Josh Hough

A loyal, hardworking individual with a positive attitude. Excellent time management skills. Positive person always striving for excellence. Capable of working with minimum supervision, I enjoy variety and diversity and can plan my work to meet deadlines. Able to adapt easily to working as part of a team and understand the benefits to be gained by working together to complete tasks safely and efficiently.

Machine Operator - Swizzels Matlow Ltd

(2010-04 - 2023)

I joined Swizzels Matlow in 2010 as a hopper filler, working individual machines in groups of up to 4 people. This required good communication skills and attention to detail. Since joining the team, I have progressed to become a machine operator.

With being a machine operator it's my job to check the right product is going through the system and down the packing line, making sure each individual packet is to a standard to our customer. In 2020 I applied for a new role within the factory called the jelly department. With this role as its in such high demand you need excellent time keeping & attendance.

After successfully passing my interview, I started my job on the jelly department where we make the famous squashy drumsticks. In this job you work continental shifts 4 days on 4 days off, 4 nights on 4 days off. Being on the jelly floor it's your job to follow a recipe to make the jelly add the right amount of colour and flavouring to the batch to make the squashy perfect so it's a sellable product.

After 13 years with the company, I decided I wanted a new challenge and to expand on my already lengthy list of attributes. During my time at swizzles I had made many friends, I had grown

Deink Operator - Northwoord tissue ltd

(2023)

Learning to become a deink operator was honestly a challenge like no other had had ever faced in my 13 years at swizzles, it required months and months of training. However once I qualified from my training I run my own plant and had an assistant that worked under me. We worked well as a team ensuring a happy working environment and a smooth shift.

Running my own plant consisted of recycling paper which we would then push through a huge pulping/cleaning machine with the hopeful and always successful outcome being the paper would be clean and free from ink. Throughout my time on this job I felt an awful lot of pressure given I was required to do physical aspects such as the cleaning within the factory ensuring a clean and safe space in which to work but also operating the computers that the machinery relined on to function. Regardless of the pressure and the huge responsibilities I was entrusted with, I really tried my very best to work all aspects of my job to a very high standard and i pride myself in the good work I feel I have done at Northwood.

Failure to not be so successful in my job would mean huge blocks in the machinery resulting in complete shut down of the factory whilst

• Quality checking products to ensure they meet the required standards before despatch.
• Enforcing correct PPE throughout the workplace.
• Reporting faults to the relevant members of staff.
• Ensuring production is running at full capacity whilst identifying potential problems, that may cause a delay in production.

GCSE - Mathematics (2002-09 - 2008-07)

GCSE - English (2002-09 - 2008-07)