Ben Bradshaw
Clifton
Summary
An accomplished and highly experienced glass sprayer and joiner with years of proven success in various roles and sectors including construction, facilities management, manufacturing, and home refurbishment. A natural team player who produces outstanding levels of customer service by focusing on high standards of safety, quality, and manufacturing. An adaptable and resilient team member who has the resolve and strength to drive projects from start to finish. A talent for communication; with an ability to solve problems through strong and decisive action. A professional with a wide scope of skills including Health and Safety , Roofing and Quality Controls, inspiring others by setting the highest of professional standards for themselves.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Production Worker/Mixer (Agency)
ANTONELLI BROTHERS
2025.03 - 2025.12
- A committed reliable and adaptable agency worker for Antonelli Brothers who manufacture and ship premium ice cream cones.
- A dependable production worker running various production lines.
- Carefully hand pack finished products, following all Food safety, Health and Safety and GMP standards to a high level.
- Fully able to carry out core warehouse activities such as hand palletization, wrapping and dispatch.
- Trained in mixing process from weighing out raw materials to quality control.
Production Worker (Agency)
PZ Cussons
2023.03 - 2025.01
- A reliable and adaptable agency worker for PZ Cussons, a major British manufacturer of personal healthcare products and consumer goods.
- A dependable production worker, supplying bottles to several PZ Cussons converter lines.
- Carefully hand pack finished products, following all Health and Safety and GMP standards to a high level.
- A strong team player who delivers on all personal standards of performance (attendance, quality, housekeeping, and conduct) whilst strengthening the PZ Cussons brand by demonstrating company values and behaviours.
- A high performing individual ensuring stock levels are maintained as well as identifying stock issues that would otherwise negatively impact on company performance.
- Fully able to carry out core warehouse activities such as goods receipting and labelling.
- Trained in required generic Health and Safety policies and procedures (manual handling, risk assessments etc.)
Glass Sprayer
SIGNATURE SPLASHBACKS
2018.09 - 2023.03
- An established and professional glass sprayer for Signature Splashbacks, a family run business, supplying glass to the kitchen and bathroom trade, business, and private residential clients.
- Successfully completed a 1-year Glass Spraying Apprenticeship, passing all practical and theory examinations.
- Carefully applied spray to glass splash backs of various sizes, colours, and finishes. Playing a vital role on varying types of projects across the UK (commercial premises to high-end apartments).
- Responsible for process quality controls, overseeing the packing and dispatching of finished goods.
- Applied a robust set of stock controls, ordering and rotating stock of raw materials to meet customer demands whilst keeping waste to a minimum.
- Demonstrated a passion to learn, increasing value to the team. Quickly taking on the role of templating and fitting service, including working with granite surfaces.
- SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS: THE UK’S FIRST IN ‘SPRAY TOP’ MIRRORS
- “Whilst working at Signature, the company launched a new product of spray top mirrors. My role was to quality check the material as it arrived on site and then apply a sprayed finish to the mirrored surface. This was a unique offering in the sector which gave the company significant financial reward. I was selected to learn how to apply the finish by hand and became the only employee able to successfully do so. This was a manual application that the firm was not able to replace once I left the company.”
Joiner (Apprenticeship)
PROACTIVE FM
2017.09 - 2018.03
- A self-employed apprentice joiner for Proactive FM, a Manchester based multi-disciplined Facilities Management services provider.
- Provided high quality carpentry services within residential and commercial projects, including the fitting of kitchens, and general property upgrades and repairs.
- Applied a strong attention to detail, with a ‘right first time’ ethos on all projects.
- Accurate in all measurements, quantifying and procuring materials where necessary with minimal waste.
- Confident in working with the public, establishing relationships that builds reassurance and satisfaction with the service.
- Complied with strict Health and Safety standards, with all projects being delivered with zero safety incidents.
Joiner (Apprenticeship)
CARILLION PLC
2016.06 - 2017.09
- An energized and positive apprentice joiner employed by Carillion PLC, a British multinational construction and facilities management service company.
- A quick learner, listening to project leaders and learning how to produce high quality joinery work on all assignments. Gaining a Level 1 Joinery Diploma.
- Awarded Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) cards, holding both the Trainee and General Labour Green Card.
- Adaptable and resilient, being assigned to multiple Carillion projects including full roof renovations, window removal and fitting, second fix and general repairs, all worked to exceptionally high standards.
Education
GCSE’s - English and Mathematics
The Swinton High School
Greater Manchester 2011.01 - 2016.04
Skills
- Multiple Construction Skills (Joinery Spraying)
- Surface Spraying and Fitting
- Process Management
- Health and Safety
- Production Worker
- Mixer
- Hand Packing
- Warehousing
- Technical
- Construction Skills Certification Scheme Cards (Trainee and General Labour)
- Spray Applications (all surfaces)
- Joinery (all elements)
- Quality Controls
- Project Management
- Stock Controls
- Working With Hazardous Material
- Working With The Public
- Formal Training
- Glass Spraying
- Joiner (Level 1)
- Working In Confined Spaces
- Working At Height
- Controlling of Hazardous Substances
- First Aid
- PPE
- Lone Working
- Personal
- Communication (Verbal and Written)
- Positive Outlook
- Strong Attention To Detail
- Quality Orientated
- Team Focused
- Resilient
- Quick To Learn
- Reliable
- Driven
- Able To Work Autonomously
CAREER GOALS: MULTI-SKILLS AND NATURAL LEADER
- “Over the years I have developed very strong skills in a wide variety of roles, which I am confident will add value to many teams and organizations.
- I have also played a leading role in many of the jobs that I have done. This is as a result of my ability to take on additional responsibility, strong communication skills, and willingness to find improvements in the ways of working. I therefore am now looking to maximize that strength in my next opportunity.”
Timeline
Production Worker/Mixer (Agency)
ANTONELLI BROTHERS
2025.03 - 2025.12
Production Worker (Agency)
PZ Cussons
2023.03 - 2025.01
Glass Sprayer
SIGNATURE SPLASHBACKS
2018.09 - 2023.03
Joiner (Apprenticeship)
PROACTIVE FM
2017.09 - 2018.03
Joiner (Apprenticeship)
CARILLION PLC
2016.06 - 2017.09
GCSE’s - English and Mathematics
The Swinton High School
2011.01 - 2016.04