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Patrick Houlihan

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Dynamic professional with a strong work ethic, and a diverse range of skills and experience. I pride myself on my organization, ability to take initiative, and ability to learn. I have demonstrated a commitment to hard work and am determined to learn, grow, and progress in any given challenge, while being readily available to help the business and its customer base.

Overview

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Work History

Front of house

Healesville Hotel and Church on Main Cafe
  • Organized correct orders efficiently according to customer requests.
  • Ensured the food and drink iteams where served to the correct tables/customers.
  • Assisted other wait staff members in times of heavy customer traffic.
  • Assisted in seating guests at tables or booths.
  • Answered questions about menu items, ingredients, and pricing.

Owner

Melbourne Marquees
  • Company Overview: This was a business myself and a friend started, which involved hiring out, delivering and setting up marquees for private events.
  • Communication was a key skill required for this job.
  • Communicating with clients, in the process of booking jobs whilst also gaining an understanding of their needs.
  • Problem solving and creative thinking were among other key skills required, situations where marquees had to be adapted to fit areas, set up to weather conditions and ensuring clients needs are met.
  • This was a business myself and a friend started, which involved hiring out, delivering and setting up marquees for private events.
  • This business has since been stopped, as it was very time-consuming and hard to find time with the responsibilities and commitments of year 12.

Retail assistant/ service tech

Yarra Valley cycles
  • Assisted in setting up bike and item displays, signage and window displays.
  • Worked closley with cutomers to understand their needs, and direct them to products to suit needs.
  • Shard key factors and information about products, to help customer make a decision.
  • Cleaned and serviced bikes
  • Organized and maintained neatness of product displays and racks.

Cellar hand (vintage/harvest)

Tarrawarra Estate
  • I went into this job a couple months out of school, in which was a seasonal job of around 3-4 months.
  • This is where I learnt a lot of discipline and endurance working 6 days a week doing 11 hour shifts.
  • I also further developed my skills in listening, learning and taking initiative, as this was completely new type of work and environment, which involved so many different moving parts and techniques each and every day.
  • Daily tasks involved loading and unloading trucks and trailers with a forklift, setting up hose lines and large pumps, working with and alongside large machinery and equipment, filling tanks and barrels.
  • The job also involved a lot of creativity and innovative thinking in many cases having to work out processes to transfer wine, set up hose lines and pumps that used the least resources and time.

Firefighter

Forest Fire Management Vic

This job saw myself deployed all over Victoria, working alongside large groups of firefighters, where we worked cohesively as part of a team to reduce the risk and impact of bushfires within Victoria. This job also involved civil work and maintenance with Parks Vic and Melbourne Water during the times I was not directly fighting fires.

  • Suppressed and extinguished fire by employing effective firefighting techniques and strategies.
  • Offsided, piloted, and worked alongside heavy machinery/plant. This also involved loading and unloading, tying down, etc. (D4, D6 dozers, excavators, backhoes)
  • 7-day, 16-hour shift swings; learned to understand, identify, and manage fatigue.

Civil landscape labourer

Scratching The Surface
  • This position was with a large Civil construction/landscape company. In which all our work was generally contracted council jobs.

Experience in:

  • Fencing - post and rail, wire, slat
  • Paving
  • Laying rock - Paths and road
  • Rock walls
  • Steel edging
  • Concrete slabs
  • Form work/ boxing
  • Signs and posts
  • Loading and unloading machinery

Education

Luther Collage

Skills

  • Communication
  • Initiative
  • work ethic
  • organisation
  • Leadership
  • Problem solving
  • Ability to learn
  • Team contribution
  • Creative thinking

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 09/05/04

Certification

  • P2 Manual drivers license
  • White card
  • Working with children check
  • Police check

Tickets

  • Forklift truck ticket
  • Chainsaw ticket
  • 4WD
  • Firstaid 2

Leadership Experience

  • House captain, Luther collage
  • Peer support leader, Luther collage
  • Training staff, Holmwood aged care
  • Directing tasks, Giant Steps winery

Timeline

Front of house

Healesville Hotel and Church on Main Cafe

Owner

Melbourne Marquees

Retail assistant/ service tech

Yarra Valley cycles

Cellar hand (vintage/harvest)

Tarrawarra Estate

Firefighter

Forest Fire Management Vic

Civil landscape labourer

Scratching The Surface

Luther Collage
Patrick Houlihan