Curriculum Vitae Of

Christopher Collins

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Portland, Texas 78374 United States

361-***-****

abqua7@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: To obtain a position as a Health and Safety Coordinator,

Quality Control/Assurance or

Electronics/Avionics Technician with a growing,

innovative company.

PROFESSIONAL/WORK EXPERIENCE

Bradley's Inc. (United States)

Company Profile:

Manufacturing and maintenance of industrial electric motors, both AC and

DC. Bradley's Inc. is an EASA and ISO 9001 approved company.

JOB TITLE : Health and Safety Coordinator & QA Date : Aug 2011-

February 2013

Responsibilities:

. Ensuring company adheres to OSHA regulations.

. Monthly safety training.

. New employee safety orientation.

. Overseeing drug testing in accordance with DISA regulations.

. Scheduling Safety Council certification training for employees as

needed.

. Purchasing of safety equipment as necessary.

. Documenting injuries and accidents.

. Performing Safety Audits.

. Scheduling and ensuring calibration of test equipment.

. Development and maintenance of company asset database.

. Performing quality audits in accordance with company quality

procedures.

. Preparation for ISO 9001 Audits

. Quality Assurance

Qinetiq MOD (United Kingdom)

Company profile:

Maintenance of Aircraft and aircraft components for both the military and

civil markets. Qinetiq is an EASA approved company.

JOB TITLE : BAY SYSTEMS ENGINEER Date :

Oct 2009-Nov 2010

Responsibilities:

. Repair, test and development various components for both fixed wing

and rotary wing aircraft.

. Repairs down to component level.

. Test bench design, development and construction.

. Maintenance and calibration of test equipment.

. Certification of aircraft components.

. Problem solving and liaison with crew and customer.

. Final inspection of components.

. Working to the EASA approved regulations.

. Making sure monthly targets and A.O.G's are met. Repaired components

for Alpha Jet, Jaguar, Gazelle and Tornado.

Cobham Antennas (United Kingdom)

Company profile:

Maintenance and manufacture of Aircraft antennas for both the military

and civil markets. Cobham is an EASA approved and worldwide known

company.

JOB TITLE : QUALITY ENGINEER

Date : Feb 2009-July 2009

Responsibilities:

. Maintaining a high standard of quality within the company by doing

both internal and external audits.

. Ensuring calibration for all test equipment within the company.

. Raising CAR's within the company to ensure all procedures are

adhered to.

. Writing and updating new procedures within the Quality Manuals.

. Test equipment calibration.

. Writing and update of test procedures.

. Internal Audits.

. External Audits.

. Raising CAR's and follow-up.

. Liaison with client and customers.

. Calibration and maintenance of test cells.

. Audit reports and monthly audit meetings.

Denel Aviation (South Africa)

Company Profile:

Manufacture and maintenance of Aircraft and aircraft components for both

the military and civil markets. Denel is an EASA approved company.

JOB TITLE : WORKSHOP MANAGER (ORYX HELICOPTER DIVISION) Date : 2005-2008

CREW CHIEF

Date : 1996-2005

AIRCRAFT ELECTRONICIAN

Date: 1989-1996

APPRENTICE

Date: 1985- 1989

In my 23 years at Denel Aviation I worked in various capacities, such as:

. Ensuring helicopters are overhauled and serviced according to

specifications.

. Ensuring target dates are met.

. Budgeting for financial year.

. Quality assurance. Quality auditing (C.A.R's).

. Problem solving and liaison with crew and customer.

. Working to the EASA approved regulations.

. Ensuring A.O.G's and target dates are met.

. Health and Safety supervisor.

. Procurement and purchase requesting of spares.

. Inspection of components from arrival in workshop until departure.

. Certification of instrumentation - release to service.

. Issue of JAA Form one for airworthiness of components. (Later known as

EASA Form one).

. Repairs down to component level doing fault finding, soldering and

calibration, using schematic diagrams and aids such as oscilloscopes

and multimeters.

. Repairs to F.D.I's, Flight computers, Autopilots, Gyro's, Engine

control units, Yaw Damper computers, Course indicators, Flight

controls, Radio transmitters, Radio altimeters, radio transceivers

etc.

. Calibration and design of test equipment.

. Worked on ATEC (automatic test equipment centre).

. Repaired components for: C-130, Mirage, Grippen, Rooivalk, Puma, Super

Puma, Beechcraft, Falcon, Boeing 707 727 737, HS-125, Fokker F-28,

Cheetah (Kfir), Cessna, Lear jet and Dassualt.

. Insuring weekly checks on ESD. Adhering to ESD regulations.

. Acceptance and Environmental testing of components and PC boards.

. Vibration testing of aircraft components as well as temperature

testing.

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

National Technical Certificate 4 - Electronics

1987

Kempton Park Technical College

Johannesburg, South Africa

National Technical Certificate 5 - Electronics

1988

Kempton Park Technical College

Johannesburg, South Africa

Trade Test - Aircraft Electronics Technician

1989

Department of Manpower

Johannesburg, South Africa

National Technical Diploma- Aeronautical Engineering

1989

Kempton Park Technical College

Johannesburg, South Africa

Degree - Business Management

1998

Rand Afrikaans University

(Currently named University of Johannesburg)

Johannesburg, South Africa

Completed Training Courses (Certificates Available by Request):

Electronics(1987), Electricity (1987), Logic systems (1987), Workshop

practice (1987), Electrostatic Discharge, (1993 and 2000), Basic management

principles (University 1998), Civil Aviation regulations (2000), JAR 145,

(1999 and 2000), ISO 9000 (1995), Soldering course (1989), Internal quality

auditor (1996), Industrial relations, (Aug and Nov 1998), Health and Safety

(NOSA 2003), Human Factors (2010).

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Aircraft Electronics Test Equipment Calibration JAA Approved

Technician CAA Approved

Component level repairs Gyro - Super clean room

Health and Safety A.O.G. Target dates Workshop manager

Quality Assurance Workshop experience Customer Liaison

Test Equipment Design Procurement of spares Environmental

Calibration Control Asset Management testing

*References and certificates upon request.

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