Michael Johnstone

Hauling gravel on farm to various sites with road train side tippers.

Maintaining equipment in good condition with prestart checks and general maintenance.

Excellent communication with employer and staff with all aspects of loading and delivery of the products.

Operating tractors and implements in an agricultural contracting business that involved spraying, tilling and harvesting crops.

Calculating rates for spraying and planting.

Maintaining all equipment in good operating condition.

Owner operator of D7 bulldozer contracting to customers all aspects of dozer work, including ripping and pushing gravel, dam construction, stick raking and regrowth control, clearing of timber for agricultural purposes and general earth work.

Maintaining machine in good operating condition.

Good relationship with customers often returning for repeat tasks.

I was a plant operator on the construction crew based in Inglewood.

I was trained in Cert. III road construction and obtained my roller, backhoe/loader and grader tickets while employed by the council.

I also drove the truck and floated machines to various job sites within the shire.

I owned and operated my own truck and end tippers carting bulk commodities from Northern NSW to North Queensland. In 2011 I purchased a road train set of side tippers and started supplying quarry products for customers on contracts in NSW and Queensland. I maintained all equipment in good working condition and had a good relationship with all customers.