New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Trade (Level 4), Electricity Supply
- New Zealand Certificate in Electricity Supply (Level 2), Telecommunications
- National Certificate of Educational Achievement (Level 3)
- Working at Heights
- Mobile Elevated work platform
- Confined Space and Gas Detection
- Current Electrical Practicing License
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