My extensive work resume.

1. Colin Shaw
27 Oaks Drive, Higham Ferrers, NN10 8EX
01933 355915 – 07780 970797 – colin.s@hotmail.co.uk
PersonalStatement
A willing worker and quick learner. Want to move on to more challenges and broaden horizons. Have
a broad base of skills from flt driving to fractional distillation of oils. I am mechanically minded with
an NVQ 2 in Machine Maintenance, can provide proof of this in a written up and signed off logbook
backed up with photographs from Northampton College,Booth Lane.
A lifetime in in the food and beverage industry, with over 30 years of experience to share, always up
for a challenge and going the extra mile, Capable of working alone or in a team. "Nothing great was
ever achieved without enthusiasm"...That is my favourite quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Available to move on to new opportunities at short notice.
Hold Car ,motorcycle, FLT
Key Skills
 Fast learner and easy to train
 Very broad skills base, including NVQ and C&G
 Can work alone or integrate into a team
 Train the trainer qualified
 Safety orientated
 Great communication skills
 Very flexible approach to work including problem solving
Employment History
Technical Operative, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Milton Keynes
March1990-Present

2. Achievements and responsibilities
 Responsible for operating high speed filling and packing machines
 Training and verifying staff to exacting standards
 Carrying planned safety inspections and entering them electronically into the system
 Carrying out asset care with the senior technicians and alone
 Improving efficiency of the factory by being able to multi role
 Quality control using TPM and TQMS
 HACCP and Root cause analysis
 Delivering OTIF,KPI and KBI on a daily basis.
 5S,SMED,C&G manual handling assessor/verifier/trainer
 Zero accident quality/zero accident behaviour through CI
Pauls and Whites LTD, Bletchley
Charge hand, March 1986-march 1990
Achievements and responsibilities
 Spray powder drying
 FLT driving including reach truck
 Fractional distillation of citrus oils using triphasic solvents
 Increased product yield by reducing run time and increasing batch size
 Manufacture of caramel and syrups in 5 tonne batches
 Powder flavour concentrate manufacture for major clients
Zimmermann Hobbs LTD, Bletchley
Laboratory Technician
Achievements and responsibilities
 Making up flavour test samples from chemical bases
 Sensory trained
 Gas chromatography using OV101 and Carbowas20M methods
 Liaising with clients to make and improve flavours to meet and exceed their
expectations
 FEMA/GRAS/Blue book legislation compliant

3. Education
NovotelCoventry
September 16/17 2015
C&G Manual handling cert, trained by Dr.Allistair Bromhead
Northampton College,BoothLane
NVQ 2 Machine maintenance September 2003-July2004
Denbigh Comprehensive
September 1977-June 1983
5 O levels grades B-C
8 CSE grades 1-4
4 LCCI –Maths elementary and intermediate & English elementary and intermediate
References
References available upon request.