Jack Scott's Blog

Work History:

• Self-employed (July 2009 – present)
  IT consultant.
  Constructing, configuring and managing web sites for clients. Selling web hosting.
• Principal Computers (November 2007 – present)
  Full-time onsite computer technician; part-time computer technician.
  Responsibilities involve building, setting up and repairing computers (mostly Windows PCs), setting up and maintaining home and small office networks (including wireless networks), and retail sales.
• Skeers Jerrim (June 2007 – August 2007)
  Part-time data entry clerk.
  Transferring and adapting content between content management systems during the upgrade of a website. Responsibilities involved ensuring content formatting was preserved, and correcting spelling and grammar mistakes.
• Logica (July 2005)
  Work experience.

Education:

• In Progress: Bachelor of Computing
  University of Tasmania (February 2009 – present)
• Certificate II in Information Technology
  Work & Training Ltd. (January 2008 – November 2008)
• Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TER of 89.10)
  The Friends’ School (February 2001 – November 2007)

Memberships:

• Australian Computer Society (April 2010 – present)
  Student member.
• UTAS Computing Society (February 2009 – present)
  Member, former first-year representative.

Information Technology Skills:

• Hardware: PC hardware, networking hardware.
• Networking: 802.3, 802.11, TCP/IP.
• Operating Systems: GNU/Linux (esp. Debian, Ubuntu), Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows (’95 to 7).
• Programming/scripting languages: C, HTML/CSS, Java, Lisp, PHP, SQL.
• Software: Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Office suite, MYOB Accounting.

Other Skills:

• Tasmanian Driver’s License.
  Valid in all states and territories of Australia.