Experience

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  Mitie Security

  • Leeds, England, United Kingdom

  • Security Manager

    • Sep 2019 - Present
    • Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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  Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd

  • Wellington Street Leeds

  • Security Officer

    • Jan 1982 - Mar 2014
    • Wellington Street Leeds

    Started work as a Security Officer and left after 32yrs as Security Manager / Team LeaderAll aspects of security. Full security patrols of all floors and all areas both internal and external

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  Barretts (Steel Erectors) Ltd

  • Halton Leeds

  • Steel Erector

    • May 1980 - May 1981
    • Halton Leeds

    Steel Erecting as before, erecting all new steel work for new builds but then also dismantling steel work and tanks etc.Working from ground level to many hundreds of feet high.

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  HM Forces

  • UK / Germany / Northern Ireland

  • Gunner / Lance Bomberdier

    • May 1977 - May 1980
    • UK / Germany / Northern Ireland

    I was a Store Man plus a HGV Driver, and Gunner on an Abbott 105 Self Propelled Gun.I was a Section Commander while serving in Northern Ireland.I gained my first stripe (Lance Bombardier) in record time (11 months)I served for 3yrs and bought myself out costing me £300.I have regretted getting out ever since but that said I would have today what I've got if I had stayed in, so things do happen for a reason.I served 25yrs on the reserves, having to report every year to Imphal Barracks in York and being paid nearly £300 per year for only a few hours of attendance.

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  Barrett & Bloom (Steel Erectors)

  • Halton Leeds

  • Steel Erector

    • May 1974 - May 1977
    • Halton Leeds

    Erecting all new Steel Works for new builds. Dismantling various steel works and tank removals working up and down the country and working at various heights from ground level to a couple of hundred feet up in the air. It was all done the hard way. I would climb the steel by hand and walk along the steel without a safety harness or cherry picker in sight.I can still drive around and see some of my work still up. One place I often see is the pump house at Addingham Dam. I put that steel work up in the middle of winter and it was very steep on one side of the roof, but it was also very cold work and open, but we did it and I love seeing it now witht he stone around it. Those were the days.......................................