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Joseph Nicholson
South Shields, Tyne & Wear NE34 0JS
07544148881
nick856@outlook.com
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/colin-nicholson-647a47130
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A highly capable driver providing a professional service to your company. Also committed to gaining
new driving qualification with funding available. A good communicator and experienced in working in a
small team and alone for long period of time.
Key Skills
• Full clean license CAT B and B+E and held for seven years.
• Effective team member and alone for long periods of time.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
Selected Achievements (by Functional Expertise)
HM Forces, the Royal Artillery
Driver.
Appointed to drive many different systems on land rover and trailer.
• Packaging the different systems safety and correctly, also making sure that the loads on
secure for transport.
• Driving in different countries for example Kenya. Before even get out there a matrix test had
to passed and advanced off road training was needed.
• Maintained vehicles for long periods of time and across many different environments.
Store man within a battery.
Appoint to ensure all equipment is stored correctly and with all paperwork kept up to date.
• Good communication skills in customer service when equipment is being loan out for a period
of time.
• Attention to detail when filling in paperwork for auditing purposes.
Fire safety junior manager.
Ensuring all fire equipment is correctly stored and all paperwork is up to date and all fire equipment
comply with all health and safety laws.
• Complied accurately with all weekly, monthly and yearly checks on all fire equipment in the
premises in line with auditing.
• Ensuring all fire Equipment is maintained correctly and are ready for use whenever needed.
Detachment commander on different camera system.
Provided leadership and technical support to my small team and operated systems out in theatre.

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• Controlled the build and placement of a system within a limited area, this approximately took
12 hours to build as a four man detachment.
• Quickly and correctly cross network information between different types of equipment and
between different people.
• Operating the Camera system within the team, and as a detachment commander helping
senior to predict the enemy and prepare other systems for use.
Member of a Gun detachment.
Appoint as a member of a six manned detachment to operate the Artillery Gun.
• Operating within a small team effectively and professionally in testing environments.
Completed Phase 1 & 2 training.
Qualifications
• 6 A-C GCSEs Maths, Business studies and ICT
• D GCSE English
• NVQs Level 2 Maths, English and ICT
• Fire extinguisher maintainer Run out date 2017
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