This document contains the CV of Robin Adcock, including his personal details, qualifications, work experience, and security clearances. He has over 30 years of experience in electronics and broadcast systems work, including roles as an electrician, freelance wireman, and currently as the Managing Director of his own company Binmar Limited. He has extensive experience in cable installation, panel wiring, and broadcast projects for clients around the UK and internationally.

1. 71, Long Beach Road,
Longwell Green,
BRISTOL,
BS30 9XD.
Mobile: +44 (0)7944 668112
Email: binmar@sky.com
Robin Leslie Adcock
Personal
Information
Marital status: Married
 Nationality: British
 Date of Birth: 11th November 1963
 Place of Birth: Andover, Hampshire, England, UK.
 Non Smoker.
 Full UK driving licence.
 Valid Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card holder.
 C.V. last updated November 2014.
Personal qualities
and other interests
I am able to work under pressure to achieve objectives and deadlines. I
have a professional approach with good business awareness. I am
patient and tolerant and am able to take on responsibility and make
decisions. I have good communication and interpersonal skills, and work
well within a team. I am self -motivated and enthusiastic and am able to
adapt to new and changing environments. Football, golf, angling,
railways & travelling are among my other interests.
Professional
experience
2006
Electrician (qualified to 16th edition). City & Guilds Level 3
Certificate in the Requirements for Electrical Installations
(BS7671:June 2001)
C & G Level 3 Certificate for the Inspection & Testing of Electrical
Equipment.
Intermediate Certificate for Domestic Electrical Installers (Part P).
In 2006 I completed a City and Guilds Accredited Electrical Installation
programme and passed with the qualifications above. I am now able to
carry out electrical work including domestic properties requiring Part P
certification.
Dec 2007 - present
Managing Director of Binmar Limited
 Binmar Ltd was set up in December of 2007 to consolidate all
aspects of the business. Although broadcast systems installations
and maintenance remains the main core business for Binmar Ltd,
electronic assembly, panel wiring and electrical projects are all
undertaken.
 Recent projects include the installation of new television studio
facilities for UTV in Dublin, Ireland in the autumn of 2014 and the
relocation of ITV Wales to the new Studio/Newsroom facility in
Cardiff Bay in the spring of 2014, contracting to Television Systems

2. Ltd. In Cardiff I was involved from the initial factory pre-build,
through to the inter-area cable installation and then to the
completion stages installing the Production and Sound Control
facilities, four editing suites, and voice over booths. Also included
was the installation of studio wall boxes, the camera pods and looms
and mobile monitor stands, and all the Information Display System
screens around the building.
 The company is intending to move into the fibre optic installation and
termination market during 2015.
1989 – Dec 2007 Freelance
Electronic & Broadcast Systems Wireman
 I have combined my experience in both the electronics & broadcast
systems field to build up a wide customer base for nearly 20 years. On the
electronics side I have worked with several local companies either at their
premises or from home. Working from Engineers schematic drawings or
sketches, manufacturing prototype control panels, switch panels, cable
assemblies, printed circuit boards etc. During 2004/5 I worked for
Schneider Electric PMS in Chippenham, Wilts, on various electro
mechanical control systems. The work varied between compact panel
wired, wall mounted boxes needing a high degree of dexterity to neatly
install and wire looms and components, up to large ‘wardrobe’ sized
cabinets (Manufactured by Sarel or Rittal e.g.) wiring components to
terminals mounted on DIN rails and panels using single discreet wiring,
multi-cored and ribbon cables. The job included liasing with the design
engineers and working from their schematic drawings and wiring
schedules. There was a degree of mechanical build and adjustment also,
requiring measuring, marking out, drilling & tapping of the panels before
mounting the DIN rails and components. It also included some on-site
installation work on their power management systems.
 I have also worked for Invensys Rail/Westinghouse Rail Systems in
Chippenham, Wilts on various aspects of there railway signaling systems,
including the wiring of their trackside location cases (locs) and the REB
cabins. I have also wired racks for their projects re-signalling the London
Underground (Metronet), and their Westpac signal box units.
 Optimal Industrial Automation of Yate near Bristol is another company I
have contracted to. The skills required were, similar to those mentioned
above, for the wiring and manufacture of their automated control systems
for the pharmaceutical industry.
 On the broadcast side I have worked along with other subcontractors in
the UK and abroad, for companies such as Indexlaunch Ltd (Andover),
Television Systems Ltd., (Maidenhead), BBC TV Centre, Wood Lane
(London), IP Kinloch (Reading), dB Broadcast (Witchford), Charter
Broadcast (Boreham Wood), ITV Meridian Television (Southampton), and
others. In 2003 I completed a four-year stint for ITV Meridian Television in
Southampton and Newbury, carrying out various broadcast systems
maintenance and systems installations and upgrades to keep a modern
TV facility running. Sadly the merger between Granada and Carlton
caused a downsizing of the Southampton site. Later in 2003 I spent two
months in Lisbon, Portugal, working for TSL. Radio Television Portugal
(RTP) was the customer and they were moving their television facility to a
new building near the airport. I was involved mainly with the inter-area
cable installation in the new building that included runs of well in excess of
150 metres and covering several floors of the building. I also worked on
the installation of the TV facilities in the new Scottish Parliament building
in Edinburgh in the spring/summer of 2004 and various smaller local
projects. Marriage and a move from Hampshire to the Eastern outskirts of
Bristol in May 2004 presented new challenges and a need to build a new

3. client base in the South West.
 I have had many years of experience of all types of cable installation,
panel wiring and termination. Cable types include video co-axial, tri-axial
camera, audio FST, PSN/PSF multicore, musiflex & star quad, data
cat5e, cat6, RS422, RS232 & telecoms, control and multicore. Also local
240 volt mains wiring. Terminations would be various depending upon
application including BNC, TNC and other co-ax crimp connectors,
EDAC/varicon crimp and solder terminals, ‘D’ type and other multipole
solder connectors. Also screw terminals with bootlace ferrules. Most audio
circuits are terminated using IDC Krone blocks. I have wired and dressed
many jackfields, switch/termination panels and 19” sub assemblies. A
major part of the job is the construction of the 19” racks, many up to 52U
in height. Working from the engineer’s kit drawing I have to make sure the
cabling will fit in the racks neatly with the equipment to allow for
maintenance and expansion. This would include a degree of metal work
modification to the original structure and installation of all relevant cable
tray, brackets and equipment supports. Vitally important is the installation
of the equipment cabling. Time is taken to ensure that they are formed in
looms and dressed with care to run neatly in parallel. I have worked on
live audio circuits in TV Newsroom conditions where mistakes are not an
option and could take the station off air. I have been involved with
feasibility study reports on cable route accessibility and construction
around the building. Also liasing with engineers and project managers
needing diplomacy and a cool head in pressured situations. I have also
been involved with sourcing and procuring materials, and stock control.

1988 – 1989 C&S Systems Ltd. Andover
Broadcast Systems Wireman
 Duties included preparation and installation of hundreds of cables working
from Engineer’s drawings, schedules and floor plans. As part of the
installation team, I was responsible for taking the job from the initial
preparation stage through to the on site completion and acceptance by
the customer. The installations were worldwide, but most of the contracts I
was involved with were in the UK. Wiring and terminating cables for TV
Studios, Edit suites, Outside Broadcast vehicles etc.
1983 – 1988 Lethaby Numbering Systems Ltd.
Andover
(Part of the De La Rue group).
Prototype Wireman/PCB Designer
 I was responsible for wiring of prototype and production electronic
equipment including cabinets, card frames, power supplies and sub
assemblies. Also the computer aided design of printed circuit boards.
1982 – 1983 Arnall Patterson Ltd
Andover
Electronic Trainee Technician
 My duties for APLtd were similar to those at Lethaby’s but leaning more to
the production and assembly side.

4. Security clearance 2012. London 2012 Olympics. The most prestigious of all worldwide
sporting events required the most rigorous of security checks and
clearance. Clearance access was achieved to all areas at the Olympic
Park in Stratford, London, including the Press and Broadcast Centre,
and all the satellite event venues also.
2004. Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. This project had many similarities
to the one at the House of Commons in London in 1989, including the
highest level of security clearance that is expected in this era of
international terrorism.
1997. Hong Kong. Top-level clearance was needed for this project for
the Government of Hong Kong. It was the installation of temporary
broadcast facilities for televising worldwide the handover of Hong Kong
to China. The project took nine weeks.
1996. EURO’96 Football Tournament. England. Top-level clearance was
needed for this prestigious sporting event. Temporary broadcast facilities
were installed in every one of the host Stadiums, including the TV camera
positions, which was very handy on match days!
1989. House Of Commons, London, England. This was the first ever
installation of television cameras in the Houses Of Parliament which required
top-level security clearance, as access was needed to all areas including the
Chamber of the House Of Commons itself.
Extracurricular
activities
I have supervised and trained a teenager, interested in electronics, on
his two week Work Experience break from school.
Education 1980 - 1983 The Cricklade College Andover
TEC 1E Electronics / TEC 2E Electronics