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Profile:
Wide
range of qualifications and experience. Extremely competent
using most IT packages. Currently based in Leeds & Rossendale.
Have just finished Unversity, due to financial difficulties
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Date
of Birth |
29th
Sep, 1973 |
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Sep
2002- Jan 2004 |
Trinity
& All Saints College, University of Leeds. (Website) |
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Course: |
BA
Single Honours Degree, Sports, Health, Exercise & Nutrition |
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Keyskills |
Organisation,
communication, presentation, teamwork. |
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69% |
Introduction
to Food and Nutrition |
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79% |
IT,
Graphics and Data Management skills for Health Promotion (Assignment
- Health Promotion Leaflet, Assignment
- Powerpoint Presentation) |
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66% |
Professional
Attachment (Assignment
- Attachment Report) |
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73% |
Psychological
and Sociological perspectives of Sport and Leisure (Assignment
- Perception & Decision Making) |
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72% |
Psychological
and Sociological aspects
of Health and Well-being |
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Sep
2000 - June 2002 |
Accrington
& Rossendale College (Website) |
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Course: |
Open
College, Pathway to Science |
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67% |
Human
Physiology (Assignment
- Skiing Physiology) |
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82.5% |
Mathematics
(GCSE equivilent) |
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Pass |
Study
Skills & Techniques |
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Sep
1992 - June 1994 |
Accrington
& Rossendale College (Website) |
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Course: |
City
& Guilds, Desktop Publishing |
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Course
Content: |
Typography,
Document Layout, House styles, Graphic Design, Pagermaker 5 |
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Sep
1985 - June 1990 |
Fearns
High School |
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8
GCSE's |
Art
& Design (E), CDT (E), English Language (E), English Literature
(E), Graphical Communications (D), History (F), Mathematics (E), Science
(E) |
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Aug
2000- June 2003 |
Ski
Rossendale, including Yr 1 Professional Attachment (Website) |
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Duties: |
Learnt
about all aspects of managing the centre including: Internal
& External communication, organising staff and daily management
procedures.
Learnt
about coaching standards (skiing & snowboarding) and the
training principles employed when instructing people of all
ages.
Studied
event organisation and followed the processes and structures
used to stage a slalom race. |
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Position: |
Rental
Technician |
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Duties: |
Served
customers of all ages, needs and abilities and organise groups
into appropriate lessons.
Ran
children's snow-tube parties.
Serviced
and repaired skis, snowboards, boots and bindings.
Monitored
ski-slopes, ski/snowboarding abilities and operated ski lifts.
Performed
slope and lift checks and basic lift and slope repairs.
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Key
Skills: |
Public
Relations, Observation, Technical Skills, Ability to work with
Children/special needs groups, Knowledge of Skiing/Snowboarding |
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Reason
for leaving: |
When
I started, the centre mainly employed casual staff. In June,
2003 all staff became contracted and I was unable to commit
to a permanant contract due to my studies in Leeds. |
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Jan
1998- Jan 2000 |
Identalink
UK Ltd. |
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Position: |
Software
Developer |
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Duties: |
Developed
Object Orientated Nursing home software to store information
about residents.
Designed
a complex, multi layered Database structure to run alongside
the front-end software.
Programmed
a fully intergrated image-capture form to capture Photgraphic
ID along with personal, medical and behavioural data.
Implemented
a visual mapping system whereby staff could easily identify
the Nursing home layout; resident's rooms and fire escapes
ect. |
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Key
Skills: |
Organisation,
Flexibility, Working to tight deadlines, Knowledge of software
development |
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Reason
for leaving: |
Made
redundant when the parent company folded |
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Nov
1994 -
Jan 1998 |
Express
Gifts Ltd. |
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Position: |
Departmental
Manager |
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Duties: |
Managed
the ground-floor rack-filling department.
Managed
stock levels and ordered new stock as and when required.
Worked
with the ground floor picking managers to ensure a smooth-flowing
operation as our departments were interlinked.
Trained
all new employees within the department and ensured all staff
adhered to health and safety requirements. |
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Key
Skills: |
Management,
Organisation, Communication |
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Reason
for leaving: |
Left
to go into computing |
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May
1991- Aug 1992 |
Automet
Filtrations Ltd. |
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Position: |
Carbon
Filler / Site Fitter |
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Duties: |
Constructed
carbon filters.
Travelled
to various sites fitting carbon and HEPA filters; mainly Landrover
(Solihull) and Honda (Swindon). |
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Key
Skills: |
Technical
skills, ability to travel and work away from home |
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Reason
for leaving: |
Went
to college |
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June
1990- May 1991 |
Random
Jobs |
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Positions: |
Removal
Worker (Hambletons Removals), Machine Setter (Kenross Containers),
Production Operative (Lambert Howarth & Sons) |
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Reason
for leaving: |
All
were temporary positions. |
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Overview: |
Mainly
self-taught. Have always had an active interest in computing,
since first trying to program my own version of Space Invaders
on a Dragon 32 (I also remember making a pretty cheeky little
Pac-Man clone all those years ago!). Learnt to program Basic
across various platforms (Dragon, ZX Spectrum & Commodore
128). Learnt much more about object orientated programming through
working at Identalink. Have also kept up to date with the latest
graphics manipulation software from Corel Photopaint 3 through
to Adobe Photoshop 7. Most recently have become interested in
Web Design. |
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Competent
Using: |
Microsoft
Office, Visual Basic 6, Adobe Photoshop 7, Adobe Acrobat 5,
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia Flash MX, Macromedia Freehand
MX, Coreldraw 7, Corel Photopaint 5. |
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I
like sport and exercise, to work out at the gym, snowboard and
also like walking my Lurcher, Cleo. My favourite sports are
boxing, cricket and football. I like to go out and see all my
mates. I also enjoy going to the cinema and watching films (Alien,
Seven and Fight Club are my favourites). |
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