Mervyn Johnstone
Dromana,Australia
Summary
I have extensive experience and direct skills in retail sales, stores, delivery driving, and managing a vital small business. I now wish to work in any sales, delivery driving or stores position with a vital business organisation.
Overview
43
43
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DELIVERY/TRUCK DRIVER / SALES
Dromana Discount Timber
Ballarat, Victoria
01.2022 - 01.2025
- Responsible for Truck Safety Checks and truck cleanliness
- Scheduled Truck Maintenance
- Keep in line with OHS procedures
- Deliver Timber and Products to Customers / Construction Sites
- Responsible of all Freight delivered in good order
- Customer Service with Construction Sites / Private addresses
- Travel and Deliver in Country Towns and Melbourne Suburbs
- Load and Unload Truck with Forklift / Crane
- Lift Heavy Items and Load / Unload Appropriately
- Sales
DELIVERY/CRANE TRUCK DRIVER / SALES
Everist Timber
Hastings, Victoria
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Responsible for Truck Safety Checks and truck cleanliness
- Scheduled Truck Maintenance
- Keep in line with OHS procedures
- Deliver Timber and Products to Customers / Construction Sites
- Responsible of all Freight delivered in good order
- Customer Service with Construction Sites / Private addresses
- Travel and Deliver in Country Towns and Melbourne Suburbs
- Load and Unload Truck with Forklift / Crane
- Lift Heavy Items and Load / Unload Appropriately
- Sales in Timber Yard
FABRICATOR PANEL ASSEMBLER/LABOURER
Walker Panels
Ballarat, Victoria
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Responsible for Assembling Panels
- Responsible for Plan Reading to make Panels
- Keep in line with OHS procedures
- Deliver Panels to a Professional standard
- Responsible for Maintenance and Cleaning of all Panels
- Prepare and Cut Steel for Panels
- Operation of Gantry Crane
- Load and Unload Truck with Forklift
- Lift Heavy Items and Load / Unload Appropriately
AGI / CONCRETE TRUCK DRIVER
Eureka Concrete
Ballarat, Victoria
01.2018 - 12.2019
- Responsible for Truck Safety Checks and truck cleanliness
- Scheduled Truck Maintenance
- Keep in line with OHS procedures
- Deliver Concrete Customers
- Responsible of all Freight delivered in good order
- Customer Service with Retail Stores/Factories and Private addresses
- Travel and Deliver in Country Towns, Road Sense
- Load and Unload Truck with Forklift / Crane
- Lift Heavy Items and Load / Unload Appropriately
- Sales in Store
DELIVERY/CRANE TRUCK DRIVER / SALES
Camerons
Ballarat, Victoria
01.2017 - 12.2018
- Responsible for Truck Safety Checks and truck cleanliness
- Scheduled Truck Maintenance
- Keep in line with OHS procedures
- Deliver Steel and Pallets to Customers
- Responsible of all Freight delivered in good order
- Customer Service with Retail Stores/Factories and Private addresses
- Travel and Deliver in Country Towns, Road Sense
- Load and Unload Truck with Forklift / Crane
- Lift Heavy Items and Load / Unload Appropriately
- Sales in Store
DELIVERY/TRUCK DRIVER
Caledonian Transport
Ballarat, Victoria
01.2015 - 12.2016
- Responsible for Truck Safety Checks and truck cleanliness
- Scheduled Truck Maintenance
- Keep in line with OHS procedures
- Deliver Cartons and Pallets to Customers
- Responsible of all Freight delivered in good order
- Customer Service with Retail Stores/Factories and Private addresses
- Travel and Deliver in Country Towns, Road Sense
- Load and Unload Truck with Forklift
- Lift Heavy Items and Load Appropriately
TRANSPORT DRIVER
Salvo’s (Salvation Army)
Ballarat, Victoria
01.2011 - 12.2015
- Responsible for Truck Safety Checks and truck cleanliness
- Scheduled Truck Maintenance
- Keep in line with OHS procedures
- Follow Truck Run Sheets provided every day and make sure there filled in correct
- Liaise with Call Centre and Management by phone
- Customer Service with Donors
- Lift Heavy Items and Load appropriately
- Work as a team with Jockey
- Keep a good relationship with Shop Managers
CONFECTIONERY MANAGER
Sovereign Hill
Ballarat, Victoria
01.1994 - 12.2011
- Responsible for all operations of the Confectionary Department within Sovereign Hill
- Manage production and stock levels
- Point of sale and professional customer service
- Financial bookwork relating to the operations of the department
- Coordination and carrying out annual stocktake procedures
- Staff training and development
- Develop production schedules to determine confectionery types and quantities to be made
- Process work and manufacture of confectionery
- Operate equipment
- Quality control of products and strict OH&S
PRINTER
Sovereign Hill
Ballarat, Victoria
01.1982 - 12.1994
- Performed general printing duties as required
- Point of sale and professional customer service
- Accurate offset printing as needed
- Ensuring in supplies are at appropriate levels
- Preparation of typeset and equipment in ensure quality printing
- Assist with the operation and adjustment of machines
- Prepare plates, blankets and impression cylinders on small offset printing presses
- Operate guillotine
- Collating, folding, stapling
Education
Certificate IV in Retail Management -
BRACE Education and Training
Basic Food Safety Practices - TAFE Division
University of Ballarat
Safe Food Handling - TAFE Division
University of Ballarat
Introduction to Supervision -
VECCI
Advanced Leadership -
VECCI
Skills
- Quality customer service
- Product knowledge
- Documentation
- Data base use
- Stores
- Manual handling
- Delivery driving
- Packing/ loading
- Process work
- Product manufacture
- Successfully managing a small business
- General maintenance
Certification
- Drivers Licence, Own reliable car
- Heavy Combination Licence, Vic Roads
- Forklift Licence, Worksafe Victoria #V558832
- White Card / Construction, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland 2017
- Gantry Crane, Nat Assess Training 2017
- CV Loading Truck Crane, Work Safe 2017
Training
- Introduction to Supervision, VECCI, 2001
- Advanced Leadership, VECCI, 2002
- Certificate IV in Retail Management, BRACE Education and Training, 2004
- Basic Food Safety Practices, University of Ballarat (TAFE Division), 2002
- Safe Food Handling, University of Ballarat (TAFE Division), 1999
References
- Luke Wharton, Dromana Discount Timber, Owner/ Manager, 0414 956 090
- Bethany Wharton, Dromana Discount Timber, Owner/Manager, 0438 726 669
- Josh Wharton, Dromana Discount Timber, Owner/Manager, 0416 142 536
- Leigh Darling, Darling Builders, Owner/ Builder, 0411 327 248
Timeline
DELIVERY/TRUCK DRIVER / SALES
Dromana Discount Timber
01.2022 - 01.2025
DELIVERY/CRANE TRUCK DRIVER / SALES
Everist Timber
01.2020 - 01.2022
FABRICATOR PANEL ASSEMBLER/LABOURER
Walker Panels
01.2019 - 12.2019
AGI / CONCRETE TRUCK DRIVER
Eureka Concrete
01.2018 - 12.2019
DELIVERY/CRANE TRUCK DRIVER / SALES
Camerons
01.2017 - 12.2018
DELIVERY/TRUCK DRIVER
Caledonian Transport
01.2015 - 12.2016
TRANSPORT DRIVER
Salvo’s (Salvation Army)
01.2011 - 12.2015
CONFECTIONERY MANAGER
Sovereign Hill
01.1994 - 12.2011
PRINTER
Sovereign Hill
01.1982 - 12.1994
Certificate IV in Retail Management -
BRACE Education and Training
Basic Food Safety Practices - TAFE Division
University of Ballarat
Safe Food Handling - TAFE Division
University of Ballarat
Introduction to Supervision -
VECCI
Advanced Leadership -
VECCI