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Fond Farewells
In Electrolysis we have been focused on re-structuring for the future by allowing a
number of voluntary redundancies. In amongst this 1st wave of redundancies
from Potline 3 is Mark King who had some kind words to say about his time at
Tomago.
Well the time has come to hang up the boots, in my case they are Tomago
potline boots. I have enjoyed my 33 years at TAC on Shifts 1 and 2. I have had
the pleasure to meet and work with a great bunch of guys, some which became
lifelong friends.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all current and former workmates for
putting up with me for so long. Im proud of the fact that I always tried to get along
with everyone I came in contact with. Everyone has their ups and downs in life
and I would like to commend Tomago for supporting me in my rough periods over
the years with illnesses and family bereavements etc. The company were always
compassionate and understanding. We all have to work to pay the bills and
having three children that attended private schools I had bills a plenty! This
would not have happened without a steady job at TAC. Im proud to say that I
have a registered nurse, a lawyer and a son who is about to start his own
landscaping business as a consequence. Finally, in retirement I hope to do some
travelling both domestic and overseas and maybe some gardening to fill in my
time as well as spending time with my grandchildren. Mark King
We wish Mark King and everyone who has opted for voluntary redundancy; Bret Hill, Ken Midson, Eric Chelman, Peter
Kulczynski, Jack Holl, Michael Boaler, Vern Turner, Keith Green, Ken Saunders, Peter Rossetti and Steven Lawrence the
very best of luck and thank them all for their valuable service.
Story submitted by: Phil Brown
Congratulations to Brian Crossingham and his engineering team from our Worley Parsons Alliance partnership, who
celebrated 7 years without ANY recorded injuries. That includes a huge amount of working hours managing high risk projects
across some complex work.
Recognition should also go to Mike Byrne who is part of Brians leadership team and sets the scene for managing standards
to the highest level. Brian and his team pride themselves on identifying hazards before they become an issue and implement-
ing controls to manage these effectively.
Brians mantra is Safety is NO Accident and he sets the bar to the highest of standards.
The Team were treated to a BBQ lunch on Friday to thank them for their continued professionalism and commitment
to safety.
Tackling Difficult Maintenance Head On!
During scheduled maintenance last week in one of the critical 22kV Distribution
substations PPR2 the High Voltage substation team discovered that electrical
contacts on the switchgear were heavily contaminated. This contamination was
apparent on both the withdrawable switchgear fingers as well as on the 22kV bus
receptacles, and meant that the switchgear could not be re-instated without risk of
a significant electrical failure.
The team made the hard decision that the whole PPR2 22kV Distribution board
had to be isolated! This has never been successfully done since the commission-
ing of this system during the AP22 project! During a very complex and extended
switching process, assistance was obtained from Paste Plant, Rod Shop, Electrol-
ysis and Utilities in reducing electrical load for a short time to facilitate transfers
without overloading transformers, and the PPR2 22kV board was successfully
isolated. Critical maintenance was performed on quite a few pieces of equipment
that are not normally available for servicing and are really difficult to get to.
Thanks to Scott Badman and his team, and everyone that was part of this great
piece of teamwork!
We would like to recognise the Small Filter Team for the change
out of FTC 2 Filter bag filters this month. All filter modules were
pre-assembled prior to the day and changed out within the
shutdown period allocated.
FTC 2 Filter 1 had four filter modules seals repaired and Filter 2
was replaced in 12 hours with three modules repairedthe team
were becoming more time-efficient as the project went on.
Filter 3 is planned for Monday and the team is planning for the
same success.
Long weekends normally create quite a large workload for the shipping team, but the combination of an already near
capacity shipping pad, Easter weekend and Anzac Day looked set to have the area bursting at the seams.
The shipping team read the play and rose to the occasion, restructuring themselves and their hours, to enable the loading of
trucks for an extra two hours and also service an extra load point for the day. This resulted in an extra 20 truckloads of metal
being shipped on the 20th of April, a 30% increase on a typical day!
Thank you to the shipping team for both their dedication and flexibility.