Mr Andrew Tooth
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Arrow Aerospace
April 2010 – Present
Contracting as an Aircraft Trimmer / Fitter.
All aspects of stripping down, repairing, modifying and trimming within aircraft cabins and on aircraft seating.
Vislink Communications
Oct 2009 – May 2010
Contracted as a Stores Person
Assisting a company re-locate their stores department from Chesham to Hemel. Also involved in
re-organising their stock control system.
May 2009 – October 2009
Unemployed and seeking work.
Thompson Fly
Oct 2008 to May 2009
Contracted as an aircraft trimmer.
Cabin & seat stripping, repair and refitting.
Aston Martins, Gaydon, Warwickshire
19/06/2008 to 03/08/2008
Contracted as trimmer in the interiors department.
Covering various interior car components in leather and alacantra for their range of prestige motor vehicles.
ATC Lasham, Southend Airport, Essex
03/03/08 to 06/06/08
Working as a trimmer/interior mechanic on Boeing 737 commercial aircraft and on Boeing 707/727 V.I.P
Carpets, tedlar, seats. Complete interior strip outs and refits
Self Employed Bathroom Fitter
21/07/07 to 02/03/08
Working as a bathroom fitter in Beds, Bucks and North London.
Removal, re-fitting and tiling on residential properties
Swiss International Airlines, Basle Airport, Switzerland.
17/07/07 to 18/08/07
Working as a cabin mechanic on BAE 146 and Avro RJ85/100 aircraft.
Complete interior strips, repairs and refitting of the aircraft seats, carpets, dado trimming, tedlar trimming
B.E Aerospace, Nissan House, Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
11/06/07 to 25/06/07
Working on in service British Airways 747's at Heathrow Airport.
Carrying out Service Bulletins and modifications on their new
Business Class seats.
ATC Lasham, Southend Airport, Southend, Essex.
21st May 2007 to 8th June 2007
Contracted as a Trimmer working mainly on Ryanair 737/800's.
Carpets, tedlar trimming, seat inspection and rectification, sidewall and dado removal/repair/refit and any
other interior associated tasks.
Aim Aviation (Henshalls Ltd) Acorn Ind Park, Byfleet, Surrey.
3rd January 2007 to 26th January 2007.
Working in the details section manufacturing various components for aircraft galleys using a variety of hand
and air-tools. These were manufactured out of plastics composites and aluminium from engineering drawings
Aerotech Ltd. Virgin Atlantic Hanger, Heathrow Airport London
21st December 2006 to 31st December 2006
Contracted in the Cabin Maintenance Department carrying out a check support on their fleet of 747 and
A360 aircraft, mainly consisting of seating inspection and rectification, changing of carpeting and cosmetic
rectification
Thomson fly, Hangar 61, London Luton Airport, Luton Beds.
1st October 2006 to 17th December 2006
Employed in the seat bay workshops on their winter maintenance programme.
This involved seat inspection , parts ordering, repair and preventative maintenance on the company’s fleet of
seats by Recaro, B. E aerospace, and Airline Interiors on Boeing 737, 757 and 767 aircraft
Hays Ltd, 23 Lower Belgrave Street, London SW1
31st July 2006 to 29th September 2006
Contracted to British Telecom and given in house training as Frames Engineer to the companies H1
accreditation
This was travelling between Telephone Exchanges and installing the wiring for Broadband, Standard PSTN
and Redcare .It also involved fault finding and rectification
Aim Aviation (Henshalls) Ltd, Acorn Ind Park, Byfleet, Surrey.
3rd July 2006 to 28th July 2006
Working in the Details section, from engineering drawings and using a variety of hand and air tools
manufacturing various parts for aircraft galleys out of metals, plastics and composites.
Thomson Fly, Hangar 61, London Luton Airport, Luton, Beds.
10th October 2005 to 2nd July 2006
Working in the Seat bay workshops on the winter maintenance programme.
Inspection, parts ordering, repair and preventative maintenance on the company’s variety of seating for their
fleet of 737, 757 and 767 aircraft.
Self Employed Bathroom Fitter.
31st May 2005 to 9th Oct 2005
Working on a sub-contract basis fitting bathroom suites in domestic
Properties in the Beds, Bucks and Herts area.
I had to remove old bathroom suites and showers then install the new systems, which included altering the
plumbing to accommodate the new suites, all floor and wall tiling, plastering, carpentry and any other
associated tasks.
Britannia Airways Ltd. Hanger 61, London Luton Airport, Luton, Beds.
1st October 2004 to 30th May 2005
Working on the winter maintenance programme on their 737/757 and 767 aircraft. Inspecting, ordering of
parts, the repair and preventative maintenance on their various types of aircraft seating systems in
accordance with company procedures and manufacturers C.M.M.s
GKN Aerospace. Percival Way, London Luton Airport, Luton Beds LU2 9PQ.
7th August 2004 to 30th September 2004
Working as a transparency technician manufacturing acrylic cockpit canopies for Jaguar and Tornado fighter
aircraft. The work involved setting formed canopies onto various jigs to be trimmed, spoke shaved and drilled
beforehand finishing them to the required standards.
Mercedes Mclaren Automotive, Mclaren Technology Centre, Woking, Surrey.
15th June 2004 until 6th August 2004
I was employed as an assembly technician working on the Mercedes Mclaren SLR Supercar. The work
involved the precision assembly of various mechanical and composite components and the installation of the
cars body panels.
Self Employed from 1st May 2004 until 14th June 2004
Working as an interior finisher on various housing projects in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire area.
Carrying out wallpapering, tiling, artexing carpentry and general decorating related jobs
Britannia Airways Ltd., Hanger61, London Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire.
1st January 2004 to 30th April 2004
I was working in the Seat bay Workshops overhauling their 990/111 and premium class unserviceable seats.
This involves inspecting the seat for mechanical and electrical defects, ordering the required new parts then a
complete strip down , clean and inspection of the framework carry out an I.F.E test then re-assembly in
accordance with the
Appropriate Component and Maintenance Manuals in readiness for refitting to the aircraft.
1st October 2003 to 31st December 2003
I was employed in the Cabin Interiors department working on their winter maintenance programme on their
fleet of Boeing 737,757 and 767- 200/300 aircraft. The work involved removal, inspection and rectification of
the seating. It also involved the removal, repair and reinstallation of sidewalls, dado panels and carpets and
any other interior related trimming tasks as required
AT&T/DT Industries, Tinge wick Road, Buckingham, Bucks.
8th September 2003 to 31st August 2003.
I was employed as a mechanical fitter on the sub-assembly and main assembly of precision components
used in the manufacture of hydraulic and pneumatic testing equipment.
KLM (UK) Engineering Ltd., Norwich Airport, Norwich NR6 6ER.
13th August 2003 to 16th August 2003.
Working in Woensdrecht,Holland, carrying out interior de-snagging on
refitted F100's prior to delivery.
Alstom Transport, Wolverton Works, Stratford Road, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Bucks.
14th July 2003 to 19th July 2003.
Employed as an interior fitter on old rolling stock, stripping the carriages, carrying out modifications , then
refitting the new style interiors ready to be returned into service
AT&T/DT Industries, Tingewick Road, Buckingham, Bucks.
2nd June 2003 to 11th July 2003.
I was employed as a mechanical fitter in the sub and main assembly of precision parts used in the
manufacture of hydraulic and pneumatic testing equipment.
Alstom Transport, Wolverton Works, Stratford Road, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Bucks.
7th April 2003 to 20th May 2003.
Employed as an interior fitter on the new Virgin Pendilino Trains. This involves stripping the new trains back
to a shell carrying out new design modifications and then refitting
ready to go into service. Most of the work is carried out on metals, plastic and composite materials using a
variety of hand and power tools.
Britannia Airways Ltd., Hanger 61, London Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire.
18th November 2002 to 4th April 2003.
I am employed in the Cabin Interiors Department on Britannia’s fleet of Boeing 737,757 and 767 200/300
aircraft. The work involves removal, refurbishment and refitting of the aircrafts seating using the appropriate
C.M.M.'s. It also involves the removal, refurbishment and refitting of the aircrafts interiors (floorboards,
sidewall panels, carpets etc.) and final trim and fit through the cabin
Aston Martins. Tickford St, Newport Pagnell, Bucks.
28th August 2001 to 15th November 2002.
Working on the Final Trim and Assembly Production Line on the new Aston Martin Vanquish. My duties
included body and panel prep-work, vehicle glazing, front end body panel fit and alignment to predetermined
specifications. My work also included fitting some of the car’s interior trim
Britax Contours Ltd, Eelmore Road Ind. Estate Farnborough, Hants.
18th June 2001 to 24th August 2001.
Working on the production of new aircraft seating. Most of the work carried out was for the new lighter
weight British Airways Concorde seat which entailed all aspects of the build .e.g. sub-assembly, panel fit,
dressing. During my time here i also worked on site at Heathrow Airport clearing any last minute
modifications or faults found prior to installation.
Britax Rumbolds Ltd, Stanhope Road, Camberley, Surrey.
12th February 2001 to 1st June 2001.
Employed in the cabin interiors department building 1st Class cabin interiors for various airlines(British
Airways, United Airlines ).The work involved soft and hard trim, sub-assembly, composite panel bonding and
assembly ,the fitting of electrical harnesses
through to the installation of the seating.
Reynard Aviation Ltd, Reynard Park, Brackley, Northants.
19th June 2000 to 2nd February 2001.
I was employed as a seat fitter building the new Virgin Upper Class Sleeper Seat. My work involved main
frame build, looming, panel and trim fit, covering and working alongside Virgin Atlantics inspectors
de-snagging prior to delivery.
F.L.S Aerospace Ltd, Stansted Airport. Essex.
3rd April 2000 to 28th May 2000.
My duties in the seating department were the removal, refurbishment and refitting of various types of
aircraft seating using the appropriate C.M.M.s and engineering drawings to return the seat as airworthy. I
was also employed in the trimming department where i
refurbished Dado panels, fitted carpets and trimmed galleys and toilets.
B.E, Aerospace, Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
19th July 1999 to 27th March 2000.
I was contracted to the Services department carrying out aircraft seat modifications and refurbishment on all
types of seating, the work was carried out in house and on customer’s premises/aircraft.
B.E.Aerospace, Seating Products Division, Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
11th December 1995 to 16th July 1999.
My duties were to build new aircraft seating from general assembly engineering drawings.
I worked on all stages in the process of their assembly from sub-assembly, mainframe,
I.F.E installation through to dressing and de-snagging and final electrical testing.
Most of the work was for major airlines to include Virgin, British Airways, KLM and
Cathy Pacific.
Also during my employment with the company I worked in the plastics department where I
was trained to run the companies Vac-forming machines and trimming machines for the
production of food trays and other related products, The above posts all required the competent use of a
variety of hand and air powered tools.
Whilst working for this company i also worked in the stores department. Working from picking lists I would
have to collate all the required parts and deliver them to their assigned department or prepare for shipment.
Education; Cedars Upper School, Mentmore Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.1981-1984
C.S.E. German-1, Chemistry-3, Physics-3, History-3, Maths-2, English-2, Design and
Technology-2.
O Levels. German-B, English Language-C, English Literature-C.
One Year Lower Sixth Form.1984-1985
C.E.E. Geography-3, French-3, Science and Technology-2, Commercial Art-3,
Business Maths-2, Business English-2.
Barnfield College Technology Center, Bedford Road, Luton. 2005-2006.
City And Guilds Carpentry And Joinery 6313/6312 - Distinction
I also have a good basic understanding of conversational German.
I am also qualified as a tiler and artexer.
Hobbies - Football, a qualified F.A Coach, Golf, Squash, Foreign Travel.
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