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About me:

Candidate Info :
I have over 12 years experience as an owner/driver with truck and dogs. I also have extensive experience with Pallet Delivery and Pick Up and Delivery with TNT/Comet. I have 2 years’ experience driving C540 triple side-tippers and 1250 Powertran single tippers at FMG’s Christmas Creek Mine in WA where I easily handled 13 hour days including night shifts.
Having owned my own truck and done all my own maintenance I understand the importance of driving in a manner which reduces wear and tear

Experience :
Worked As MC Driver/Loader Operator at Bis Industires W.A. from March 2013 to May 2015
MC Driver
Loader Operator

Iron Ore, pre starts, changing tyres, updating records.

DRIVING ONLY ON SITE.

Worked As Owner/operator at DW KC Hedges – Own business from September 2001 to April 2013
September 2001 – Present: Owner/operator of Truck and Dog, Quarry
Supervisor
Operated:

• Over 20 different trucks including Mack truck and dog, Mack truck with low loader –
responsible for loading, securing and moving machinery

• Variety of scrapers including 613, 619

• Bobcat 753, S130

• Variety of graders including 130, 12G
• Loaders – wide variety makes & models including Cat 966, Komatsu WA450, WA480, Volvos

• Excavators – variety of makes & models from 22 tonne to 5 tonne

• Dozers – D6, D7, & D8

• Dump truck Caterpillar 769

Key Responsibilities
• Loading gravel onto a truck and dog in wide range of locations and conditions

• Gravel haulage

• Gravel deliveries which include reversing and delivering in tight work areas on public roads with numerous other gravel trucks and public vehicles

• radio communications

• Daily inspection of machinery

• Running to schedule

• Managing operational hours for fatigue requirements

• Conducting risk assessments & toolbox meetings

• Operating according to quarry Safe Operating Procedures, including monitoring of safe operating
procedures of multiple trucks on both road and quarry site

• Developing Safe Work Procedures

• Conducting training in SWPs

• Reporting to the Mine’s Inspector

• Mentoring workmates

Sample of Projects worked on During this period:

• Supplied roadbase for John Holland on the construction of K Mart plaza in 2006
• Subcontracted to RTA on various projects including Hillcrest 2002, Church Gully 2003,
Chillcotts Swamp 2004, Fisher’s Hill 2005
• Subcontracted to other large companies including Cut & Fill (Duval Bridge project 2004),
Keller Australia (Netherton Park Estate 2005) and Daracon Group (Sunnyside project 2008)

Worked As Sub Contractor truck & dog at Fulton Hogan from January 2008 to January 2009
Fulton & Hogan (St Helena Creek 2008/2009) Sub contracted through my own business.

TRUCK & DOG CARTAGE ON AND OFF ROAD – BULK MATERIALS, ROAD BASE, SOILS, WASTE PRODUCTS.

Worked As Manager of a wheat and sheep property and feedlot at DA MR DW HEDGES from January 1995 to January 2001
1995 – 2001 Manager of a wheat and sheep property and feedlot
Key responsibilities

• Responsible for the purchase of Stock and feed for 1000 head feedlot

• Calculating rations rates (has to be highly accurate or stock will perish from poisoning)

• Organising markets for finished stock

• Operating the milling & mixing machinery

• Dam construction

• Contour bank construction

• Maintenance of farm machinery

• Supervising casual staff

• Risk assessments on potentially dangerous equipment including augurs, mixalls & hammermills

Worked As None Of The Above at Self Employed from January 1992 to January 1995
1992 – 1995 Self Employed – ran Sheep Dipping and Contract
Farming business in Northern NSW
Key responsibilities

• Drove articulated 4WD tractors, headers, chaser bins, field bins

• Operating water cart, mobile sheep dipper, pumps & repairs and maintenance

• The safe transportation & mixing of Organo -phosphates & other agricultural chemicals.

• The OH&S of staff employed [3-4] & property owners & workers including safe handling of chemicals, toolbox meetings and risk assessments

• Drove articulated 4WD tractors, headers, chaser bins, field bins

• Sourcing new work involved contacting farmers by cold phoning, organising advertising, field days

Worked As Delivery Driver at TNT Comet Express from January 1990 to January 1992
1990 – 1992 Delivery Driver for TNT Comet Express
Key responsibilities

Drove a variety of vehicles including:

• Transit vans

• Delivery truck 4.5T

• Delivery truck 12T

• Delivery truck 22.5T

• Line haul truck 42.5T

• Forklift

• Extensive communication with the depot and customers

• Safe working practises for loading of multiple trucks by hand & forklift.

• Safe working practises for warehouses.

• Securing of loads

Worked As None Of The Above at Jackaroo – Twynum Pastoral Company from January 1987 to January 1991
1987 – 1989 Jackaroo – Twynum Pastoral Company
Key responsibilities

• Various articulated 4wd tractors including versatile 955 & 836 John Deere 8960 &8850 Steiger CM- 360. Combine Harvesters including New Holland TR 85, John Deere 8820

• responsible for all repair & maintenance of above machinery

• worked in 14000 head feedlot milling feed, mixing, fodder making