Jerome MacGillivray

Tel:0171 732-5636    E-mail: parvati@globalnet.co.uk
url: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~parvati

PERSONAL DETAILS
 

Date of Birth: 15 JULY 1967 Citizenship: UK              Home Location: London
Desired Work Locations: Greater London or the South East

SUMMARY
 

I am currently a mature student at university, having returned to education after a number of working years. I consider myself to be adaptable and quick to learn, and have an in-depth knowledge of IT, including PCs and macs, both software and hardware (I build computers for a hobby!)

CHRONOLOGICAL RESUME
 

1978-83- St Josephs College, Buelah hill, Upper Norwood, London (O levels)
1983-85- St Josephs College, Buelah hill, Upper Norwood, London (A levels)
1986-89- HM Forces Army, Royal Artillery, Woolwich and Larkhill, Wilts
1989-90- Mid Cornwall College of Further Education, St Austell Cornwall (A levels) (and P/T work)
1990-92- Cornwall County Council, Truro, Cornwall
1992-94- West Pharma-Rubber, St. Austell, Cornwall
1994-95- College of St Marks and St Johns, Plymouth, Devon (BA degree: 1st year)
1994-96- Octagon Wood design, Liskeard, Cornwall
1997-99- Kings College London,  (BA degree: 2nd & 3rd years)

KEY SKILLS
 

Shopfloor management skills
Surveying and radio communications (Army)
General Office skills
Small business skills and Woodworking (ran a Woodturning business)

IT SKILLS
 

Computer repair and the upgrading of pc's. Software instalation; IT skills and experience in the following software packages: Windows 95 & NT, Mac OS 7.5, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe Illustrator, MS Office 97, MS Publisher, Macromedia Freehand, various HTML programs.
Experience of HTML and website design using Java applets, etc. ( I have a website at www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~parvati).
Experience with digital cameras, photo manipulation, and video capture and editing.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 

School qualifications:
8 'O' Levels
(St. Josephs College) 
2 'A' Levels (St. Josephs College)          Physics E        Geology E
2 'A' Levels (Mid Cornwall College)      History B          English B
University qualifications:
BA Hons. Degree (KCL)                            Religious Studies  (graduate in July 1999)
modular study included Hinduism, Buddhism, Philosophy, Anthropology, New Religions, African Religions and an IT course in Pagemaker, Word and Excel.
Army qualifications:
Basic Surveying (RA)
Basic Signals (RA)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
 

Start Date: June 1986 Time: 3 year(s) and 0 month(s) Type of Job: Permanent
Occupation: Armed Forces - Gunner/Surveyor
Employer: HM Forces (Army)
Description: Served from a three year term in the Royal Artillery as a Surveyor/Gunner RA. Worked as part of a small team of Surveyors carrying out work for field guns,microphone sound ranging and meteorological units as part of the multinational ACE Mobile Force. Served in Norway, Turkey and the UK. Trained to HNC level in Surveying,using computers,global and gyroscopic positioning systems. The work involved achieving extreme levels of accuracy within tight deadlines often in highly adverse climatic conditions.

Start Date: June 1989 Time: 0 year(s) and 6 month(s) Type of Job: Part-Time
Occupation: Builder/Building Contractor
Employer: W.Keast and Sons
Description: Temporary job in small scale building company working as part time subcontractor while studying A levels. Main job included material purchases, job planning and demolition work, working ahead of construction team moving from property to property. Aquired basic skills in managing business, planning and small scale construction and scaffolding.

Start Date: July 1990 Time: 2 year(s) and 0 month(s) Type of Job: Temporary
Occupation: Land Searches Assistant
Employer: Cornwall County Council
Description: Temporary job covering maternity leave and then extended for 1 year. Worked in the Chief Executives Dept in the Land registry and searches section. Main tasks included updating maps to include new developments and roads, liasing with the housing and highways depts, solicitors and surveyors carrying out house surveys and propery searches for buyers. Skills included general office skills and computing.

Start Date: September 1992 Time: 2 year(s) and 0 month(s) Type of Job: Permanent
Occupation: Plastic Processing Operator/Moulder
Employer: West Pharma Rubber
Description: Worked as a team leader of a group of rubber and plastic moulders medical equipment and vacutainers for blood products. Responsible for team members, quality assurance and the testing of new materials and processes.

Start Date: June 1995 Time: 3 year(s) and 0 month(s) Type of Job: Permanent
Occupation:Sole Trader/woodturner
Employer: Self Employed as Octagon Design
Description: Started up a business through the Princes Youth Business Trust as a sole trader. Designed and manufactured turned wood products including table lamps, ornamental vases and furniture. Designs produced around classical and ancient period designs from iron age celticware to Japanese pottery styles, using CAD and drawing packages on Apple Mac and PC. Managed accounts, marketing, sales and production.Designed products and sales literature.Trading ceased due to industrial accident

INTERESTS & HOBBIES
 

Main interests are in working with PCs using design and photo manipulation software and repairing, rebuilding and upgrading computers. I also take an interest in military and ancient history and mythology. My only real sporting interest is in fencing, although I also keep fit using weights and by cycling

REFERENCES
 

References are available on request