Education, 1968-74 Arbroath Academy

Arbroath,

Angus,

Scotland.

Scottish Certificate of Education 'O' Levels

Arithmetic Grade C Biology Grade B

Chemistry Grade C English Grade E

Geography Grade B History Grade E

Mathematics Grade C

1985 Manchester Skillcentre

Trafford Park,

Manchester

City & Guilds 596-1 Plumbing Craft

Grade Distinction

1990-91 Wirral Metropolitan College,

Borough Rd,

Birkenhead.

City & Guilds 6032 Advanced Craft in Plumbing

Grade Distinction

1992-93 Wirral Metropolitan College,

Whithens Lane,

Wallasey.

GCSE`s in

Computer Studies Grade C

Business Studies Grade B

CL&IT Stage 1 Grade Distinction

1994 Wirral CAE Ltd

Gorsey Lane,

Wallasey.

City & Guilds NVQ Level II AutoCad Rel .12 4351

Experienced in AutoCad LT

Aug 2003 CSCS Technical design (built environment) Industry Accreditation

5th April 04 Mobile Elevating Work Platforms operators course OP/0125474

Feb 05 Appointed Person First Aid at Work Course

Employment History

8th Dec 2003-

20th April 2007 Conwy County Borough Council, Structures Inspection Team,

North Wales Traffic Control Centre,

Ffordd Sam Pari,

Conwy, LL32 8HH Supporting Structures Inspection team, Carrying out on site inspections on trunk road bridges, walls and other structures, completing GA and Defect drawings, 277's, Be11's, and TRBDB's for Principal Inspection Reports on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government.

23rd May 2002-

5th Dec 2003 Balfour Beatty Rail

Kirkby

Liverpool 3D Civils & Structural Draughtsman, Using MicroStation Triforma, Structural for Triforma, Working on the Thameslink 2000 Project creating 3D models of railway routes, positioning steel overhead structures, bridges and other trackside structures.

Producing construction and installation drawings from the 3D model. Assisting in design of steel structures for the support of trackside equipment.

8th Oct 2001-

22nd May 2002 Conwy County Borough Council

The Heath

Llanfairfechan,

Conwy,

North Wales Structural Draughtsman, Working with engineers to create G.A.'s and R.C. detail drawings of existing trunk road bridges and retaining walls, using AutoCad 2000i for Principle Inspections. Also working on the design drawings of new build bridges and retaining walls, detailing reinforcement, drainage etc. for trunk and county roads, carrying out site investigations, surveys etc.

27th Mar 2000 -

5th Oct 2001 Balfour Beatty Rail

Kirkby

Liverpool Design draughtsman, duties included creating design & allocation drawings of structural steelwork and equipment supporting overhead electrification wires using Microstation J for the West Coast Route Modernisation.

5th Oct 98 -

24th March 2000 Manweb plc

Prenton Way,

Birkenhead,

Merseyside Cad supervisor responsible for the running of a busy

Multi-utility section of the drawing office. Duties include delegation of workload to multi-utils team, contacting housing & commercial developers to obtain planning layouts etc., problem solving involving hardware and software. Responsible for ensuring drawing's are to the required standard and deadlines are met. Drawings provide layout of mains service positions for electricity, gas and water, importing and editing of OS Map data, also providing accurate 'As Laid' records of services, using AutoCad 14 & 2000.

11th May 98 -

3rd Oct 98 Mott MacDonald

Controls & Comms

Altrincham, Updating control panel arrangements wiring diagrams and mimic panels etc. for the Environmental control system on the Mass Transit Rail System, in Hong Kong, China using Microstation 95

23rd March 98 -

8th May 98 AT Group,

Lowton St Mary,

Warrington Producing structural layout drawings for conveyor system, Also drawing control panel arrangements using AutoCad Rel 13 & 14.

12th March 97 -

20th March 98 Bechtel Ltd

Chadwick House

Risley,

Warrington Cad Draughtsman working with the tunnelling group producing detailed drawings of tunnel routes showing all service information. Detailing of rail crossing sites, producing GA's sections, and plans showing geotechnical survey data. Importing and manipulating OS map data and survey information. Also working on GA's and sections of pumping stations, treatment works and shaft details.

12th June 96 -

11th March 97 Haden Young Ltd

Shell T.R.C.

Ellesmere Port,

Wirral. Co-ordinating Cad Draughtsman working at producing working drawings using Microstation and AutoCad. Taking part in site surveys, liasing with site personnel involved in the building of the Research Labs.

Drawings including Mechanical, HVAC, Electrical, Public Health & Medical Gases.

20th Feb 95 -

11th June 96 TIS Ltd

Commercial House

New Chester Rd.

Birkenhead,

Senior CAD Operator, responsible for the running of a busy Cad room, using both MicroStation, and AutoCAD, to work on drawings of Chemical plant piping, structures, electrical and instrumentation systems, also some naval architecture involved in ship conversions, (fire fighting and sanitation systems). Fully competent in the use of Microstation, AutoCAD Rel.12 & AutoCAD LT.

21st Nov 94 -

17th Feb 95 Walker & Partners

St Austin's Chambers

Austin Lane,

Warrington. CAD Draughtsman, working with design engineers producing electrical layouts for supermarkets, and M.o.D. properties. Also involved in the designing of Cellnet and Orange telecommunications sites including mast structures and cabin position layouts.

JAN 1994-NOV 94 Wirral CAE

Gorsey Lane

Wallasey

CAD Draughtsman experienced in ACAD 12

ACAD LT ,AEC v 4.0, Scanning and CAD Bureau, creating design and as built drawings using design engineers notes and sketches, also responsible for running CAD section in the busy CAM department.

1992-94 Various

part time,

employment's. Worked in part time employment, to pay for training courses.

1985-92 G Maynard Plumbing

Self Employed,

Wallasey.

Self employed plumber, carrying out design, installation and maintainance of domestic and commercial plumbing and sanitation systems.