Ben

About me:

Candidate Info :
I’m currently employed on a full time basis as the Driver Trainer and Assessor for Followmont Transport in Eagle Farm, Brisbane.

I’ve worked in the transport industry for many years and I’m currently seeking weekend work with reputable companies.

I’m very experienced in all areas of transport and you’ll see that I am a heavy vehicle licence trainer / assessor. The skills and knowledge I have are delivered through theory and practical lessons to trainees covering all aspects of driving.
I am the sole trainer and I’m a key part of the business at Followmont. My role is training new and currently employed drivers and ensuring they are competent and complying with the road law and company SOP’s .

I’m single, motivated, physically fit , very mechanically minded and always willing to get involved in any area of a company to become an all round asset.

I believe I have all the prerequisites to be of value to any company.

Thank you for taking the time to read through my profile.

Experience :
Worked As Driver trainer and assessor at Followmont Transport Brisbane from October 2018 to till now
I’m the sole driver trainer and assessor for Followmont Transport. My role here is to provide current industry standard training for company employed operators and new drivers as part of the recruitment process.
I’m delivering fatigue management, load restraint and annual driver evaluations.
I’m operating in a range of different vehicles from local delivery vans to line haul B-Doubles with many different transmissions and gearboxes.

Worked As Driver trainer and assessor at Followmont Transport Brisbane from October 2018 to till now
I’m the sole driver trainer and assessor for Followmont Transport. My role here is to provide current industry standard training for company employed operators and new drivers as part of the recruitment process.
I’m delivering fatigue management, load restraint and annual driver evaluations.
I’m operating in a range of different vehicles from local delivery vans to line haul B-Doubles with many different transmissions and gearboxes.

Worked As Heavy vehicle driver trainer at DECA – Driver Education Training Centre from July 2016 to September 2017
Teaching the military how to drive and operate heavy vehicles. Instruction being delivered was vehicle specific. I taught the students all facets of driving from state road law to fault finding and vehicle components. The course I delivered was extremely detailed and covered far more than a normal licence assessment. Not only was the student capable of driving a heavy vehicle on the road the were highly skilled off road in extreme conditions with the knowledge how to recover their vehicle and repair if needed.

Worked As Heavy Combination Driver at Cootes Quarry Products from March 2014 to February 2016
Driving a Kenworth T950 tipper and quad axle trailer, loading and unloading various types of crushed rock and sand to the construction industry around Victoria. Carrying out basic maintenance on the truck and trailer, completion of all relevant paperwork, collection of payments and dealing with customers and their requests.

Worked As Heavy vehicle licence trainer/assessor. at Truck and forklift training from August 2012 to March 2014
Training and testing clients in all variants of heavy vehicles ranging from light rigid to heavy combination with synchromesh and non synchromesh gearboxes. Negotiating traffic around the Kilsyth and Dandenong area. Demonstrating to the clients with presentations in a classroom environment how to operate all vehicles via PowerPoint and the use of a whiteboard involving client interaction. As well as an on road demonstration showing them first hand how to drive.

Worked As Training at DECA from August 2011 to June 2012
Heavy Vehicle Driver Trainer/Assesor

Worked As Previous Employment at Jackson Transport Bodies from June 2010 to December 2010
Sales Manager for for a truck trailer manufacturing company. I was put on when the company was going into receivership which meant I was only there to take the heated customers phone calls. In my time there I generated many sales which not all were completed due to the company not having the funds to buy the materials.

Worked As Previous Employment at Cartage Australia from December 2009 to June 2010
Driving a Volvo b-double tipper deliver sand and stone to various concrete plants around Melbourne and road work jobs all over the state.
I also transported the sand for the wonthaggi pipeline

Worked As Previous Employment at APT Logitics from April 2009 to December 2009
Driving a Freightliner Argosy with a 48′ float trailer. At times I was mainly driving a single set up yet I did a fair bit in a b-double and occassionally in a double road train. This job mainly carried new trucks, tractors, defence equipment, heavy haulage and oversize loads.

Worked As Previous Employment at Apparel Design from May 2008 to April 2009
Driving a Mack Superliner B-Double carrying 3 cars for the V8 supercars. This set up was an interactive display unit for BP Ultimate where I’d drive to each race all over the country demonstrating the benefits of using BP Ultimate compared to regular fuel by using dynos with the GT Falcons I carried in the truck.

Worked As Previous Employment at Huisman express transport from February 2007 to May 2008
Driving a Western star prime mover b-double carrying timber from Morwell to the docks in Geelong.
Driving the western star doing supermarket runs from Mulgrave and hume distribution centres for Woolworths.

Worked As Driving at Presto Transport from April 2004 to February 2007
Driving Pneumatic tankers delivering cement locally and interstate.
Whilst here I also won the best B-Double in the 2006 convoy for kids.