Experience

First National Battery

• Lab Technician

  • Jan 2019 - Present



BASF

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lab Technician

  • Feb 2012 - Oct 2018

  Sampling raw material, slurry and Catalytic converters for analysis.Preparing Precious Metal (PM), Raw material, Slurry and Catalytic converters analytical testing Performing gravimetric analysis and measuring turbidity on PM. Using Inductive Coupled Plasma (ICP) to analyse PM solution and base metals.Using Ion Chromatography ICS-1500ER to determine Nitrates and Chlorides in milled ceramic catalysts and also Acetate on slurries.Determining percentage solids of slurry and raw materials using Leco TGA Furnace.Retrieving results and interpreting them in relation to product specification. Recording and releasing quality data on Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).Preparing reagents and standards for various methods.Calibrating and maintaining laboratory equipment’s.Handling storage and shipment of test samples.



Walter Sisulu University

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tutor

  • Feb 2010 - Nov 2011

  Tutoring new students in Physics I Tutoring new students in Physics I