About Me

Game for a laugh, strong, loyal,

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

River Strokes Kayaking School 22/07/2010 – Present
Assistant Coach
• General customer services, including meeting and greeting customers.
• Outlining Health and Safety regulations to new paddlers and ensuring that they have the correct equipment before commencing the course.
• Demonstrating kayaking and canoeing techniques to new paddlers and guiding them through mastering the technique.
• Coaching and assisting paddlers on various rivers around Hay-On-Wye up to Grade 3 Waters.
• Assisting the company owner in teaching up to 3 Star Kayak and 2 Star Canoe & Safety and Rescue training

Shropshire Army Cadet Force-Newport Detachment 01/05/2009 – Present
Sergeant Instructor / Second in Command (part-time voluntary work)
• Instructing up to 50 young people in various skills to gain recognised qualifications, including Duke of Edinburgh.
• Supporting members of staff and Detachment Commander.
• County Paddle Sports Coach coaching students up to BCU 3 Star.
• Liaising with surrounding detachments to organise charity work and social events for staff and young people.
For a period, I was also Detachment Commander for the Shifnal Detachment which allowed me to utilise my interpersonal skills, in addition to my skills in organisation, administration and management. Unfortunately, commitment to my full time job meant that I had to return to instructing rather than management.

Self-employed Residential Landlord 03/03/2005 – present
• Rent collection
• Contract writing
• Interviewing potential tenants
• Reference checking

HM Prison Service 12/08/2008 – end of Jan 2011
Finance Admin Officer, Industrial Grade 3 B = Catering Supervisor
• Finance Admin Officer, managing prisoner wages, financial audits, assisting prisoner cashier, ad hoc duties.
• Supervising teams of up to 40 prisoners to produce menus and dishes for each mealtime on a daily basis.
• Providing training in Food Safety.
• Supporting prisoners in completing NVQ’s in catering.
Unfortunately, I am to be made redundant from this position due to medical grounds as of the end of January 2011. For further details, please do not hesitate to ask.

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G4S Global Risk Ltd 24/12/2007 – 10/03/2008
Surveillance Operative (contractual basis)
• Mobile escorting of cash in transit crews.
• Providing a visible deterrent to would be attackers and bank robbers.
• Liaising/assisting with outside agencies such as, Vanguard (police) and Safercash.
• Counter Surveillance plus Anti Surveillance driving drills throughout the London area.
• Incident and daily report writing.

Sedgemoor Collage Ltd 18/12/2006 - 03/08/2007
Residential Care Worker
• Supervising and providing support for vulnerable, emotional young people with very challenging and Anti Social behavioural problems, age 11 to 16.
• Looking after the unit vehicles
• Daily report and incident report writing
• Logistics and Administration.
• Liaising with internal and external agencies. (Police, social services, curfew officers).
• Classroom assistant in various lessons

Naughty Nell’s Night Club & Restaurant 18/08/2006 - 14/10/2006
Head waiter & Bar Supervisor
• General bar/waiter/chef duties, dealing with customer comments/complaints.
• Cashing up, locking up premises after service.

HM Forces, Army, Royal logistic Corp (RLC) 16/09/1994 – 03/03/2005
Production Supervisor (Corporal Class 1)
• Highly skilled and has a wide knowledge and experience in a variety of kitchens
• Producing a wide range of dishes to a very high standard
• Supervision of teams up to 20 chefs
• Menu planning including the ordering of food stuff and stock control
• Over ten years of Exemplary conduct
• Participate in operations all over the world

Qualifications & Training

Kayaking/Canoeing (BCU)
1 star, 2star, in kayak and canoe.
3 Star Kayak, White Water.
Foundation Safety and Rescue Endorsement.
White Water Safety and Rescue Endorsement.
BCU UKCC level 1 in coaching Paddle sports.

Shropshire Army Cadet Force
Instructors Training Course, Graded B.
Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Catering.
First Aid at Work 2 & 4 day courses, Valid till 2010.
European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL).

Security
BTEC Lv3 Close Protection Operations SIA recognised.
Close Protection Operations, Surveillance, & Security Management.
Physical Intervention, Conflict Management and Legal use of force.

Military
Military Proficiency Course.
Military Production Supervisors Course.
Nebs Management- Introductory to Management.
BTEC, RSA and NVQ's including Maths, English, Catering, Word Processing and Customer Services.

John Masefield High School, Ledbury, Herefordshire. 1990 – 1994
9 GCSE's including English and Mathematics.

Other Information

Relevant Skills

confident, able to talk infront of others, teaching groups, teaching water sports and water safety,

Interests & Hobbies

running, hill walking, skiing, swimming, shooting, playing the electric guitar badly, kayaking, horse riding, motor bike riding,