Customer Service Technician

CURRICULUM VITAE

SRINIVASAN SONAIMUTHU

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Manamadurai, Sivagangai Dt,

Tamilnadu, India- 630606

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

Mobile: 009***********

Personal Statement:

I was working as a Food microbiology technician at ALcontrol Laboratories, Sheffield and also an

experienced Microbiologist with one year working for Kodai Dairy Products Pvt. Ltd. I am articulate

with excellent skills in Microbiological tests and methods, I am confident in taking up tasks

independently as well as being an enthusiastic team member. My attendance, timekeeping and

attitude have always been excellent and as a willing learner I would be pleased to undertake any

suitable training if required.

Work Experience:

From 18/10/2010 – 09/02/2012 - Food Microbiology Technician:

ALcontrol Laboratories, Sheffield – United kingdom

Testing of food products. Worked under UKAS (ISO 17025) standard, duty includes Sample

preparation, Calibrating, Chopping, Pre-enrichment of samples, Plating, Pouring, Incubating and

Subbing. Skills developed working under pressure, friendly, quality management, handling of more

than 4000 samples per day.

11/01/2006 – 31/01/2007- Kodai Dairy Products Pvt. Ltd. - India

Microbiologist

Testing of final product of cheese and the raw materials. Using techniques such as

Total plate Count Method (TPC), Mac. Conkey agar plate test, EMB agar plate test, staining,

Spectrophotometer, cheese stretching test.

6 months - The Apollo Hospitals – India

Laboratory Technician (Trainee)

Testing of Blood, Urine, Stool, Sputum, throat swabs, wound Swabs, etc,. Techniques used

such as various agar plate tests, Antibiotic Sensitivity Tests, HIV tests, Biochemical tests,

Tuberculosis tests, staining tests, ASO test, etc.,

15 days - National Institute of Communicable Diseases- India.

Trainee – On the Job Training

Testing and analysing of animal body samples. Techniques handled such as rat catching by using

specialized rodent traps, dissection, blood, liver, Pleas, etc, Testing the water samples throughout the

area of Coonor- India. Using techniques such as Quantitative and Qualitative tests - colliform count,

E.coli test, Total viable count, biochemical tests, Enterobacteriaceae test, Pseudomonas tests, MPN

method).

Education:

02/2008 - 11/2009 M.Sc Drug Design and Biomedical Science – Edinburgh Napier

University – Scotland (Rank – P2)

Practical Skills gained such as Designing and delivering methods of various drugs, Cell Culture, MTT

assay, Luciferase assay, Sterility testing, PCR, RT – PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, Extraction and

quantification of DNA and RNA, ELISA, SDS.

05/2003 – 06/2005 M.Sc Microbiology - Madurai Kamaraj University-India

(Rank- 72%)

Practical Skills gained include General Microbiology, Transformation, Centrifugation, Titrations,

Plating techniques, Immunological Techniques, Biochemical tests, microbial genetics, and

molecular biology.

06/ 2000 – 04/2003 B.Sc Microbiology spl. Immunology - Madurai Kamaraj

University-India ( Rank – 60%)

Practical Skills gained include microscopical analysis, staining, plating techniques, soil analysis, blood

test, urine test, sputum, stool analysis.

05/1998- 05/2000 Hr. Sec Studies - 21st Century International Matric Hr. Sec.

School – India (Rank – 66%)

Pure Science – English, Tamil, Zoology, Botany, Physics, Chemistry.

FINAL YEAR PROJECTS:

M.Sc Drug Design and Biomedical Science

Investigation into the Immunomodulatory Effects of Cannabinoids. The effects of cannabinoids on cell

lines was researched and analysed. This initially involved a significant amount of literature research,

before starting with the practical investigation. The key practical techniques were used - Luciferase

assay, MTT Assay, PCR, RT-PCR, Gel electrophoresis, Cell culture, Extraction and quantification of

DNA, RNA, and ELISA.

M.Sc Microbiology

Investigation into the Probiotic Studies on lactobacillus Spp. The Key practical techniques were used

- biochemical techniques, applied microbiology, genetic engineering, biotechnology, Immunology and

medical microbiology.

B.Sc Microbiology spl. Immunology

Investigation into the effect of resistance of chosen bacteria to selected heavy metals. The key

practical techniques were used - extraction, titration, spectrophotometer, Atomic absorption

Spectrophotometry, Anti microbial activity, etc,.

NON SCIENTIFIC WORK EXPERIENCE:

Service Assistant – Mother India Cafe, Edinburgh.

Responsibilities include customer service, food serving. Skil ls gained include working under

pressure and as a part of a team.

Oct 2008 – April 2010 - General Assistant with a supermarket ASDA.

Responsibilities included replenishment, customer service. Skills gained include working under

pressure and part of a team.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

Fluent in the English language (Passed IELTS with overall band – 6.0)

Good computer skills – MS office, excel, internet

Happy working either independently or as a part of a team

Strong communication skills

PERSONNEL INTEREST:

Cricket – Played for Morton Cricket Club (Edinburgh), Scotland, awarded as player Of the year (2nd

place) – 2009.

Cricket - Played for Treeton cricket Club, Treeton, Rotherham, England, UK.

Reading – Particularly science magazines.

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