James Elliott

House builder

i built 3 houses from scratch that included everything from the building all the way to the electrical.

Manager

i managed and ran the guesthouses that i built running a budget and managing the people that worked there and maintaining the property. Had to show employees how to do the job that was required of them according to how we needed it done.

Mechanic

i have 2 alison courses i completed using alison courses for mechaincs, I have rebuilt cars including engines and even generator motors and lawnmowers. I owned a mitsubishi lancer that converted from a automatic gearbox to a Manual gearbox and drove it for 6 months then sold it to get new project car. i,ve fixed so many cars from the age of 10 working alongside my dad.

Boiilermaker work

I built braaiers, Gates, window frames, door frames, Knives.I ran a knive making business in Zambia that didn't pick up but i made about 3 knives that worked and the rest i lost interest in.

Wood working

I built a gun stock with a dried peice of wood. I've built Knive handles for knives that i made myself and made Furniture and all sorts of things like guitar stands, picket fences, tables, bows.

Electrician

From the age of 16, i worked for my uncle as a electrician where he tough me alot. I worked for about a year. He tough me all there is to know from houses all the way to machinery. Managing, maintaining and knowing each tool was also part of the job. I started work at 7am working till sometimes 6pm and sometimes 8pm with only a break at arround 12pm.

IT

I've built 3 gaming pc that included all the way fromm software to hardware, Done windows installs on systems that wasnt even supported all the way to installing drivers on arround 20 computers laptops included. I ran a computer business for arround 5 months where i bought computers second hand then fixed tham to sell for a Profet. I built gaming comuters and sold for a profet. Rebuilt many laptops and desktop computers.

General maintenance and stuff

Done many general mainenance arround houses and cars running on tight budgets. i play guitar, drums, bass guitar and have started to play other instruments like piano and violin.

Langauges

Afrikaans, English

Mechanical Engineering