This document lists the individual's achievements and work experience from 1982 to present. Some highlights include: - Completing a 10-week volunteer conservation course in 2016 that involved starting fires and wildlife conservation work. - Volunteering and then obtaining paid roles at YMCA from 2008-2015, including as Sunday Manager and Assistant Manager, where responsibilities included handling customers, stocking items, and using a computerized till system. - Obtaining NVQ levels 1 and 2 in Business Administration over a 6-month period in 1994-1995 through a course that involved hands-on office tasks. - Various roles in retail, including at McDonalds from 1996-2005 stocking items and completing maintenance tasks

1. List of achievement:
2016 – Without Walls Conservation work (John Muir Award) (10 week Volunteer
course)
• Start fire with a Fire Steel
• Withering, Kelly Kettle, wild life, woodland conservation
28 Jan 2012/28 Apr 12/ 20 Jun 12 (Wed/Sat) – July 15 – Greentip Growers
 Learned to drive a tractor
 Using items in ideas/solve problems
 Faced with one of the landowners goose being attacked by a roster that has got
into the same area. During one attack, goose ran towards wire mesh fence &
got head stuck in gap. Informed owner /friend of Greentop Growers, & returned
with long metal bars, which were used to reach the wire & widen them, so that
the bird could get free. Owner then contacted
 Doing basic carpenter skills
 Using a lave to make a candle stick
 Consultant/ideas man
 The design/make up of baskets/pots of plants for sale
 Planting around 450 bulbs in pots & many others
23 Apr 10 – 25 Jun 10 Clait Course (end date 9 Jul 10 (-4))
 Passing the complete course, with 4 days spare
Apr 08 – Jul 15 YMCA (Sunday Manager, Assistant Manager)
Aug 08 – Dec 15 Volunteer YMCA
 To have started off as a volunteer, and then be given the job of Sunday
Manager
 To know that I can cope with no staff
 (the suit sale)
 getting to know the regular customers, and sometimes their wants and needs
 a customer leaving with something they were hoping to find (more so if items
was in back room), or something that they were not expecting to find
 to be able to run another branch...with some idea of how things work, where are
items
 Being the Temp assistant manager while still a volunteer (while firm advertised
for the position of assistant manager)
 Learning all areas of the job:sorting & checking stock, hanging, steaming,
pricing, rotation of stock, dealing & helping customers
 Using a computerised till system (since Sep 2009)& handling money (including
banking & paperwork)
 Designed a few signs for display of sales
 Displayed New Goods stock – around 50 items
 Help an old lady look at cuddly toys and assist her

2. 7 Sep 05 - Dec 05 - Learn Direct
(Done 18 courses)
Now To Stay Safe At Work – 2 Nov 05
Hardware – 5 Dec 05 (not finished)
IT3 Word Processing – 3 Nov 05 – 5 Nov 05
Adult Numeracy Level 2 – 27 Oct 05
Preparing For Test NL 2 – 27 Oct 05
L2 Measure, Shape & Space 26 Oct 05 – 27 Oct 05
L2 Handling Data - 26 Oct 05
Getting A Job - 19 Oct 05 – 20 Oct 05
IT2 Presentations - 28 Sep 05 – 10 Oct 05
IT2 Spread Sheets - 22 Sep 05 – 28 Sep 05
IT2 Electronic Communication - 21 Sep 05 – 22 Sep 05
IT2 Create Manage & Integrate Files - 7 Sep 05 – 21 Sep 05
Adult Numeracy Level 1 – 6 Sep 05 – 7 Sep 05
Preparing For Testing LL2 - 5 Sep 05 – 7 Sep 05
Adult Literacy Level 2 – 05 Sep 05 – 7 Sep 05
Preparing For testing NL1 - 6 Sep - 7 Sep 05
Away With Words – 2 Sep 05 – 7 Sep 05
Word Skills Check - 31 Aug 05 – 5 Sep 05
Number Skills Check – 30 Aug 05 – 31 Aug 05
25 Jun 96 - 29 Jul 05 McDonalds
 Dealing with three very big deliveries. Checking and putting away
 Handling of 17 cages of toys/Happy Meal boxes. Made up list of unopened
boxes of toys & matched with equal amount of matching Happy Meal boxes.
Placed on cages with a detailed list of totals & types of toy/promo on each cage.
The storage of cages in two areas, & then movement to lorry
 Helped freezer engineer by moving stock out of his way, plus help fix in new
drain (including filing a metal rod to a point, which was used to drill though the
freezer wall. Removing old drain. Help fix pipe work together.
 To sanitise two 300L coke tanks, so they were ready for the delivery
 Key holder - store (4 years), stockroom, cages, garage, gas bottle padlock and
chiller.
30 Oct 94 - 07 May 95 Business Administration Course
 Have level 1 & 2 NVQ in Business Admin
 Was given six months to do Level 1, but done Level 2 also just over the six
months given. At one point, doing both at same time
 Worked in office area as part of the course, where I done real office tasks:
reception, photocopying, typing
16 Sep 91 - 08 Oct 91 Thresher Wine Merchants
 Asked to oversee the locking up of shop at 11pm, to protect lone female
manager

3. 03 Mar 86 - 01 May 91 Rospar
30 Nov 84 - 29 Nov 85 Community Program
 Dealing with customers at their home
 Loft insulation (about 75 in Bexhill) (and some windows), pipe and tank lagging
24 May 82 - 24 Dev 82 Debenhams (plus 1,2, 4 weeks in first 7 months of 1983)
 Learned how to drive two types of forklifts for inside warehouse work. One being
used for alleyway work
Skills:
 Able to set up of TVs and videos (old days)
 Quick to learn the basics of a new computer, laptop, Tablet, phone