Curriculum Vitae : Arthur G. R. Sutherland

1 Qualifications.



• 1.1 Edinburgh School Certificate in English, Arithmetic, History, and Applied Mechanics. 1966
• 1.2 Scottish Certificate Of Education in English & Biology. 1967
• 1.3 City And Guilds Of London Institute, Science Laboratory Technicians Certificate. Subjects studied in this three year course were, Physics Biology, Chemistry, Woodwork, Metalwork, Plasticwork, Glassblowing Photography, And General Studies. 1972
• 1.4 City And Guilds Of London Institute, Science Laboratory Technicians Advanced Certificate. Subjects studied in this two year course were, Histology and Electronics. 1974
• 1.5 S.C.O.T.E.C. Certificate 053 In Electrical and Electronic Engineering The subjects studied in this three year course were, Principles, Analogue Circuits, Digital Circuits, Mathematics, Instrumentation, Materials, Fault Diagnosis, and General Studies. 1982
• 1.6 S.C.O.T.E.C. Advanced Certificate 101 In Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The subjects studied in this two year course were, Principles, Analogue Circuits, Digital Circuits, Mathematics, Microprocessors and Industrial Studies. 1984
• 1.7 I have also attended non certificate courses on an in house basis in Tri-State Devices and Mainframe Computer Maintenance.
• 1.8 I have certificates in Industrial Firefighting and First Aid.
• 1.9 I have attended staff development courses in my present employment in such areas as Time Management, Stress Management, Appraisee and Appraiser Training, and Quality Systems for B.S.5750.

2 Work Experience.



• 2.1 As you will see I have changed disciplines, from Biologically orientated sciences to Electronics, as I latterly concentrated upon Electronics which I found more exciting and interesting.
• 2.2 Upon leaving Bellevue Secondary School (Now Drummond Community College) Edinburgh in 1967. I became a trainee Technician in the Entomology Department of the then Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture. The work here involved research into the control of Nemetoda Heterodera and a census of the Leatherjacket population in the Lothians.
• 2.3 I took up a higher salaried post in February of 1969 with the Botany Department of Edinburgh University. My time there was shared between two research fellows, one of whom was researching into the development of the Meristematyl Apex in Lupinus and V.Pea., whilst the other was studying Mitosis and Meiosis in Lupinus and Tradescantia. Both research areas required the culture and growth of the specimen plants under differing environmental conditions. The former then necessitated the histological sectioning of the specimens and microscopic examination. The latter involved photomicography of the sequential stages of cellular growth and reproduction.
• 2.4 In 1970, I transferred internally to the Biological Teaching Unit of Edinburgh University. The work here involved the collection, ordering, preparation and setting up of materials and equipment necessary for the Laboratory Practicals given in first year Medical, Dental and Veterinary degree courses. Further to this, I was involved in preparation and transmission of instructional Video material and lectures over the closed circuit network.
• 2.5 In 1972 I was offered an opportunity to design and construct audio mixers, preamplifiers, power amplifiers and associated power supplies, for a small P.A. company. This gave me the opportunity to enter the field of electronics professionally, as up to that point it had only been a spare time hobby. After a year with this company, I had completed the initial work and all that remained was regular maintenance and repair which could be done on a part time basis. I also required a more secure position due to my impending first marriage.
• 2.6 I thus began work with the then Edinburgh Corporation as a Schools Technician (becoming the first technician to work at my old school) and then moving on to the new Royal High School.
• 2.7 During 1974 I moved to Nuclear Enterprises, a Medical Nucleonics company based in Sighthill, where I was appointed to the position of post production Test Engineer. This company manufactured N.I.M.S. modular 19" rack mounting units which could be used in different combinations to make up customised systems to meet client specifications, or could be incorporated in the companys bespoke systems such as Diasographs, Scinti cameras and Gamma cameras.
• 2.8 After a short break from employment, largely due to the demise of my first marriage, I commenced work as an Electronics Technician in the Zoology Department of London University at Queen Mary College. The work involved the transcription of valve parametric amplifiers to their discrete semiconductor equivalent. I only held this post for six months, having discovered my dislike for London and the working environment.
• 2.9 Fortunately, I was employed by a small company called Callan Electronics, based near Edinburgh, as a research and development Technician. This company manufactured a system of Radio Controlled hopper doors used in the controlled dietary requirements of farm livestock. My function was to investigate the feasibility of the application of microprocessors to enhance this system. Toward the end of 1978 the company was absorbed by a larger concern, and as I did not wish to relocate, I took voluntary redundancy.
• 2.10 In early 1979 I was appointed to the post of Electronics Technician in the Chemistry Department of Heriot Watt University, where the work involved the repair, first line maintenance and calibration of Spectrophotometers, Gas Chromatographs, Polarimeters, Chart Recorders Furnace and Heating controllers, E.S.R. and N.M.R. machines. The latter two requiring an understanding of both H.F. Closed loop radio and H.V. in respect of such circuitry as associated with Ignitrons, Magnetrons, and Thyratrons. I was also responsible for the design and construction of several specialised power supplies and signal generators for application to laser technology.
• 2.11 I left the above employment during 1984 to start my own small business as it seemed that I could enhance my income from fulfilling electronic contract work. The main contract which I took on during this period was for Mining Safety Appliances at Coatbridge to design and construct suitable timing and loading circuitry for the test firing of their Thermal Batteries as used in missiles for the M.O.D.
• 2.12 After completion of this work, I commenced employment with my present employers The University of York Electronics Department in their Teaching Laboratories where I am responsible for the repair, maintenance, calibration and safety testing of some 1400 items of equipment such as P.S.U.s, Signal Generators up to 10 gHz, C.R.O.s, D.M.M.s, A.M.M.s and Spectrum Analysers both A.F. and R.F. It is my responsibility to ensure that the laboratories are set up with the appropriate equipment and components for each of the lab. practicals. I have designed and constructed to specification several teaching aids such as Voltage Steppers, Amplifiers, Rectifiers, and Buck Converters. In the spirit of greater flexibility, and to enhance my job specification, I have during my twelve years in York taken on further responsibilities which include maintaining component stocks within the teaching area, rolling replacement of old equipment as permitted by inadequate funding levels, the construction and maintenance of exhibition displays for U.C.A.S. and open day visits, the control of the Departmental Equipment Inventory, setting up and maintenance of an extensive data library and the cataloguing and cross referencing of all the above systems on computer. I am also tasked with assisting and advising students in the execution of first and third year projects.

3 Hobbies and Interests



• 3.1 Parenting consumes nearly all of my free time but when I find myself with a spare moment my interests are Music, Gardening, Photography, Steam Railways, Astronomy, and Audio & Radio, and I also enjoy the more adventurous forms of Cookery.

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