Objective

3rd year Jewelry Design and Manufacturing student seeking employment in jewelry trade. Any advise about future studies and current requirements to further the possibility for employment would be appreciated.

Personal Details

Birth date:    31 July 1979

Gender:       Male

Status:        Single

Experience

1997-2000                  Central News Agency Ltd.                                       Plattekloof

Late Sales Employee

I had a very diverse field of duties at CNA as Late sales employee, from basic till work  to doing administration work for our branch.

I was chosen as late sales assistant that led to the development of leadership qualities.

Interpersonal & teamwork skills were drawn upon and improved through interaction with all levels of management and involvement in all aspects of the store.  This led to a promotion to Late Sales Manager in mid February 2000.

Experience gained:

§     Duties as late sales assistant; 

-          Supervision of late-sales staff when late sales manager was unavailable

-          Receiving of stock for branch

-          Merchandizing of stock

-          Setting up of promotional items

-          General house keeping

§     Comfortably interacting with customers and fellow employees

§     Duties as Late Sales Supervisor (mid February to date);

-          Management of staff of three

-          Cashing up of staff

-          Branch Daily Report

-          Solving of customer / staff disputes

-          Responsible for various departments

§     References: Brett Goselett 

                          (Manager –CNA Sonstraal),

                              Haroldine Dekel 

                              (Manageress –CNA Plattekloof),

                              +27 (021) 911 1030

Information Technology

Since 1997 I have had a keen interest in Information technology and have kept my knowledge up to date with changes in the industry and respective software titles.

Adobe Photoshop: Good understanding of photo editing

Microsoft FrontPage:  Good understanding of website development and maintenance

Windows 95/NT:  Confident in everyday use.

Hardware: Basic knowledge in repairing Intel based computer hardware.

Other Software: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint

Education

1998-1999                             Cape Technikon                               Cape Town

Jewelry Design and Manufacture

§     Passed the 1^st and 2^nd years (November 1998, November 1999).

-          Jewelry Design 1

-          Jewelry Drawing 1

-          Jewelry Techniques 1

-          Jewelry Theory 1

-          Jewelry Design 2

-          Jewelry Drawing 2

-          Jewelry Techniques 2

-          Jewelry Theory 2

1997                                  President High school                                                                     Goodwood

Matriculation 1997

§     Subjects:

-          Afrikaans 1^st Language HG

-          English 2^nd Language HG

-          Math SG

-          History HG

-          Art HG

-          Jewelry design and manufacture SG

Achievements

Student Tutor for Jewelry design 2 (February 2000) as well as Student Tutor for drawing 1 (February 2000).

Class Representative for Third year Jewelry design (March 2000).

Design and maintenance of Jewelry Design and Manufacture Workshop Website  on the Internet (March 2000)

Served on the student body in my senior year at high school (1997)

Functional summary

I am currently completing my third year with optimism. I have very good inter personal skills that could aid in any situation. I intend to further my studies with additional courses in gemology and would not waver at the prospect of studying in other fields, such as Website development and e-commerce.