Arslan

Student of chemistry aiming to achieve 1st class Master’s degree. Currently working for a year as a placement student in Lloyd`s Register as a part of my fourth and final year. A team player, with good attention to detail and strong communication skills. Highly passionate and ambitious to apply the skills attained at university in a working laboratory within the world of Chemistry.

I like to read sports autobiographies. I also like going to the cinema and trying different types of food in restaurants with friends. I am a passionate traveler as I like to meet new people and learn about different cultures. Recently I visited Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, Holland and Pakistan.

Availability: available to travel on weekends (11:00 am-10:00 pm), can teach from home 5:30 pm-10:30 pm (Monday to Thursday) and 8:00 pm-11:00 pm Friday

Willing to travel: 30 miles

Experience: July 2018 – present (Lloyd`s Register GMT, Redcar)

•Handling a research project regarding sulphur content in fuels
•Calibrations and maintenance of GC-MS and GC
•Sample analysing on mass spectrometer
•Regular fuel sample testing on IR and NIR`s (Near Infrared spectroscopy)
•Testing samples on HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography)
•Presenting a report on weekly basis regarding my research and sample analysis

27 Jan 2017 – July 2018 (Tesco extra, Bradford)

•Get to know our customers, greet them with a smile and serve them with pride
•Extensive experience of working in teams, including encouraging team members in order to reach a common goal
•Take time to listen and help out wherever customers need me
•Make decisions that are right for our customers.
•Always on time and properly presented.

April 2013 – October 2016 (Kebabish Originals Restaurant, Blackburn)

•Served food to customers and provided a friendly service
•Remained calm when working under pressure during the busy weekend shifts
•Regularly demonstrated flexibility in relation to working hours when asked to stay on to cover shifts due to staff shortage
•Enhanced spoken communication skills through serving customers. This role involved listening to the customers’ needs and responding in a clear and concise manner, often having to change the way in which I communicated to suit the individual

June 2017 (2 weeks) (UNILEVER, LEEDS)
•Gained experience in the operation, calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment and analytical instrumentation. I worked within the GMP environmental laboratory where they carried out HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography), GC (gas chromatography) and GC-MS (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry) systems

VOLUNTARY WORK

A week of a work experience in a Boots pharmacy which helped me to learn how to deal with different types of people who came into the pharmacy. Pharmacy experience helped me enhance my organisational skills as well as my team work and communication skills through working with nearly 7 volunteers and members of the public