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Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
Accomplishments
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Andrew Jolliffe

Stonehaven

Summary

Since the start of my journey at Finnies the Jewellers I can confidentiality say I am a dependable and resourceful worker. I really enjoy being productive and being the best version of myself in the work place, Whether that be working on my own tasks or working collectively as a group with my colleagues. Although I enjoy my work at Finnies the Jewellers and have a great relationship with my workshop colleagues it has always been a dream of mine to progress into the car industry as that is where my true passion lies, especially with high performance and elegant vehicles.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Watch technician & Jeweller's Workshop Assistant

Finnies The Jewellers
Aberdeen , Aberdeen City
06.2021 - Current

My role within Finnies the Jewellers is to support the repairs department within its on site workshop as a watch technician. I am responsible for the maintenance of customers watches and ensuring the shop stock watches are finished to the highest possible standards and maintaining perfect time keeping.

  • Battery replacements and reseals, water depth testing
  • Case, bracelet and clasp refurbishment
  • Ultrasonic and steam cleaning
  • Testing and tolerance timekeeping
  • Undertaking repairs and fitting parts
  • Report to the workshop manager of any defects and corrective attention required

To further enhance my role within the workshop I also provide support to our team of jewellers assisting with any jewellery repairs.

  • Clean and checks
  • Polishing
  • Rhodium plating
  • Stone security
  • Unsetting stones
  • Testing metals to determine if precious or base metal
  • Testing stones to determine if natural, synthetic
  • 3D scanning casted items
  • Finishing new items upon arrival to be ready for hand over to customer.
  • Updating customer records with notes and estimates



Junior Tennis Coaching Assistant

Stonehaven Tennis Club
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
08.2017 - 07.2021

I started my journey as a junior tennis coach assistant along side playing at the club, I started because I wanted to help the coaches during their sessions and expand my commitment to the club. I would go straight from school and aim to be there early before anyone else to allow myself time to set up and let the coaches prepare to take their classes. I would assist them during the session if they needed an extra hand.

  • Arriving early for set up
  • Setting up nets
  • Handing out rackets
  • Assisting in demonstrations
  • Responsible for tidying up and making sure everything was put back correctly the way it was collected from

Education

SCQF level 6 - Sports Development

Mackie Academy
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
05.2021 - 06.2021

SCQF Level 5 - Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mackie Academy
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
05.2019 - 04.2020

SCQF Level 5 - Physical Education

Mackie Academy
Stonehaven
05.2019 - 08.2020

SCQF level 5 - Practical Woodworking

Mackie Academy
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
05.2019 - 08.2020

SCQF Level 5 - English

Mackie Academy
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
05.2020 - 08.2021

SCQF Level 5 - Engineering Skills

Mackie Academy
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
05.2020 - 08.2021

SCQF Level 4 - Geography

Mackie Academy
Stonehaven
05.2019 - 08.2020

SCQF Level 4 - History

Mackie Academy
Stonehaven
05.2019 - 08.2020

SCQF Level 4 - Maths

Mackie Academy
Stonehaven
05.2019 - 08.2020

Skills

  • I'm used to working on my own initiative with minimal supervision
  • Pay close attention to detail and implement necessary work to industry standards
  • I take pride in my work and get real satisfaction from completing a professional job
  • Enjoy supporting my work colleagues to meet deadlines and achieve targets
  • Enjoy being entrusted with customers high value products to implement necessary repairs / tests
  • Patience and persistence working with small parts
  • Customer service-oriented

Affiliations

  • Cars - I love driving and helping friends with repairs
  • Golf - 2nd year membership with Aberdeen city
  • Gym - Puregym member
  • Will also play any racket sport when the opportunity arises

Certification

Full and clean Driving License


Accomplishments

In March of 2024 I attended a 3 day General watch repair course that took place at the jewellery academy in Bridlington. It involved us listening to the course leader and watching how he preformed operations, then we would demonstrate we understood how to carry out the procedure properly and to a high standard. I thoroughly enjoyed the course as it gave me a bigger understanding to the whole process of watchmaking and it gave me a broader skill set to incorporate into my job.


In February 2025 I attended a diamond course that was held at Finnies the Jewellers. This course gave me a whole different perspective on how to look at diamonds - the colour, clarity and what the carat of the stone is and even to determine what type of cut the stone was. I thoroughly enjoyed this course as It gave me far a better insight on how diamonds are far more complex than I ever thought and how fascinating they really are.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Watch technician & Jeweller's Workshop Assistant

Finnies The Jewellers
06.2021 - Current

SCQF level 6 - Sports Development

Mackie Academy
05.2021 - 06.2021

SCQF Level 5 - English

Mackie Academy
05.2020 - 08.2021

SCQF Level 5 - Engineering Skills

Mackie Academy
05.2020 - 08.2021

SCQF Level 5 - Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mackie Academy
05.2019 - 04.2020

SCQF Level 5 - Physical Education

Mackie Academy
05.2019 - 08.2020

SCQF level 5 - Practical Woodworking

Mackie Academy
05.2019 - 08.2020

SCQF Level 4 - Geography

Mackie Academy
05.2019 - 08.2020

SCQF Level 4 - History

Mackie Academy
05.2019 - 08.2020

SCQF Level 4 - Maths

Mackie Academy
05.2019 - 08.2020

Junior Tennis Coaching Assistant

Stonehaven Tennis Club
08.2017 - 07.2021
Andrew Jolliffe