James Maher

Worked as part of the team going to the woods. One lad on a chainsaw cutting down trees I was loading the cut timber by hand with my work colleagues into a trailer to bring back to the yard. At the yard I had to split the timber and bag the timber to be sold as firewood to Fuel Stations. I cleaned as the work went on. The shifts were Monday to Friday 7am – 5pm. The odd over-time on a Saturday.

General Operative - Pyke Forestry Fuels - Cahir Co, Tipperary Ireland

(2018-09 - 2020-02)

Worked as part of the team going to the woods. One lad on a chainsaw cutting down trees I was loading the cut timber by hand with my work colleagues into a trailer to bring back to the yard. At the yard I had to split the timber and bag the timber to be sold as firewood to Fuel Stations. I cleaned as the work went on. The shifts were Monday to Friday 7am – 5pm. The odd over-time on a Saturday.

Unemployed - Unemployed

(2020-02 - 2021-08)

I was out to work due to Covid-19. I was starting to drive a car when covid started.

General Operative - Pyke Forestry Fuels - Cahir Co, Tipperary Ireland

(2021-08 - 2022-08)

Worked as part of the team going to the woods. One lad on a chainsaw cutting down trees I was loading the cut timber by hand with my work colleagues into a trailer to bring back to the yard. At the yard I had to split the timber and bag the timber to be sold as firewood to Fuel Stations. I cleaned as the work went on. The shifts were Monday to Friday 7am – 5pm. The odd over-time on a Saturday.

General Operative - Bulmers Limited - Clonmel Co, Tipperary Ireland

(2022-08 - 2022-12)

Worked as an apple crusher at Bulmers as part of the team. The first two weeks I was brought in to do the cleaning of the crusher area. When the apples arrived, I unloaded the apples into the pits. Handling paperwork with the drivers there were a six-digit code I had to log into the computer system so the drivers can weigh out on the weight bridge.

On the line you would be watching the apples ready to be crushed. The apples were brought onto the line with water. Our job was to be alert for debris like rocks, bottles and timber so it would not ruin the crusher.

I cleaned the area as the work went on. It was 3 cycle shift the morning shift was 6am – 2pm, evening shift was 2pm – 10pm, night shift was 10pm - 6am. The odd over-time on a Saturday when the work was coming to an end.

General Operative - Pyke Biomass Limited - Cahir Co, Tipperary Ireland

(2023-01 - 2025-06)

Worked as part of the team on kindling machines and bagging firewood logs. Working with this company I bagged kindling and firewood for Aldi and Tesco Ireland plus fuel stations local to the area of Cahir. Working on the kindling machine I was loading chopped timber by an axe into the machine, bagging kindling and stacking the bags onto a pallet.

There were three people on the machine, one: loading the timber on the shoot. two: organizing the kindling sticks in a certain way to be bagged. three: bagging the organized sticks. Wrapping and preparing them to be collected to be put into a storage shed by a forklift. I would be able to drive the counterbalance forklift and take the stacked pallets to the storage shed.

When working with the firewood logs, we had to test the timber for moisture to make sure they were fully dried to a certain moisture. If the timber was still wet with moisture we would put the timber back into a closed shed with heaters. I cleaned as the work went on.

The shifts were Monday – Wednesday 8am – 5pm.

Warehouse Worker – Transport helper – Shunter - Master link Logistics - Clonmel Co, Tipperary Ireland

(2025-06 - 2025-08)

Worked as a Warehouse Worker at Master link Logistics. I was trained in to use a PPT and shown products that Pick-Packers take from the shelves and stacked onto a pallet. The PickPackers then take the products to the wrapping area.

I was trained in to use the wrapping machine to wrap the pallets, I had to put the pallets to an area where they would be ready to be loaded onto a Truck. I was trained in how to load pallets onto a trailer, loading side-side. I was doing this for 10 days.

The shifts were 7am - 3.30pm. I was trained in how to drive a shunting unit with an Articulated trailer and back onto bays moving wrapped pallets to one warehouse to the other, I was doing night shift shunting as a relief worker for two weeks. The shifts were 8pm - 4.30am.

The following two weeks I went out as a helper with the drivers I was shown how the work goes on the road delivering to Dunnes Stores/Master link drops (delivering multi-drops to locations) at Dunnes Stores you would have to separate the pallet with different suppliers plus don't mix food with chemicals. This was 3am starts and you finish whatever time arriving back to the depot in Clonmel.

Spotter - Bothar Drilling LTD - Bagnelstown Co, Carlow, Ireland

(2025-09 - 2025-10)

I was shown what sort of work they do. It was new to me so everyday was a learning experience. The first week I spent a few days local to the area of Clonmel drilling a hole underground across the road while traffic was still on the go.

The company we were drilling for, was Irish Water. I wasn't working the machine itself; I just watched on. For the following three weeks I worked in Lucan, Dublin as a spotter. I was given accommodation & evening meal supplied by the company.

We were drilling a hole underground, under the River Liffey for Fibre Cables for Intel & KN Cirect. It took three weeks to drill the hole under the ground; you had to change the drill bits when the drill rod reached the other end of the hole. At times I had sent back returns.

When the work finished on a Friday we were sent back home for the weekend.

Unemployed - Unemployed

(2025-11 - 2026-03)

I am looking for part – full time jobs that suit my CV, I am not hearing back from them. I am trying to gain experience with driving. I focused on getting my Artic License from January to February 2026.

Truck Driver - English Tarmac - Tipperary Town, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

(2026-03 - 2026-04)

I met the boss in his yard we spoke about the work. I was driving a 8-4 wheeler Mercedes tipper truck. I was hauling muck from Rossmore – Tipperary Town. The hours were 7am – 4.30pm. I done 5 loads a day.

I done overtime on a Saturday. I drove to Bruree Co Limerick to collect muck and back to Tipp Town. I done 2 loads that day. I also covered for a driver one day doing tarmac, I drove to Kelly of Fantane in Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary to collect tar then unload the tar in Parteen Co Limerick.

I done two loads that day. Earlier that morning I drove to Kilfinane Co. Limerick with a load of stones from Tipperary Town.

Truck Driver - Clonmel Waste Disposal - Clonmel Co, Tipperary, Ireland

(2026-05)

I attended an interview one day, the following day I went off with a driver being trained in how to drive a bin truck for two days. I was put onto the insurance then I was allowed to drive the bin truck. I was allowed to drive on my own with a bin helper. I was given scheduled routes across South Tipperary to collect bins from Houses & Businesses. The truck I am driving is a Dennis Eagle Bin Truck.

Cahir Boys National School (2007-08 - 2013-06)

Colaiste Dun Iascaigh (2013-08 - 2018-05)