Matthew Banks
Zillmere,QLD
Summary
Hardworking, punctual and resourceful worker with over 10+ years experience working in different industries to gain further skills and knowledge. Effective collaborator skilled at following directions with no supervision. Dedicated to reliability and overall safety.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Electrical Trade Assistant
Hamilton Instrument & Electrical
01.2023 - Current
- Assisting tradespeople and builders with general tasks
- Operating machinery and using power tools
- Cleaning, preparing and maintaining work sites and tools
- Performing assigned duties independently
- Ensuring tools and equipment are stored safely
- Adhering to workplace health and safety guidelines
- Terminated wiring and connected circuits with correct techniques.
- Gathered parts, supplies, and tools in preparation for each workday or new job.
- Tested wires and connections using multimeters and other testing devices.
- Mounted and installed cables, outlets, switches and other electrical components.
Gardner - Parks & Planning
Gympie Regional Council
08.2020 - 01.2023
- Mowing lawns and whipper snipping ensuring the overall cleanliness of public green spaces.
- Weeding, litter picking, rubbish removal.
- Operating and maintaining various horticultural tools and equipment.
- Assisting with landscaping projects as required.
- Planting, pruning, and maintaining trees, shrubs.
- Monitoring and reporting any safety hazards within the parks and gardens.
- Collaborating with fellow team members to achieve common goals.
- Used trimmers and chainsaws for grounds maintenance, brush clearing, and tree removal and thinning.
- Identified and removed invasive plants and noxious weeds for garden aesthetics and ecosystem health.
- Kept accurate and up-to-date records of scheduled tasks, tools and material inventory to maintain gardens and track progress.
- Performed equipment maintenance and repairs to keep tools functional for projects.
Nursery Hand
Blue Sky Nursery
04.2020 - 08.2020
- Filling Retail Orders for Bunnings, Picking Stock to fill orders, Loading and unloading of trucks, Fixing irrigation, Getting orders out, Watering of stock, Team Leader, General Maintenance, Plant Maintenance
Nursery Hand
Eplants
01.2017 - 03.2020
- See General Labouring Experience, Operating Manitou, front loader & bobcat with forks & bucket, Loading and unloading of trucks, Weed spraying, Planting & maintaining of all stock 400mm pots up to 400l bags, Fixing irrigation, Helping with dispatch, Getting orders out, Blocking & condensing, Watering of stock, Delegating work for an apprentice & general nursery staff
Nursery Hand/Brew Maker
Birdwood Nursery
01.2014 - 01.2016
- See General Labouring Experience, Operating front loader, medium rigid truck, Preparing & mixing all media used for stock, Offsite pick ups, Ordering bark, coir fertilisers, stakes, Production, Propagation, Dispatch, Maintenance
Field Assistant
Terrex Seismic
09.2012 - 12.2012
- Loading geophones and cables onto the trucks, Lay out and pick up recording cable by pulling cable, Lay out and pick up geophones, Planting geophones into the ground, spike down as close to the ground as possible, Attend and participate in safety meetings, Comply with all policy procedures outlined on the company safety, operational and orientation guidelines
Senior Deckhand
11.2008 - 01.2010
- Interpret and carry out instructions from the skipper, Provide information to other crew as require within work duties, Work collaboratively with other members of the crew, Ability to address problems as they arise, Work both autonomously and within a team environment, Basic safety and emergency procedures, Countless hours spent "on watch" in control of the vessel, responsible for the safety and lives of crew and vessel, Able to live away from home for long periods of time and live conservatively
Education
Completed Year 12 -
Sunshine Beach State High
Sunshine Beach, QLD11.2007
Skills
- Construction support
- Electrical Installation
- OSHA Requirements
- Flexible Schedule
- Equipment Maintenance
- Time Management
- Material Handling
- Forklift Operation
- Materials Transport
Licences
Classification MR Type 0 QLD (Open)
High Risk Licence - Forklift
Working at Heights Certificate
Generallabouringexperience
- Basic plastering skills
- Basic power tool skills
- Basic boat building skills, fiberglassing, bogging, fabrication of boat (sanding, grinding)
- Basic landscaping skills
- Rock wall construction
- Fencing construction
- Demolition skills
- Basic painting skills
- Basic panel beating skills.
- Air-con and refrigeration labouring experience.
References
Hamish Ferguson - Service Manager at Hamilton Instrument & Electrical - 0417 636 714
Ben Machen - Electrical Supervisor at Hamilton Instrument & Electrical - 0476 203 322
Todd Gray - Electrical Supervisor at Hamilton Instrument & Electrical - 0467 196 502
Attributes
- Fit and Healthy
- Willingness to learn
- Good people skills
- Determined
- Enthusiastic
- Hardworking
- Strong work ethic
Timeline
Electrical Trade Assistant
Hamilton Instrument & Electrical
01.2023 - Current
Gardner - Parks & Planning
Gympie Regional Council
08.2020 - 01.2023
Nursery Hand
Blue Sky Nursery
04.2020 - 08.2020
Nursery Hand
Eplants
01.2017 - 03.2020
Nursery Hand/Brew Maker
Birdwood Nursery
01.2014 - 01.2016
Field Assistant
Terrex Seismic
09.2012 - 12.2012
Senior Deckhand
11.2008 - 01.2010
Completed Year 12 -
Sunshine Beach State High
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