Siphiwe Mfeka

Technical Assistant, Grasslands, Forests & Wetlands Node

I started my conservation career working for a research programme at St Lucia funded by the Water Research Commission in 2007. I took every opportunity to learn about climate change and quickly advanced from being the labourer who collects water samples to being a research assistant at the Centre for Water Resources Research in School of Agriculture Earth and Environmental Hydrology at University of KZN, Pietermaritzburg Campus. I have experience in

Preparing and running Isotope test, Nitrate and  Phosphate Tests, Sediment Analysis, Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity test, installing piezometers in the field, collecting water samples, Installing suction cups in the soil, downloading data on Isco water sampler, downloading data from Hobo instruments and weather station, download data from Campbell loggers, servicing instruments, setting up weather stations, do various of test in water samples, Installing soil moisture sensors, Installing run off plots, Rainfall simulation, Electrical Resistivity Tomography tests with ABEM TERRAMETER SYSTEM,  managing casual labours in the field, and other hydrological related work.

I have acquired lot of skills and knowledge working in various climate change research projects in the past eight years and which arose interest in having input in fighting climate change. Currently I am a Technical Assistant in Grassland-Wetland-Forest Node. I joined the node in July 2015.

Technical Assistant, Grasslands, Forests & Wetlands Node

I started my conservation career working for a research programme at St Lucia funded by the Water Research Commission in 2007. I took every opportunity to learn about climate change and quickly advanced from being the labourer who collects water samples to being a research assistant at the Centre for Water Resources Research in School of Agriculture Earth and Environmental Hydrology at University of KZN, Pietermaritzburg Campus. I have experience in

Preparing and running Isotope test, Nitrate and  Phosphate Tests, Sediment Analysis, Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity test, installing piezometers in the field, collecting water samples, Installing suction cups in the soil, downloading data on Isco water sampler, downloading data from Hobo instruments and weather station, download data from Campbell loggers, servicing instruments, setting up weather stations, do various of test in water samples, Installing soil moisture sensors, Installing run off plots, Rainfall simulation, Electrical Resistivity Tomography tests with ABEM TERRAMETER SYSTEM,  managing casual labours in the field, and other hydrological related work.

I have acquired lot of skills and knowledge working in various climate change research projects in the past eight years and which arose interest in having input in fighting climate change. Currently I am a Technical Assistant in Grassland-Wetland-Forest Node. I joined the node in July 2015.