Please have a look at my CV
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
+ Clean full UK driving license (cars from 1998, HGV2 from 2006)
+ Very good knowledge of Scotland and UK trunk road network.
+ Multilingual: (Polish (native), English (advanced), French (communicative) and Czech (good)
+ Good computer skills
+ Experience in driving in Europe and beyond (Asian part of Turkey)
+ Ability to work at nights and travel to work
EDUCATION
Sep 2008 - present
Faculty of Arts
University, Scotland
Czech language, French language, Central and East European studies
Oct 2000 - Feb 2006
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
University, Poland
Completed over one year of astronomical studies and three years of physics (teacher's specialty). Also additional courses in cultural sciences, musical knowledge and journalism.
Sep 1996 - Jun 2000
Technical High-School, Poland
faculty: building and exploitation of railroads
Additional courses:
+ 2010 course in court interpreting
+ 2009 course in interpreting for a police
+ 2008 course in fuel efficient driving
+ 2002: press journalism workshops
+ 2002: taking part in an international Student Media conference in Croatia
+ 2001: course for the carers of youth camps
EMPLOYMENT
DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Jun 2010 - present
Express courier driver
I am driving small vans on local and long distance time critical deliveries.
Nov 2008 - Jun 2010
Agency Driver
I am driving HGV, 7,5t and small vans for various Scottish driving agencies for wide range of clients.
May 2008 - Sep 2008 and Summer 2009
HGV 2 Driver for company in construction industry
Responsibilities:
- Driving 18 tons long wheelbase DAF CF lorry, also sprinter and vito vans
- Nationwide deliveries of architectural glass
Feb 2008 - May 2008
Gap in full time employment due to injury (car accident caused by third party)
Oct 2007 - Feb 2008
HGV 2 Driver for Scottish pallet distribution company
Responsibilities:
- Driving an 18 tons Renault Premium and Iveco Eurocargo
- Multidrop pallet deliveries allover Scotland
- Night trunking (newspapers industry)
Sep 2007 - Oct 2007
European courier driver (3,5t-7,5t) for the company from time critical deliveries industry
Responsibilities:
- UK and European time critical deliveries.
Aug 2007
Abroad due to family reasons.
Feb 2007 - Jul 2007
HGV class II Driver for Scottish Islands delivery specialist company.
Responsibilities:
- Driving a 18-26 tons lorries (DAF, Volvo)
- Various deliveries over the Outer Hebrides (Uists, Benbecula, Eriskay, Skye)
- work in yard depot when required (goods in/out, forklift driving, lorry loading etc.)
Jul 2006 - Feb 2007
HGV class II Driver for well known Glasgow driving agency
Varoius jobs for multiple companies including:
- Multidrop deliveries (home, trade and retail, frozen foods and spirits)
- Pallet service, trunk driving, parcel deliveries
- Overnight and multiple days trips arround whole UK
- Business and domestic removals
- Multidrop parcel deliveries
Jan 2006 - Apr 2006
29 march 2006 Total Solar Eclipse main expedition organizer
(voluntary work for Student's Scientific Club)
Responsibilities:
- Public Relations and fundraising.
- Working out the route to Turkey and back, choosing accommodation places, renting two cars, checking regulations operative in five countries, paperwork, cars servicing, driving (incl. off-road driving).
- Writing reportages from expedition for Club's own website and student's magazine
Jul 2005 - Sep 2005
Van Driver for well known Glasgow driving agency
Responsibilities:
- various 3,5t van driving jobs for Glasgow companies, mostly multi drop driving for linen service company
Dec 2002 - Sept 2004
Part time van driver for small production company in Poland
Responsibilities:
- Transporting goods (lighting systems, also fragile ceramics) to clients on local distances and long road spans
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Sep 2007 - present
Free lancer translator and interpreter
- police interpreting
- community interpreting
- Translation of software and owner's manual to some electronic product for truckers
Feb 2002 - present
Free lancer journalist
In Poland I used to cooperate with Studen't Press and then with leading IT magazine. After move to Scotland I wrote some corespondences to the Polish Trucker's online portal and I am in constant cooperation with a few titles of Polish pres in UK
I had many other job experiences in my life, among others:
- youth camp career
- supermarket stocktaker
- supermarket shelf replenisher
- market research interviewer
- public transport surveyor
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
- in 2009 started working towards coach driving licence (PCV or D manual), passed theory and hazard perception tests, had to stop due to financial difficulties
- non-smoker
- no addictions
- advanced user of PC computers
- own 09 plate car
- Forklift driving skills (but no ticket)
HOBBIES
- music (Eastern-European rock from 70s and 80s, jazz, folk)
- astronomy
- journalism
- rail and road transport
- cycling
- travel
REFERENCES
Available upon request
