Manage and maintain stores for Panel construction and product sales. Assist with design of customer panel construction and create labels for same. IT support as required from time to time. Any other duties as required.

Repairs to P.C.s and laptops running Windows & Macs, ordering supplies, sales, networking and teaching.

Filled in as Workshop Manager in busy Automotive Garage and Diagnostic Centre.Sorted out multiple computers & laptops and wired and wireless networking problems.Responsible for the day to day running of workshop, scheduling appointments, ordering parts, producing job cards, invoicing customers, Updating records, managing banking deposits, liaising with customers, suppliers, mechanics and owner/chief mechanic. Coordinating and problem solving. Staff supervising.

Trade Counter Sales/Storeman/Driver/Maintenance -Member of team involved in the day to day running of the branch including computerised stock control, stock ordering, goods inwards, deliveries, sales and product displays. Maintaining office computer systems and printers.Construction and maintenance around the Branch and Cable Hub as required by the manager. Driving the trucks and forklift as required.

Member of a team involved in the day to day running of the House Bar of the hotel, including staff training, ordering stock, sales and maintenance.As Night Porter – security, after hours check in/out, receiving deliveries, light maintenance, updating P.C.s and any other needs of the residents as required including late bar. I also did furniture assembly, construction and maintenance around the hotel as required by the owners/managers.

Assisted in the day to day running of a small computer store. Training staff, ordering supplies, sales, networking and repairs to Macs, P.C.s and laptops running DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and Windows 98, including dual-booting and multiple configurations.

Setting up and standardisation of Computer Aided Draughting for Electrical & Physical design of 110kV Substations. Creating cell libraries and procedures.Involved in design work for numerous 110kV substations. Nov - Dec 1995 - Teaching AutoCAD to Lebanese Draughtsmen and building a cell library of Physical Design Symbols from manufacturers’ drawings, at Electricitè De Lebanon, in Beirut.

4 year Draughting Cadetship with NZ Electricity Department. General draughting Duties and site visits.Company renamed Electricity Division, Ministry of Energy.Member of Huntly Power Station design team, responsible for producing cable schedules, core tables, logic and relay diagrams.Huntly Power Station (4 x 250MW): Site draughting work, electrical inspection and commissioning.Head Office, Power Station Design (Hydro):Rangipo Hydro Power Station design team, I was involved with the high voltage cable separation layout, circuit and wiring diagrams and panel layouts.Christchurch District Office (Comms):Printed Circuit Board design and development for Islington Radio Distribution Network.Head Office, Transmission Section (Substation Design):Member of design team for numerous Substations, producing and amending AC and DC circuit diagrams, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, relay, instrument and protection diagrams alarms and data logging, earth grid, site and control room layouts, equipment stands, etc.Special design work done for HVDC Valve Damping Resistor aseismic mounts, 220kV structure modifications utilising pentagraph disconnectors, crossarm design for light-weight steel support towers and corrosion resistant equipment stands for HVDC submarine-cable terminal stations.Seconded to Power Station Design (Thermal): Ohaaki Geothermal Power Station.Responsible for 11kV Steam Field Board; marking up and supervising (2 staff) the amending and cross-referencing of manufacturers’ contract drawings.Transferred to Electricorp Marketing, Hamilton Regional Office, Engineering Section.All draughting requirements in the region, amending old drawings by hand on the drawing board and generating new drawings on a Personal Computer using Autodesk’s AutoCAD r11 software package. Managing the AutoCAD file system. Site visits and photography, supervising draughting staff, bid preparation and dealing with all draughting inquires from the Engineering Section