Personal Profile:
I have successfully undertaken most aspects of Carpentry and Joinery as a foreman carpenter and workshop manager and most recently as a Lecturer of Carpentry and Joinery as a Temp Lecturer.This work includes Design Craft and Carpentry and Joinery under both workshop and site conditions for both commercial and residential clients.
Skills and Abilities:
- Frequently managed teams of up to ten workers as Foreman with responsibility for Planning, Project Management, Estimating and Purchasing, Quality Control, Hiring, Motivation and Health and Safety
- Proven Communication Skills with Clients, Management, Workforce
and Students - Proven Ability to adapt with constantly envolving plans and requirements of Clients and Situations which will arise
- Proven Track Record to be able to Deliver on Schedule and to Budget
- Proven Track Record as an Experienced and highly skilled Craftsman
Qualifications and Training
2011 - 2012 Enrol on assessor course at CNWL
2008 - 2009 - College of N.W.London for Advanced Construction Award units Passed with Advanced Construction Award *Credit*
2004 - 2005 - Enrolled Barnet College
- Achieving City and Guilds Wood Occupations Intermediate Award *Distinction*
- Passed CITB Construction Health and Safety Test in Sept 05
1981 - 1983 - Completed a Furniture Design Craft course at the London College of Furniture
1977 - 1979 - Qualified as a Carpenter and Joiner by the Brick Development Association Trade College (T.O.P.S)
Achievements
1993 - 2008 - Selected and successfully carried out carpentry services for the BBC at Shepherds Bush the Cadogen Hotel in Knightsbridge and H&M stores in Oxford St and Marble Arch
1993 - Successfully Designed, Project Managed and Built, Recording Studio "ADDIS" in Paris, France
1986 - 2008 - Selected and successfully carried out carpentry services to Grade1 listed buildings including The Sanctuary in the Palace of Westminster, Lincolns Inn Fields in Holborn and Cannon bury Sq in Islington
1984 - 1986 - Headed as Founder, Designer and Craftsman a successful toy-manufacturing project producing "multi racial/cross cultural" wooden toys supported with private tuition at the London Business School and sponsored by L.B.Camden Race Relations Unit
1983 - Design Craft project "Carved Plywood Chair" published in Practical Woodworker Magazine under London College of Furniture Summer Exhibition
Teaching Assignments
2012 - 2013 - Building Crafts College, Freelance, teaching 14 - 16yr S.E.N. school referal students 6218 carpentry, resulting in 4 of 8 students achieving certificate, 2 levels and 1 acheiving 1 level at award with 1 of the 4 who achieved a certificate also being chosen as Student of the Year. As an added honour the BCC also featured the group project "House" in their end of year show at Carpenters House, which is the headquarters for the Guild of Carpenters a Livery of the City of London
2011 - 2012 - Building Enterprise New addington 8 months on assignment
2011 - Dr Barnardo's Construction Youth Trust on temp assignment
2011 - Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College on temporary assignment
2010 - Kings X Construction Centre sponsered by Carrillion Construction and L.B.Camden lecturing to level 1 and 2
2010 - Carshalton College in Surrey 1 week temp assignment
2010 - 2nd Assignment at South Thames College helping to achieve a 96% pass rate at levels 1 and 2
2010 - Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College, 1 day for 2 months to level 1 students
2010 - South Thames College, in Wandsworth for 2 months to both level 1 and 2 and N.E.A.T.S students
2008 - Selected on temp assignments as a Carpentry and Joinery lecturer at Croyden College and Myrrh Education in Brixton in 2008