Jerome Wolken MY DETAILS

PERSONAL STATEMENT
Friendly and hardworking with experience in Address
catering, dishwashing, fruit picking, couriering, 32 Kirkland Street, Green
volunteering and general handyman work. A team- Island, Dunedin
player who enjoys working with a diverse range of
people and learning new skills of all types. Looking DoB 9th March 2005
to bring value to a community-focused business.
Mobile number
SKILLS 021 258 5992
Multitasking Abilities, Food Safety Training,
Cleaning, Team Member, Kitchen Machinery Email
Operation, Catering, Heavy Lifting, Handy jeromehwolken@gmail.com
Man, Fruit Picking, Volunteering.

Technical Proficiencies: Proficient in the use of computer software: 3D Software, Music

Software, Adobe software (Primarily Illustrator, Photoshop and Premiere Pro), Google apps,
Microsoft Office Suite)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Kitchen Assistant (University of Otago, at UniCol): February/2023 - November/2023

Assisted Chefs in cooking breakfasts, lunches and dinners for over 400 students in the
largest kitchen among all Student Colleges in Dunedin, whilst studying full-time as a first-
year student at Otago Polytechnic. Washed dishes using industrial grade chemicals and
large heavy machinery and served students food, maintaining a high standard of food health
& safety following company standards.

Cherry Picking (Pure Pac - Cromwell): December/2021 - January/2022

Spent school summer holidays in Cromwell diligently picking cherries at a multitude of
orchards full time with early starts. Quality-checked cherries following Pure Pac’s standards
and was safety conscious climbing ladders and handling large cherry containers.
https://www.purepac.nz/

General Steel-Frame Factory Work (Steel-it Ltd - Paraparaumu) (July/2021 -

August/2021)
Spent my school term break working at Steel-It, a small factory which produces custom
steel-frame and “R-Boards” (insulation) for apartments and other buildings. I gained
experience with hands-on labour as well as working with heavy and dangerous machinery
and construction materials. I fabricated large steel frames and insulation boards following
blueprints in preparation for building tiny home foundations. https://www.steel-it.co.nz/

Courier delivery assistant (Aramex - Dunedin): January/2020- March/2020

This job required me to scan, sort and deliver parcels to doors.
Learned how to use scanning technology, organising and moving large quantities of items in
a time-sensitive manner.
https://www.aramex.co.nz/ .

Farmwork, Brighton (Informal): 2016 - 2018

Casual hours, called in at least twice a week during this period.
I performed numerous tasks around and beyond the farm.
EDUCATION

Kings High School, Dunedin

July 2018 to November 2022
Gained NCEA Level 3 (Endorsed with Merit) in 2022
Gained NCEA Level 2 (Endorsed with Merit) in 2021
Gained NCEA Level 1 (Endorsed with Excellence) in 2020

REFEREES:

Ben Henry - Manager at UniCol

Email: ben.henry@otago.ac.nz

Jasmine Hunter - Courier driver

Mobile: 0275029282

Matt King - Owner of the farm I worked for.

Mobile: 021427328