K-Jo O'Flynn

Experience

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  Bibury Trout Farm

  May 2016 - May 2017

  Fishing Assistant

  I was a fishing assistant for the 'Catch Your Own' experience at Bibury Trout Farm. This entailed good communications skills, fast thinking, monitoring groups of people and teaching specific skills to the visitors to catch their own fish. Other duties included monitoring and controlling stock in their gift store and also assisting in their restaurant whenever required.

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  Oxford Space Systems

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2021

  Apprentice M.A.I.T. Technician

  At Oxford Space Systems, I trained as a Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration, Testing, (M.A.I.T) Technician where I assembled deployable mechatronic structures for Space. This included manufacturing, assembling and testing the products that were being developed from start to finish through the company. As part of my apprenticeship I studied at the Manufacturing Training Centre (MTC) where I completed my Level 4 in Precision Engineering. Several of the projects I worked on included assembling and testing carbon fibre, deployable antennas. My college project was the design and manufacture of a carbon fibre bass guitar. Show less

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  Cranfield University

  Dec 2017 - May 2018

  National Apprenticeship Competition

  In my first year of my Aerospace Apprenticeship I participated in a competition called 'National Apprenticeship Competition'. With a team of 7 we had to design and develop a transportable vehicle for Mars. With only 6 months to design and develop from scratch, we created a vehicle for Mars that had three floors, that could accommodate 8 astronauts and could survive 45 martian sols. In managing the team I was responsible for coordinating all the information and organising the final report. I also supported each member of the team with different research areas from life support to the mechanical side. Through our wonderful team work, we ended up with first place in the 2018 Cranfield National Apprenticeship Competition. Show less

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  OxLEP Skills

  Mar 2019 - Jul 2021

  Oxlep Ambassador

  Throughout my apprenticeship I became an Oxlep Ambassador. With this role I travelled to different schools presenting and teaching about my career and future career opportunities. I also participated in talking libraries promoting apprenticeships. This was an opportunity for students to gain knowledge about apprenticeships, engineering or even about their next steps in their education.

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  Guardian News & Media

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

  Documentary

  In the 3rd year of my apprenticeship, The Guardian Newspaper gave me the wonderful opportunity of having a mini documentary made about my life and my Aerospace career. It was such a motivational and rewarding experience.

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  Changing Lives

  Mar 2021 - now

  Bookkeeper

  In addition to my primary role, I have undertaken the responsibility of overseeing the bookkeeping at the charity shop 'Changing Lives'. My role includes organising their accounts, updating their monthly bookkeeping and concluding the closure of the accounts at the end of each tax year.

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  Oxford Dynamics

  Oct 2021 - now

  Cyber Security and Operations Manager

  I'm a Cyber Security and Operations Manager at Oxford Dynamics. My key jobs are in safeguarding and implementing cyber security procedures and ensuring smooth operational processes are up to date.