RESUME

Steve Parish

Contact Details

Name:

Steve R Parish

50 London Street

NORTH PERTH

W.A. 6006

Mobile :

0419 760 076

Home Phone:

08 9443 1977

Home Fax:

08 9443 1966

Email Address:

stevep@westcoastassist.com.au

Profile:

Career change in 2009/2010 to Access Officer plus OHS and Environmental Advisor.

Then obtained a Cert IV in OHS and Training and Assessment to add to my year's previous OHS construction experience.

Prior to this I was a result orientated, customer focused articulate IT sales professional with more than twenty years experience within the corporate IT Industry. The variety of roles and experience include State and Branch manager, Account management of software, hardware, outsourcing and e-commerce. Skilled in: presentation, demonstration of products to both new users and customers. Ability to “think outside the square”, good problem solving skills, successful track record in identifying new business opportunities and gaining larger market share with increased sales.

Areas of Speciality

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to relate to people at all levels
• Training, demonstration and introduction of new products to prospects and current customers
• Ability and experience in meeting deadlines and sales targets
• Good team player as well as the ability to work independently in remote locations
• Wide experience and ability to successfully identify and source new business opportunities
• Excellent sales skills with record of meeting strict KPI’s
• Skilled in following up leads and providing excellent after sales customer service
• Ability to learn new software and product in a short period of time
• Ability and experience in successfully selling software, hardware, outsourcing and e-e-commerce solution

Career Achievements

• Successfully transferred 'Employability Skills' to an OHS role. Worked in remote Western Australian locations on a Natural Gas Pipeline construction project. (DBNGP)
• Studied full-time for 4 months and obtained Cert IV in OHS and Training and Assessment
• Designed, built and managed a 75 URL Channel Management news Web site – www.westcoastassist.com.au – acquiring a number one Google ranking
• Built the largest OSSHE Glossary and OSSHE Acronym Web site for Oil and Gas, Construction and Mining to further my OSSHE education while applying for OHS Advisor jobs:
• http://www.westcoastassist.com.au/
• OHS_Definition_of_Common_Words_-_OHS_Glossary.htm

Education/Qualifications

1)Studied at IFAP and completed a Cert IV in Training and Assessment 27/11/09

2)Continued studying at IFAP and completed Cert IV in OHS 21/02/10

3) 2008 Additional Qualifications: a)Construction Blue card, b)Marcsta General Safety Induction card, c)Senior First Aid card, d)4WD Course certificate, e)2008 Forklift ticket, f) Police Clearance certificate.

Qualification:

Diploma in Electronic Commerce

Institution:

Perth College of Business, Perth , Western Australia

Completed:

2002

Qualification:

Effective speaking and human relations

Institution:

Dale Carnegie Training, Perth , Western Australia

Completed:

1991

Qualification:

Sales Management Course

Institution:

Australian Institute of Management, Sydney , New South Wales

Completed:

1973

Computer Literacy

PageMaker, Dreamweaver, StudioMX, Outlook Express, GoldMine, familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, EMC storage s/ware, Amfac Chemdata pharmacy dispensing s/ware plus Internet search s/ware.

Work History

WestNet Energy

Construction Right of Way (CROW) Access Officer + OHS + Environmental on the Western Australian Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline $700M project - Stage 5B

• Issued daily Access Work Permits to contractors after checking their work documentation: JHA's, Work and vehicle pre-starts and PPE requirements
• Issued Hazard Reports and confirmed corrective action
• Monitored all Looping Construction activities to confirm there was no encroachment into the 5 metre 'No Go Zone'
• Participated in the contractors review of their JHA's
• Completed daily HSE inspections of the workplace and advised on remedial actions
• Completed safety and environmental task observations on contractors HSE performance
• Ensured all construction contractors completed Hazard and Accident reports and closed out on corrective actions
• Attended and contributed to the contractors site safety pre-start/Toolbox meetings
• Reported to the Senior HSE advisor

• Filled in more than my quota of Hazard Reports through keen observation.
• Only stopped work once when the supervisor was informed that his crew were in danger. My job was to only advise contracting supervisors rather than instruct them
• Quickly picked up the construction OHS requirements

WesT CoasT AssisT

IT Channel Management Services

01/2003 - 12/2008

Responsibilities

Key achievements:

• Designed, developed and managed a new channel management news service on-line company
• Webmaster, sales and marketing director
• Building and maintaining 150 page Channel Management news Web Site www.westcoastassist.com.au
• Used PageMaker and Dreamweaver StudioMX – self taught
• Web Optimised site for higher search engine Web page rankings
• Promotion of my company through an advertising campaign on Google, therefore achieving 27,000 hits per month
• This resulted in ongoing current knowledge of channel management development worldwide

Your ASP Pty Ltd

Commercial Services Manager – Perth – dot com business

10/2001- 02/2002

Responsibilities:

• Planning, organising, leading and controlling the wholesaling of McAfee and Microsoft Application Services over the Internet in Australia

Key achievements:

• Organising two Web sites
• Assisting in launching “Your ASP” million-dollar data centre in the QV1 building, to the Perth marketplace
• Setting up a wholesaling database and managing email and direct marketing to computer resale Directors
• Signing-up resellers, then training and assisting them with customer visits

BMIS

Account Manager – Perth – New Business

02/2001- 08/2001

Responsibilities:

• Servicing IBM RS/6000 accounts
• Identifying and locating new business for e-Commerce, EMC Storage and software by cold canvassing
• Creating list of new business accounts
• Identifying new business opportunities and writing proposals for a range of IBM accounts

Key achievements:

• Completed EMC storage 6 day training in Melbourne and started Tradehub e-commerce marketing

In Spring 2007 I took 52 day's off work to complete a solo bush walk of 965km's on the Bibbulmun Track in Western Australian, from Kalamunda to Albany, so I am not only fit but also motivated and good at planning. I found I loved being out in the bush:

http://www.westcoastassist.com.au/Bibbulmun_Track_journey.htm

Referees

Will be provided on request