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Taylor Laverty

Taylor Laverty

Ground Operative / Labourer

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Londonderry County Borough, Derry City and StrabaneMember since February 6, 2023
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About

I am an extremly hardworking, always giving 110% commitment and dedication. I have excellent manners and pride myself on always providing brilliant customer service. I would be an excellent timekeeper, trustworthy and enthusiastic individual, who loves learning new skills, I am always eager to learn, always paying extreme attention to detail.

I thoroughly enjoy working as part of a team and have the confidence to use my own intuitive. I am also willing to relocate to fill the position before employmen

Experience

Employment History

December 22 – January 2023 (Temp Position)

Groundwork Operative / labourer - Centum – Based on Thermo Fisher Scientific Site, Basingstoke.

Centum is an Irish-based Electrical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering company with offices based across Ireland, The U.K and Europe.

  • General construction operations of Groundworks & Labouring, and general operations as required
  • Maintaining all the tools and equipment are clean and in good repair.
  • Lifting heavy loads and moving onsite to area where required.
  • Carrying out jobs as instructed by the site foreman, quickly and effectively.

June 22 – December 22

Labourer, GW Groundworks and Pavings, 80 Hollymount Park, Waterside, Derry. BT47 3UP

GW Ground works is a family run business that established in 2017 specialising in domestic & commercial paving and groundwork services, driveways, patios, tarmac, gravel, fencing, foundations and drainage, they also provide gardening services, within the City of Derry – Londonderry and throughout Northern Ireland. During my employment I have gained new skills and would be proficient in many aspects of the trade.

  • Setting up and cleaning tasks at the job site, leaving the area clean for the customer.
  • Grass cutting and weeding.
  • Seeding grass
  • Laying of evergreen grass
  • Laying out new topsoil
  • Digging area’s as and when required for the job (flower beds, pathways, foundations and trenches)
  • Maintaining all the tools and equipment are clean and in good repair.
  • Kerbs
  • Laying pavers and bricks.
  • Flagging
  • Mixing Concrete
  • Lifting heavy loads and moving onsite to area where required.
  • Climbing to heights and conducting work with proper safety restraints
  • Remove old fencing boards / measure and lay out new fence lines.
  • Use of hand tools or mechanical diggers to dig post holes, levelling the ground where fencing will be going.

May 2021 – June 22

Factory Operative / Meat Packer / Butcher, Foyle Meats Ltd, Lisahally, Campsie, Strathfoyle, Londonderry BT47 6TJ

Food Foyle Food group are a family-owned business with over 40 years of expertise in beef supply chain and processing. With 5 premises and 1350 employees making them one of the largest meats processors in the UK. I had started off as a packer withing the company and was then moved up to the cutting section within a few months.

My duties would include

  • Inspection of meat, to ensure this is at the required standard.
  • Ensuring the cuttings are within the correct weight requirements.
  • Boning on meat.
  • Sharpening of knives in workstation daily.
  • Packing of meat products and preparing for loading bay.
  • Adhere too and always uphold strict health and safety guidelines.
  • Load and unload shipments onto pallets.
  • Cleaning of workstation daily, this includes cutting equipment, machinery, floor and disposing correctly of PPE.

February 2021 – May 2021

Labourer, Kyle Wasson Construction, Primity Gardens Londonderry BT47

  • Grass cutting.
  • Digging of soil for seeding, footpaths or grass laying.
  • Removing all waste from property, grass, soil, rubbish, wood.
  • Laying of pavers and bricks
  • Mixing concrete.
  • Laying out new topsoil for seeding.
  • Loading and loading of all waste from van.
  • All aspects of labouring as and when required by Kyle.

Education

Qualifications –

Oakgrove integrated College 2020

OS Business and Services – P2

OS Design and Creativity – C1

English – C

Princes Trust Level 2 Certificate in Personal Development - Pass

Zenith Learning – December 2022

CSR Health & Safety Certificate (which covers the below)

  • Health and Safety at Work Legislation
  • Accident Reporting and Emergency Procedures
  • Accident Prevention/ Statistics
  • Manual Handling
  • Working at Heights
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • COSHH/Noise and Vibration
  • Working with Electricity – Underground and Overhead Services
  • Safe Use of Handheld Equipment and Tools
  • Safe Use of Site Vehicles
  • Excavation/Confined Spaces

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