Name:
Emin Durakovic

Email:
emindurakovic@hotmail.com

Address:
Jezerski 269,Bosanska Krupa, 77241 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Position Wanted:
TA, TFM, Supervisor, STA, OM

CURRICULUM VITAE

EMIN DURAKOVIC

Full Address: Jezerski 269,Bosanska Krupa, 77241 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mob: +387 61 022 294 (Bosnia)

E-mail: emindurakovic@hotmail.com

DATE OF BIRTH: 28.03.1964

PLACE OF BIRTH: Bosnia and Herzegovina

STATUS:  Married

NATIONALITY: Bosnian

PASSPORT: Number: B0020211

Issue date: 21.10.2014

Expiry date: 21.10.2024

DRIVING LICENCE: Full, Clean Driving License (issued in Bosnia), UN Driving

License (Issued at UN base in Sarajevo); B Category

LANGUAGES: Excellent English, German, Slovenian and (Creole Portuguese)

BLOOD GROUP: B-

CAREER SUMMARY

1 One year as a specialist in EOD for Department of Civil Protection and Ministry of Defence of B&H

2 One year with Handicap International in de-mining and EOD. B&H

3 One year with Bosnian NGOAPM in EOD and de-mining in B&H

4 18 months with Handicap International in EOD and de-mining in Kosovo

5 Senior Technical Advisor for Handicap International in Macedonia (1 year)

6 Senior Technical Advisor for Handicap International in Iraq (6 month)

7 Senior Technical Advisor for Handicap International in Albania (6 month)

8 Project Manager for Mine Action Group in Bosnia and Herzegovina (4 year)

9 Technical Field Manager Cleared Ground Demining in Guinea Bissau (15   Months)

10 Team Manager RONCO-Sudan (1 year)

11 WEC/EOD/Delegate Operation Manager ICRC/ Iraq(10 month)

12 Technical Advisor Olive Group Somaliland (9 month)

13 Supervisor G4S Iraq (Shell project)

14 Senior Technical Advisor (Mine Tech International Western Sahara)

15 Supervisor (UEM Bosnia and Herzegovina)

WORK HISTORY

Oct 2014

Supervisor (UEM Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Mine Clearance and Mechanical ground preparation/BAC/MDD project in Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Aug 2014 - Oct 2014

Senior Technical Advisor and Operations MineTech/ Quality Assurance Officer (Western Sahara)

Survey, Clearance, Mechanical, EOD and Rapid Response Capacity Teams

 (Note: Contract  suspended October 2014 due to current suspension of visa issuance)

Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

Field Supervisor G4S,Ordnance Management/Majnoon Oilfield Iraq Shell project

ERW Field Supervisor in charge of three teams and up to 25 armored mechanical assets during day and evening shifts. Teams deployed to conduct BAC infrastructure tasks; target investigation to 3m depth based on multichannel data acquisition and analysis. Responsible for efficiency of LN BAC teams and machinery, quality of clearance and team discipline. Responsible to ensure that teams adhere to companys and clients HSE requirements during daily operations. Also responsible for identification and safe removal of ERW. Reporting to Operations Manager. During this task I improved performance of mechanical assets to benefit the Project.

Jan 2013 - Sep 2013

Technical Advisor Olive Group (Somaliland)

Responsibility for training Deminers Demining and BAC,

and responsibility for Seismic Survey, planning and preparation operational and

deployment and reporting Operation Manager,(Client GENEL ENERGY OIL COMPANY).

Aug 2012 - 03 Jan 2013

Operation Manager, AL-WAHA Demining Company(Iraq)

Responsibility for Operation and preparation and reporting to

Program Manager, responsibility tender documentation preparation, reporting to   RMAC/Basra, meting RMAC, Training and supervising Technical Advisor and all operation  include: Technical Survey, Non-Technical Survey, BAC, Demining clearance EOD Operation.

Sep 2011 - July 2012

EOD-Team leader WEC-Delegate ICRC Iraq, Ops, Manager

Responsible for training EOD/BAC team and planning and preparation operation including demolition, and reporting to RMAC/ Basra-Iraq.

Main responsibility                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Detecting Identification, Render safe procedure(RSP), Finally disposal

Low explosive and High Explosive, including bulk demolition Conducting safe transportation to the Demolition site

Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

Integration Team Manager RONCO-Sudan

Team Manager responsible for the training, planning  and preparation operational and reporting, managed 2 national

Demining/EOD team, Responsibility for Mechanical ground preparation and 6 MDD  team

Main responsibility:

Reconnaissance and planning integrated tasks for mechanical, manual, MDD.

Coordinated and controlling regional demining operations; Completion and Submission of weekly progress reports higher; Conducting regular QA for Mechanical, MDD, and Manual demining operations; Monitoring discipline in the field; Completion and Submission of final reports to the UNMAO/Ronco HQ in Khartoum; Maintaining the operations room maps marking; Acting as operations room duty officer in charge as required; Conduct internal regular QA for all operations in the region for Manual, Mechanical, and MDD.

 

Oct 2008 - Dec 2009

Technical Field Manager (ERW), Cleared Ground Demining Guinea Bissau

October-November 2008 -Technical Field Manager responsible for the training, planning and preparation, operational deployment and reporting and recording of the CGD Japanese government funded roving EOD team conducting UXO spot tasks in response to the Land Mine Action(LMA)

Guinea Bissau landmine impact survey (LIS),including in situ and bulk demolitions of items of UXO and ERW and delivering MRE to Mine and UXO affected communities.

Nov 2008 - Dec 2009

Technical Field Manager responsible for the recruitment, training planning and preparation operational deployment, and reporting and recording of the CGD Norwegian government funded roving EOD team conducting UXO spot tasks in response to the Land Mine Action(LMA) Guinea Bissau landmine impact survey (LIS) and the CGD UXO free phone HOTLINE project, including in situ and bulk demolitions of items of UXO and ERW and delivering MRE to Mine and UXO affected communities.

July 2005 - Sep 2008

Project Manager Mine Action Group Bosnia & Herzegovina

Planning and preparation Demining/EOD, responsibility of 3 manual nationals team,   responsibility Mechanical ground preparation and MDD operation on field.

Managing the finances and coordination with the donor (ITF).

March 2004 - Sep 2004

Senior Technical Advisor; Handicap- International Albania

Training local deminers(36) 30 deminers and 6 medics. Planning operation  on field Survey/BAC/Demining.

May 2003 - Sep 2003

Technical Advisor; Handicap International  Baghdad, Iraq

Coordination of two teams of Bosnian de-mining operators working with Handicap International; Conducted Technical Survey of CBU strike sites in all areas of Baghdad and environs. Coordination of CBU clearance activities of the two teams.

(Note: Project suspended September 2004 due to deteriorating security environment).

Aug 2002 - May 2003

Senior Technical Advisor, Handicap International, UN Project, Macedonia.

Under responsibility of Handicap International De-mining/EOD Program Manager,  coordination of two survey/search teams (24 persons)of Bosnian de-mining/EOD operators, and local staff.

Jan 2001 - Sep 2001

Supervisor Position, ELS/UN, Iraq

The Electrical Network Rehabilitation Project (ENRP), Phase 7 program In Northern Iraq, should have been operational by September 2001. My role was to carry out the Coordination between Dog Handlers Teams and Manual De-mining Teams, but due to Security reasons the ENRP was terminated.

Jun 1999 - Jan 2001

Technical Advisor, Handicap International De-mining/ EOD/BAC- Djakova region, Kosovo.

Survey, marking and demolition of UXO, CBU and Cluster bombs (BLU-97). Participated in training of Local Staff (40 persons). Training of EOD Teams. Supervising of all Teams during implementation of entire Project.

Responsibility for manual, Mechanical ground preparation and MDD team.

Sep 1998 - Jun 1999

Team Leader, APM/Handicap International De-mining and EOD Project, Bosnia.

Quality Assurance Officer for Handicap International-APM (one Team). Team Leader for Demining/ EOD operators.

Determine international mine action requirements

Prioritize and select the area

Detection, removal or destruction of all mine and ERW hazards

Monitoring and inspections (quality assurance)

Inspection of cleared land by

Sampling (quality control)

General requirements

Documentation requirements

Planning

Monitoring and measurement

Jul 1997 -  Sep 1998

Team Leader, Handicap International De-mining/ EOD Project, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Team Leader for De-mining and EOD operators.

Planning and preparation on minefield and planning for EOD operation and demolition.

Monitoring and inspections (quality assurance) Inspection of cleared land by Sampling (quality control).

Feb 1996 - Jul 1997

EOD Team Leader, Operator and Survey, Ministry of Defense, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Survey/EOD and demolition of UXO. Planning preparation operation on

field, Transporting UXO and demolition

Reporting to M/D, of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Apr 1992  Feb 1996Army of Bosnia & Herzegovina.

EDUCATION TRAINING

Leadership training; advanced EOD training,

Emergency and First aid training: Handicap International internal training program,

EOD /Instructor IMAS, Kosovo( HI)

Bosnian Government courses EOD (Pyrotechnic)

CourseExplosiveOrdinance Disposal Dresden,Germany(Level 4)

UN MAC (BiH): Qualified and accredited De-miner and De-mining Team Leader, QA,QC

UN MAC (BiH): EOD Operator(TL)

SENSYS course (Germany)

HSE ( course Shell Iraq)

HEAT (course Shell Dubai)

Familiar with equipment Demining/EOD

Detectors: Vallon VHM 3, Ebinger 420 SL, 420 GC, MIL-D1,MD-8,Large Lop, Schonstedt, SENSYS

GPS/Garmin 96C, Map-Track maker, Map Source, Google Earth.

Machines: Armtrack 100, MV-4, Mine wolf, MDD EOD/Demolition kit all type

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Word 2007(advanced);

Word Perfect 8.1 (advanced);

MS Office 2007 (Excel)

Power Point  (Advanced

Internet Explorer (advanced);

Windows XP, Vista& 7

PERSONAL SKILLS

 

Excellent organizational skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Excellent report writing skills

Proven ability to both work collaboratively and autonomously

Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines

REFERENCES RECOMMENDATIONS

Chris North

Email: chrisnorth69@live.co.uk

Jerry Barlow

Email: jerrybarlow258@hotmail.com

Lance Malin

Email: lmalin@yahoo.com

Colin King

Email: ck@ckingassociates.co.uk

Resume:

CURRICULUM VITAE

EMIN DURAKOVIC

Full Address: Jezerski 269,Bosanska Krupa, 77241 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mob: +387 61 022 294 (Bosnia)

E-mail: emindurakovic@hotmail.com

DATE OF BIRTH: 28.03.1964

PLACE OF BIRTH: Bosnia and Herzegovina

STATUS:  Married

NATIONALITY: Bosnian

PASSPORT: Number: B0020211

Issue date: 21.10.2014

Expiry date: 21.10.2024

DRIVING LICENCE: Full, Clean Driving License (issued in Bosnia), UN Driving

License (Issued at UN base in Sarajevo); B Category

LANGUAGES: Excellent English, German, Slovenian and (Creole Portuguese)

BLOOD GROUP: B-

CAREER SUMMARY

1 One year as a specialist in EOD for Department of Civil Protection and Ministry of Defence of B&H

2 One year with Handicap International in de-mining and EOD. B&H

3 One year with Bosnian NGOAPM in EOD and de-mining in B&H

4 18 months with Handicap International in EOD and de-mining in Kosovo

5 Senior Technical Advisor for Handicap International in Macedonia (1 year)

6 Senior Technical Advisor for Handicap International in Iraq (6 month)

7 Senior Technical Advisor for Handicap International in Albania (6 month)

8 Project Manager for Mine Action Group in Bosnia and Herzegovina (4 year)

9 Technical Field Manager Cleared Ground Demining in Guinea Bissau (15   Months)

10 Team Manager RONCO-Sudan (1 year)

11 WEC/EOD/Delegate Operation Manager ICRC/ Iraq(10 month)

12 Technical Advisor Olive Group Somaliland (9 month)

13 Supervisor G4S Iraq (Shell project)

14 Senior Technical Advisor (Mine Tech International Western Sahara)

15 Supervisor (UEM Bosnia and Herzegovina)

WORK HISTORY

Oct 2014

Supervisor (UEM Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Mine Clearance and Mechanical ground preparation/BAC/MDD project in Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Aug 2014 - Oct 2014

Senior Technical Advisor and Operations MineTech/ Quality Assurance Officer (Western Sahara)

Survey, Clearance, Mechanical, EOD and Rapid Response Capacity Teams

 (Note: Contract  suspended October 2014 due to current suspension of visa issuance)

Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

Field Supervisor G4S,Ordnance Management/Majnoon Oilfield Iraq Shell project

ERW Field Supervisor in charge of three teams and up to 25 armored mechanical assets during day and evening shifts. Teams deployed to conduct BAC infrastructure tasks; target investigation to 3m depth based on multichannel data acquisition and analysis. Responsible for efficiency of LN BAC teams and machinery, quality of clearance and team discipline. Responsible to ensure that teams adhere to companys and clients HSE requirements during daily operations. Also responsible for identification and safe removal of ERW. Reporting to Operations Manager. During this task I improved performance of mechanical assets to benefit the Project.

Jan 2013 - Sep 2013

Technical Advisor Olive Group (Somaliland)

Responsibility for training Deminers Demining and BAC,

and responsibility for Seismic Survey, planning and preparation operational and

deployment and reporting Operation Manager,(Client GENEL ENERGY OIL COMPANY).

Aug 2012 - 03 Jan 2013

Operation Manager, AL-WAHA Demining Company(Iraq)

Responsibility for Operation and preparation and reporting to

Program Manager, responsibility tender documentation preparation, reporting to   RMAC/Basra, meting RMAC, Training and supervising Technical Advisor and all operation  include: Technical Survey, Non-Technical Survey, BAC, Demining clearance EOD Operation.

Sep 2011 - July 2012

EOD-Team leader WEC-Delegate ICRC Iraq, Ops, Manager

Responsible for training EOD/BAC team and planning and preparation operation including demolition, and reporting to RMAC/ Basra-Iraq.

Main responsibility                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Detecting Identification, Render safe procedure(RSP), Finally disposal

Low explosive and High Explosive, including bulk demolition Conducting safe transportation to the Demolition site

Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

Integration Team Manager RONCO-Sudan

Team Manager responsible for the training, planning  and preparation operational and reporting, managed 2 national

Demining/EOD team, Responsibility for Mechanical ground preparation and 6 MDD  team

Main responsibility:

Reconnaissance and planning integrated tasks for mechanical, manual, MDD.

Coordinated and controlling regional demining operations;

Completion and Submission of weekly progress reports higher;

Conducting regular QA for Mechanical, MDD, and Manual demining operations;

Monitoring discipline in the field;

Completion and Submission of final reports to the UNMAO/Ronco HQ in Khartoum;

Maintaining the operations room maps marking;

Acting as operations room duty officer in charge as required;

Conduct internal regular QA for all operations in the region for Manual, Mechanical, and MDD.

 

Oct 2008 - Dec 2009

Technical Field Manager (ERW), Cleared Ground Demining Guinea Bissau

October-November 2008 -Technical Field Manager responsible for the training, planning and preparation, operational deployment and reporting and recording of the CGD Japanese government funded roving EOD team conducting UXO spot tasks in response to the Land Mine Action(LMA)

Guinea Bissau landmine impact survey (LIS),including in situ and bulk demolitions of items of UXO and ERW and delivering MRE to Mine and UXO affected communities.

Nov 2008 - Dec 2009

Technical Field Manager responsible for the recruitment, training planning and preparation operational deployment, and reporting and recording of the CGD Norwegian government funded roving EOD team conducting UXO spot tasks in response to the Land Mine Action(LMA) Guinea Bissau landmine impact survey (LIS) and the CGD UXO free phone HOTLINE project, including in situ and bulk demolitions of items of UXO and ERW and delivering MRE to Mine and UXO affected communities.

July 2005 - Sep 2008

Project Manager Mine Action Group Bosnia & Herzegovina

Planning and preparation Demining/EOD, responsibility of 3 manual nationals team,   responsibility Mechanical ground preparation and MDD operation on field.

Managing the finances and coordination with the donor (ITF).

March 2004 - Sep 2004

Senior Technical Advisor; Handicap- International Albania

Training local deminers(36) 30 deminers and 6 medics. Planning operation  on field Survey/BAC/Demining.

May 2003 - Sep 2003

Technical Advisor; Handicap International  Baghdad, Iraq

Coordination of two teams of Bosnian de-mining operators working with Handicap International; Conducted Technical Survey of CBU strike sites in all areas of Baghdad and environs. Coordination of CBU clearance activities of the two teams.

(Note: Project suspended September 2004 due to deteriorating security environment).

Aug 2002 - May 2003

Senior Technical Advisor, Handicap International, UN Project, Macedonia.

Under responsibility of Handicap International De-mining/EOD Program Manager,  coordination of two survey/search teams (24 persons)of Bosnian de-mining/EOD operators, and local staff.

Jan 2001 - Sep 2001

Supervisor Position, ELS/UN, Iraq

The Electrical Network Rehabilitation Project (ENRP), Phase 7 program In Northern Iraq, should have been operational by September 2001. My role was to carry out the Coordination between Dog Handlers Teams and Manual De-mining Teams, but due to Security reasons the ENRP was terminated.

Jun 1999 - Jan 2001

Technical Advisor, Handicap International De-mining/ EOD/BAC- Djakova region, Kosovo.

Survey, marking and demolition of UXO, CBU and Cluster bombs (BLU-97). Participated in training of Local Staff (40 persons). Training of EOD Teams. Supervising of all Teams during implementation of entire Project.

Responsibility for manual, Mechanical ground preparation and MDD team.

Sep 1998 - Jun 1999

Team Leader, APM/Handicap International De-mining and EOD Project, Bosnia.

Quality Assurance Officer for Handicap International-APM (one Team). Team Leader for Demining/ EOD operators.

Determine international mine action requirements

Prioritize and select the area

Detection, removal or destruction of all mine and ERW hazards

Monitoring and inspections (quality assurance)

Inspection of cleared land by

Sampling (quality control)

General requirements

Documentation requirements

Planning

Monitoring and measurement

Jul 1997 -  Sep 1998

Team Leader, Handicap International De-mining/ EOD Project, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Team Leader for De-mining and EOD operators.

Planning and preparation on minefield and planning for EOD operation and demolition.

Monitoring and inspections (quality assurance) Inspection of cleared land by Sampling (quality control).

Feb 1996 - Jul 1997

EOD Team Leader, Operator and Survey, Ministry of Defense, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Survey/EOD and demolition of UXO. Planning preparation operation on

field, Transporting UXO and demolition

Reporting to M/D, of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Apr 1992  Feb 1996Army of Bosnia & Herzegovina.

EDUCATION TRAINING

Leadership training; advanced EOD training,

Emergency and First aid training: Handicap International internal training program,

EOD /Instructor IMAS, Kosovo( HI)

Bosnian Government courses EOD (Pyrotechnic)

CourseExplosiveOrdinance Disposal Dresden,Germany(Level 4)

UN MAC (BiH): Qualified and accredited De-miner and De-mining Team Leader, QA,QC

UN MAC (BiH): EOD Operator(TL)

SENSYS course (Germany)

HSE ( course Shell Iraq)

HEAT (course Shell Dubai)

Familiar with equipment Demining/EOD

Detectors: Vallon VHM 3, Ebinger 420 SL, 420 GC, MIL-D1,MD-8,Large Lop, Schonstedt, SENSYS

GPS/Garmin 96C, Map-Track maker, Map Source, Google Earth.

Machines: Armtrack 100, MV-4, Mine wolf, MDD EOD/Demolition kit all type

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Word 2007(advanced);

Word Perfect 8.1 (advanced);

MS Office 2007 (Excel)

Power Point  (Advanced

Internet Explorer (advanced);

Windows XP, Vista& 7

PERSONAL SKILLS

 

Excellent organizational skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Excellent report writing skills

Proven ability to both work collaboratively and autonomously

Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines

REFERENCES RECOMMENDATIONS

Chris North

Email: chrisnorth69@live.co.uk

Jerry Barlow

Email: jerrybarlow258@hotmail.com

Lance Malin

Email: lmalin@yahoo.com

Colin King

Email: ck@ckingassociates.co.uk

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