Edward Chambers
Edinburgh EH6
edchambers101@outlook.com
07818864874

Conscientious and industrious, all work I take part in is carried out with attention to detail. I like to enjoy life and I’m easy going and good natured. I have done well over the years to obtain my driving licences and I’m very careful in my work, and particular about completing paperwork.
My hobbies include Chess, reading, walking and I follow two wheeled motorsport. I’m looking for tramping work with CE trucks, so I can save money and continue to travel.
Willing to relocate: Anywhere

WORK EXPERIENCE

HGV CE Driver
D R Macleod – Glasgow
June 2017 to August 2018
Driving CE vehicles to Skye and Ullapool. Mainly refrigerated trailers, with the occasional bulk tipper / tanker / flatbed on the way back down to the Glasgow depot. Customers included Coop, Tesco and Iceland.

Agency Driver, multiple categories
Driver Hire, Edinburgh City – Edinburgh
October 2016 to May 2017
Working as an agency driver for Driver Hire, Edinburgh City. I have driven 3.5t vans, 3.5t fridge vans, 12t pick ups, 12t fridges, class C curtain side wagons, articulated fridges, and bulk tippers etc in the three months that I have worked with Driver Hire. Very interesting work due to the variety and differing locations.

CE Driver / D Driver / Tractor driver
Erkin Omurtak Trading Ltd – Cyprus Station –
May 2015 to June 2016
buses, tractors, loaders and combine harvesters for Erkin Omurtak Trading Ltd in North Cyrpus.
Daily duties included feeding his substantial herd of milk cows in the morning and the evening, after each session of milking. Feeding the bulls with a wheat, soya and maize mix, making sure the warehouse was clean, receiving new products for storage, and general maintenance of the vehicles used.
Interim period spent travelling: Germany, Spain, Morocco, Holland

CE Driver
DGT Transport – Leicester
March 2013 to October 2013
Leicester. Duties involved cleaning of vehicle, pre use safety checks, fueling vehicle and all manner of loading and unloading. General haulage, involving transporting loads of paper, cardboard, Industrial Carousels, various other projects including floodlights for the new Commonwealth Games hockey stadium in Glasgow, and grandstands for the 2013 Open Gold Tournament.

CE Driver
NFT Distribution Ltd – Crick
July 2007 to February 2013
for NFT Crick, sub-contracting for Sainsbury’s supermarkets. Delivering chilled produce to supermarkets and making collections from suppliers. National work, including supplying to and collecting from Regional Distribution Centres. Duties included loading and unloading trailers on particular jobs, safety checks and fueling of vehicles, making sure all paperwork is signed for and document numbers registered on worksheets. Adherence to tachograph law and working time directive.
I have also worked for Confidence Buses in Leicester and for Moreton Developments Ltd, Scotland.

EDUCATION

GCSE’s in English
Ratcliffe College – Syston
1986 to 1991

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENCES

ADR Licence (Carriage of Dangerous Goods)
June 2017 to June 2022
Core, Tanks & Packages. Groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Key Skills:

➢ Current photo card driving license and digital tachograph card, 3 points SP30
➢ Driving capabilities range from cars through to buses and coaches, rigids and artics.
➢ Driver CPC compliant through ’til September 2019
➢ ADR license holder, including Tankers, excluding explosive & radioactive categories
➢ Extensive knowledge of Road Transport Directive and Working Time Regulations
➢ Cash handling, receipt production and delivery note processing
➢ Good customer service and communication skills
➢ Owner of Euro Truck Sat Nav GPS system with low bridge warnings
➢ Well developed computer skills, word processing, spreadsheets etc
➢ Typing speed of 40 wpm+

Vocational Qualifications:

➢ RSA Stage 2 in Text and Word Processing (Distinctions)
➢ EMFEC Visual Basic Accreditation (Distinction)
➢ City & Guilds QBasic Programming (Pass)
➢ City & Guilds ‘C’ Programming (Pass)
➢ RSA CLAIT Computer Literacy (Distinction)
➢ NVQ Level 2 Driving LGV (CE)