1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Mr. Clive Anthony Gerrard
DOB: 26th
February 1960
Employment: The Royal Air Force/ BAE SYSTEMS
Occupation: Weapons Technician / Egress Technician
Experience:
Guided and unguided weapon systems
Release and carriagesystems
Canons single and multi-barrel
Ground defense weapons
1st
2nd
and 3rd
line servicing of NATO and foreign aircraft
Ordinancecontrol
Weapon handling instruction
Range management
Engineering innovations
M.B.E.S. systems and services for MK4HA, MK11SA, MK16C

2. Character:
Safety Conscious, Neat Polite and Punctual, Friendly by Nature, Willing to ask for
advice if needed, can easily work in a team environmentor as an individual,
willing to lend a hand in all circumstances with kindness and respect.
Interests:
History and video of the Middle-ages. Jaguar cars and someBentley’s of certain
vintage. Target shooting, Fine art, Reading and subtle humour. Music tastes from
Black Sabbath to Handel and Bach, even some Modern Music as long as it
contains constructiveand intricate melodies.
Timeline:
Born 1960 in Birkenhead, Cheshire.
1964 Little Sutton
Schooling:
Sutton Secondary Modern until parent’s death
1973 Chesterfield William Rhodes School
Moved on to The Royal Masonic Institute for Boys in Bushy which closed in 1976
Joined the RAF in August1977
RAF Conningsby –servicing of guided missiles and rocket pods
RAF Laarbruch – 1st
2nd
and 3rd
line servicing of Hunter T7’s and 1st
line servicing of
all NATO aircraft including Bell Helicopters
RAF Stafford - 3rd line maintenance of Aden 30mmCanon including Quality
Control and Range Testing. Electro Magnetic Release Unit servicing.
Falkland Island Deployment – 3rd
line servicing of SUU 23A centerline multibarrel
General Electric Cannon.

3. RAF Stafford – Small arms servicing of NATO weapons, issuing and receiving
procedures and custody of MOD weapons and private firearms. Stock controlof
Station Ordinanceincluding ordering issuing and stock rotation. Small-boreRange
control and upkeep
BAE SYSTEMS
Member of the company since July 1989, seconded to Riyadh, SaudiArabia in
August1989. Employeenumber 872977, CostCenter 51476
Started as Technician Trainer in No1 Hanger as weapons technician for RSAF
Strikemaster aircraftmachine guns and ‘Drop Tank’ Systems and was then
assimilated into ‘EGRESS’ with the servicing of the MK4HA Martin Baker Ejection
Systemfor this aircraft including the Canopy Jettison System.
With the arrivalof the Pilatus PC9 I was given the relevant Martin Baker Ejection
Seat Courses for the MK11SA to cover the fitting, removing, 2 year and 6 year
servicing with a courseon Parachuteinspection.
I put forward severalInnovations thatmadeuse of recycling scrapped parts to aid
in the servicing that was accepted.
I trained Saudi Technicians on this M.B.E.S. until promoted to Supervisor until
‘Saudization’ demoted me back to Technician Trainer where I continued servicing
MK11SA until given a courseat Pilatus, Switzerland on removal and fitting of the
MK 16C MBES fromthe new RSAF PC21 aircraftfollowed by further training at
Martin Baker for the MK16Cseat.
I am currently certified for ‘Red X’ release of the MK11SA seats on the PC9 and
the ‘Red X’ release for the MK16Con the PC21 including all special inspections
and servicing for the MB MK16CMBES Systems.