Engineer looking to retrain in Forestry, Timber Production or Coppicing industries.
Having worked my way up through a range of professional roles to the position of Senior Design Engineer, I am now an innovative and resourceful individual with a proven track record of product development and problem solving. I now find myself in a position where I can peruse my life’s passion and shift my career path into forestry work, timber production and the management of the woodland landscape.
I have worked to familiarise myself with the sector the challenges I may be faced with by undertaking a range of volunteering and relevant training and I am prepared to fully immerse myself in this multi-functional industry. I am confident that with my adaptability, along with my unique combination transferable practical and academic skills I have the ability to learn the skills I need to succeed.
I have
always been a hands-on person with the capability to apply myself to multiple
tasks. With my tenacious approach to work and life, along with my understanding
of health & safety and the importance of team work, I am confident I would
make an ideal candidate and be able to apply myself and realise in full the
benefits this position would offer me.
2019 - NPTC Combined Chainsaw CS30 & CS31
2005 - Product Design (BSc) - Bournemouth University Grade 2.1
2002 - Full clean driving license
2019 – Certified for use on powered forklift
2018 - IOSH Working Safely course
2018 - TQUK Level 3 in Emergency First Aid
2018 - Working at heights
2018 - Manual Handling
2017 - City and Guilds Level 2 in F Gas and ODS Regulations: 500/5730/3
2014 - Welding and fabricating (TIG) – City & Guilds
2013 - Fully CSCS certified as qualified operative
Driving
Machinery
Chemicals
NGB Awards
Animal
RHS Qualifications (or Equivalent)
Outdoor Education
Other
Extra Professional Experience
Volunteering - Friend of Burnham Beeches (City of London), Chiltern Rangers, National Trust and Berks, Bucks and Oxford Wife Trust (BBOWT) - Berkshire - January 2017 to Present
Four Day Sustainable Woodland Management Course - Ben Law - October 2018
Stool Making Course - Sussex Green Woodworking - June 2018
Employment History
Senior Research and Development Engineer - Monodraught Ltd.- February 2015 to Present
Design Engineer - Sensing Precision Ltd. - April 2013 to January 2015
Commercial Design Engineer - Monodraught Ltd - July 2012 to April 2013
Design Engineer - Monodraught Ltd - April 2010 to July 2012
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