date 13/01/99
age:- 45
date of birth 25/07/54?
Education
Attended St Cecelias secondary school at Longridge near Preston Lancs1965 to 1969
Achievements:- City and Guilds in mechanical engineering craft studies (part two)1969 to 1972
Employment
Duties
Precision engineering working on:- centre lathes/capstan lathes/milling machines/vertical borers/slotting machines/drills/welding and fabrication.
Duties
Welding and fabricating portal frame buildings and design of all associated fixtures and fittings.
W & J Riding Haulage (Longridge near Preston) 1976 to 1978
Duties
Running the repair section (general damage and fatigue) also fabricating fitting new parts to a fleet of 110 heavy haulage vehicles.
Armstrong (blackburn Lancs)1978 to 1979
Duties
Welding in final assembly section then running the setting up and maintenance of the power press section.
Link Hampson (Newbury berks)1979 to 1978
Duties
Welding and fabrication
Lambourn coach building (Lambourn Berks)1978 to1981
Duties
Supervising section/Welding and fabrication/coach building
Mid Essex fabrications (Newbury Berks)1981 to 1983
Duties
In charge of running fabrication section (designed new hydraulic lifting arm for tipper frame)
Kenworth trucks (Newbury Berks)1983 to 1986
Duties
Fabrication of brake down and recovery vehicles then running the work shop ie:- pricing/design/buying/supervision of staff and employing.
R.T.W Welding (Newbury Berks)1986 to 1987
Duties
Sub Contract (self employed) welding and fabrication on structural steel work
Self Employed as J Holden Engineering
History and activity
General engineering fabrication and welding.
Involved heavily in structural fabrication and site welding for a number of years from design and build projects to special architectural metal work employing up to ten employee’s until last recession. designed and develop a valve for Brush Traction for the euro tunnel train door. Carried on with more work shop based work, ie:- Setting up my work shop for the production line including building a unique hydraulic bending machine and jigs to manufacture steel frame tables and other metal furniture products that are supplied to NEXT and Gratans catalogue.
Expertise/ability
Engineering precision and other
Design work
CAD drawing
Welding and fabrication
Good knowledge of building and construction
Sheet metal work
Development work
Project management
Man management
Computing (sorting computer problems and operating)
Sage accounting
knowledge of electrical wiring and circuitry to wiring machinery and repairing
Computer literacy and also hobby
C A D drawing and design.
I build my own Pcs and therefore can set up hardwear and operating systems.
I have written a program for working out trigonometry and areas that I have used in the course of my work.
I have set up and written my own web site and for others written in base html.