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The EXTENDED Curriculum Vitae of Robert Bast

(Jobs of note are highlighted)

 
Dec 85 - Mar 88 Carter Holt, Timber Merchants  Waiuku, NZ  Office Clerk - Banking 
                       Wages, Deliveries
                       Accounts, Reception
$10hr
4-24 May 88 Pelican Couriers San Francisco Bicycle Courier  $3hr 
June - 1 weekend Backpackers Hostel Vancouver Temp Manager Bed
July Penthouse Hostel New York Cleaner Bed
17 Aug Food & Wine from France  London Shifting Boxes  £3
22-26 Aug Evans Clothing London Creditors Clerk  £4.50
12-16 Sep Schroeder Wagg  London Messenger  £4.30
19-23 Sep Nightingale Secretariat  London Clerk £5
Dec 88 - May 90 Computer Village Auckland, NZ Branch Manager $10
13-15 Jun 90 Sachet Packaging  Auckland Accounts  $12
18 Jun NZ Van Lines Auckland  Shifting Furniture  $8
22 Jun Hermetics  Auckland Stocktake $10
26-28 Jun Diesel Progress  Auckland Stocktake $10
2-4 Jul Bond Apparel  Auckland Microfilming $12
12 Jul  Farmers  Auckland Picking & Packing $9
23-27 Jul Eveready Batteries  Auckland Despatch  $11
7 Aug - 14 Sep Auck Regional Council  Auckland Clerk $12
26 Sep - 1 week Loch Lomond Youth Hostel  Loch Lomond
Scotland
Cleaner Bed
4 Oct 90 - 11 Jan 91
13 Feb - 1 Mar 91
Scottish Widows Insurance Edinburgh Clerk £3.50
31 Jan - 31 Feb 91 Rock Bottom  Edinburgh Kitchen Porter £2
29-30 Apr 91 Parker Enzed  Auckland Stocktake $10
23 May - 3 Jun Gladwrap  Auckland Picking Orders $11
8-10 Jun Arthur & Beaven  Auckland Stocktake $9
28 Jun NZ Wines & Spirits  Auckland Stocktake $9
2-3 Jul  NZ Telecom  Auckland Unload Container $11
20-31 Jul Philips Electronics Auckland Shift Computers $9
19 Aug - 23 Sep Leisureland  Edinburgh Change Giver £2.80
21 Sep 91 - 27 Mar 92 Wine Well  Edinburgh Wine Sales & Deliveries £3
25 Sep 91 - 15 Feb 93 High Street Hostel  Edinburgh Cleaner Bed
5 Mar 92 Fiddlers Arms  Edinburgh Barman £3
7 Mar A roundabout  Edinburgh Car Counting £3
May - 8 nights La Rusticana  Edinburgh Kitchen Porter £2.50
1 Jun - 11 Aug Edinburgh Castle  Edinburgh Ice Cream Man  £3
20 Aug The List Magazine Edinburgh Street Sales £2
Aug 92 - Mar 93 Edinburgh Sperm Donating twice a week £5
1 Oct 92 - 16 Jan 93 Casey Jones  Edinburgh Crew Member £3
Mar 93 Bath YHA  Bath, England Cleaner Bed
Sep - 5 nights Ozone Cafe  Wellington, NZ Dishwasher $6
10 Sep - 5 Oct Maple Lodge  Wellington Temp Manager Bed 
+ $200
5 Oct - 13 Nov Beethoven House  Wellington Cleaner Bed
6-7 Oct Flipp Brasserie  Wellington Dishwasher  $8
23 Nov 93 - 1 Mar 94 Lone Star Hotel  Perth, Australia Head Cleaner
Reception
Bed
$10
Dec - 9 days Humane Society  Perth Charity Collecting  $1.50
7-23 Dec Jewellery Store  Perth Pamphletting $3
28 Dec Nightclub  Perth Cleaned $10
17-21 Feb 94 Magic Carpets  Perth Door to Door Sales $5
22 Feb - 1 Mar Liberal Party  Perth Market Research  $10
5-11 Mar Orchard  Doonybrook,
West Australia
Pear Picking $4
2-3 & 15-22 Apr Stokehouse  Melbourne,
Australia
Dishwasher $8
1994 - 15 days Herman & Herman  Melbourne Storeman $10
May - 3 days Sports Fed Foundation  Melbourne Charity Collecting $3
May - 3 days Peter Cash, Barrister Melbourne Shifting Boxes $10
May - 4 days  Cafe Baloo  Melbourne Labourer $8.50
19 Jul Wells Research  Melbourne Intersection I/views $13
Jul 94 - May 95 Monash IVF  Melbourne Sperm Donating once a week $25
Jul - 4 days 94 Rent an Event  Melbourne Labourer $8
22 Aug  Building Site  Melbourne Labourer $12
Sep - 5 days Bibby's Shoes  Melbourne Pamphlets $5
4 Nov Harry the Hirer  Melbourne Labourer - Melbourne Cup $10
16 Nov Gary L  Melbourne Shift Furniture  $12
Apr 95 - 40 hrs Sexton Market Research Melbourne Market Research $10
30 Jun - 24 Jul 96 Staff Solutions  Perth, Scotland Strawbs/Rasps/Potatoes £1+
Aug - 7 days Chicken Factory  Norfolk, England Process Worker £3.50
4 Nov Cleopatra  Melbourne Dishwashing $8
25-29 Nov Gen. Motors  Melbourne Customer Service $10
Jan/Feb 97 weekends Wells Research  Melbourne Market Research $11
21 Jan 97 Sports Fed. Found.  Melbourne Charity Collecting $4
3-28 Feb Secure Parking  Melbourne Cashier $8
Feb - 1 night  Cleanevent  Melbourne Clean after the Big Day Out $15
3 Mar 97 - 21 Mar 98 Public Transport Corp.  Melbourne Tram Conductor $11.30+
Ongoing since 98
4/5 days per month
Australian Stocktaking Melbourne Stocktaking $13+
Ongoing
every Nov - 4 days
Victoria Racing Club Melbourne Melbourne Cup - directing traffic $15-30
Ongoing
every Dec - 3 weeks
Australia Post Melbourne All night mail sorting $13

 

Schooling

 
School Certificate 
1981
Bookkeeping
Math
English
Science
Geography
96 (top School Cert. score of school)
87
74
63
61
University Entrance
Katikati College, NZ
1982
English
Accounting
Geography
Math
Physics
76
70
70
65
54
Professional Writing and Editing (Diploma)
RMIT, Melbourne
1998 - 2000 
 
Multimedia
Short Story 1A and 1B
Screenwriting 1A and 1B
Screenwriting 2A and 2B
Word Processing
Poetry 1A and 1B
Non-Fiction 1A and 1B
Desktop Publishing
High Distinction
Distinction
Distinction
Credit and High Distinction
Distinction
Credit and Pass
Credit and Distinction
Credit

IQ: 172      (Mensa tested, 1982, before I fried my brain)
 
 

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