About me:
Candidate Info :
I have over 20 years accident free experience driving local and interstate. Experience driving all sized trucks.
Skilled to drive any make or model truck and engine with ease. Practical experience with gates, curtains, restraints, pogos, boards, tarps, ropes, dogs & chains.
Safe driving of all vehicles in extreme weather conditions, experienced in change over, line haul, multi drop and pick-ups and time urgent freight. Prioritising loading of dangerous goods and general freight.
Using weight and measurements to load freight onto trailers in a safe and timely manner.
Excellent people skills, including supervisory and leadership skills to challenge and motivate.
Fast leaner that has the ability to think fast and solve problems as they arise.
I prefer afternoon or night work, change over work is preferable, although a great paying local job will be considered. Flexible with overtime. Hourly rate or cents per k rate is negotiable depending on what type of work / vehicle I drive.
Experience :
Worked As Linehaul / Change over Driver at Don Watson Refrigerated Transport from March 2010 to October 2016
| don watson refrigerated transport | 2010 to current
Full time MC Driver, responsible for time urgent freight interstate refrigerated deliveries to various clients.
Worked As LINE HAUL DRIVER at Ruttley Freight Lines from June 2008 to March 2010
| 2008 TO 2010
Full time MC Driver, working out to TOLL and TOLL IPEC depots responsible for time urgent freight interstate to depots.
Worked As 2IC OPERATIONS/ FORKLIFT DRIVER at total care transport from January 2004 to June 2008
2IC OPERATIONS/ FORKLIFT DRIVER TOTAL CARE TRANSPORT 2004 TO 2006
• Full time afternoon shift 2IC, responsible for the correct and safe loading and unloading of the truck trailers for company and sub-contractors by other staff and myself in a timely manner.
• Backing trailers into warehouse and the occasional interstate delivery when required
• General warehousing and stock duties.
Worked As DRIVER / FORKLIFT DRIVER at RAILOAD TRANSPORT from January 2003 to January 2004
DRIVER / FORKLIFT DRIVER RAILOAD TRANSPORT 2003 TO 2004
• Full time local HC driver responsible for loading my trailers and freight deliveries.
Worked As DRIVER/ AFTERNOON SHIFT SUPERVISOR at Paloga Transport from January 1999 to January 2003
DRIVER/ AFTERNOON SHIFT SUPERVISOR PALOGA TRANSPORT 1999 TO 2003
• Full time local delivery driver, then went on to become the afternoon shift supervisor where I was responsible for staff loading and unloading the carpet and vinyl from trucks, recording the warehouse inventory and returns.
Worked As Local Driver at Doug Hayes Transport from January 1996 to January 1999
Multi drop deliveries and pick ups of general freight
Worked As GENERAL HAND at AROMA CABINETS from January 1992 to January 1999
GENERAL HAND AROMA CABINETS 1999 TO 1992
Worked As DRIVER at MEAT LUMPER from January 1992 to January 1996
MEAT LUMPER / DRIVER SHANE REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT 1992 TO 1996
Accreditation
MC LicenceSkills
- Transport & Logistics
- Driving
- Forklift
- MC B Double
- HC Semi
- Changeovers
- Regional/Country Runs
- Auto (Fully Automatic - not Road Ranger)
- Road Ranger (Auto)
- Mack Box
- Road Ranger (Full Manual)
- split gearbox
- Synchro Gearbox
- General Freight
- Hanging Meat
- Meat
- Timber
- Plastic Pipes
- Scrap Metal
- Express Freight
- Grocery Stores
- Produce
- Steel
- Dogs & Chains
- Ratchet Straps
- Refrigerated
- Pan / Van
- Drop Deck
- Tarp a 40 footer
- Flat Top
- Tautliner
- International
- Mack
- Sterling
- Freightliner
- Iveco
- Volvo
- Kenworth
- Western Star
- Carpet Prong Fork
- Load/Unload trucks
- Transport Yard
- Can you tarp
- Cubing Freight
Work History
- Don Watson Refrigerated Transport
- Ruttley Freight Lines


