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All aspects of company QMS - document control, ISO process management, product certifications; authoring product manuals, customer interface for inspections.

In my current position I liaise with various departments to collate information, research, design, write, format, proof read and publish technical equipment manuals and related documentation. I also ensure that all documentation is kept up to date with technical developments and changes to the equipment. All resulting documentation is written and presented in order to be easily understood by the specific end users. In addition to these duties I also edit, organize, standardize and revise technical documents prepared by other personnel to ensure all technical publications are compiled to corporate, safety and legislative standards. In the course of my responsibilities I routinely and extensively use Adobe framemaker, Adobe acrobat, MS Office and Jasc Paint Pro. 2005-2008: Animal Technician: Responsible for all aspects of basic animal husbandry; working with researchers and other trained technical staff and general maintenance within the unit. Animal handling course passed in October 2007

Application of an existing pharmacological neonatal therapeutic in Cystic Fibrosis. Laboratory based skills; collection and transport of human biological samples from the Belfast City Hospital Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Unit and subsequent processing of sputum samples. Separation of mucus plugs from any salivary contamination in the sputum samples, processing by either 0.1% DTT (Dithiothreitol) or for use directly in experiments with surfactant. Samples were evaluated using an "in-house" fluidimeter to test for changes in the fluidity of the mucus or for chloroform-methanol extraction of lipids using Folch's method (1957). Lipids then analyzed by Thin Layer Chromotography. Development of frog model of mucociliary clearance using aerosolized channel blockers in order to simulate the CF situation for study of surfactant on various aspects of mucus clearance. In vitro skills; culture of immortalised A549, Cystic Fibrosis and Human bronchial epithelial cell lines. Use of said CF and HBE cell lines to test anti inflammatory potential of naturally derived surfactants with or without alpha tocopherol supplementation by IL-6 and IL-8 ELISA and MTT assay, respectively. Use of wound repair model-with A459 cell line only-to investigate effectiveness of surfactant ± alpha tocopherol supplementation by wound area analysis and IL-6 and IL-8 ELISA. Culture methods included: maintenance, division, handling and storage techniques and manipulation of experimental conditions.

Highway onto Queen's programme. Programme designed to provide extra tutorial help for level 0 students with learning difficulties in order to help with integration to university level learning expectations; Ireland.2004-2005: Laboratory Demonstration: Level 0 - Introduction to Biology and Level 1 - Introductory Biodiversity