Curriculum Vitae - Andrew Higgs 
    20 Alexander Road 
    Newton Park 
    Port Elizabeth 
    South Africa 
    6001 

Personal Data:
Surname          : Higgs
Firstnames       : Andrew Murray
Date of Birth    : 4 June 1971
Sex              : Male
Marital Status   : Single
Driver's License : None
Nationality      : South African
Home Language    : English


Education:

*1985 - 1989 Victoria Park High School.

Highest Standard Passed : Matric (Grade 12)
Subjects                : English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Science, Geography, 
                          Accounting
Extramural Activities   : Cross Country



*1992 - 1994 Bethelsdorp Technical College.

Highest Standard Passed : N3 (Technical Grade 12)
Subjects                : Mathematics, Building Science, Building Drawing, 
                          Joinery Theory
Awards                  : Achieved 'Best Academic Result - Building Section'
                          in 1993 from the Building Industry Federation of 
													South Africa.




Work Experience:

*1990 - 1991 South African Police. 

Did compulsory National Service with the South African Police.


*1992 - 1996 Adel Group of Companies. 

Apprenticeship in shopfitting with Adel from 1992 - 1994. 

After winning the Eastern Cape competition was selected to represent Eastern 
Cape at the South African National Skills Competition.

1995 and 1996 were worked as a qualified shopfitter. Was one of about four 
people who fitted ABSA banks all around Eastern Cape while Adel had the 
contract. 


*1996 - 2001 Premier Software. 

System Administrator for software company. Maintain a server for email, ftp, 
telnet, file and print sharing, dial in, etc. Maintain servers at clients 
(both NT and Linux) premises including one in Johannesburg. Also maintained 
workstations connecting to these servers. 

Have gained a fair knowledge of Pascal programming while working at Premier 
Software. Recently began working with Free Pascal on Linux. Also have knowledge 
of Perl, Java, basic C, HTML and some Javascript. 


*2001 - Present Shamley Shopfitters. 

Quantity Surveyor for shopfitting company. My work entails receiving of plans 
and costing the work required. 

Due to my experience in networking and software authoring my job description 
also included tasks such as:- 

1.Setup company web site. (http://www.shamley.co.za) 
2.Maintain hardware and keep the network up. 
3.Write custom software to assist in the costing process. 

At Shamley Shopfitters I have been exposed to a new side of the shopfitting 
trade, as my experience at Adel was purely manufacturing. 


Interests:
Sport. 
   Cycling, Badminton, Running, Hiking, etc. 

Hobbies. 
   Photography, Genealogy, Bird watching, etc.