Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Extra-Curricular Activities
Timeline
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Benson Gunn

Ascot Vale,VIC

Summary

Throughout my endeavors i have developed a commitment to, and understanding of, the importance of teamwork to get things done effectively. I have also learnt the importance of a positive attitude. good communication, reliability and initiative. I am mature, confident and comfortable working in a fast paced environment. I am dependable, a good and quick learner, fit and eager and can understand and follow company and organisation guidelines and policies.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Sewing/Warehouse Worker

Maud Dainty
Collingwood, VIC
02.2024 - Current
  • Sewing on care labels, size labels, brand labels
  • Pulling orders, packing orders
  • Invoicing and creating shipping stickers

Sales

Cecil and Gunn
Geelong, VIC
02.2021 - 01.2024
  • Employed as collaborative designer for Cecil and Gunn, under accessories and clothing.
  • Helping customers find products to suit them
  • Helped merchandise.

Cleaner

Fast Clean
Ascot Vale, VIC
07.2022 - 03.2023
  • Vacuumed carpeted areas and mopped solid surfaces with industrial chemical solutions.
  • Vacuumed carpeted, tiled and concreted areas.
  • Cleaned Windows, elevators, staircases and many household areas.
  • Mopped floors and handled rubbish found in places throughout.
  • Cleaned up cobwebs, dirt, leaves that were outside of the buildings.

Window Cleaning

Luli Construction
Prahran, VIC
06.2021 - 03.2022
  • Washed windows manually using towels, types of cleaning chemicals and made sure concrete or paint was removed.
  • Cleaned up after myself once window was fully cleaned.

Cook/Cashier

Latrobe Fish N Chips
Geelong, VIC
01.2016 - 03.2018
  • Would handle cash register
  • Worked in a very fast environment as a lot of days there would be a large numbers of orders with only two of us working at a time.
  • Cooked all types of seafood and fried food for customers
  • Mopped floors and swept.
  • Closed up shop at the end of each shift
  • Did the dishwashing myself throughout my shift

Education

Associate of Arts - Associate Degree in Fashion And Technology

RMIT University
Brunswick, VIC
11.2023

High School Diploma -

Kardinia Internation College
Geelong, VIC
11.2019

Skills

Leadership Skills:

  • Ability to work in a team and give roles and real time goals for all members to meet during a group assignment last semester
  • Recognizing possible ways to further integrate our theme in a current group assignment through analyzing and then suggesting

Collaboration Skills:

  • I have demonstrated my ability to self manage and work in a team cohesively through my current Supre partnership group assignment and my previous years playing football as a team

Work Ready Skills:

  • I have shown my ability to use my time effectively through my consistency in submitting and passing assignments on the due date
  • Working on my own fashion label as well as studying full time

Adobe Illustrator Skills

  • Ability to design techs for any type of garment Proven through my grades where this was part of the criteria

Pattern Making Skills:

  • Ability to pattern make garments from tech drawings given from other people, or from my own designs, and turn them into full patterns ready to sew Proven through my pattern exams I have sat and passed

Sewing Skills:

  • Ability to sew and understand how different garments are sewn through functionality and knowledge, also the different tensions and needles needed for different fabrics

Critical Thinking Skills:

  • Ability to identify pattern making mistakes and change them to work through understanding and critiquing technical drawings
  • Research into fabrics and trims suitable for fabrics due to weight and texture to ensure a proper garment can be created

Affiliations

Involved in a fundraising event for my football clubs South Africa tour which consisted of different types of charity work. As well as providing lessons to orphans on how to play football while over in South Africa.

I helped deliver Yellow Pages telephone books through my town.

I handed out water during the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

In Chiang Mai, Thailand, i had a school trip where i built water tanks out of cement for an orphanage to have clean water.

Extra-Curricular Activities

 

I enjoy creating music as well as personal sewing for my own waredrobe.

Timeline

Sewing/Warehouse Worker

Maud Dainty
02.2024 - Current

Cleaner

Fast Clean
07.2022 - 03.2023

Window Cleaning

Luli Construction
06.2021 - 03.2022

Sales

Cecil and Gunn
02.2021 - 01.2024

Cook/Cashier

Latrobe Fish N Chips
01.2016 - 03.2018

Associate of Arts - Associate Degree in Fashion And Technology

RMIT University

High School Diploma -

Kardinia Internation College
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