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Kenneth Lawson

Kenneth Lawson

Tara,Qld

Summary

Versatile and results-oriented professional with extensive experience as a Managing Director at Tara Precision Timbers and an Animal Attendant at Tong Park Piggery Warra. Excelled in sawmill management, enhancing production efficiency, and implementing safety protocols. Skilled in saw operation and demonstrating exceptional attention to detail, I significantly contributed to workplace productivity and quality control.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Chinchilla Timbers
01.2006 - 12.2011
  • I worked here performing the same skills that I had performed in other sawmills but was mainly employed as number one sawyer

Moxons Timber industries Chinchilla
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • I worked doing the same as in Wildman’s only this time I was employed as number one sawyer on the Breaking down
  • Here under the guidance of Jimmy Wangman I was to be trained to run this mill which I did on a daily basis, but before anything could be set to paper the management changed bosses and the new backed out saying he did not have time to train someone new
  • Here I learnt to drive a French Manito loader

Managing Director

Tara Precision Timbers
01.1996 - 01.2004
  • I was offered to be partner in 2001
  • I was one of three Managing Directors of Tara Precision Timbers until it closed its doors in 2004
  • My skills for this job was the same as above
  • After 2001 I had a more hands on approach to running a sawmill and was required to do more bookwork and handle employees and wages

Meandarra Grain Company
01.1995 - 01.1996
  • Operator of the Grain Lobster, Loading Trucks, General Labouring

Kogan Timbers
01.1994 - 01.1995
  • Twin edge operator, Log spotter, lifting, chainsaw work, operation of forklift loader

Wildman’s Timber Industries
01.1989 - 01.1994
  • Company Overview: Owned by Ernie and Erol Wildman, managed by Laurie Boardman
  • Timber stacking, docking, using a Forklift Loader to arrange logs in the yard and take them to the benches for cutting and also loading the bundles of timber onto trucks for sale, trained to break down, bench, tailor out and sharpen the sawmill blades and the chainsaws, also use a chainsaw as well
  • Serve customers and take any orders for clients
  • At the end of the week tally the timber in the yard for the books which was to go on trucks to the yard at Wildman’s in Toowoomba
  • Owned by Ernie and Erol Wildman, managed by Laurie Boardman

Frank and Barbara Neal
Tara
  • During the times between jobs on a couple of occasions I have been employed for a few months doing Farming and rural work
  • I drove tractors for ploughing, scarifying, seeding and cutting, I also fenced and drove dozers
  • I was required to do cattle and sheep mustering, drafting, branding, dipping and loading

Animal Attendant

Tong Park Piggery Warra
Warra
  • I was trained to be an animal attendant, I also drove the machinery and unloaded the grain trucks

Education

Certificate lll - Supply Chain Operations

01.2025

Forklift Ticket

Wildmans Timber
Toowoomba, QLD
01-2000

Year 10 -

Tara Shire State College
01.1989

Electrical Course -

White Card - Construction

Skills

  • Saw operation
  • Saw maintenance expert
  • Lumber grading
  • Forklift trained
  • Stock management
  • Quality control
  • Workplace safety
  • Production planning
  • Truck processing
  • Loading and unloading
  • Attention to detail
  • Basic computer proficiency
  • Grain handling
  • Plowing techniques
  • Land clearing
  • Earthmoving techniques

References

  • Brad Gibson, Manager of Chinchilla Timbers, 0746 627 214, 0488 406 746
  • Laurie Boardman, Former Owner Manager of Precision Timbers Tara, 0407 660 854

Description

I have been a resident of Tara since my family moved here when I was 11. I am a hard worker I am also a reliable, punctual and honest worker.

Ticketsandlicenses

  • Qld Drivers Licence, Current, 31/05/25
  • Blue Ticket for Forklift Loader, Obtained
  • Learners Licence for MR Truck, Current
  • White Card in Construction, Current

Timeline

Chinchilla Timbers
01.2006 - 12.2011

Moxons Timber industries Chinchilla
01.2004 - 01.2006

Managing Director

Tara Precision Timbers
01.1996 - 01.2004

Meandarra Grain Company
01.1995 - 01.1996

Kogan Timbers
01.1994 - 01.1995

Wildman’s Timber Industries
01.1989 - 01.1994

Frank and Barbara Neal

Animal Attendant

Tong Park Piggery Warra

Certificate lll - Supply Chain Operations

Forklift Ticket

Wildmans Timber

Year 10 -

Tara Shire State College

Electrical Course -

White Card - Construction

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