Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
licences held
Reference
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Darren Swain

Burnie,TAS

Summary

i am a fit and healthy individual who can get along with just about anybody, am reliable and punctual. i hold a HC license, forklift license, dogging, white card, confined space and working heights. very safety conscious and have never had a workers compensation claim.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Mechanical Fitter

Jayben
Burnie, Tas
04.2023 - Current
  • assembling drone launchers and retrievers for the ADF.

Mechanical Fitter

grange recources
Port Latta , Tas
02.2021 - 04.2023
  • mechanical maintenance and repairs heavy fixed plant

Field Service Technician/Fitter

Komatsu Australia
, Tas
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • assembling, servicing and repairing various items of mobile equipment at various locations both in workshop and field.

Forest Operations Supervisor

Northrop logging
Burnie , Tas
01.1992 - 11.2019
  • assembling new forestry machinery, operating and repairing a variety of machines with purpose of filing an ongoing monthly quota of tons of plantation logs for wood chipping and export logs.

Shiplift Operator

cairns cruising yacht squadron
Cairns , Qld
01.1991 - 01.1992
  • lifting various watercraft out of water (cairns inlet) propping them up on land for maintenance/repairs, from small sailboats, luxury yachts to 40 tone trawlers, putting them back in the water as needed, taking care of the owner/customer needs as they often remain living on their boats on land while repairs are maid.

Excavator and Rockbreaker Operator

Kalgoorlie contractors
Kalgoorlie, Perth
01.1989 - 01.1991
  • working in open cut mine.

Mill Operator

mount ferrum
Kalgoorlie, Perth
01.1988 - 01.1989
  • gold leaching plant Kalgoorlie

Education

High School Diploma -

Parklands High School
Burnie, TAS
12-1982

Certification

  • Cert 3 forestry and harvesting, 2000
  • Cert 4 Occupational health and safety, 2004
  • Cert 3 "trade" Automotive mechanical technology heavy plant AUR30405, 2008
  • Cert 2 Auto air conditioning AUR20705, 2009
  • Cert 4 Automotive management AUR40105, 2010
  • Diploma of Management BSB51107, 2011
  • Cert 4 Training and Assessment, 2013
  • Test and Tag, 2014
  • inspect, test, maintain non-gaseous pre-engineered fire suppression systems, 2018

licences held

  • truck (HC)
  • car
  • motorcycle
  • forklift
  • feller buncher
  • buldozer
  • excavator
  • forwarder
  • processor
  • chainsaw

Reference

  • Nathan Streets (Engineering and projects leading hand, Port Latta) - 0448823573
  • Graham Green (Service manager Komatsu) - 0429039894

Timeline

Mechanical Fitter

Jayben
04.2023 - Current

Mechanical Fitter

grange recources
02.2021 - 04.2023

Field Service Technician/Fitter

Komatsu Australia
01.2019 - 01.2021

Forest Operations Supervisor

Northrop logging
01.1992 - 11.2019

Shiplift Operator

cairns cruising yacht squadron
01.1991 - 01.1992

Excavator and Rockbreaker Operator

Kalgoorlie contractors
01.1989 - 01.1991

Mill Operator

mount ferrum
01.1988 - 01.1989

High School Diploma -

Parklands High School
Darren Swain