Oliver Moss

Alongside my existing role as a Cargo Operative, I was asked to take on additional responsibility by training to become a ground vehicle operative. My responsibilities include:

• Operating airport catering trucks safety & effectively, transporting freight from the aircraft to the warehouse.
• Transiting the aerodrome with the use of UHF handheld radios.
• In the absence of a supervisor, help manage the logistics of the top-deck unload, ensuring a steady flow of cargo and the appropriate assignment of personnel.
• Carry out safety checks on our vehicles, and ensure the perimeter of the aircraft is safe & secure before unloading.
• Perform risk assessments to migitate the impact of weather & vehicle technical faults on the unload.

An opportunity arose in November of 2023 to start work at Bournemouth Airport as a cargo operative. My duties consist of:

• Safely opening all cargo pods and netting.
• Setting up routes within the plane for cargo to be moved along, using roller mats.
• Manually distributing the payload from the cargo pods to the catering truck.
• Unloading the payload from the catering truck into the warehouse according to pallet number.
• Re-securing all cargo pods & netting for flight, checking for damage.

In early 2023, I left my role at the tutoring centre to look for work within aviation & build my flying hours, during this time my father offered me a flexible part time position: helping with his bricklaying duties on-site as a labourer. My responsibilities included:

• Loading out materials across the site; such as bricks, concrete blocks, thermalites, insulation, padstones & timber.
• Make up & distribute different cement mixes across the site, supplying up to 4 bricklayers at a time.
• Clean up the site after each day, and organise tools or material in sensible places for each tradesperson.

In 2020 I was asked to manage the afterschool tutoring programme. This was my first managerial position, which consisted of:

• Create and maintain the weekly tutoring schedule: averaging ~120 students per week.
• Train and oversee the progress of the other tutors within the programme.
• Oversee the progress of all students’ work, and offer guidance on lesson plans where appropriate.
• Manage behaviour within the centre, and resolve conflicts.
• Start up a new online platform which we could use to deliver sessions remotely during & after the pandemic, a first for the charity.
• Act as designated fire warden.
• Continue tutoring alongside my managerial role.

Mathematics was a subject I greatly enjoyed in school, so when I was offered the chance to train and work as a maths tutor, I did not hesitate. My duties consisted of:

• Creating personalised lesson plans for all students, ranging from Year 4 to Year 11.
• Using a variety of visual, audible & kinaesthetic learning techniques to meet the needs of individual learners, many of whom had special education needs.
• Performing safeguarding duties where appropriate.
• Help students develop inter-personal and wider-curriculum skills to aid with their vocational development.
• Cover lessons of other tutors if there was a staff shortage, often needing to deliver content from outside my specialist subject.

Whilst studying for my GCSEs, I felt the time was right to enter into work. The food service industry was a good introduction to my working life, where my duties included:

• Taking orders and serving food efficiently, whilst providing excellent customer service.
• Practising good food hygiene and performing cleans when closing the shop.
• Training new staff in my role.