Bruce Lett Email & Phone Number

Enniscorthy, Ie

Enniscorthy, Waterford, Clonmel & Dungarvan

Part of a small Lifting Gear Maintenance Team with the ESB group. We supply, maintain and carrying out statutory inspections of all lifting, climbing and lashing equipment that ESB Networks Technicians, garage staff, ESBI and telecoms use. A very diverse and enjoyable job. I look after Waterford, Clonmel, Dungarvan and Enniscorthy yards....and ocassionally travel to other yards as required.

Enniscorthy

Worked with other Systems Technicians to support RNLI stations and RNLI station staff/mechanics around the Irish coast. Carried out 6-monthly and annual servicing and maintenance on inshore lifeboats plus launching vehicles and equipment. These included agricultural tractors - standard and compact, special RNLI tractors, Logic crawlers, Land Rover Defenders and winches. Assisted full time all weather life boat mechanics with planned maintenance and relevant support issues. A fantastic experience supporting the RNLI Search and Rescue service plus it's many volunteers.

Ballinlug, Killane, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland.

Technician @ Nicholas Gainford Ltd - Agricultural, Plant & Forestry equipment service & repairs (& trucks/trailers) plus engineering & hydraulics.

Enniscorthy

Formerly, service manager/co-ordinator, parts suppport, warranty admin & working foreman - New Holland dealership.

Ballinlug, Killanne, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

One day per week (Friday's) I work at a garage, Nicholas Gainford Ltd. Owned by Nicholas Gainford, this is an independent agricultural, forestry, truck and engineering workshop specialist. Repair and dynamic balancing of hedgecutter heads (with flails on) is a key part of the business in the winter months.My role is storeman and workshop support plus hydraulic pipe repair/manufacture (All Gates hydraulic pipes & fittings). www.gainford.ie

Enniscorthy

Self-employed agricultural machinery & to a lesser extent, motoring contributor - writing about general agricultural machinery, advertorials plus product testing and more..... for Farming Independent initially then the Irish Farmers Journal. I also take all my own photos (see below).The amount of product testing, in particular group-testing for the Irish Farmers Journal has steadily been increasing. This is where we get a group of the leading machines on-market and put them together in as near as possible identical conditions and review their performance. The results provide readers with an insight into what a machine can offer and hopefully valuable advice.The majority of machinery testing takes place on my family farm which I am actively involved in. On farm enterprises include tillage, cattle and horses. This provides a potential test base for a broad range of agricultural machinery and equipment. We recently did a large 4X4 vehicle & crew-cab pick-up group test also based on the farm. This included road-going with a loaded catle trailer to evaluate each 4x4 performance on-road. And also a field section to examine each vehilcles 4x4 characteristics.

Gorey, Co. Wexford

Working foreman in workshop & stores at CaseIH dealer Springmount Tractors Ltd. Owned by Alfie Spencer, Springmount Tractors historical dealership path connects it from its initial dealership of Nuffield to CaseIH. Nuffield to Leyland to Marshall to Marshall-Steyr to Steyr to CaseIH. Other key franchises include Pottinger, Rauch, Fransgard & Conor.www.springmounttractors.ie

Nurney, Co. Kildare

Service Technician & product support for Lely Ireland Ltd (agri side) - (Southern area)Lely Ireland is importer/distributor for product lines including Lely, Welger, Goweil & Tatoma. (Also Toro Weidemann & TYM on turfcare side)Area of responsibility - southern half of Ireland.Warranty administration for all island (agri products).

Tullow, Co. Carlow

ESBI Engineering UK Ltd (Tullow, Co Carlow). Fleet mechanic - looking after the entire fleet of cars, light commercial vehicles, 4x4's, tractors, excavators, stringing machines, trailers, atv's, hgv's & plant for ESBI Engineering UK Ltd and latterly ESB-Contracts based at Tullow, Co. Carlow.This post required a high degree of flexibility with much of the work carried out at weekends and night time. For example; one vehicle, a 4WD Mitsubishi L200 crew-cab pickup was towed from a rural work-site and delivered to me at 8:30 pm with no clutch function (burnt out). With the required parts sourced during the day, I fitted a new clutch kit and delivered it back to its driver who lived in Tullow at 2:00 am, ready for his 6:00 am start.I kept an entire maintenance history of each vehicle and organised external works as required such as body repairs, windscreen replacement, phone kit installation, etc.

Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

Banksman - certified in live-line electricity pole erection. Installing wooden MV & LV electricity poles, earths and stay blocks on behalf of ESB Networks- Ireland's electrical distribution grid owner & operator.Mechanic during quieter periods.

Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

General worker/non-technical linesman working on pilot network renewal project.This involved replacing and upgrading the ESB's national MV and LV electrical network. Much of this was rural based and accessed with specialised 4wd vehicles equipped with winching and lifting gear. As a non-technical linesman we carried out the same work as linesmen under their guidance. Work involved climbing timber electrical poles, replacing overhead wires, cross arms, transformers, stays, LV cabling with modern bundle and poles as necessary.

Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

I like to keep active as a motor/agri-mechanic. Repairing all the farms vehicles, tractors and equipment keeps me 'mechanic-fit.'​ Outside of the farm I do some small-scale 4x4 (preferably), Light Commercial Vehicle & auto repair/maintenance. Agricultural repairs, maintenance & fabrication.I have been self-employed as an motor/agri mechanic, on & off since 1995. I have worked for numerous firms over the years as and when they required extra hands. These include; L & M Motors, Simon Kavanagh Motors (main dealer for Isuzu now Mitsubishi), Springmount Tractors Ltd, Enniscorthy Plant Hire, Pat O'Neill Contracts, Lely Ireland Ltd, ESBI Engineering UK Ltd, ESB Contracts, Andrew Lacey Ltd, James Byrne - panel beater.

Self-employed agricultural (& some motoring) writer & tester for the Irish Farmers Journal/Contract & Crops.

Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

Motor mechanic in non-franchise garage. Worked on everything from a Lada to a Merc. A incredible little garage where we did incredible work!

Certificate In Electrical Principles -Level 6, Achieved A Good Pass

Night course through SETU Carlow. Certificate in Electrical Principles - Level 6

Practical Journalistic Writing Skills, B

Night course in Practical Journalistic Writing Skills.

Btec National Diploma In Agricultural Engineering, Distinction

Great Course, really enjoyed it. Earned Top Student award for both academic years.

Certificate Of Proficiency In Personal Survival Techniques (Sea Survival), Sea Survival Course As Part Of Training Required To Work As A Systems Technician For The Rnli

C&G, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Credit In Engineering Fundementals-2

Evening course