Work History

• 12/1974 - 1/2016

  various transport companies

  Driver NZ class 5 Australian HC: • Semi Tipper, carting Fertilizer, Grain and Seed, for Cropping Farmers. • Truck n' Trailer tipper, carting Grain and Fertiliser. • Road Train (on farm) carting Oats Hay, for Cropping Farmers. • Operating a Bobcat, Loader, Telehandler and Forklift, on Cropping Farms. • Operating Tractors with various attachments, on Cropping Farms. • Operating Mango Tree Hedger. NZ EXPERIENCE: • Truck only, metro deliveries, pickups from local growers, General Freight. • Truck n' Trailer, Curtain sided, Flat deck, delivering, Fresh Produce, General Freight, Timber to Metro and Intercity clients. • Truck n' Trailer Refrigerated, Line haul of, Fresh Produce, Bottled Milk. • B Train, Refrigerated, Line haul of, Bottled Milk, Fresh Produce. • Semi, 40ft Refrigerated, Line haul of, Fresh Produce, Bottled Milk, Meat products. • Semi, 40 and 50 ft Stainless Tubes, pickup and delivery of, Fresh Cream, Milk, Fats, Vegetable Oils, Whey, between Dairy Companies and Processors. • Clean Driving record, no significant accidents. Whetheral Transport Bay of Plenty NZ. Metro and rural pickups, delivering to Supermarkets, Independent Retailers and Wholesalers, operating Truck only, Semi and Truck n' Trailer combinations. Most of this work involved working to time constraints and reversing into loading docks off busy roads. Linehaul, pickup and delivery of Refrigerated Fresh Produce, General Freight, Timber to various clients throughout the North Island of NZ. Loading and unloading trucks, breaking down pallets for various consignments, ensuring documentation is correct and signed for by client upon delivery. B and SL Porter Bay of Plenty NZ. Pickup and delivery of Bulk Cream, Milk and Whey from Fonterra Dairy Factories and distributing to other branches. Pickup and delivery of Bulk Vegetable Oils from Processors and delivering to the end user. This position involved shift work of, 3 nights on, 3 days on, driving, B Train, Semi, 40 and 50ft Tubes and Truck n' Trailer combinations. Cleaning of Stainless Steel tanks, by automated hot water washer, dispensing detergents and sanitisers, documenting process, time and location. The use of GPS navigation for locating Factories in Rural locations. Other Employment, Retail: I worked for the NZ Supermarkets for a period of 9 (nine) years, as a Department Manager. Firstly Progressive Enterprises, (now Woolworths), secondly Foodstuffs, whom are the main players in the industry.

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• 4/2012 - 6/2015

  Rural Enterprises

  HC SEMI: I travelled overseas a lot. Returning to WA, for 3month intervals, to work on the grain farms, during harvest and seeding. I worked through an agency, Rural Enterprises. My role involved: Carting Grain / Fertilizer, Oats Hay, Water, Drums of farm Chemicals. Pozzi track, picking rocks in paddocks. Payloader, loading Grain/Fertilizer into Storage sheds and onto trucks. Maintenance, prestart servicing farm machinery. Inoculating/Drafting sheep. (Do not want to work with sheep again).!!! Tractor propelled Hay conditioners, field bins. Reversing/Unloading truck n trailers into augers, to fill Silos. Cleaning Silos. Worked in Katherine for a couple of months, (mid Oct - mid Dec), driving an armor-plated tractor, setup for pruning Mango trees. Season finished early, due to rain, kept getting bogged.

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