Omari Khalfan Tsumo

Occupational Health and Safety Officer

I have nine years’ experience in a mining production industry working as an OHS officer in the Occupational Health & Safety department and as a technical trades apprentice in Occupational Safety, Electrical & Instrumentation and Mechanical engineering including vast work exposure in refrigeration and air conditioning.

Also proficient in a wide variety of hands-on technical skills, training workers/ team members on Occupational Safety, first aid at work, Firefighting and delivering trainings on emergency response techniques. A government approved Fire Safety Auditor.

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Most Recent Job

Occupational Health and Safety Officer

Base Titanium Limited

Kwale

01/10/2023
Ongoing
Job Description/Purpose

To ensure Occupational Health and Safety systems are in place and operational across all Base Titanium sites.

Job Responsibilities

  • Ensure safe work procedures are in place, regularly reviewed and implemented for all activities in the mine site.
  • Ensure supervision and monitoring of all work in accordance with identified safety requirements.
  • Ensure appropriate environmental controls are adhered to.
    Assists in the development and implementation of all Safety and Emergency Response policies, procedures and inspection schedules.
  • Conducts regular safety and fire audits.
  • Respond or coordinate response to all types of emergencies.
  • Perform weekly checks of the operation of all emergency response and safety  equipment.
  • Ensuring all incidents are fully investigated and recorded within the site safety data base in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Ensuring all site fire suppression systems and fire alarms are maintained in a  constant state of readiness.
  • Ensure all company isolation procedures are carefully adhered to and followed.
  • Ensuring that all emergencies are responded to in an effective and timely manner.
  • Co-ordinates and conduct emergency drills.
  • Develop and deliver firefighting and safety awareness training programs for all departments, contractors and the community as required.
  • Conducting emergency response, occupational safety, fire awareness and other associated training programs to continually develop site personnel.
  • Follows the set safe machine operating procedures, legislation and policies.
  • Advising the superintendent of pre-maintenance issues or repairs on all safety and emergency response equipment.

Key Achievement

Being one of the approved Government fire safety auditors.

Additional Job Experience

Job Description/Purpose

Job Responsibilities

Key Achievement

Education

Highest Level

Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering (Instrumentation & Control)

Technical University of Mombasa

01/05/2014
30/12/2016
Activities and Societies

Additional Education

Level 3 Certificate 1,2,4: Fire Engineering Science, operations and management & admin.

Institute of Fire Engineers

01/03/2019
30/10/2021
Activities and Societies

Training

Professional Qualification Training One

Electrical engineering Craft Certificate in Apprenticeship

External (Obtained at another institution)

28/05/2018
Professional Qualification Training Two

General safety, firefighting and first aid at work, rigging operations, and electrical and instrumentation engineering

Internal (Obtained at Base Titanium)

30/06/2017
Hobbies

  • Swimming
  • Travelling
  • Watching movies/football.

Languages

  • Swahili
  • English
  • Digo

Contact Information

omartsumo@gmail.com