Jake Townsend
Sydney
Summary
I would say that I have been skilled in the construction and finishing industry for well over eight years now. known for completing projects with high productivity and efficiency. I possess specialized skills in mixing and applying plaster materials, creating decorative textures. I excel in teamwork, communication, and time management, ensuring successful collaboration on all projects given to me.
Currently on my second working holiday visa, looking for long-term work within Sydney, as I want to be based here long-term.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Plasterer
Brad Wheeler
Cheltenham
09.2016 - 02.2025
- I work well on my own and within a team.
- Adapt, overcome, and solve problems.
- Reliable and polite to customers.
- Eight years applying British Gypsum multi-finish to backgrounds, including hard wall, plasterboard, bonding, etc.
- Rendering and plasterboarding.
- Gathering and collecting materials from builders' merchants.
- Mixed substances or compounds needed for each task.
- Prepared surfaces by cleaning, filling holes and cracks, sanding, taping joints and applying primers.
- Loaded and unloaded materials by lifting, pushing, and pulling heavy material loads.
Demolition Labourer
Fast Labour Hire
Sydney
10.2024 - 12.2024
- Operated various hand and power tools including jackhammers, saws, drills, wrenches.
- Gathered, loaded, and transported site debris.
- Used protective gear such as hard hats, goggles, ear protection, respirators when necessary.
- Lifted heavy materials onto trucks for removal from the site following each project's completion.
Education
High School Diploma -
Bournside School And Sixth Form Centre
Cheltenham, England09-2016
Skills
- I am very confident in my own abilities and social skills
- I work well on my own and within a team to complete the task that was set out to be done on time
- Reliable and experienced
- I'm strong, so I can provide most things that people ask me to do
- Plaster application
- Attention to detail
- Multitasking Abilities
- Skim coating techniques
Certification
- White Card
Languages
English
First Language
Timeline
Demolition Labourer
Fast Labour Hire
10.2024 - 12.2024
Plasterer
Brad Wheeler
09.2016 - 02.2025
High School Diploma -
Bournside School And Sixth Form Centre