Ian Smith

Experience

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  HMT Shipping Limited

  Nov 2001 - May 2010

  Driver Trainer/Assessor

  Driver Trainer/Assessor giving pre-employment driving assessments. Arranging training for new employees based upon their individual needs. Training drivers in securing loads using straps, ropes and chains. Roping and sheeting loads and Health &safety in the work place.

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  TDG Logistics

  May 2010 - Nov 2010

  Transport Planner

  Responsible for effectively planning all of the activity , ensuring at all times provide a cost effective delivery / collection service within the agreed service levels for the customer.

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  SUREFREIGHT LIMITED

  Nov 2010 - Jun 2013

  LGV1 Driver

  LGV1 driver - job role involved the delivery and collection of trailers from various ports within the UK for prestigious contracts. Ensuring goods are delivered and collected within timescale. This role involved nights away from home and customer facing skills.

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  John Macadam & Son

  Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

  Recovery Operative

  Superb customer care skills and ability to communicate effectively with the general public in stressful and difficult situations. Working with light or heavy vehicles. Recovering broken-down vehicles to garages or dealerships, Recovering vehicles involved in minor or major accidents and vehicles involved in crime. Using my initiative to resolve challenging situations.

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  SUREFREIGHT LIMITED

  Nov 2013 - Jan 2014

  LGV1 Driver

  LGV1 driver - job role involved the delivery and collection of trailers from various ports within the UK for prestigious contracts. Ensuring goods are delivered and collected within timescale. This role involved nights away from home and customer facing skills.

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  MULGREW HAULAGE LIMITED

  Jan 2014 - Oct 2014

  LGV1 Driver

  LGV1 driver - job role involved the delivery and collection of trailers from various ports within the UK for prestigious contracts. Ensuring goods are delivered and collected within timescale. This role involved nights away from home and customer facing skills.

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  SUREFREIGHT LIMITED

  Oct 2014 - Jan 2016

  DRIVER TRAINER/ASSESSOR

  Responsibility for tutoring and monitoring drivers to maintain and continue their driving career as HGV drivers within a company. I educate employees on how to drive using safe and fuel efficient driving techniques (SAFED); Developing and monitoring their skills and saving the company money by teaching them how to drive to a high standard and using fuel efficiency to maintain good profit within the company. My job role involves training new employees based upon their individual needs by training drivers in securing loads, Health and safety in the work place and use of vehicles in accordance with the Road Traffic Act. Show less

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  Aggregate Industries UK

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2021

  Hgv driver
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  N R EVANS TRANSPORT

  Oct 2017 - Oct 2021

  Training and Compliance Manager
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  Lancaster Training Services Ltd

  Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

  Driving Instructor
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  Cornerstone Hospitality, LLC

  Apr 2022 - Jul 2023

  Executive Director
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  Collett & Sons Ltd

  Jul 2023 - now

  • Driver trainer & assessor

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Driver trainer / assessor

    Jul 2023 - Jul 2023
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  Driver Hire Nationwide

  Feb 2024 - now

  Driver Trainer DCPC Instructor