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Work History
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JOHN DAVID QUINN

Baynton

Summary

Dedicated, passionate, and hardworking individual with over 22 years of experience in the concrete industry. Thrives on enhancing current skill set and achieving goals. Experienced team leader with strong communication and leadership skills. Enthusiastic about health and safety procedures, always striving for high standards. Comfortable working under pressure, supporting team members, and utilizing problem-solving skills. Eager to complete an electrical apprenticeship in Karratha, WA, with the goal of becoming a qualified electrician. I am due to complete my Telecommunications course in Perth within the next month.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Trade Assistant

CPC Engineering
01.2025 - Current
  • Providing practical support to tradespeople, builders and other trade professionals on various construction, maintenance and repair sites. Assisting with general labor, maintaining equipment and materials and helping to ensure the safety and cleanliness of the worksite. The role can involve tasks such as carrying materials, setting up equipment, ensuring that the workplace remains clean, ensuring tools and equipment are properly maintained and following safety protocols.

Self Employed

Concreting + Electrical Work
02.2002 - 12.2024
  • From starting my career in concreting in 2002 i have experimented in my own time with concrete, self-learning about different types of concrete and different ventures that can be explored. I started to complete imprinted concrete driveway projects in my spare time for friends and family until i became confident to form my own business. I then decided to form my own business and advertised this using social media platforms, leaflets which would be posted in my spare time and eventually had signs made to advertise on jobs that had been completed. I ran this business in my spare time alongside working for the jobs stated above. It was my job to sell my business to the best of my ability. I would visit customers, talk them through the process, show them different patterns that they could choose from, along with the different color variety. I would have a look around the area that they wanted the job completing on and take measurements along with any other information i needed in relation to grids / falls. I would then produce a drawing of their driveway for them to look at along with a quote. I would support and advise the customers on the best options, colours and designs to best suit their property based on my vast experience. I had a small team of lads who i would direct and support in completing the job to the highest standard. Working as a team we would complete the driveway prep including the rip out of the previous surface, installing drainage, applying mot and finally laying the new driveway.

AV Assistant

TVC
10.2019 - 12.2020
  • Working for TVC i became knowledgeable around AV and electrical work. Inspecting, designing and carrying out necessary electrical and audio-visual works. From diagnosing faults, identifying defective equipment and systems, to the installation of new electrical systems including first and second fix. Key responsibilities included setting up, configuring, and maintaining systems such as cameras, lighting, microphones, audio systems and control systems for broadcasts and communications within the leisure, industrial and commercial sectors.

Precast Concreter

Ibstock Kevington's
07.2010 - 10.2019
  • Becoming more advanced in concrete started from working at Ibstock Kevington’s. My role was working within the precast factory as a precaster on the shopfloor. Working as part of a team i broadened my skill set by participating in further training to learn about steel fixing and concrete shuttering. I gained my licence to use the forklifts as well as the overhead crane which enhanced my scope of progressing in my job role. Already having a knowledge of how to read and interpret drawings, this became more advanced with the different structural projects involved in precasting such as brick faced concrete lintels, brick faced arches and brick faced concrete fascia's. Some of the other roles included building / setting up bespoke moulds, concrete shuttering, managing the loading of vehicles, creating lifting plans, building cages and the usage of required machinery such as the batching machine and its maintenance. During my time in this role, i became a team leader which involved me managing and allocating work to other team members ensuring competence due to working under pressured time frames. This enhanced my leadership skills and i became competent in using my initiative and enhanced my problem-solving skills whilst working under pressure.

Concreter

Aardvark Concrete
12.2002 - 07.2010
  • Upon starting my role with Aardvark, i quickly found my passion of working with concrete. I learnt the majority of my knowledge and skills from the people around me at Aardvark, i enhanced my skills of using front end loaders as well as concrete finishing tools / stamped concrete. Setting out and excavating footings alongside trenching out for services. Prepping and pouring of slabs and completing inhouse and mobile concrete batching whilst gaining the knowledge on different mixtures and textures needed for different projects. I found confidence in reading / creating drawings for driveways projects by engaging with the customers to achieve the outcome that they hoped for. Able to complete a pattern imprinted driveway from start to finish using the drawings and finishing projects on time with the professionalism that is required. I also learnt further knowledge around the underpinning and piling / footings considering the appropriate drainage needed for job specification.

Apprentice Scaffolder

Inter Serve
05.2000 - 12.2002
  • Working for inter serve as an apprentice scaffolder, i was actively learning on the job. From the basics of unloading scaffolding from the lorry, creating a stable base on the ground to the building of the scaffolding and fixing to the building, whilst considering the health and safety aspects of the job by laying planks within the scaffolding for workers to walk on and ensuring that guard rails and safety nets have been attached. Ensuring that risk assessments have been approved, followed by dismantling the scaffolding safely in accordance with the appropriate health and safety regulations once the job is completed.

Skills

  • Industry awareness

  • Strong organization

  • Issue resolution

  • Company processes and procedures

  • Reliable and hardworking

  • Teamwork

Tickets obtained

  • White card
  • Working at heights
  • Working in confined spaces
  • Excavator
  • Skid steer
  • HR

Inductions

  • Rio Tinto Inducted
  • Woodside inducted
  • Sodexo inducted
  • Yurra inducted
  • FMG inducted

Timeline

Trade Assistant

CPC Engineering
01.2025 - Current

AV Assistant

TVC
10.2019 - 12.2020

Precast Concreter

Ibstock Kevington's
07.2010 - 10.2019

Concreter

Aardvark Concrete
12.2002 - 07.2010

Self Employed

Concreting + Electrical Work
02.2002 - 12.2024

Apprentice Scaffolder

Inter Serve
05.2000 - 12.2002

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