Name ------------ Robert Peter Rands BSc.
Date of Birth -- 16th March 1948.
Address --------- San Bartolome, Lanzarote.
Hobbies --------- Astronomy, Physics, Jogging.
Interests -------- Reading Sci-Fi, Computing, Internet Chess.
Education ------ 1959-1963 Manor Secondary Modern.
Certificates ---- Certificate of Secondary Education. Gained 7 Credits and 4 Passes.
Colleges -------- 1963-1965 Wulfrun College of Further Education, studied City & Guilds Mechanical Engineering for 1 year.
Also City & Guilds Electrical Engineering for 1 year.
1966-1969 Dudley Technical College studied City & Guilds Electrical Instalations for 3 years.
1973 Completed a two week residential course to qualify as a High Tension Electrician.
1975 Gained Dipolma as Electronic Technician.
1979-1981 Attended evening classes at Walsall Technical College acheivimg certificates in,
Industrial Electronics,
Electronic Fault Diagnosis,
Microprocessors and Computing.
Also attended residential courses on Numerical Controls, Solid State Electronics, Industrial Sensors.
1989 Became a member of MENSA
Employment
Stewarts & Lloyds Limited Bilston Iron & Steel Works.
26/08/1963 - 16/03/1968 Served apprenticeship.
16/03/1968 - 23/06/1979 worked as electrician for 5 years and as electrical forman for 6 years.
Equipment worked on included a 4 megawatt and a 2.5 megawatt generator,
electric motors from fractional horse power up to 5,600 horse power.
A blast furnace, 7 open hearth furnaces, in excess of
80 overhead cranes up to 170 ton capacity.
Voltages worked were from a few volts through 33,000 volt breakers up to 80,000 volt precipitators.
1979 - 1980 Hickenbottoms Bakery, Wednesbury.
Plant Engineer, responsible for electrical and mechanical repairs to the plant.
1980 - 1981 Brockhouse Transmissions, Hilltop, West Bromwich.
Maintenance Electrician repairing and maintaining computerised numerical controlled machines.
1981 - 1995 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Stafford Road, Wolverhampton.
High Tension Electrician maintaining and fault finding on all equipment used in the manufacture of tyres.
1995 - 2013 Moved to Lanzarote to live, working as a self employed electrician.
2013 Retired
