Ben Thomas Email & Phone Number

Personal profileI am a motivated, adaptable and hardworking individual, with a strong background in the manufacturing industry. Previously worked in a fast paced environment and always shown a positive attitude to new challenges, and the ability to perform well in a team or as a individual. Professional profile AIRBUS Worked in Airbus for 8 years gaining a wealth of experience in the aircraft manufacturing trade. Understanding and working to engineers' drawings, working within confined spaces. Inserting bolts using Numatics and manual tooling. Working on the critical path areas for bolting certain areas of the wing. Being a banksman-assisting with loading and unloading aircraft panels in and out of the jigs. Rework-drilling/reaming/caging and pitching holes using following specific drawings. I have also completed in house course in manual handling, working at heights, controlled substance hazardous to health, general safety course complying in house factory practice and working alongside and complying with near misses and accident paperwork. Briefly working on projects with the teams from quality and design to create new tooling for the new A330 NEO. Panel beater Qualified panel beater of 8 years repairing from the small dents to the large jobs which panels needing straightening and also replacing. Working as a team leader to ensure a high quality standard of work was achieved. Experienced in car electrics in the skill of fault finding, fitting and repairing wiring looms. Accustomed to working in a busy environment with deadlines to meet. Attended a Jaguar and Land Rover mechanical electrical trim course in 2007, additionally completed an on site training in panel bonding application in 2008.Assessor at College llandrillo18 months at the college I gained my assessors award. Helping learners completing there qualifications in paint and panel beating. This experience taught me the skills of teaching, careful planning, understanding and assessing the learners through the route of their qualifications.

Listed skills include Flight Test.