Benjamin Hoole

I have been working as a cabinet maker now for almost 2 years, but have a background in welding and fabrication of 8 years, totalling 10 years in a workshop. As a cabinet maker I've worked on a range of projects from full wardrobes, free standing tables, a solid ash glazed wall partition, dressing tables, chest of drawers and many others. This includes work with veneer and sheet materials, as well as solid timber.

I use a range of workshop machines including spindle moulders, sliding table saws, pillar drills, bandsaws, linishers, overhand planer, thicknesser, resaw, and lathes. This is in addition to any metal working machines such as press brakes, lathes, milling machines, punches, laser cutters, welding machines both Tig and Mig, guillotines, both manual and partial CNC. Welder and fabricator with 8 years of experience working across a range of industries including, Specialist Coachbuilding, Vehicle Chassis and Roll Cages, General Fabrication, Structural steel, Vehicle Repairs, Food Grade Stainless, Furniture Making, and Canal Boat Repairs and Extensions.

Bespoke Cabinet Maker - Longpre Ltd

(2024-01 - 2025-01)

• Working with sheet materials and veneer
• Milling and shaping solid timber

Bespoke furniture maker - Steel Vintage

(2024-01 - 2024-12)

• Mig welding mild steel parts
• Fabrication of mild steel frames and components

Subcontracting - Self Employed

(2020-01 - 2024-12)

Specialist aluminium welder - Caged Laser

(2021-01 - 2024-12)

• Specialist aluminium welding
• Bike frames, vehicle chassis, Roll cages, conveyer belt parts, general welding of stainless and aluminium
• Ferrari chassis fabrication, Langen motorcycle aluminium 2 stroke frame fabrication, BAC Mono and Caterham chassis fabrication. Roll cages for a wide range of cars. Classic car EV conversion frames
• General fabrication of batch parts and bespoke projects
• Mild Steel, Stainless Steel and Aluminium Tig welding
• Mild Steel, Stainless Steel and aluminium Mig Welding

Structural steel welder - Trojan

(2020-01 - 2020-12)

• Structural steel welding for steel frame buildings, food grade stainless, general fabrication
• Mig and Tig welding of predominantly Mild Steel and Stainless

Onsite steel fabricator - Kev Kyte Marine Welding

(2020-01 - 2024-12)

• Onsite steel fabrication
• Canal boat repairs, extensions and general metalworking
• Repair and fabrication for rust repair, upgrades and alterations and new extensions and additions
• Working on the canal side using a generator and limited equipment to fabricate a wide range of things including rust repair right through to a whole cabin extension on a Dutch barge

General fabricator - DSC

(2020-01 - 2020-12)

• General fabrication
• Mig welding mild steel

Press Brake operator - Freshlook

(2019-01 - 2020-12)

• Press Brake operator
• Tig and Mig Welding mild steel and stainless
• High standard of accuracy and efficiency. High end work such as London and Sydney Art installations, London Underground turnstile fabrication and welding. Critical conveyer system parts fabrication and welding
• General fabrication, art instillations, conveyer systems

Specialist component fabricator - Spectra Specialist Coachbuilding

(2016-01 - 2019-12)

• Specialist component fabrication for high end specialist coachbuilding
• Work on double expanding side vehicles and large specialist vehicles such as police and fire service command units, F1 team hospitality suites, F1 cargo transportation systems, Specialist train carriages, Hoarse boxes, and much more
• Vehicle rust repair and modifications
• Mig and Tig welding of Aluminium, mild steel and stainless
• Press brake operator
• Lathe and milling machine operator

BA - Outdoor Adventure Education - University of St Mark and St John (2012-01 - 2015-12)

Level 3 BTEC - Uniform Public Services - Wiltshire College (2010-01 - 2012-12)

GCSEs - General Education - The Clarendon College (2005-01 - 2010-12)