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| Personal Details | |
| Title: Mr Surname: McCord First Names: Colin Kenneth Nationality: British Date of Birth: 26 March 1980 Nat. Ins. No: JM 08 ** ** * Marital Status: Single | Address: ** ***** **** *** Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. ******* Phone: (02828) ****** Email: colin.mccord@currantbun.com Website: http://website.lineone.net/~colin_mccord/ |
| Profile | |
| A first class bachelor of engineering in electronic systems graduate who is keen to find a position as an electronic / software engineer. One year’s industrial placement at FG Wilson has reinforced this ambition of becoming an engineer, it is clear that a career as an engineer is a challenging one but the rewards are high. For example the Modbus communication protocol that was developed for Access 4000 (FGW) was challenging, but when finished the satisfaction of seeing it working correctly after the weeks of problems is a tremendous felling of accomplishment, which make all the hard work seem worthwhile. Wide range of interest in all fields of engineering including mechanical, electrical, electronics and software. But with extreme ability and interest in digital & microprocessor electronics and computer programming (machine code, assembly, C, C++, BASIC, HTML). Reliable, punctual, always co-operative, hard working, thoughtful to others, team player, versatile and learns new tasks/skills quickly. | |
| Education | |
| Schools attended: 1998 – 2002 University of Ulster (Jordanstown Campus) 1996 – 1998 East Antrim Institute of Further & Higher Education 1991 – 1996 Larne High School 1984 – 1991 Moyle Primary School | |
| Qualifications | |||||
| Year | Course | Result | |||
| 2002 | BEng (hons) Electronic Systems | First Class | |||
| 2002 | Diploma in Industrial Studies | Commendation | |||
| 1998 | BTEC National Diploma in Engineering | 5 Distinctions, 11 Merits and 5 Passes | |||
| 1998 | AutoCAD City & Guilds | Pass | |||
| 1996 | GCSEs (Examining body CCEA, NEAB) | 6 GCSEs (5 Grade C or above) | |||
| Individual subject grades/marks are available on request. Alternatively, individual subject grades/marks are published on my website (‘NRA’ section then ‘qualifications’). | |||||
| Other Achievements | ||
| Passed Driving Test 26/08/1999 (Full, Clean, UK Licence) | ||
| Employment History | ||
| FG Wilson Engineering LTD Placement year of BEng (hons) Electronic Systems + DIS was spent here. Worked in department "Electronic Control Design" and was involved in the design of both software (C, Visual C++, etc...) and hardware (e.g. PCB Board). An example of a project successfully completed was the design of the ModBus communication protocol for the Access 4000 control panel. This included the design of a simple DOS based test program for testing the protocol, and a Windows based (Visual C++) master program used to demonstrate the capabilities of the ModBus communication protocol fully in a user friendly environment. D Engineering This was a full time summer job, which involved undertaking lots of different mechanical engineering practices. Including the use of drilling machines, a saw cutting machine, a punching machine, hand held angle grinders, mig welders, reading of technical drawings etc… This was a good learning experience, working with and sharing ideas with experienced engineers. Enjoyed it very much. Although the electronics & computer side of engineering is preferred and hope my future career is in this area. Camco International Spent one week working here for work experience. It was an enjoyable week and learned a lot about CNC lathes, CNC milling machines and precision instruments. | 24/07/2000 to 31/08/2001 Old Glenarm Road, Larne, Co. Antrim, BT40 1EJ Northern Ireland Tel: 44 (0) 28 2826 1000 Fax: 44(0) 28 2826 1111 Website: www.fgwilson.com 21/05/1999 to 25/09/1999 26/06/1998 to 29/08/1998 25/06/1997 to 28/08/1997 McKinney Complex, Hydepark Ind. Est., 54 Mallusk Road, Newtownabbey TEL: 02890 830483 9/10/1995 to 13/10/1995 Monkstown | |
| Skills | ||
| IT Skills: Engineering Skills: | MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Visio, Project, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, FrontPage), DOS, MS Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP, Unix, Linux, Apple, AutoCAD, CADSTAR, Protel, Paint Shop Pro, Adobe (Photoshop, PageMaker, Acrobat, Premiere), Macromedia (Flash, Dreamweaver), MS Visual C++ 6.0, Altera Max+plus II, PSpice, Electronic Workbench, Microchip MPLAB, Microwind, Borland Turbo C 3.0, gcc. Machine code, assembly, C, C++, BASIC, serial communications (i.e. protocol design), PCB design, report writing, soldiering, use of mulitmeters & oscilloscopes, circuit simulation, microprocessor / microcontroller design, basic amplifier design, FPGA, ASICS. | |
| Hobbies and Interests | |
| Enjoy most indoor activities like snooker, pool, amateur radio & swimming and enjoy many outdoor activities like cycling and fishing. Extremely interested and enjoy working with computers, this includes: computer programming (highlevel & lowlevel), website design, networking, basic computer applications, AutoCAD etc... Also extremely interested and enjoy working with electronics; this includes digital electronics and microprocessor electronics. A keen interest in most provisional sports including: F1, darts, tennis, snooker, pool and boxing. Enjoy watching engineering documentaries and sci-fi programs like Star Trek. | |
| References | |
| Available on request | |
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