Christopher Cassidy
Driver/Labourer Refuge Collection – Cleansing Dept. – Glasgow City Council
Castlemilk, Glasgow, UK
chris-c-94@hotmail.com
0141 634 3878

WORK EXPERIENCE

Driver/Labourer Refuge Collection
Cleansing Dept. – Glasgow City Council – Glasgow, UK
October 2014 to Present
Responsibilities:
• Driving class 2 RCV when required to do so by management
• Making sure the HGV is road worthy and free from defects
• Moving bags, wheelie bins and recycling bins and boxes
• Using the hoist mechanism to tip the waste from bins into the RCV lorry
• Throwing plastic bags into the back of the RCV lorry
• Crushing the waste sorting recyclable materials at the kerbside
• Guiding the driver safely around the streets
• Reporting any problems with waste collections
• Helping to unload the waste at designated facilities
• Recording the amount of waste collected

HGV Driver
Glasgow City Council
October 2014 to Present
Driver Winter Maintenance – Roads Depot
Gartcraig
October 2016 to March 2017
Responsibilities:
• Driving Class 2 De-mountable Gritters/Tippers and permanent mounted Gritters
• Driving Class 2 Events vehicles i.e. laying out cones,
• Driving Class 2 Gully vehicles i.e. clearing drains
Temp assignment now finished, back to Cleansing depot.

Horticulture Apprenticeship
Glasgow City Council
September 2011 to September 2014
Responsibilities:
• Sowing seeds and planting bulbs and ornamental plants
• Growing plants from cuttings and by grafting
• Taking care of plants – watering, weeding, pruning, feeding and spraying
• Mowing grass, cutting dead growth and branches, and general tidying
• Laying paths and looking after ornamental features
• Part of a team that looked after the Linn Cemetery/ Crematorium
• Pass in NPTC Level 2 – Safe use of pesticides
• Pass in CSCS Card

EDUCATION

English, Mathematics, Spanish, Geography, Music, Art & Design
St. Margaret Mary’s Secondary School
August 2007 to June 2011

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I’m highly motivated to move forward in my career as you can see from below I have gained my class 1 and 2 heavy goods license on my own and this is the direction I see and want for my working career to go in, and hopefully given the chance this can come to fruition.

Key Skills

• Full UK Drivers License
• Cat C, Class 2 Heavy Goods License – Driver Qualification card CPC Card – Digital Tachograph Holder
• Cat C+E Class 1 Heavy Goods License