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Skills Profile
Practical Experience
Since 2003 I have worked as a freelancer, trading as CARRIER-media supplying myself in the role of Gaffer along with a lighting van, loaded with lighting equipment. I am just as happy to join a team, without my equipment, and this will often be the case on larger features. I am often asked to join a team for a couple of days, for pre-lights, or derig’s, but am equally at home visiting a location to tie-in or prelight ahead of the main crew.
As an owner-operator, handling electrical equipment is second nature and a daily experience. Please see my Credits page for details of jobs undertaken. Excluded from this list are dry hires, tie-ins, daily’s and logistics support.
Team Working
On the location of a variety of film and television projects during recent years, I’ve worked with numerous teams of varying size and experience. To each, I have brought my high levels of professional workmanship and team awareness. Skills honed throughout my time in industry.
Organisational skills and the ability to plan and adapt to changing circumstances have proved invaluable, and I am known for my ingenuity in solving problems and improvisation to resolve obstacles.
Commitment to both the project and the team members has ensured numerous successful projects. Please see the Credits page for details.
Communication
As a freelance Gaffer or Spark I am called upon to meet clients, location owners or managers and members of the public on a daily basis. I am welcomed back to crews because of my positive, friendly and precise communication skills. Through email, telephone and in person.
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Although the practical aspects of my degree undertaken at university are almost a distant but fond memory, those tools are still valuable today as on a daily basis I gel into teams of varying sizes
From Location Technical Assessments to final invoicing, I seek to provide complete clarity, with the use of plain English, including detailed ‘Conformation’ email’s before commencing any job.
Information Technology
I am a fully qualified electrician, with qualifications for electronics and microelectronics with selected programming experience.
I am pleased to say that I have constructed this website from scratch and am competent in the Office suit of programs from Word to Excel. My professional training has enabled me to feel at home with new and unfamiliar technical equipment, problem solving on location camera, sound and power problems.
Additional Experience
While I would describe myself as a Gaffer or Spark on location, I’m also a PSV driver, and therefore comfortable at the wheel of a larger van (up to 7.5 tonnes) or similar navigating London’s streets or the open road. Occasionally, small crews are faced with minor construction problems and I’m not averse to a little door re-hanging, painting, electrical or mechanical repair, or sewing for that matter.
I’m a Balloon Technician working for and with both Airstar and Leelium Balloons.
I’m the holder of a Powered Access Licence enabling me to operate Mobile Elevating Work Platform types 3a and 3b.
I own a Portable Appliance Tester and can be called upon to check practicals or carry out periodic testing of equipment.
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