Education:

1946 1956 Western Secondary Modern, Wallsend.

Qualifications:

1956 1957 Pre-Apprentice course in Engineering

Marine and Technical College, South Shields.

1957 1964 ONC Electrical Engineering

HNC Electrical Engineering

Rutherford College, and Newcastle Polytechnic.

1989 1990 City and Guilds Cert. Computer Aided Draughting. (Autocad).

City and Guilds Cert. Advanced Autocad

Bishop Auckland Technical College.

CAD EXPERIENCE: AUTOCAD I.B.M. CADAM CADDs5 ELECTRICAL DESIGNER PROMISE E

Personal computer running Autocad.

Employment History:

Oct 06 to present Contract Electrical Engineer.

Imtech Marine & Offshore. Rotterdam Holland

Contract undertaken on the Audacia pipelay conversion's pipe handling deck equipment system. This involved verifying the schematics, block diagrams, and defining the cabling and connection detail.

ContractApplications Engineer.

June 06 to Sept 06 Rolls Royce, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear.

Ministry of Defence Security Clearance obtained to allow the Design & Draughting of the electrical systems for Marine Deck Cranes, Winches and Fleet Replenishment Equipment.

May 06 to June 06 Contract Electrical Draughtsman

ABB Switchgear Sunderland.

Draughting Switchgear, Distribution and Control System layouts, Schematics and cabling diagrams.

April 06 to May 06 Contract Electrical Draughtsman

Draeger Safety, Blyth.

Draughting C and I control panels for the Gas detection systems.

Contract Electrical Draughtsman.

April 99 to April 06 B.A.E. Systems (Marine), Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.

Ministry of Defence Security Clearance obtained to allow the updating of Electrical Diagrams on Cadam for HMS Ocean. Also Schematics, Cabling, Commissioning and Connection Diagrams on Cadds5 for the Astute Class Nuclear Submarine.

Oct 98 End Dec 98 Contract Electrical Draughtsman.

Electrical Power Engineering, Montrose, Scotland

Who provide Generation, Switchgear, Distribution and Control Systems, for which I was Draughting the Control Schematics, Single line Diagrams and the Distribution schemes, for their Marine and Offshore Clients.

June 93 Aug 98 Electrical Engineer.

The Fin Machine Co. Ltd., Sedgefield, Co. Durham.

Duties: - Responsible to the Technical Director for the Control Circuit Design of our Heat Exchanger Component Manufacturing Machines, which are supplied, to the Automobile Industries throughout the World.

This encompassed preparing Schematics, Wiring, Cabling, Pneumatic and Hydraulic diagrams. Specification of Component Parts, Control Panel Layout. Using AutoCad for Design/Draughting and utilising Electrical Designer Software for the Schematics.

Course taken in Electrical Designer 3 days.

Jul 92 Mar93 Design / Development Draughtsman

Durham Switchgear, Sunderland.

Duties: - Responsible to the Development manager for the design and development of the Cubicle structure, Busbar / Riser layout and support. Along with the range of Fuseswitches and Associated Components.

Using AutoCad for Design and Draughting

Aug 91 Jun 92 Design Engineer

Grove Worldwide, Sunderland.

Duties: - Responsible to the Product Support Manager for all Electrical Functions within the design of Mobile Cranes. This included, Control Circuitry, Relay Panels, Cab Dashboard Layouts, Lighting.

I.B.M. Cadam used for Schematics, Wiring and Harness Diagrams, and Parts Lists.

Course taken in I.B.M. Cadam Introduction 5 days.

May 88 Jun 91 Design Engineer

Warner Electric Ltd., Bishop Auckland.

Duties: - Responsible to the Engineering Manager for Solenoid, Brake, Clutch and Linear Actuator Design.

AutoCad used for the Design and Draughting.

Courses taken in, AutoCad to gain two City and Guilds Certificates.

Work Study 5 Weeks, 1 day per week.

S.P.C. 12 Weeks, 2 hours per week.

Management 1 long weekend.

French Language 10 Weeks 2 hours per week.

Feb 57 Jan 88 Head of Development (Electro/mech)

Huwood Ltd., Newcastle.

Duties: - Responsible to the Technical Director for the Project management of the Development Program of the Electro/mech. Products. Product base, MicroProcessor based Remote Control & Monitoring Systems, Temperature Monitors, Fan, Pump and Methane Instrumentation, L.V. Switchgear, Transformers, Transducers for Material Handling Equipment.

Promotion gained within Huwood.

Head of Development Electro /mech. Service Engineer.

Head of Production Engineering. Laboratory Technician.

Production Engineer. Electrical Inspector.

Senior Systems Engineer. Electrical Fitter.

Systems Engineer. Apprentice.

Design Draughtsman.