I started working at Columbus in 1999 as the Chemical Analyst and then promoted to the Junior Chemist position in 2004. I then moved to South African Calcium Carbide in 2008 in Newcastle KZN. SACC is the sole producer of Calcium Carbide and ACB in the African Content. I worked as the Lab Manager for the first two years and then promoted to the last position as the Production Manager. I was the production manager for the past nine (9) years until 2019. I was the production manager at the Ballengeich side that is the final processing plant of SACC. I managed four (4) production plants (Packing plant, Ball Mill, Acetylene Generation plant and Acetylene Carbon Black) with 31 permanent employees and 50 contractors.