CURRICULUM VITAE.

NAME: Ian Michael Drinkwater. ADDRESS:RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TEL No:RESTRICTED Leicester RESTRICTED MARRITAL STATUS: Single XXXXXXXXXX SEX: Male Date Of Birth:XX/XX/1970 HEIGHT: 4'10" WEIGHT: 7st 10 lb

SCHOOLS ATTENDED: Granby Primary Schoool XXXXXXXXXX Riverside Community College Granby Road XXXXXXXXXX Lyndon St, Braunstone Lane East Leicester XXXXXXXXXX Leicester ENGLAND XXXXXXXXXX ENGLAND

QUALIFICATIONS GAINED: Mathematics XXXXX CSE XXXXX Grade TWO Computer Studies XXXXX CSE XXXXX Grade TWO English language XXXXX CSE XXXXX Grade THREE English literature XXXXX CSE XXXXX Grade THREE Chemistry XXXXX CSE XXXXX Grade THREE Physics XXXXX CSE XXXXX Grade THREE Music XXXXX CSE XXXXX Grade THREE Geography XXXXX CSE XXXXX Grade FOUR Metalwork XXXXX CSE XXXXX Grade FOUR

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: EITB Basic Engineering XXXXX NVQ Credits to level ONE and TWO Basic Office Skills XXXXX NVQ Credits towards level ONE Horse Knowledge & Care XXXXX BHS Stage ONE Horse Care & Riding XXXXX BHS Stage ONE Riding & Road Safety XXXXX BHS Certificate of proficiency Sign language XXXXX CACDP certificate in BSL stage:1 Horticulture XXXXX BTEC National Diploma (12 M + 4 P) Information Technology XXXXX RSA/OCR C.L.A.I.T. Information Technology XXXXX RSA/OCR IBT-II. Information Technology XXXXX RSA/OCR IBT-III. Information Technology XXXXX PITMANS SAGE LEVEL 2. Health & Food Hygiene XXXXX CIEH Level Two (catering).

ANY OTHER SKILLS: Occasionally, I have helped my sister with her catering buisness which mainly involved; Setting Tables, Plating-up, Serving food, Clearing tables and Washing-up. PASTIMES & INTERESTS: Cycling, Reading, Designing and maintaining my own Library and Database, Playing music (Keyboard/Soprano Cornet/Trumpet), Website Design (I've designed and developed this site myself; self-taught), Playing Pool and Listening to Folk Music.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

27th Mar 2006 - 21st Apr 2006 S.T.R.I.D.E Woodboy Street Leicester Building and preparing furniture for sale at a local charity shop. Also greeted customers occasionally at the Uppingham Road branch.

Jul 2005 / Oct 2005 Environ Computer Recycling Unit 44, Boston Road, Beaumont Leys, Leicester 13-week work-placement as IT Technician. Building and repairing PC's to order, assessing equipment and building complete systems to specification guidelines, removal of confidential data to US-MOD standard, installing OS (Win 98se/Win2000pro/WinXPpro) both as clean install and using disk-imaging software, locating and installing relevant hardware & drivers, testing, cleaning up, assessing and completing customer repairs, logging work done and preparing for sale/shipping. Also learnt simple networking via Ethernet Router.

Sep 2004 / Feb 2005 Zebra Nursing Agency 2nd Floor, Kimberely House, Leicester 6-month work-trial as Administrator for a recruitment agency. Helped set up the office from 'bare-bones'. General reception and front-of-house admin including meet/greet, data input on to computer (using Bespoke Linked Customer & Client Database and Spreadsheets designed by me), cold-calling, dealing with external telephone and internal memo enquiries, ensuring all paperwork was up-to-date, designing mail-shots (producing proofs for printers), filing, photo-copying, sending/recieving faxes, printing and collation of bulk mail using mailmerge, Use of MS Office 2000pro with Windows XP and maintaining basic accounts (company set-up/petty cash record).

Apr 2004 / Sep 2004 Instant Muscle 22-24 Halford Street, Leicester 6-month work-preperation course which included 6-Weeks Work Placement as Project Administrator. Being the main administrator for the office at Humberstone Gate, ensuring and logging client attendance, handling/maintaining confidential client information database, maintaining staff diaries, petty-cash account, incoming and outgoing post, photocopying, date-dependant multiple mailing, faxing, ordering stock and supplies, maintaining automated coffee machine, answering telephone, dealing with internal & external queries, producing and mailing reports for management and local government use.

2003 Belgrave Development & Enterprise 111 Ross Walk, Leicester Attended various educational programmes resulting in IBT 3 and Pitmans Computerised Accounts Level Two. Also completed 4 Learn-Direct Courses, Surf Direct, IT2 Web Publishing, Communication Level 3 and Outlook.

Mar 2002- Apr 2002 H.S.B.C. Charlesworth House Charles Street, Leicester. 6-week work-placement in Central Admin Team. General data input on to computer (using DOS-based system, MS-Word and MS-Excel), collation, manual filing, dealing with internal telephone and memo enquiries.

Oct 2000- Mar 2001 LET Training Services Ltd, 1st Floor, Epic house Charles Street, Leicester. 3-months intensive training to update I.T. skills which led to 6-months work-placement as Tutor Assistant in I.T. room. Helped deliver I.T. (C.L.A.I.T.) and Special-Needs training to 16-24 year olds. Also arranged interviews, updated consumables stock, maintained the P.C.s (virus-checking, user-logging, weekly ghosting) and liased with non-resident specialist technician.

Jun 1998- Jun 2000 James Coles & Son,The Nurseries Uppingham Road,Thurnby, Leicester. Worked as a Propagator in the Propagation department of a large plant nursery. This also included handling and measuring chemicals, being a key-holder, and occasionally directing members of the public to the appropriate areas.

Sep 1996- Jun 1998 Brooksby College,Brooksby, Melton-Mowbray. Leicestershire,LE14 2LJ Attended and completed a BTEC National Diploma in Horticulture. I also gained a working knowledge of Word-for-Windows.

Jun 1997- Aug 1997 Leicester City Landscapes Rushey Fields, Rushey-Mead, Leicester. Landscape maintenance of public parks, incl.; Mowing, Weeding, Hedge-trimming, Strimming, and Litter clearance.

Aug 1994- Sep 1996 P.W.Circuits Ltd. Canal St., Sth.-Wigston,Leicester. Bare board testing PCB's before they have components assembled on them.Learnt how to Set, Operate and Maintain an MS2000 BBT machine. Including Surface Mount Technology.

Jun 1991- Aug 1994 Zilding-Rose Arabian Stud Clasky Farm, Halton-Holegate, Spilsby,Lincolnshire PE23 5BD Trainee stud groom. Trained up to BHS -Stage-Two standard, incl. handling, grooming, backing & exercising youngstock.

Apr 1991- Jun 1991 Oatmaine Battery Co. Ltd. Duncan Road, Aylestone,Leicester. Electrical Bench assembler of rechargeable battery packs. Included tinning, soldering, spot-welding, heat-shrinking and gluing.

Jun 1990- Apr 1991 Limes Farm Equestrian-Centre. Hawkinge/Densole,Folkstone, Kent.Tel:892335/893516 Trainee groom on a large show-jumping yard.Learnt horse-care and basic riding skills.

Sep 1989- Jun 1990 Midland Spraying-Services Ltd Enderby -Road Ind. Est., Whetstone,Leicester. Packer and Loader of small parcels for the shoe industry. Learnt how to pack and count in "Dozens". Also operated small assembly machine (shoe heeler).

Jun 1989- Sep 1989 Leicester Skill-Centre. Thurmaston, Leicester. Basic office/clerical training, including :familiarisation with WordStar, DBII, Lotus 123, Mailmerge and the use of photocopiers and manual filing systems.

Nov 1986- Jun 1989 Northbridge Fasteners. Viking Road Ind. Est.Wigston, Leicester. Patrol Inspector, Inspecting operators' work. Gained communication skills, and Basic engineering knowledge, incl. Measurement up to 0.0001"