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Address |
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Lambert B5-4 Granby
Row, UMIST
Manchester, M60 7LH. |
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Date
of Birth |
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7th October 1980. |
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Nationality |
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Tanzanian. |
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Mobile |
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07930501689. |
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E-mail |
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P.Vara@student.umist.ac.uk |
I
am a hard working and enthusiastic student who likes to work in a friendly
environment. I have good technical skills in electronics and software and can
meet task deadlines. I am not afraid of hard work. I have good academic
results.
3rd Year modules:
Final
year Project:
Design, model and build a High
Voltage Pulse Generator
for evaluating ultrasound transducers.
1994
–
2000: Shaaban Robert Secondary
School (Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania.)
A -
Levels: Advanced Mathematics (B), Physics (C), Chemistry (C) and General
Studies (Pass).
9, O
- Levels including Mathematics and
English.
2002 Employed
as a Customer Billing Administrator.
·Worked
under pressure and to deadlines. All the work done in a day was timed and
quality marked.
·The responsibility involved data inputting on a computer therefore I had to work quickly to a high level of accuracy, including mental arithmetic. This also improved my word processing and typing skills.
·The combination of full-time study with part-time employment improved my time management.
·Participating in team-quiz competitions every week helped me develop good teamwork and communication skills.
Nov.
2000 McDonald’s
Restaurant, Manchester.
-Dec.2001
Employed as a
part time Customer Care Assistant.
·Was
given the responsibility to lead my team during busy working hours to ensure
the service given was executed efficiently and promptly and the dining area
was at its best.
·Developed
customer focus by answering customers’ general enquiries and complaints.
·Maintained polite professionalism, even with difficult customers.
May
2000 Webstop
Internet Café, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
-Aug.2000
Employed as an
Internet Consultant.
·Managed
Internet café services making customers feel comfortable regardless of their
computer knowledge.
·Maintained
good humour,
tact and patience with the public.
·Diagnosed
and rectified faults on PC’s and gained fair knowledge on Local Area
Networking.
Positions
of Responsibility
Sept.
2002
Member of Community Action (UMIST)
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present.
·Providing advice to the homeless and interacting with my team members improved my communication skills.
Oct.
2001
Course Representative – Staff/Student Liaison Committee.
-present.
·I
bring any student course-related problems to the attention of academic staff
and suggest solutions to them.
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Attending formal meetings with staff and my fellow students developed
the meeting skills and also improved my oral and written communication skills.
1999
- 2000 Co-ordinator
of Community Service, Interact Club (Rotary Club).
·Gained co-ordination skills through fund raising for disabled children.
·Supervised my assistant coordinators.
Class Monitor
·Gained effective verbal
communication skills from contact with students and teachers.
1998
- 1999 Math
Club Coordinator
·Gained excellent knowledge of leading a team.
·Organized activities like inter house quiz competitions and encouraged student group to participate.
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Worked on a presentation based on the “Design of Green Energy”
usage in a domestic environment.
IT:
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Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power point, Publisher
and the Internet.
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Fair knowledge on
Matlab, TINA and
Programming Languages C and HTML.
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Developed own personal web page.
Languages:
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English (fluent), Swahili (fluent), Gujarati (native) and Hindi
(conversational).
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Prof.A.R.Peaker
(Personal Tutor) |
Michelle
Atkinson (Employer) |
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UMIST |
Blue
Arrow Team |
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P.O.Box
88 |
British
Gas Trading |
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Manchester. |
Northwest
House, Gould Street |
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M60
1QD |
Manchester.
M4 4DN. |
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Tel:
0161
200 4704 |
Tel:
0161 829 2219 |
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