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SSI ENGINEERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, a DHV COMPANY CURRICULUM VITAE Current Position: Senior Environmental Scientist Name of Firm: SSI, a DHV Company Name of Staff: Tebogo R Sekoko Clan name Bakwena ba Modimosana Marital Status: Married to S Elizabeth Sekoko, since March 2011 Children: Not yet Profession: Environmental Science Years with Firm/Entity: 5 years, 3 months Nationality: South African Years in the field 6 years, 3 months Membership in Professional Associations: International Association of Environmental Impact Assessment in South Africa (IAIAsa) Education: B.Sc. Honours University of Pretoria 2007 B.Sc. B.Sc. with Mathematics, 2004 Passed with merit and obtained a distinction in Mathematics (Kwa- Matric dedangendlale High School in Zola, Soweto {Johannesburg Metropolitan}, Gauteng Province) Short courses Franklin Covey Institute’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, 2008 Insite Certificate in Project Management, 2007 Systems Page 1 of 38 SSI ENGINEERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, a DHV COMPANY Crystal Clear Consulting & Merchants ISO 14000 Environmental Auditor, 2009 (Pty) Ltd Employment History: January 2007 to current – Senior Environmental Scientist, SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants (formerly renowned as Bohlweki-SSI Environmental (Pty) Ltd, the environmental arm of SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants, a DHV Company). Even if we were to do work for the now popular as at 18 August 2011 - Honourable Chief Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng, we would not dare forget the guys who took off the ground with us (renowned Bohlweki). Cannot see nor hear of Bohlweki?, that is all in the past and that went out with the fall of the Berlin wall. Its time to note that SSI has emerged. Likewise, it is requested that you remember us, please do notify us of any potential environmental scientific work you might have and we will see how we can help. My personal email address: [email protected] for correspondence. Please be advised that as of 1 July 2010, the business of Bohlweki SSI Environmental (Bohlweki), has been integrated as a specialised business unit of SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants (Pty) Ltd (SSI) and will henceforth trade under the name of SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants (SSI). January 2006 – December 2006 – Environmental Consultant, Khulani GeoEnviro Consultants (Pty) Ltd March 2004 – December 2005 – Customer Services Agent, Virgin Atlantic Airline @ the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) (formerly known as Johannesburg International Airport) Employment Experience: As the Senior Environmental Scientist Tebogo has acquired technical skills pertinent to plan and facilitate environmental authorisation procedures, and carry out Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and environmental & social baseline studies and Public Participation (PP) exercises within a stratified scope of Linear infrastructure, Rural Water Supply schemes, change of land use, upgrading/ establishment of infrastructure and mining exploration activities. His responsibilities include the following: project Page 2 of 38 SSI ENGINEERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, a DHV COMPANY management (managing large and smaller projects), compilation of reports as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process and mining exploration projects, compilation of tenders / project proposals, facilitation of the Public Participation Process (chairing Public and Focus Group Meetings), generation of an issues and responses report & a stakeholder map and liaising with clients, authorities, specialists and Interested & Affected Parties. Also if you will, you may consider him a GIS analyst considering that the entire variable projects that he conducts he produces/ makes site specific geographical maps. Tebogo notes that in order to do his additional GIS work impeccably and successfully he has always puts on “geographical spectacles” when generating and analysing GIS data. On the whole, he has Cartographic and Geographical Information Systems skills using ESRI products including not only limited to Arc GIS, Arc Viewer & Arc SDE and MapInfo; knowledgeable about GIS precepts; generating maps, digitizing maps/ photos data sources; ability to model scanned data either rasterize or vectorize. Experience in the Public Participation Process includes notification of possible Interested and Affected Parties using stream lined networking processes. Experience of the Environmental Impact Assessment process takes off from plain exemption reporting, Basic Assessments, Screening, Rectification Applications and Scoping reporting through until the level of Full EIA report production. Select Current and Recently Completed Projects with an account of Tebogo Sekoko’s role. Please note that the project’s undertaken have been classified under eight (8) groups, namely: Environmental Management Plans, Water Use License Applications and Compliance Verification Audits Full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIAs) Processes Basic Assessments (BAs), Screening and Planning Rectification and Amendment Applications Mining Applications Environmental Advise, Independent EIA and BA Reviews and NEMA Queries GIS Mapping Groundwater Assessments Group 1.: Environmental Management Plan, Water Use License Applications (WULA) and Compliance Verification Audits Page 3 of 38 SSI ENGINEERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, a DHV COMPANY Year 2011-2012 Project title: Eskom energy strengthening project Gumeni – Bosloop, Machado dop, Mpumalanga (BA) – Project Manager and Senior Environmental Scientist Project title: Eskom energy strengthening project Wildebees Bethal, Secunda Trichardt, Mpumalanga (BA) – Project Manager and Senior Environmental Scientist Project title: SANRAL Rehabilitation of National Road N11 Section 13 in Mokopane, Limpopo (BA) – Project Manager and Senior Environmental Scientist Project title: Eskom Bethal coal haul road D622 substative amendment of the Environmental Approval, reported to DEA, Bethal, Mpumalanga (SA) – Project Manager and Senior Environmental Scientist Year 2010 Project title: Eskom Bochum Knobel project (EIA) – Project Manager and Senior Environmental Scientist Project title: Rand Water F5, O2 and Centurion to Rustenburg pipeline WULA Queries - Project Manager and Senior Environmental Scientist Project title: Generation of Chloropleth maps for Devon landowner identification for Eskom’s proposed Matla-Jupiter route alignment energy project – GIS Specialist Project title: SAWS land valuations and negotiations with the land owners - Project Manager and Senior Environmental Scientist Project title: ECO for the Rand Water F5 pipeline - Project Manager and Senior Environmental Scientist Year 2009 Project title: Environmental audit for the installation of mobile radar towers throughout South Africa by the South African Weather Services Client: South African Weather Services (SAWS) Client contact Georgie George person: Contact number 072.345.2662/ 012.367.6090 Tebogo’s Project Management designation: Conducting environmental audits Report writing Expediting and managing the property valuation, surveying process and notarial services for registration with the Deeds office Project value: R 3 000 000.00 Page 4 of 38 SSI ENGINEERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, a DHV COMPANY Period: September 2009 until March 2011 Project title: General environmental audit of the construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) for the N1 Gauteng Freeway audit Client: South African National Roads Agency Limited, Head Office Tebogo’s Undertaking an Audit Assessment and report writing subsequent to the designation: site inspections Descriptive Bohlweki-SSI Environmental has been requested by SSI – Transport account: Sector to add value to the road rehabilitation project on the N1 and had put together an environmental audit team to conduct a general environmental audit on the Gauteng Freeways Project between 9th Avenue and Rivonia. In order to expedite the audit, the projects EMP and RoD were reviewed and summarized in a general audit checklist were compiled to use as a guideline during the audit. The assessment was carried out on the 18th of August 2009 with a team of three environmental auditors. Project value: R 69 000 Period: August - September 2009 Year 2008-2009 Project title: Water Use License Application (WULA) and External Environmental Auditing for the installation a Rand Water pipeline from the Brakfontein Reservoir (Centurion) to Barnardvlei Reservoir (Rustenburg), from July 2008 to Dec 2010 Client: Rand Water Board Tebogo’s The following bears reference: designation: Liaison with the client {Rand Water – Ms. Juliet du Preez and Ms. Gail Andrews} and contractor {Cycad, et. al} and the Department of Environmental Affairs {i.e. Mr. Reggy Nkosi and Ms. Tebogo Kekana} Compilation of the Water Use License Application and motivation for the application, as well liaison with Mr. Justice Maluleke and Mr. Rens Botha from the National Department of Water Required to conduct a monthly inspection with the ECO (Mr. Sammy Sibanda and Mr. Xolani Dlamini) (day site visit) and then compile a checklist and monthly audit report as of July 2008. Page 5 of 38 SSI ENGINEERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, a DHV COMPANY Writing up Environmental Audit Reports (EAR) subsequent to the site inspections Give assessment report to key project team members during quarterly meetings Client contact JulietduPreez GailAndrews persons Contact 083.253.7272 082.389.0312 numbers Descriptive The entire project involves the installation of approximately 78 km of account: