1. Résumé
Name: Andrew Elston
Date of Birth: 30 April 1969
Email: andrewelston01@gmail.com
Address: 29 Wellington Street
Ngunnawal ACT 2913
Telephone: (h) 02 6242 5813
(m) 0432 517 297
Qualifications:
• Master of Arts (Pass) – Psychology (1990)
• Diploma of Information Management – Librarianship (1991)
• Red Cross Senior First Aid Certificate (2001)
• Fitness/Aerobics Instructor (2001)
• Security clearance to “Protected” (Restricted) level, granted from the Health Insurance Commission and subsequently
by the Australian Customs Service (2006) and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (2007), following
processing by the Australian Security Vetting Service, 28 May 2003.
Employment History:
Pushys Bike Warehouse [Pushys+]
Full-time bike builder 2011-2015.
Bicycles assembled:-
Brands:-
• BH • DaVinci • Giant • KTM • Pivot • XDS
• Bike Friday • Electra • Intense • Mongoose • Progear
• Cannondale • Focus • Jamis • Nirve • Stolen
• Dahon • Gazelle • Kalkhoff • Onipax • Strider
Types:-
• Children’s 12 inch
• Children’s 16 inch, Adult 16 inch folding
• Children’s 20 inch, 20 inch fat-tyre
• Children’s 24 inch, 24 inch fat-tyre
• Children’s, Adults’ 26-inch, 26 inch x 3.5-inch tyre
• 27 inch commuter, recreational road, performance road
• 700 mm commuter, recreational road, performance road, Electric
• 27.5 inch mountain bike front suspension, full-suspension, hardtail, hardtail performance, full-suspension
performance, Electric
• 650mm mountain bike front suspension, full-suspension, hardtail, hardtail performance, full-suspension
performance, Electric
• 29 inch mountain bike front suspension, full-suspension, hardtail, hardtail performance, full-suspension
performance
Typical completed bicycle assembly output 10 bikes per day.
Demonstrated skills and abilities:
Bicycle assembly/repair skills:-
Skill:- Where utilised (reference to Employment History) – examples:-
Bike boxing [for shipping]/unboxing [for
building]
• All bikes
Accessory fastening – including fastener
substitution for missing fasteners, and accessory
substitution for poorly fitted accessories
• Fastening: all bikes
• Substitution: typical of Giant children’s bikes and some adult recreational road
bikes, Focus children’s bikes, BH recreational road bikes, XDS recreational road
bikes
Mudguard (“fender”) fastening/alignment • Realignment/bending typical of Focus children’s bikes and recreational road
bikes, BH recreational road bikes, XDS recreational road bikes, Giant
performance cyclocross bikes
Handlebar brake lever positioning/cable
tightening to appropriate tension
• All bikes
V-brake pad alignment – including occasional
pad substitution or alteration for missing,
damaged or ineffective (screeching) pads, caliper
• Pad alignment: all bikes
• Pad substitution: atypical for most brands, but more occasionally necessary for

2. bending Giant children’s bikes and Onipax folders
Disc brake caliper alignment – including
occasional pad grinding/substitution for missing,
damaged or ineffective (screeching) pads
• Brake caliper alignment: most disc brake bikes – hydraulic or cable
• Pad alteration/substitution – atypical for most bikes, but more occasionally
necessary for Giant performance road/mountain bikes
Hydraulic brake lever swapping
(European/American to Australian format)
• Focus recreational/performance mountain bikes
Derailleur alignment – including front derailleur
height/direction adjustment, rear derailleur
hanger realignment
• Often necessary for all geared bikes not using internal (hub) gears
Chain tensioning – either by wheel positioning
(for single-speed and hub-geared bicycles) or B-
tension screw manipulation (for geared bikes with
rear derailleurs)
• Wheel positioning: children’s bikes of most brands
• B-tension screw manipulation: most recreational road/mountain bikes
Road bike handlebar wrapping • Focus, BH road bikes
Mechanical repair skills:-
Skill Where utilised (reference to Employment History) – examples:-
3-month services Customer Giant, BH, XDS [all non-electric bicycles sold by the store] when
required
Secondhand bicycle servicing Preparing traded bicycles for resale
Communication Skills:-
Skill:- Where utilised (reference to Employment History) – examples:-
Customer service/communication skills
(including telephone reception, call
tracking, etc.).
• Pushys repair communications
• Pushys/Pushys + phone service
Interpersonal skills. All areas
Writing, editing, document formatting and
publication skills.
• Pushys + builder work tracking
Teaching/training skills. • In-house maintenance/repair tuition for repair mechanics
• In-house builder assembly tuition.
Working within and with groups. • Bike building – up to 24 bikes per typical work day between one full-time and two part-
time builders
Multicultural interactive skills. • Pushys sales/repair/building service
Teamwork skills. • Builder adaptation to newly ordered/delivered bikes
• Workshop logistics (tool supply/team shared use, facility [e.g. compressor] use, etc.)
Referees:
1. Mitch McKinlay
Address: Pushys Bike Warehouse
70 Newcastle Street
Fyshwick ACT 2009
Phone: (02) 6280 4984
Email: mitch@pushys.com.au
2. Sean McQueenie
Address: Sean McQueenie
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
GPO Box 25
Belconnen ACT 2616
Phone: (02) 6264 1111
Email: sean.mcqueenie@immi.gov.au