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Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
Volunteer Roles
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Darren Caulton

Palmerston

Summary

Experienced professional with diverse background in civil construction, oil & gas, mining, support, personal care, and mentor & supervisory roles. Possessing open NT driver’s license, White card, and machinery tickets. Proven ability to collaborate effectively within teams and excel under minimal supervision. Highly motivated, adaptable, and dependable individual eager to contribute to growth and success of forward-thinking companies.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Trade Assistant

Workpac/Altrad
09.2024 - 03.2025
  • Forklift operator.
  • Receive returned scaffolding from Altrad scaffolders.
  • Pick scaffold orders for customers.
  • Sort scaffold for stocktake.
  • General yard duties.
  • Truck operation.

Trade Assistant

Synaco Recruitment/Asco
02.2024 - 09.2024
  • Sorting 20 inch and 30 inch drill pipe.
  • High pressure steam cleaning, degreasing and greasing drill pipe ends.
  • Painting, measuring and recording information on pipe.
  • Slinging in preparation for transport to drill rig.
  • Housekeeping, degreasing wash bay and walking areas.

Support worker

06.2023 - 01.2024
  • Supervise adult with special needs.
  • Transport to support services.
  • Meal prep.
  • Yard maintenance.
  • Supporting and helping with health care needs.
  • Domestic Support.

Hydraulic Hose Technician

Hastings Deering
12.2022 - 05.2023
  • Daily running of Hastings Deering hose shop.
  • Manufacture and assemble fluid hoses as required, to Cat specifications standards.
  • Ensured Contamination Control procedures are followed and adhered to Cat Standards.
  • Read hydraulic schematics.
  • Previous experience on CAT machinery.
  • Limited daily use in systems CAT WEBSIS 2.0 and Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Labourer

C0letti Labour Hire/Tasmanian Seafood
10.2022 - 12.2022
  • Aquaculture
  • Cleaning tanks and plates
  • Setting up tanks for sea cucumber farming
  • Housekeeping
  • Warehousing

Trade Assistant

Altrad – Inpex shutdown
06.2022 - 09.2022
  • Forklift operator
  • Receive returned scaffolding from shut down
  • General yard duties
  • Maintenance of equipment
  • Assisting Insulators, install insulation during shut down

Trade Assistant

LDC Labour Hire/TRACE – Inpex shutdown
05.2022 - 06.2022
  • Truck driver
  • Forklift operator
  • Receive & dispatch scaffolding orders for the shut down
  • General yard duties
  • Maintenance of equipment

Yard Maintenance Labourer

LDC Labour Hire
04.2022 - 05.2022
  • Lawn care & yard maintenance
  • Front deck and zero turn mower use
  • Truck driver
  • Basic maintenance of truck, light vehicles, trailers & mowers.

Council Civil Works

LDC Labour Hire/Darwin City Council
06.2021 - 12.2021
  • Upkeep and maintenance of city roads, footpaths, drains and signs.
  • Inspect, record, and repair any defects or damage in accordance with council policy and OH&S standards.
  • Input into team meetings to improve work practices and procedures.
  • Roller, mini excavator.
  • Bitumen repair to potholes, depressions etc.
  • Sign maintenance, replacement.
  • Maintain and clean city drainage.
  • Maintain city traffic islands, whipper snip, poison. Blower.
  • Maintain plant and equipment.
  • Truck operation, load, secure and unload using tipper.

INPEX Warehouse Assistant

LDC Labour hire/TRACE
04.2021 - 06.2021
  • Picking and packing & receipting of goods
  • Participated in formal stock takes and inventory audits.
  • Loading and unloading of light and heavy vehicles.
  • Lashing/unlashing of loads on vehicles and in containers.
  • Preparing freight for transport.
  • Tally and reconciliation of material against con notes, manifests, packing lists, stock count sheets.
  • Handling of Dangerous Goods.
  • Identified and informed supervisor of any non-conforming or potentially hazardous systems, work practices, products, services, equipment and places or personal fitness for work concerns.
  • Actively participate in HSE programs and assist to improve operations wherever possible.
  • Ensured correct use of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and maintain in good working order.

Casual

KAC
01.2018 - 02.2021
  • Conservation and land management work
  • Map, record and monitor all works.
  • Assist completing duty of care assessments and reports.
  • Consultancy

Student

Charles Darwin University
03.2017 - 12.2017
  • Completed and passed all modules and training attached to a Cert 3 in civil construction.

Short Term Casual Assignments with Various Companies

Labour Hire
04.2016 - 02.2017
  • Loading & Unloading Trucks
  • Moving equipment around work site
  • Skid Steer, Loader, Excavator, Forklift Operation
  • Cleaning up of work site
  • Labouring Duties
  • Prepare materials.
  • Use of Hand Tools including Oxy & Acetylene.
  • Assisting tradesmen

Part-Time to cover leave

Battery World
12.2015 - 03.2016
  • Attended to phone inquiries and sales.
  • Customer service and in store sale
  • Mobile sales via callouts
  • Stocktake and ordering stock.
  • Fitted new batteries for customers.

Yard Person/Truck Driver/Bus Driver

KAEFER
08.2015 - 11.2015
  • Prestart of Machinery
  • Transport of Workers to & from work site at INPEX
  • Yard Duties
  • Unloading & Loading of Scaffolding Equipment
  • Moving equipment around yard/work site
  • Labouring Duties
  • Pick and pack scaffolding as per request.
  • Delivered Scaffolding Materials/Equipment to work site around the INPEX site.
  • General Housekeeping Duties

Plant Operator/Labourer/Loader Operator

Advance Civil Constructions
11.2014 - 07.2015
  • Forklift Operation
  • Loading & Unloading Trucks
  • Moving equipment around work site
  • Skid Steer Operation
  • Cleaning up of work site
  • Labouring Duties – Assist with building
  • Prepare materials to build Dock.
  • Use of Hand Tools including Oxy & Acetylene & Threading Machine, also assisting in the Construction of the Dock.

Labourer

Lagoon Croc Farm
06.2013 - 11.2014
  • Daily Inspection, pens, work areas, perimeter fence, freshwater storage, and effluent
  • Prepare food.
  • Feed crocs
  • Clean pens
  • Sort and move crocodiles to allocated pens.
  • Maintain general housekeeping of all areas including lawns and garden.

Irrigation Technician Assistant

Darwin City Council - Short Term Casual Assignment – Labour Hire
03.2013 - 05.2013
  • Repair and maintenance to cities irrigation systems
  • Basic Plumbing and repairs to water mains etc
  • Instillation of new irrigation systems

Forklift Driver/Labourer

Sun Metals – Casual Assignment – Labour Hire
03.2012 - 01.2013
  • Working in Casting, moving 1 tonne Ingots of product from conveyor to storage area using forklift
  • Record weights, Inspect, clean and add serial numbers to zinc ingots.
  • Loading trucks, assisting in pouring molten Zinc into moulds
  • Assisting with the zinc smelting process
  • Operating fixed plant
  • General housekeeping using small street sweepers.

Plumbers – Trades Assistant

Townsville City Water – Casual Assignment – Labour Hire
09.2011 - 02.2012
  • Repairs and maintenance to the city fresh water infrastructure and systems.
  • Inspect and report any visible damage, defects.
  • New service connections
  • General service upgrades and maintenance
  • Shovelling and vac truck operation
  • Use of plumbing tools and equipment.
  • Water meter replacement etc.
  • Forklift and Bobcat operation

Fitter Trades Assistant

Eagle Equipment – Casual Assignment – Labour Hire
01.2011 - 09.2011
  • Basic repairs and operation of mobile plant and equipment, this included servicing, replacing hydraulic hoses, some gaskets, seals etc on earthmoving equipment and dump trucks.
  • Pre-delivery of new machines which included new set ups regarding customer needs.
  • Basic metal fabrication- welding, grinding.
  • General workshop housekeeping duties.
  • Loader, forklift, excavator, articulated dump truck, gantry crane and sweeper operation.

Mobile Hose Fitter/Technician

Pirtek
01.2010 - 01.2011
  • Supply a hydraulic hose solution to mobile and fixed plant customers.
  • Remove worn/faulty hoses and replace with new hoses on mobile and fixed plant throughout the Townsville refinery and industrial areas.
  • Replace and or repair truck and coach airlines and power steering hoses, hydraulic hoses.
  • Make up and dispatch orders.
  • Customer service regarding over-the-counter sales and service
  • Forklift– moving equipment around a workshop, loading, and unloading trucks.
  • Use of tools, power tools, welders, lathe, saws.
  • General workshop housekeeping duties
  • Basic administration
  • Cold calling- during quiet times visit the industrial area and hand out cards, try selling our product and service to seek out potential customers.

Multi-skilled Worker/Operator

Myuma Pty Ltd (Civil Construction)
12.2007 - 01.2009
  • Basic repairs to mobile plant and equipment; this included servicing, replacing hydraulic hoses, some gaskets, seals etc, basic wiring etc.
  • Plant that I have serviced and repaired Cat 120H grader, various sized excavators, Cat skid steer loader, 966 front end loader, Cat rollers/compactors and other equipment included Diesel powered portable welders, pumps, generators etc, various makes and models of trucks including a Mack, Ford, Kenworth, Nissan, Cat trucks of various sizes and a fleet of 4x4 vehicles including trailers.
  • Supervising a small team in the daily operation and maintenance of a 75-man work camp which included basic carpentry, plumbing and mechanical repairs to accommodation, services and the operation of earth moving equipment in road maintenance of public roads.
  • Forklift operation – moving equipment around workshop, loading, and unloading trucks.
  • Loader, skid steer, excavator, sweeper, and truck civil construction operations.
  • Inspect council infrastructure, roads, drains, footpaths for repair.
  • Supervised trainees in the basic operation of mobile plant, equipment, and other areas regarding completion of a cert 2 mining operations and getting long term unemployed participants ready for work.
  • Landscaping, irrigation instillation and repairs, Reverse osmosis water treatment plant installation and maintenance.
  • Care and maintenance of grass areas including recreation field.
  • Operation of fixed plant, conveyors, crushers, pumps etc.
  • Assisted electrician in generator rebuild, building instillation, repairs and set up of ancillary generator.

Education

Certificate 3 -

Civil Construction

Certificate 3 -

Public Safety (Queensland Police Service)

Certificate 2 -

Australian Land Conservation and Restoration

Year 11 -

Kalkadoon State High School

Pre-Trade Course -

Mount Isa Institute of TAFE

Cert 3 -

Civil Construction
12.2017

Certification

  • Heavy Rigid Drivers Licence, NT
  • RII Certificates of Competency and high-risk tickets, Backhoe, Front End Loader, Skid Steer Loader, Excavator, Roller, Forklift, Bridge/Gantry crane

Volunteer Roles

Rugby league Coach

Timeline

Trade Assistant

Workpac/Altrad
09.2024 - 03.2025

Trade Assistant

Synaco Recruitment/Asco
02.2024 - 09.2024

Support worker

06.2023 - 01.2024

Hydraulic Hose Technician

Hastings Deering
12.2022 - 05.2023

Labourer

C0letti Labour Hire/Tasmanian Seafood
10.2022 - 12.2022

Trade Assistant

Altrad – Inpex shutdown
06.2022 - 09.2022

Trade Assistant

LDC Labour Hire/TRACE – Inpex shutdown
05.2022 - 06.2022

Yard Maintenance Labourer

LDC Labour Hire
04.2022 - 05.2022

Council Civil Works

LDC Labour Hire/Darwin City Council
06.2021 - 12.2021

INPEX Warehouse Assistant

LDC Labour hire/TRACE
04.2021 - 06.2021

Casual

KAC
01.2018 - 02.2021

Student

Charles Darwin University
03.2017 - 12.2017

Short Term Casual Assignments with Various Companies

Labour Hire
04.2016 - 02.2017

Part-Time to cover leave

Battery World
12.2015 - 03.2016

Yard Person/Truck Driver/Bus Driver

KAEFER
08.2015 - 11.2015

Plant Operator/Labourer/Loader Operator

Advance Civil Constructions
11.2014 - 07.2015

Labourer

Lagoon Croc Farm
06.2013 - 11.2014

Irrigation Technician Assistant

Darwin City Council - Short Term Casual Assignment – Labour Hire
03.2013 - 05.2013

Forklift Driver/Labourer

Sun Metals – Casual Assignment – Labour Hire
03.2012 - 01.2013

Plumbers – Trades Assistant

Townsville City Water – Casual Assignment – Labour Hire
09.2011 - 02.2012

Fitter Trades Assistant

Eagle Equipment – Casual Assignment – Labour Hire
01.2011 - 09.2011

Mobile Hose Fitter/Technician

Pirtek
01.2010 - 01.2011

Multi-skilled Worker/Operator

Myuma Pty Ltd (Civil Construction)
12.2007 - 01.2009

Certificate 3 -

Civil Construction

Certificate 3 -

Public Safety (Queensland Police Service)

Certificate 2 -

Australian Land Conservation and Restoration

Year 11 -

Kalkadoon State High School

Pre-Trade Course -

Mount Isa Institute of TAFE

Cert 3 -

Civil Construction

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