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Maintenance technician carrying out routine and ad hoc repairs, fault finding on electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems to rolling stock in a safety critical environment

Training co-ordinator responsible for the identification, facilitation and co-ordination the training activities and pastoral care of 30+ students. Offering direct liaison with course instructors to ensure students progression with monitoring, feedback and training intervention.

Senior equipment manager of a varied military fleet, responsible for the timely repair, maintenance and inspections of all equipment and accessories utilising in house workshops and liaising with outside civilian agencies for repair or modification.

A recovery vehicle co-ordinator / operator contributing to the training prior to a deployment on overseas operations. Responsible for the accurate tasking of multiple recovery assets all held in different locations in a hostile environment, the certification and annual testing of recovery appliances and equipment in accordance with LOLER regulations and recorded and archived all relevant paperwork.

Responsible for multiple armoured wheeled recovery vehicle maintenance, handover / takeover to facilitate training for units deploying on operations.the procurement of vehicle and equipment spares to ensure full equipment availability to the user.set-up and implement accurate and life like recovery in a variety of settings that crews were likely to come accross on operations.

Recovery vehicle operator and maintainer, working part of a team in order to keep tracked and wheeled vehicle availability to a high sustainable standard. Deployed on operations in 2009 shortly after taking part in a specialist equipment user/commander course.Carried out lifting equipment and vehicle equipment inspections as part of a team and where appropriate liaised with stores department in order to procure new items that were either deficient or damaged.