Carlos - Ingénieur qualité et méthodes AASTRA

Dates 1980 - 88
Occupation or position held Qualified welder on different processes at several sites, for the petrochemical industry,and coal fired
power stations for Escom / L.C.Steimuller
Welding supervisor during the erection of different stages of the boiler phases.
Welding supervisor monitoring welding parameters within specific procedures.
Main activities and responsibilities Qualified welder on stainless and alloy steel and aluminium, according to the SMAW and GTAW
processes, on small and large bore piping for the petrochemical industry and coal power stations.
Welding supervisor, monitoring welding parameters within specific procedures on dragline erections.
Name and address of employer L.C.S.C. (SA) (LC Steimuller)

Dates 1988
Occupation or position held Senior welding inspector at various sites of the petrochemical industry and during the erection and/or
maintenance of some of the South Africa oil refineries, and for the different boiler erection.
Main activities and responsibilities Quality control of high pressure piping manufacturing and works associated to the installation of the of
672 MW of potency at the Kendal Power Station (SA).Experience with boiler furnaces, burners ,valves and vendor inspector experience as well.
Quality inspector during the erection and shut down works at the following coal power sations;Duvha,Kriel,Matinba,Standerton,Majuba,Arnot,Hendrina,Grootvlei, Matla, Kendal Ingagane, all in South Africa. This includes main steam pipe work, boiler panels, sling tubes, economizer, reheaters and hot reheaters and pressure vessels, including the type materials of carbon steel, 15MO3,10CR910,13CR44, X20, P5, P9, P11and stainless steels.
Compilation of data for client’s approval.
Welders and Welding Procedures Qualification, according to different standards.
Quality Control and Inspection of pressure vessels
Acknowledgement of different standards (i.e. Ad. Merkblatt, BS 5500 and ANSI B
31.3,ASME,BS,ISO.DIN.EN1090-1;2
Leak testing, vacuum testing and pressure tests.
Electrical and mechanical quality checks during the assembly of medium – size electrical mechanical equipment.
Name and address of employer L.C.S.C. (SA)

Dates 1989 - 91
Occupation or position held Senior welding inspector at various sites of the petrochemical industry and during the erection and/or maintenance of some of the South Africa oil refineries
Main activities and responsibilities Quality controller within Q.A. programme of SASOL II and III oil refineries, in South Africa, including prefabrication,
erection and handover of various petro-chemical piping systems.
Compilation of data packages for SASTECH approval.
Quality control during the boiler outage at ESCOM power station. Inspection of hydraulic tests and presentation of documentation.
Electrical and mechanical quality checks during the assembly of medium size electric mechanical equipment.
Leak tests, vacuum testing and pressure testing.
Witness welding non destructive examinations testing works.
Name and address of employer L.C.S.C. (SA)

Dates 1992
Occupation or position held Senior welding inspector during some Outages
Main activities and responsibilities Documentation survey at the HENDRINA power station
Name and address of employer L.C.S.C. (SA)

Dates 1993
Occupation or position held Welding inspector
Main activities and responsibilities Welding inspection during the erection of the new cracking complex at PETROGAL Sines refinery, on
behalf of TECHNIP
Name and address of employer ISQ

Dates 1994 - 95
Occupation or position held Welding inspector
Main activities and responsibilities Welding inspection of steel structures during the revamping or construction of the train stations of Rossio, Azambuja and Alverca.
Welding inspection during the fabrication and assembling of telecommunication towers
Welding inspection on intermediate assembling of the main beam for the Storebaelt East bridge (Denmark)
Name and address of employer ISQ

Dates 1996 - 97
Occupation or position held Welding inspector
Main activities and responsibilities Welding inspection on the Portuguese natural gas main duct, on behalf of TRANSGAS
- Welders qualification acc. to the API 1104 code
- Welding inspections of the main line, tie-ins and valve stations
- Inspection of hot bends
- Hydraulic tests supervision
- Air drying and cleaning
- Pressure testing
Compilation of quality documentation
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Dates 1997 - 98
Occupation or position held Senior Welding inspector
Main activities and responsibilities Welding inspection of metal structures for the galleries and walkways of international stands
represented at Expo 98
Name and address of employer ISQ

Dates 1998
Occupation or position held Senior Welding inspector
Main activities and responsibilities Welding inspection during the shut down of FINA oil refinery at Luanda – Angola and revamping of
various units.
- Welders and welding procedures qualification according to EN –287-1 and 288-3 standards
- Visual inspection
- Radiographic interpretation/acceptance
- Hydraulic tests supervision
- Leak testing supervision
Approval of data books
Name and address of employer ISQ

Dates 1999
Occupation or position held Welding inspector
Main activities and responsibilities Welding inspection during the erection of two condensers, steam lines and a semi-continuous deodoriser for FIMA plant, at Lisbon
Senior Welding inspection of steel structures for the construction of the Government Transition Palace, in Macau – China.
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Dates 2000
Occupation or position held Welding inspector
Main activities and responsibilities Welding inspection of pipe works during the shut down of the PETROGAL Sines refinery
Welding inspection during the upgrading of QUIMIGAL Ammonia plant, at Barreiro
Welding inspection during the upgrading/enlargement of the train stations of Queluz and Cruz da Pedra.
Name and address of employer ISQ

Dates 2001
Occupation or position held Welding inspector
Main activities and responsibilities Welding inspection at Ar Líquido O2 plant, at Quimigal Barreiro Park
Welding inspection during the outage of Borealis, Sines
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Dates 2001 - 06
Occupation or position held Senior Quality and Assurance Inspector during the construction and assembling of the Large Hydron
Collider (LHC), for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Geneva
Main activities and responsibilities Quality inspection during the fabrication and assembling of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN premises, in Switzerland and at Jeumont – Framatome-Areva -France
Inspection on fabrication of the superconductor dipole magnets
In charge of Quality Assurance and witness of several tests: welding inspections, electrical tests, insulation resistance tests, impedance measurements, inductance measurements, resistance of coils winding, discharge intertum voltage tests).
Electrical and mechanical quality checks during the assembly of medium size electric mechanical equipment.
Dimension measurements with precision in order of 0.01mm.
Name and address of employer ISQ

Dates 2007
Occupation or position held Quality Assurance Inspector during the piping manufacturing for different projects
Main activities and responsibilities Inspection of harps fabrication for the Modugno Project at Alstom Portugal, representing Ryna Industry.
Inspection of a cement furnace repair at Cimpor , Loulé.
Leak testing ,vacuum testing and pressure testing.
Witness the welding non destructive examinations
Equipments inspection during the GLZ 4, 2 and 1 Sonatrach-Aval shutdown, in Algeria
Name and address of employer ISQ

Dates 2007- 08
Occupation or position held Quality Assurance Inspector during the piping manufacturing for different projects.
Main activities and responsibilities Expeditor at MCAV during the boiler external piping manufacturing for the Pont Sur Sambre France.-
Siemens.
Welding inspector for the Combined Power Station Project, Pont Sur Sambre-Siemens
Leak testing and pressure testing.
Expeditor, welding inspection, Quality assurance, Quality control and verification of final documentation related to other piping construction for Pont Sur Sambre Project
Senior welding inspector during fabrication , of HP drum at Roménia,
Senior welding inspector during the fabrication of all pressure pipe works for Pont Sur Sambre Project at TUBOPLAN//BOCCARD premises in Portugal.
Vacuum testing Witness the welding non destructive examinations
Quality and Quality Assurance inspector during the pressure valves fabrication for the same project, at Babcock - Spain.
Name and address of employer ISQ

Dates 2008 - 2012
Occupation or position held Senior Welding and Assurance Inspector for several projects.
Main activities and responsibilities Inspection on construction of 6 overhead cranes, in China for VSB project.
Electrical and mechanical quality checks.
Senior Welding and Assurance inspector during the fabrication and site erection of the soccer stadium
BALTIC ARENA GDANSK –POLAND for the Euro Cup 2012.
Witness the non destructive examinations.
Quality assurance manager and welding senior welding inspector during the works for the new REPSOL CAMPUS at Madrid.
Name and address of employer ISQ
Senior Quality assurance inspector during the up grading Sines refinery.
Quality manager during the construction of two soccer stadiums for the Brazilian world cup 2014.
Quality Director for the Narva 1 Project on behalf of Alstom at Ruukki – Finland.