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Managing National Training Programme (NTP) contracts of training providers (including private training providers, colleges, Local authorities and employers) to ensure training providers deliver a quality learning experience and positive outcomes for individuals. Ensuring appropriate performance management and reporting of NTP contracts including assisting providers with quality assurance action plans. Undertake Ntp contract review visits in accordance with annual monitoring plan, and complete standardised visit reports with actions identified as appropriateConduct employer and work placement visits and trainee visits to gather feedback on quality of training being delivered.

Management of 3 workshops including structural steel, carbon pipe and exotic pipe also vessel mobalisation and offshore oil & gas squads.• Manage and direct staff members and the construction, operations, or maintenance activities of the Steel Fabrication workshops. • Supervise, coordinate, & schedule the activities of site & fabrication workers, plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals. • Inspect work progress, equipment and construction sites to verify safety and to ensure that specifications are met. • Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs and estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs. • Confer with managerial or technical personnel, other departments, or clients to resolve problems or to construction coordinate activities. • Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans. • Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions. • Conduct employee training in equipment operations or work and safety procedures, or assign employee training to experienced workers. • Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures to workers. • Enforce safety and sanitation regulations and supervise the verification of conformance of workpieces to specifications. • Study engineering drawings to determine materials requirements and task sequences. • Supervise the setup of fabricating machines, such as, rollers, guillotines burning gear, grinders, and drill presses, welding plant, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.

• Schedule all activities associated with assigned projects to produce an integrated critical path schedule, update as required, and report potential problems/problem areas. • .Analyze and report Project progress and manpower requirements. Enter and maintain project budgets/hours/estimates in system. • Update and evaluate the accuracy of the project forecast by assessing actual hours/cost and physical progress achieved for all phases of project. • Assists /production controller/project manager in presentations/reports to the customer/company management. • Consolidate data in the schedule and in project cost reports for production controller/project manager’s review and approval. • Prepare and update, on a regular basis, project hours and cash flow forecasts.

Having worked for a number of years in the oil and gas and construction industries, and for the past 3 years as a production controller managing 3 workshops including recruitment and training of all personnel . I have held many positions including production controller. progress and planning controller, health and safety co-ordinator and others which allowed me to develop many valuable skills such as: • Project management within construction/Engineering industries• Technical Communication Skills effectively communicate in a construction/ fabrication/engineering environment using a variety of media. Graphical, written and verbal forms of communication • management Construction/Engineering Industry knowledge and understanding of the structure of the industries including selecting plant and equipment for the building/fabrication/manufacturing/services and operations.• Managing/Supervising of construction/manufacturing/fabrication workshops and sites • Work Prioritising/planning & scheduling• organising and implementing recruitment and training needs as per project requirements• Time management• Experience working within project teams and also working on own initiative to deliver project results• Experience dealing with external clients to solve practical issues and informing customers of project developments including production of project reports• good working knowledge of ISO certification practices i.e. 9001 etc.• good overall knowledge of Document control, Material control ,quality control• good overall knowledge of health and safetyMy hard-working attitude and willingness to learn will be well suited to any position that matches my skills..

Health and Safety Co-ordinator My role here was to: •Develop, implement and achieve safety standards in accordance with Company Safety Management System •Development and continue improvement of safety management system procedures•Organise and monitor training needs for personnel from all departments including construction site employees •carrying out safety inspections, compiling new and reviewing old risk assessments with employees, controlling found hazards with safe systems of work Identifying new/additional hazards that have not been previously identified. Analyse these ensuring that proper controls are in place. (Risk assessment)•Produce and review HSE reports highlighting trends and possible exposures•Conduct workplace inspections and follow up to ensure that allocated corrective and preventive measures are taken.•Conduct Investigations of all reported HSE incidents and near misses•Carrying out accident investigations, analyse findings to find route cause and implement controls to prevent re-occurrence•Complete accident and incident investigation reports and closing out necessary corrective actions •Reviewing and developing work procedures and policies•Checking and inspecting emergency equipment and emergency procedure requirements are adequate to control an emergency situation.•Participating and organising drills and exercises to test these and the emergency response of personnel•Ensuring that vehicle/equipment, electrical equipment and lifting equipment maintenance checks are carried out and documented. Advising the department managers about noted defects in vehicles, plant and equipment •Conduct and participate in toolbox talks•Maintain and update all safety data within the safety management system as and when required•Provide advice to all personnel in the implementation of policies and risk plans which includes providing assistance with undertaking remedial actions and implementing control measures to reduce the risk

Achieved this opportunity in order to gain practical office experience and build on my knowledge of incident investigation and health and safety. I identified my office based experience was weak so undertook this to build on my skill with the intention to progress into a career within Health and Safety. This position was a 3 month voluntary placement.Responsible for:• analysing manual handling incidents reported on the Datix Risk Management system.• Producing reports on manual handling incidents to determine if Investigation is warranted from data provided within the incident reporting system (DATIX).• Investigating Incidents with the incident investigation team to determine whether further training is warranted within the area of investigation also to determine whether any incidents are reportable under the RIDDOR legislation 1995 and H&S Works Act 1974 • Providing advice on how to minimise problems such as low back pain, joint injuries and repetitive strain injuries of various sorts

(MMA) Flux Core Producing damage and fault reports on fabrication projects to ensure these met design specification outlined on technical drawings. Fabrication of materials to comply with specification of technical drawings and production of reports when design issues are identified.Completion of time sheets and work sheets to file for project reporting.

Responsible for the mentoring and safety of workshop apprentices.Completion of time sheets and work sheets to file for project reporting. Fork Lift driving and Mig Welding including maintaining qualificationsSubmerged arc welding tested and competent in accordance with the conditions specified in ASME section 9