Bernadine Farthing-McLean

I have 6 years of Project Management experience 8 years of Tender Management experience, over 24 years of being a Personal Assistant or Executive Assistant, 22 years of Accounting experience in ACCPAC, Pastel, JDE, Oracle Projects, and Oracle Accounting, 7 years of mining experience, and 9 years of Management experience, and have dealt with Key Account Management for over 10 years.  I have also sold software application products for more than 2 years. I have also lectured theology at a faculty for 2 years. I have over 29 years of direct selling experience (Avroy Shlain, Smile Educational Systems, and Pure Romance) I have been selling products since 1991 and had to market the products in order to reach sales target figures.

Bid Manager, Henry Fagan (Pty) Ltd, Rivonia

(30 January 2023 – 31 March 2023)

Bids & Tender Manager, Ornico Group (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg

(30 January 2023 – 31 March 2023)
Sales Manager, Prosperity Trading Academy, Sandton

(20 November 2020 – 07 March 2021)

Project Controller/ Billings Administrator/ Executive Assistant to Andrew Holden, Altron TMT, Shared Services, Woodmead/ Midrand

(1 June 2014 – 30 June 2018)

Executive Personal Assistant (Complex Tenders), Murray & Roberts Cementation, Bedfordview

(May 2008 – December 2011)

Office Assistant, Construction Computer Software, Bedfordview

(October 2005 – July 2008)

Administration Manager, Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa, Marshalltown 

(March 2003 – October 2005)

Secretary to Regional Operations Manager, Courier & Freight Group (PX Containers), City Deep

(May 2002 – March 2003)

Executive Secretary, Metrofin Financial Services, Lynnwood

(May 2001 – April 2002)

Personal Assistant, Wright Accountants & Wright Cover, Kempton Park

(August 1997 – June 2000)

Secretary, Damelin Computer School, Benoni

(July 1996 – March 1997)

Girl Friday, Broadway Snack Distributors, Benoni

(February 1996 – July 1996)

Assistant Manager, Money’s Worth & Sparkling Dry Cleaners, Rynfield

(January 1991 – January 1996)

Calvary University – International Institution of Higher Learning

(February 2014 – Present)

Bachelor: Business Leadership

eeMaster Class

(15 March 2022 – 1 December 2022)

Certificate: Time Management – 81%

How to Tender

(16 & 17 November 2021)

Certificate for participation in the workshop: Become a Tender Expert

AMEC College

(2 October 2021)

Certificate: AMEC Foundation in Media Measurement and Evaluation Course

Shaw Academy

(February 2016 – March 2016)

Diploma: Digital Marketing - Distinction

Calvary University – International Institution of Higher Learning

(February 2008 – November 2013)

Bachelor: Ministry - Cum Laude

Deloitte – Governance, Risk, Compliance Learning

(11 June 2010)

Certificate of Completion: Competition Law Compliance

Distinct Ideas cc.

(February 2010)

Certificate of Competency: Introduction to Advanced MS-Excel 2007

Corporate, Business & Management

(13 May 2009)

Certificate of Completion: Submitting Winning Tenders

Construction Computer Software

(24 July 2008 – 25 July 2008)

Certificate in C201 Construction Estimating & Valuations:

Introduction to Candy – Candy User Interface

Estimating – Bill Creation, Worksheets, Resources, Subcontract Adjudicator, Pricing, Markup

Valuations – Post Tender Control, Value Engineering and Remodelling, Project Codes, Subcontract Liability

(17 July 2008 – 18 July 2008)

Certificate in C202 Construction Planning & Programming:

Introduction to Candy – Candy User Interface

Planning – The screen bar chart, the bar chart form, Creating a bar chart, Linking the activities, The activity list, Activity types, Summary sections, User defined sections.

Resources – Allocating resources, Resources on bar chart

Procurement – Information schedule, Long lead schedule

Progress – Monitoring progress, Updating reports

Reports – Barchart, Resources, Activity List, Information schedule, and long lead schedules

(19 February 2007 – 20 February 2007)

Certificate in Construction Estimating & Valuations:

Introduction to Candy – Candy User Interface

Estimating – Bill Creation, Worksheets, Resources, Subcontract Adjudicator, Pricing, Markup

Valuations – Post Tender Control, Value Engineering and Remodelling, Project Codes, Subcontract Liability

Damelin Education Group

(June 2003 – August 2004)

Higher Diploma in Business Management: Marketing Management, Human Resources Management, Financial Management, Accounting, Executive Development, Strategic Management

Corporate, Business & Management

(25 July 2003)

Certificate of Attendance: A Secretary’s Guide to Minutes & Minute Taking

Christian Life Training Theological Faculty

(February 2003 – February 2004)

Diploma in Ministry: Five-Fold Ministry – Cum Laude

(February 2002 – February 2003)

Diploma in Leadership: Five-Fold Ministry – Magna Cum Laude

(February 2001 – March 2002)

Certificate in Ministry: Five-Fold Ministry – Magna Cum Laude

(February 2000 – March 2001)

Certificate in Christian Service: Discipleship and Evangelism Training

Damelin Computer School 

(July 1997 – January 1998)

Diploma: AccPac Accounting – C

Damelin Computer School

(29 November 1996)

Certificate of Attendance for Windows: MS Word version 6.0, MS Excel version 5.0, MS PowerPoint version 4.0

(8 August 1996)

Certificate of Attendance for First-Time Users: Windows 95

Compu-Mind Computer Services

(02 July 1990 – 06 July 1990)

Certificate in Wordprocessing (Wordstar) - Percentage 100%

Hoërskool Brandwag 

(January 1985 – December 1989)

Matric: Afrikaans, English, History, Biology, Home Economics, Art