1. Curriculum Vitae
Carel Hendrik van der Westhuizen – Electronic Engineer
ID 6306065142080
Current address: Plot 100 , Marjoramstreet, Wonderboom
Email: vdwestch@mweb.co.za
Tel : 0814286766 , 0125663657
Willing to relocate to: Cape Wine lands, Western Cape
Desired Job Types:
Part-time
Temporary
Contract
permanent
Work Experience
SANDF
• Second Lieutenant (1988-1989) Signaling officer Group 40 Wing field
• Responsible as Officer at Group 40 in Wing field for signaling equipment, frequencies,
communication center and people.
• Responsible as Comms Officer for radio communications during operations.
Telkom
Job title: Engineer
Location: Telkom Head Office- Pretoria, Gauteng
Time of employment: April 1991 to August 2015
Responsibilities
Switching
• Worked in switching (EWSD)
• Responsible for the periphery hardware and software
• Type approved new equipment such as subscriber digital and analog line cards, Digital line
units , Message buffers , Optical fiber digital concentrators, switching net and Line trunk
groups.
• Responsible for supporting these systems. I also
• Wrote software using turbo pascal for analyzing reports generated by the EWSD.

2. • Writing of specifications.
IP
• IP Technical solutions, mainly busy with VOIP
• Studied hybrid PABX's
Ancillary Services
• Regional Master planner for exchanges (visit exchanges , do site audits , compiling of master
plans, mini master plans , reports , SOW , memos on savings)
• Section web site owner and builder/maintaining it
• Software programming (creating calculators for Power/Rectifiers/HVAC)
• Optimizing of exchanges through power, co user investigations and optimized HVAC.
• Make provision for power growth (AC+DC) , HVAC and floor space.
• Supplying the finance section with replacement values of all of Telkom's rectifiers and batteries.
• Supplying other planners with power growth figures.
• Maintained regional power databases.
• Attend various meetings internally and externally to discus solutions to Ancillary related
matters.
• Approve/disapprove contractors work done by measuring it to their contract.
• Site meetings to discuss scope of work with contractors.
• Replacing of old and obsolete equipment with modern technology which requires less
maintenance, less floor space and power.
Current Salary: R600000/year
Accomplishments
• Saved Telkom money by optimizing exchanges
• Saved Telkom money by investigating co user usage
• When the new co user electrical billing calculator which I and a colleague built is in place
Telkom will save as well.
Skills Used
• Mathematics, Engineering, logical thinking, working with people, good report writing, getting
the job done on time.
• Gathering the necessary information from other role players quickly in order to do the job.
• Constant researching solutions and information on the internet.
• Knowing the right people to get the information needed.
• Knowing the right people for the job.

3. Education
Diploma in Data metrics with honors in Computer science
Unisa Pretoria, Gauteng
B ING (E) in Engineering
US Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Links
• http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/vdwestch/homepage.html
• https://www.facebook.com/carelv
• http://www.ebay.com/itm/Paradox-NEW-by-Carel-H-Van-Der-Westhuizen-/150693551216
Courses and certifications
• Net Promoter Score
• Basics Ethics
• Multi Service Access Node Overview
• Introduction to BCM for Management Level
• First Aid - Level 1
• NGN Essentials Introduction
• Wiring of Premises: SANS 10142-1 (Mod 2)
• Wiring of Premises: SANS 10142-1 (Mod 1)
• Fundamentals of Telecommute Networks
• IP Networking and Technologies
• Environmental Awareness
• Cisco ITM: InternetwOverv&LAN Protocols
• Cisco Certified Network Associate
• Satellite: VSAT Remote (Hughes)
• ATM: Technology
• Satellite: VSAT Introduction
• Data Communications: Principles
• Earthing: Telecommunications Equipment
• Data Protocols: Introduction
• Basic Cisco Router Installation & Maint.
• STP: Overview
• Transmission: DSL Technologies Optic Fiber:
• DWDM - Introduction
• EWSD: Introduction to EWSD
• EWSD System Course
• EWSD: SS#7 and CCNC
• EWSD CHILL programming course

4. • EWSD Periphery course
Computer Literacy
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Writing of programs in Delphi, C++, Visual C, Pascal, Visual Basic,Java
• Knowledge of HTML and Java programming (Created some webpages in HTML and wrote
some JAVA code for it),
• Knowledge and program ability in HTML and PHP
• Cross compiling Delphi or Lazarus/Python to Android
• SQL literate.
• Installations in Windows (Format and loading), Computer hardware and installations,
• Wrote some computer programs for Telkom to analyses and compute data
• Knowledge of Assembler, CHILL and PL1
Interests
• Fishing
• Camping
• Golf
• Economics
• Mathematics
• Family
• Being social
• Learning new technologies
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Job preference
• Consulting electrical or electronic Engineering
• Ancillary services
• Programming consulting
• ICT sector
• Teaching schools and colleges (Mathematics, physical science, electronics, programming)
• Green programs such as solar and wind energy