Andrew Ellis9 Castle Crescent

Thornhill, DewsburyWF12 0EG

01924 43755307542364855

aellisadi@aol.com

Personal ProfileA self motivated, adaptable and responsible Individual which will utilise the organisational and communication skills developed throughout my working, personal and volunteering life. During my work and other commitments, I have always shown myself to be self-motivated, accurate, flexible, organised and capable of working under pressure. I have a clear, logical mind with a practical approach to problem solving and a drive to see things through to completion. I enjoy working on my own initiative or in a team. In short, I am reliable, trustworthy, hard working and eager to learn and have a genuine interest in meeting new people and projecting my professional manner.

Key Skills P402 Qualified Experienced in Management, Refurbishment & Demolition Surveys Experienced in Non Licensed Removal work Working unsupervised Full clean driving licence IT Skills: Familiar with MS Office suite Fully conversant with HSG guidelines in Asbestos Bulk Sampling Working at heights and in confined spaces IPAF qualified Up to date with current health and safety legislation, CAR 2012, HSG Guidelines Recent middle east, European work experience, oil terminal experience Vast experience in surveying military properties and installations

Employment HistoryPeligro Risk Management (Sheffield) May 2015 - Dec 2015Working around UK and spent 8 weeks traveling around Europe on various contracts ranging from shop outlets to oil refineries, all types of surveys carried out, M.O.D. clearance obtained to work on their facilities. Company advisor to clients for all remedial works and removal advice.

Environtec ltd Aug 2014 – May 2015Predominantly surveying housing stock for Leeds city council, creating reports on a tablet using TEAMS software, and Microsoft VISIO. Management, refurbishment and demolition, revisits to a whole variety of buildings. Left Environtec to take up senior position with Peligro Risk Management.

Freelance Asbestos Surveyor Jan 2013 – Aug 2014Set up to become a freelance Asbestos Surveyor, tendering for work, supplying a full asbestos service for my clients, Surveying, Sampling, report writing, fully conversant with building structures, health and safety requirements, HSE compliant,

Andrew Ellis Asbestos Surveyor in conjunction with

ACS Health Safety Environment Limited Jan 2012 - Jan 2013Asbestos Surveyor P402 Qualified Joined ACS in January as a trainee freelance surveyor, shadowing Lead surveyor on national jobs, working five to seven days a week on a varied mixture of domestic, commercial and industrialProperties and Local authorities and Schools. Conversant with Management and Refurbishment and demolition surveys, Bulk sampling and report writing using in house system called MASTEC. Collecting samples from height and confined spaces. Used to long stay out. Experienced in non licensed removal work, gained CSCS card

Sky High PLC, Tadcaster Nov 2008 – Dec 2011 Video Surveyor Set up mobile video cameras and recording equipment up to 75kg. Filmed highways, town centres and private land, all around the UK and Europe, averaging 50,000 miles per year, with the aim to capture video counts of vehicle movement, pedestrian movement to aid in town planning, highway planning and maintenance. Accustomed to lone working and long hours and at heights of up to 200 meters on a daily basis. Used to making repairs using own initiative on site and improvising solutions

Google, National and Europe Feb 2003 – Nov2008

Google Maps Driver and Engineer Started driving Google Street view car capturing data for the west Yorkshire area, plus setting up, camera unit, state of the art mobile server units. Progressed to part of a four man UK repair and service team for the whole of the UK. Progressed to part of a 30-man team to service and repair Google Equipment for northern Europe. This contract finished so Google downsized European engineer’s workforce, leading to my post being made redundant.

Qualifications and Training P402 Qualified IPAF 3a, 3b CSCS Card Face Fit Cert Passed Street works program run by SQA certified in signing, lighting, and guarding passed Passed UKATA Asbestos Awareness Course Passed 2012 Learn Direct course in English Math, IT skills,

EducationThornhill Community College 1982 - 1986 Completed full secondary education to GCSE standard with passes in Maths (A*) level 1 with distinction, English B*, French B*, Geography D, Physical Education A* Distinction and Woodwork B*.

Hobbies and Interests Volunteer at local professional Rugby League club, helping with general repairs to ground and

pitch. Wood turning using my own lathe and tools to produce a varied array of hand turned products D.I.Y. part of Thornhill self help group, going to the elderly, and venerable in their own home

and doing general D.I.Y jobs for them Part owner of a canal boat, involved in the restoration Level 2 Junior Rugby League coach (Ages 5-15).

Senior member of Mirfield Gun Club

ReferencesFirst class references will be made available on request.Current enhanced CRB available.Short profile on LinkedIn Andrew Ellis Freelance Asbestos Surveyor