C.V. Arfon Rhys

C.V.

Professional Experience:Free Lance Trainer and Consultant :1.09.2001 - to date

Part-time Lecturer at Coleg Menai Bangor on PGCE
Part time Assessor at Coleg Menai, Bangor on A and V Units
External Verifier and Assessor for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
External Verifier for City and Guilds on Learning and Development programmes
HRM consultancy work with clients such as GISDA at Caernarfon and International Fellowship of Reconciliation at Alkmaar, Netherlands
Trainer with Wales Cooperative Centre on Management skills for Voluntary Organisations and Cooperatives
Trainer with Harlech WEA on Management Skills for Voluntary Organisations
Part-time translator for SVUK (part of LLUK) of English documents into Welsh
Consultant for Growth, Learning and Sustainability Strategies Project for Credit Unions in Wales

Programme Area Leader 1.9.1999 - 31.8.2001 Coleg Menai, Bangor, Gwynedd

Responsible for leading the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education programme team
Responsible for leading the Training and Development NVQ Level 4 programme team
Lecturing on management courses of the Management Professional and Adult Teaching Unit
Responsible for leading the CIPD Programmes on HRM
Leading the HRM programme for the MBA franchise from the University of Glamorgan

International and Languages Unit Manager 1.1.1995 - 31.8.1999 Coleg Menai, Bangor

Responsibility for managing, developing and writing applications for finance from the European Unions Social and Structural funds for wide range of College projects.
Responsible for developing the European curriculum and international links, and for the bilingual strategy of the College
Responsibility for Translation Unit and developing the College Welsh Language Scheme
Lecturing on management courses of the Management Professional and Adult Teaching Unit

Curriculum Leader, Leisure and Catering 1993 - 1994 Coleg Menai, Llangefni, Anglesey

Responsible for the teaching staff of the Leisure, Tourism and catering programmes and for developing the curriculum area.

Lecturer 1986 - 1993 Coleg Pencraig, Llangefni, Anglesey

Lecturer in the Business Department on Leisure and Tourism courses and responsible for starting courses in Personnel Management (CIPD) and Supervision (NEBSM).

Other Former Employment:

Personnel Officer BBC Wales, Cardiff & Bangor

Personnel and Training Manager Thyssen (GB) Ltd. Llanelli, Dyfed

Training Manager GKN Ltd. Trefforest

Personnel Manager Crompton Parkinson Ltd.

Personnel and Training Officer INA Bearing Co. Llanelli

County Organiser Urdd Gobaith Cymru

Professional Memberships:

Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Member of Chartered Institute of Management

Member of Institute for Learning

Other Qualifications:

European Computer Driving Licence

NVQ V2 Unit (External Verifier)

NVQ TDLB Units D32, D33,D34,D35,D36

Education:

1960 - 1964 Swansea University College B.Sc. Degree,in Geography,Geology, Diploma in Education

1953 - 1960 Llanelli Boys Grammar School

Languages:

Fluent: Welsh, English. Reasonable: Danish, German. Learning French. .