Job Title
Student Undergraduate Technologist
Time Period
Summer 2006
Company
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
Job Description
My project brief was to investigate how XML and related technologies could increase GCHQ's value to its customers. Working as a member of a large development team I investigated how we could utilise the a certain schema as new report structure. I was also involved in investigating how successful it would be to transform millions legacy documents from one schema to another using XSLT. The results of the investigation were successfully communicated to the department by project report and presentation.
Job Title
STEP Placement Student
Time Period
Summer 2003
Company
Shell Technology Enterprise Program (STEP)
Job Description
As the sole developer in a quarts manufacturing company I developed an automated reporting system between SAP and MS Excel. This involved writing advanced macros in VBA (Excel) that could dynamically reformat raw data from SAP to produce useful statistical information. On completion of the placement I finished six small applications that automated about five working hours per week to just six minutes. A panel of STEP judges made an assessment of the project success through project report and presentation.
Job Title
Bar Person / Waiter
Time Period
2001 to 2006
Companies
Crooked Lum Beefeater(East Kilbride),Gardenhall Inn (East Kilbride)
Job Description
I started working in the Gardenhall Inn on the same week that I started college. Surprisingly, working in pubs and restaurants has been of invaluable experience to me through my college and university education. It changed me for the better as I am now far more confident when dealing with people at all levels. It also taught me how to deal with some very difficult situations in a calm and controlled manor. Working in a restaurant was hard at times but you also had a real feeling of working in a team, which was very important, as it would be impossible to work in isolation in such an enviroment.
Job Title
Injection Moulding Engineer
Time Period
1991 to 2001
Companies
Daniel Montgomery and Son Ltd,WH Smith & Son (Scotland) (Insolvent),CTP Duvall (Insolvent),CTP Silleck (Insolvent)
Job Description
Working as an injection moulding engineer involved serving a four year multi-disciplinary apprenticeship. This training involved all aspects in the production of injection moulded polymer products. On successful completion of my apprenticeship I worked mainly on setting-up moulding machines and production lines, trouble shooting technical problems, and quality control.