Braam F.

Experience

• Director FREE TECH DRAFTING · Self-employed May 2025 – Present 1 yrs 4 mos Meyerton, South Africa Owner and lead draughtsman of Free Tech Drafting. Providing mechanical and structural 3D CAD design, detailing and fabrication drawings for manufacturing, fabrication and 3D printing clients. Work includes machine and plant equipment, structural steelwork, reverse engineering and paper-to-CAD conversion, using SolidWorks, Inventor and AutoCAD.
• Mechanical Design Draughtsman Stahl Cranes · Full-time Feb 2023 – Apr 2025 2 yrs 2 mos Gauteng, South Africa Mechanical design and drawing office work for crane and process equipment projects: drawing office management and job allocation, 3D design of process machinery, plant layouts and chute development, proposal drawings for quotations, shop and CNC detail drawings, material and cutting lists, workshop quality control and equipment manuals.
• Mechanical Design Draughtsman Dynamic Machinery · Full-time Aug 2021 – Jan 2023 1 yrs 5 mos Gauteng, South Africa Returned to Dynamic Machinery to run the drawing office: job allocation, start-to-end project drafting, 3D design, proposal drawings for quotations, shop and CNC detail drawings, material and cutting lists, workshop quality control and equipment manuals. Submitted shop details to major clients including Sasol, Eskom, Jones & Wagener, WBHO, Proconics and MegChem.
• Mechanical Design Draughtsman Ven Holdings · Full-time Mar 2021 – Aug 2021 5 mos Gauteng, South Africa Mechanical design and detailing: 3D modelling, shop and fabrication drawings, and material and cutting lists for manufactured equipment.
• Mechanical Design Draughtsman Nado Technical · Full-time Jan 2020 – Mar 2021 1 yrs 2 mos Vereeniging, South Africa Mechanical design and detailing: 3D modelling, shop and fabrication drawings, and material and cutting lists for manufactured equipment.
• Managing Mechanical Design Draughtsman Kinross Industrial Supplies Manufacturing Engineering (KISME) · Full-time Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 11 mos Gauteng, South Africa Managed mechanical design and drafting for manufactured equipment: 3D design, shop and fabrication drawings, material and cutting lists, and coordination with the workshop.
• Head Draughtsman Dynamic Machinery · Full-time Jan 2006 – Dec 2018 12 yrs 11 mos Gauteng, South Africa Head of the drawing office for a process machinery manufacturer: drawing office management and job allocation, flow sheets, proposal drawings for quotations, new plant layouts and chute development, 3D design of process machinery, shop and CNC detail drawings, material and cutting lists, customer compliance, and design and compilation of equipment manuals.