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Graham Charles Styles |
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APPLIED SKILLS
Computer Skills: I have had much experience with
general applications such as Microsoft Office and have frequently used Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, and Access for the presentation of
work, collections management and the manipulation of data. I am also more than
familiar with email software such as Outlook and Pegasus, desktop
publishing with Paint Shop Pro and Publisher and over the past
few years have taught myself web design and programming to a competent level
using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. At times I have used more
specialised graphic design software such as POV-Raytracing and
geological software including Stratabugs.
Communication skills: I am confident in verbal
communication skills, having given numerous presentations to seminar groups
both at Sheffield and Portsmouth University. I work well within groups and have
developed good interpersonal skills leading mapping teams and contributing to
class seminars
I have also developed excellent written and visual communication skills
having submitted many essays and reports during my education and employment. I
have also presented work in a variety of media including web-based and poster
formats.
Organisational skills: I am systematic and competent in
work in which I undertake, having worked within an office enviroment both
recently and some years previously. I have managed complete processing projects
as a geophysicist and mapping teams during university fieldwork. Whilst
employed as a geophysicist I often trained new employees in data processing and
analysis. I have also prepared, curated and databased my own, museum and
university palaeontological collections.
Research skills: As a result of my degree, notably my
dissertation, other studies and employment, I am an experienced and competent
researcher, both in the field and using analytical techniques, literature and
media resources such as the Internet.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Museum Assistant
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery - February 2003 to 2004
Since February of last year I have often spent a few days per week
working on the Natural History collections and new gallery of Maidstone Museum
with Prof. Ed Jarzembowski. I have been involved in the curation, cataloguing
and verification of specimens, updating the collections database, remedial work
on damaged specimens, preparation and conservation of much material from
Aylesford, East Peckham and the Fremlin’s Walk Development, Maidstone.
My work in Maidstone has undoubtedly given me valuable hands-on
experience in collections administration, management, preparation and
conservation of specimens and of working within the museums environment.
Agency Employment
New Appointments Group, Maidstone – Early 2004
Earlier this year I
undertook some administrative agency work alongside my work at Maidstone
Museum. This entailed temporary jobs for private companies and also Kent County
Council. Duties included preparation and packing of catalogues for
distrubution, record documentation, data entry, filing and other general
administrative tasks.
I have also in the past worked for
other agencies, primarily when a student, and took on a wide variety of manual,
warehousing and mailroom jobs
Gardening Business
S.E. Surrey and Sheffield - Intermittently to Present
Having established and kept a client base in my local area, I have often
run my own gardening business to earn a good income at many times and also
part-time when a student.
MSc Palynology
University of Sheffield - Autumn 2000 to Summer 2001
Postgraduate course in the study of fossil pollen and it’s
application to the petroleum industry.
Although completing and passing the taught component of this course, I
withdrew before completion as I felt that a career in palynology was not my
most suitable course of action.
BSc
(Hons) Palaeobiology and Evolution
University of Portsmouth (Upper Second Class Honours) - Autumn 1997
to Summer 2000
Degree course in the study of fossils, extinct life and the
processes of evolution. The course had a wide-ranging area of study in the
fields of geology, biology, ecology and earth history. A great amount of
fieldwork was undertaken both in the UK and further afield in Europe.
My final year dissertation covered working and disused clay pits in the Weald Clay of Surrey and Sussex and also detailed the discovery of a small dinosaur from Horsham. This has received much professional interest, has been archived at Booth Museum of Natural History [Brighton] and has been published online.
Assistant Geophysicist
Digital Exploration Ltd, East Grinstead, W. Sussex - October 1990 to
December 1992
A data processing company producing seismic sections on contract from
various major clients in the petroleum industry. My position entailed processing
data from seismic surveys, applying numerous software treatments and producing
finished sections. Whilst working at the company I gained more and more
responsibility and eventually personally managed the processing of a survey
project contracted from Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. I also learnt computer
programming from the company network and taught myself to build databases for
each project and to write programs producing batch files, improving the
efficiency of the various processing techniques.
Secondary School
Education
Oxted County School, Surrey - Autumn 1984 to Summer 1990
Two ‘A’ Levels (Geology and Physics) and eight GCSEs (Maths, Physics,
Geology, Geography, History, Art, Biology and English).
REFERENCES
Prof. Edmund
Jarzembowski
Keeper of Natural History
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery,
St. Faith’s Street,
Maidstone,
Kent.
ME14 1LH
Tel: 01622 754497
E-mail: edjarzembowski@maidstone.gov.uk
Dr. Michael J. Barker
(Dissertation supervisor/Lecturer)
School of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences,
University of Portsmouth,
Burnaby Building,
Burnaby Road,
Portsmouth,
Hants.
PO1 3QL
Tel: 023 92 842245
E-mail: mike.barker@port.ac.uk
Dr. David M. Martill
(Tutor/Lecturer)
School of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences,
University of Portsmouth,
Burnaby Building,
Burnaby Road,
Portsmouth,
Hants.
PO1 3QL
Tel: 023 92 842256
Email: david.martill@port.ac.uk