ISO Manager

Agricultural Consultant

• Feb 2007 - Aug 2009

• Active marketing of FSA within chosen market segments.• Assisting in the drawing up of proposals and quotations.• Continuous development and maintenance of good client relations.• Preparing Development Permit Applications for Intensive LivestockIndustries• Environmental Monitoring of Existing Feedlots, Piggeries.• Preparation of Environmental Management Plans (EMP) and Site BasedManagement Plans (SBMP) for cattle feedlots, compost sites, piggeries and abattoirs. • Active marketing of FSA within chosen market segments.• Assisting in the drawing up of proposals and quotations.• Continuous development and maintenance of good client relations.• Preparing Development Permit Applications for Intensive LivestockIndustries• Environmental Monitoring of Existing Feedlots, Piggeries.• Preparation of Environmental Management Plans (EMP) and Site BasedManagement Plans (SBMP) for cattle feedlots, compost sites, piggeries and abattoirs.

ISO and Environmental Practitioner

• Jan 2005 - Feb 2007

Cattle movement to and from pens, pulling of sick cattle, treatment of sick cattle,- Implementation of the ISO 14001 and 9001 systems at the Karan Beef Feedlot, Feed mill and Abattoir.- Environmental Management of 80,000 head cattle feedlot.- Monitoring of feedlot hospitals, pens, Feed mill and processing to ensurecompliance with animal handling, waste control and record keepingprocedures.- Monitoring & management of effluent drains, ponds and irrigation areas.- Monitoring and record keeping of dust levels in feedlot as well as weatherdata.- Monitoring of surface and ground water quality. Evaluation of waterquality supplied to pens.- Management of waste recycling and disposal (this includes hazardouswaste such as needles, empty chemical containers, glass and plasticmedicine bottles.)- Application for permits and ensuring legal compliance.- Identification & correction of pollution points.- Assisting with research. ( Together with Dr van Niekerk)- Auditing ISO procedures in all departments and record keeping inpreparation for external audit.- Assisting in preparations of Environmental Impact Assessments for feedlotexpansions.- Organization of meetings and public days for the introduction of RAMSARsite application.