I am looking for employment in any general positions relative to the above.

I am an Australian that has been living and working in the U.K. for the past twelve and a half years.  For the past seven years I have been working as an Administrative Assistant in the British Civil service.  This was for the Department of Work and Pensions dealing with disability benefits.

My duties included filing, taking action on post, composing letters, registering claims, issuing certificates, data input on a computer system and taking phone calls.  I also assisted colleagues who were not computer literate.

Skills & Aptitudes:

I have an open and friendly personality and am easily approachable as I have been a mentor to those who are less skilled in IT and a liaison officer between my team and IT support. I enjoy working as part of a team and find it easy to take on board and learn from constructive criticism. I gain personal satisfaction from assisting customers and am fully aware of the importance of both the internal and external customer. I am meticulous in my working methods and am able to work effectively on my own initiative. In doing this I always consider overall constraints such as time factors and the needs of the whole team. My skills with computers I consider to be advanced. I can install and configure software and have a very good knowledge of the Windows XP operating system. I am very experienced with Microsoft word and have used many other applications such as excel, Macromedia Fireworks and Adobe Photoshop to name a few.

I am also practically minded and used to more physical work and I am used to a factory environment as well.  I have worked with complex computer operated machinery and various power tools.

Recent Employment History:

Department for Work and Pensions, Blackpool, April 2002 – June 2009

A government department that deals with benefits for disabled persons.

Administrative Assistant (perm)

Filing, taking action on post, composing letters, registering claims, issuing certificates, data input on a computer system and taking phone calls.

Gledhill Appliances, Blackpool, June 1999 – April 2002

A company that manufactured thermal water storage boilers.

Machine Operator (perm)

Taking orders from the internal customer and providing them with basic components for constructing the products.  Main duties involved operating machinery to create the components and stocktaking.

Interests:

My main hobbies evolve around computers. I can build, service and upgrade hardware. I can install, configure and problem solve with software. I enjoy playing and modifying/making my own modules with PC games and creating 3D Graphics.

I can play guitar, draw, craft and paint in many ways. I can also make complex costumes from scratch and have designed and built a near theatrical quality Predator costume.

I enjoy rock music and a variety of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, action and comedy films.

Education:

College

Lake Tuggeranong College, Cowlishaw Street, Tuggeranong Town Centre, ACT, Australia. 1993 – 1995

ACT year 12 certificate results (age 18):

Accredited Courses

English                                                 T-minor            DD

English A                                              A-minor           CBEC

Information Management                      A-minor           CC

Small Business Enterprise                   A-minor           CB

Music                                                    A-major           CBCB

Art Workshop                                       A-major           CBBC

High School

Calwell High School, Casey Crescent, Calwell, ACT, Australia

1990 – 1993

ACT year 10 certificate results (age 16):

Course Results

English                                                CCEC

Mathematics                                         CDCCC

Science                                                CCCC

Information Technology                          C

Social Education                                   DCCD

The Arts                                               ADDC

Technology                                           ECCC

Health Studies                                      EE