Education & TrainingEducation: | | | 1960 - 1968 | Wade Deacon Grammar School, Widnes | 2 ‘A’, 6 ‘O’ Levels | 1968 - 1972 | University of Aston, Birmingham | BSc (Hons.) Metallurgy | Industrial Training (6 months each): | | | 1969 | British Steel, Shotton: Fuel Technology | | 1970 | Glynwed Steels: Rapid Heating | | 1971 | Lucas Group Research Centre: Rolling Fatigue | | Lucas Management Training Centre: | | | 1972 - 1974 | Statistics, Costing, Critical Path Analysis | | 1978 | Action Centred Leadership | | 1982 | Engineering Supervisors Course, Lucas Culture Study Group | | 1983 | Decision Making and Problem Solving | | 1984 | Computer Systems Courses | | 1985 | Finance for Engineers | | 1987 | Open Learning: Marketing for Managers, & Time Management | | 1988 | Meetings Management, Lotus 1-2-3, Supercalc | | 1989 | Effective Selling: MOTEC, High Ercal | certificate | Business Software: | | | 1990 | dBase IV 1st and 2nd level, ASSIST Training, Southport | | 1992 - 1993 | JBA Business 400 Software: data creation, MRP and Sales Analysis | | 1990 on | Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP; MS Small Business Server; Lotus SmartSuite R4, R5, 97, Millennium; MS Office 95, 97, 2000 Pro, XP; MS FrontPage 98; Adobe Acrobat; MS Project 95, 98, 2002; Linux Mandrake V7.0; Dreamweaver V2,V3, MX | | Marketing: | | | 1996 | Marketing skills and update | certificate | Various: | | | 1999 | Driving skills | certificate | 1989 to 1999 | Product Training: Gas Analysis, Diesel Smoke Analysis, Engine Analysis, Serial Diagnostics, ABS & Airbag Analysis | | 2004 | ECDL MS Access Advanced | | 2004 | Mambo CMS web site development | |
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