- Good use and application of ICT
- Coding skills include BASH, PHP, C++, CSH, Visual Basic,
BASIC and Perl.
- Experience of Web Server Administration through running a
personal web hosting business
- I regularly offer help, advice and support on a Linux User
Forum
- 7 years Linux experience
- 14 years experience with MS Operating systems
- 4 years experience with Macintosh Computers
- Experience of Website Development using HTML, PHP, CSS and
Javascript.
- Advanced user of the Microsoft Office Suite
- Previously an Expert Rating Qualified Professional
- Good understanding of the benefits of Open Source Software
- Experience at developing a new systems roll out plan
- Experience of offering user support
- Good knowledge of both wired and wireless networking
technology
- Experience of digital audio recording, processing and
mastering.
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Dates Worked
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Employer/Job
Details
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April 2008 - Present
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Ministry of Defence
Suffolk
My official role within the Ministry of Defence involves managing a
number of inventories for aircraft spares. In addition to this, I also
provide 24 hour support for a number of Supply IT Systems. In the
period between April 2009 - December 2009 whilst my line managers post
was vacant, I also deputised for this post and covered a number of the
responsibilities therein.
During this employment, I have completed a wide range of in house
training courses covering both IT and management material.
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November
2006 - March 2008
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Assistant
Manager
Thresher Group
Bury St. Edmunds
My Branch Manager managed two shops, this meant that my
responsibilities stretched far beyond those that the company would
normally have expected
from other Assistant Managers. I had to be able to effectively run and
manage the shop in his absense. My responsibilities included staff
training, ensuring jobs were delegated appropriately and fairly,
Monitoring and managing cash held within the business, and ensuring the
companies conformity with UK Licensing laws. I was also responsible for
stock control, although the company replenished stock centrally, I was
expected to review the generated order and amend it as I believed
necessary. Once the order arrived I was expected to check and book in
the delivery, and I also had to adhere to the companies stock
write-off procedures. As an intrinsic part of my job I became a UK
Personal
License Holder, which enables me to authorise the sale/supply of
alcohol from any licensed premises. This status brings with it great
responsibility, I have to be vigilant to prevent proxy buying, as well
as the more obvious threat of minors attempting to purchase alcohol. I
was expected to train my staff to be vigilant to these risks as well.
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October
2005 -Present
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Benscomputer.no-ip.org
Running a small business that offers not only webhosting but also
website design. I have designed and am now hosting a site for another
small family run business. I offer website design in a range of
formats, utilising HTML, PHP, Javascript, CSS and several others.
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April
2005 - November 2006
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Sales
Assistant
Thresher Group
Kesgrave
Responsibilities involve large amounts of lone working,
the handling of large amounts of cash, observation and maintenance of
health and safety standards, to deposit the stores takings at the post
office. It is necessary to take a lift from the cash drawer and deposit
it in the safe whenever the till contains more than the set floor
limit. The responsibility to cash and lock up at the end of the day
falls to whoever is working at the time. Similarly the opening of the
store is the responsibility of the person working the first shift of
the day. The nature of the business necessitates self confidence as it
is often necessary to request some form of identification. On one
occasion it was necessary for me to retain a credit card under
instruction from the bank. This reflects a large amount of confidence
on my part. I have worked at several different off-licenses within the
First Quench group, including temporary work involving administrative
tasks - such as arranging cover, contacting Alarm companies for
repairs, and preparing damaged stock for write off - whilst the manager
of that store was on holiday. Working for Thresher in this capacity
denotes a large amount of responsibility and self confidence.
I left this branch in order to become an Assistant Manager at the Bury
st Edmunds Branch.
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December
2005 - May 2006
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www.bsay.co.uk
I was part of the development team on this project. The project is
managed using the Joomla content management system. Because users are
able to post to the site, not only do the ordinary tasks such as page
development and project direction need to be addressed, but submissions
need to be reviewed to ensure that no inappropriate posts are made.
Sadly due to my job at Threshers and running benscomputer.no-ip.org I
found my time too constrained to continue working with the bsay team.
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May
2003 - Feb 2005
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Retail
Operator
Primark Stores
Ipswich
My original contract was on Till, responsibilities involved handling
varying quantities of money, ensuring items are priced correctly etc. I
then changed contract to department, which involved working
independently to restock the department, manual handling of boxes,
dealing with customers and also ensuring items were correctly priced
and reduced if necessary.
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June
2003 - Sep 2003
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Telemarketing
Operator
Bowater Home Improvements
Ipswich
Involved telephoning prospective clients to offer a free, no obligation
quotation. The Job involved talking to quite irate members of the
public and also trying to sell to people who may not be interested.
Developed skills in remaining calm and rational.
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