Rick Daniel Wells has over 20 years of experience in butchery, construction, mining, and quarry work. He has held roles as an apprentice butcher, butcher shop manager, driller, leading hand, quarry worker, mechanical trade assistant, crushing leading hand, and loader operator. Wells has extensive training and certifications in areas such as butchery, construction, heavy machinery operation, maintenance, and safety. He has worked on projects throughout Western Australia and the Northern Territory for companies such as Savcor, Holcim, Pluto Construction, Crushing Services International, BGC, and Wagners. Wells has experience supervising staff, operating and maintaining crushing plants, loading and hauling materials, and general

1. Rick Daniel Wells
Address: lot 4 crusoe beach rd Denmark w.a
Phone: 0438 913 719
Email: rickdwells@hotmail.com
Certificates and Training
Completion of year 10 at Denmark District High School
Trade Certificate as a General Butcher
Certificate III from Bently Tafe General Butchering
Construction Blue Card Skid steer ticket
MSIC Card Loader ticket
EWP Ticket Water cart ticket
Forklift Ticket Interchangeable tool ticket
Working at heights Dump truck ticket
Excavator ticket
Employment History
Apprentice Butcher: Jan 2000- Nov 2004
Butcher shop Manager: Nov 2004 –Mar 2005
Driller T/A . DM Civil Construction Mar 2005- Jun 2007
Savcor
Leading hand: June 2007- Dec 2009
Based on the Woodside Plant Dampier duties included all aspects of maintaining the following:
 LNG/LPG Jetties
 LNG trains
 turbines and all Woodside Gas plant
 Shutdowns on Pilbara Iron sites in cape Lambert
 filter house change outs
 ISSOW permit trained
 oil spill clean up
Holcim Nickel bay Quarry
Quarry Worker: Jan 2010-May 2011
Working on the crusher tasks included:
 Full operation of fixed plant crusher.
 All aspects of maintaining crusher including welding, oxy-acetylene use, general housekeeping &
cleaning.
 Jaw liner, cone mantle and bowl liner change out.
 Periodic maintenance shutdown work.
Operating heavy machinery included:
 Bobcat
 Cat 740 articulated dump truck
 Cat 740 articulated water cart
 Cat 988 H loader feeding rom bin
 Cat 980 G loader taking away from crusher

2. Pluto Construction, United Group Limited
May 2011- Dec2011
Working as mechanical trade assistant for pipe fitters and mechanical fitters, duties include:
 Grinding
 Oxy-acetylene use
 e.w.p operation
 general T/A duties
Working with painters, duties include:
 surface preparation using sandblasting equipment and mbx or bristle blaster
 mixing paint to spec,
 applying paint to correct thickness,
 Extensive use of international paints.
VOC on grinders e.w.p working@heights commissioning training, permit training JHA training and permit to
work training (5 months)
Boodarie Iron, Crushing Services International
Feb 2012 - May 2012
Working as mech fitter T/A at boodarie irons old hbi plant.
Duties included removing all pumps, motors, drives, sections of conveyor and general demobilization of the
plant using, but not limited to:
 oxy-acetylene
 grinding
 use of lifting equipment chain blocks, come alongs, overhead gantree cranes
 operating EWP
 Forklift up to 16 T
 porta powers and hydraulic jacks
BGC Elazac quarry Port Hedland
Crushing Leading hand may 2012- Aug 2014
Work and responsibilities at Elazac quarry-
 Supervision of staff
 Stockpile management and Product testing
 operation of both fixed and mobile crushing circuit’s meeting production requirements
 All aspects of crusher plant maintenance
 jaw liner, cone bowl and mantle change outs
 ware plate replacement
 lubricant monitoring
 gear box replacement
 bearing replacement
 conveyor/roller maintenance
 operation of skid steer clean up around plant
 trouble shooting and problem solving
Other duties on site include
 Feeding Rom bin with 988H/980H wheel loaders
 Loading dump trucks
 Operating dump truck in load and haul circuit.
 Operating water cart
 Operating i.t loader for maintenance duties on site

3. WAGNERS HOLTZ QUARRY DARWIN N.T
.loading road trains using 980h /wa 500 loaders
.All maintanenance of crushing plant
Operating moxys and dump trucks pit to rom
Loading dump trucks with 988 loaders in a production environment
Use of IT loader for shutdown activitys
Operate water cart for dust supression
WORKING FOR MYSELF ON ABN
PORT HEDLAND
References
Peter Storer Site superintendent, BGC Elazac quarry 0409112780
Tyson Robertson Crushing supervisor, BGC Elazac quarry 0400741677
Peter Delvin Crushing Services International (Boodarie) 0419838715
Ryan Webster Supervisor, Savcor 0438981383
Henry Kaaka Supervisor, Savcor 91588902 (site)
Gary Spanjers Project manager, DM Civil 0418918719
Mark Warem Meat manager Action, Armadale 0419193590
Scott Bailey Store manager Action, Armadale 0408860705