Address                             563 St Hwy 1,Kauri,
RD 1 Kamo 0185
Whangarei,
New Zealand

 

Phone ( Home)     (09) 4351659

Phone (Work)                    (09) 4351659

Email                                 lab@xtra.co.nz

                                           Earthlab@xtra.co.nz

 

Nationality                         New Zealand,
Permanent Resident.

 

Health                                Good.       

 

 

 

Overview

I am an energetic and determined individual with a passion for chemistry.

I am a social person and enjoy helping people with my skills.

I have a strong commitment to the environment and the ecological balance

 

 

Skills / Strengths

Good communication skills

Excellent social skills

Analytical and problem solving abilities.

Lateral thinking.

Dedication to a commitment.

 

Interests

Fishing and Diving

Skiing

Electronics Technology - Video, computer animations

Hydroponics

Classic Cars

 

I have knowledge and experience in the following Analytical techniques

• Atomic Absorption emission spectroscopy including cold vapour and graphite furnace techniques
• UV / VIS Colorimetric analysis
• Fluorimetric Analysis
• Titration
• Gravimetric
• Distillation
• Chromatography
• GLC HPLC and IC
• Xray Fluorescence
• Infrared Spectroscopy
• Radio Assay
• PH, conductivity and Ion Specific Electrode analyses
• Enzyme analysis
• Wet and Dry ashing of biological material

 

Other

• Staff Supervision
• Financial Budgeting and Management
• Equipment design and manufacture
• Instrument maintenance, calibration and repair
• Computer network cabling
• Statistical data analysis
• Computer animation, video editing, video personation

 

 

 

 “Serum and Tissue enzyme profile of goats”

Published New Zealand Veterinary Journal (1985) Volume 33 Number 6

“ A rapid tissue extraction method for determining liver copper cutout by atomic absorption spectroscopy”

Published New Zealand Veterinary Journal (1985) Volume 33 Number 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earth-Lab

From:                                 1994

To:                                     Current

Position/Title:                    Owner / Proprietor

Operating as an independent Chemical Consultant and Analytical chemist.

 

Responsibilities/Achievements:

·       Acceptance and logging of samples

·       Preparation of samples for analysis

·       Laboratory work performing soil, water and leaf analysis

·       Writing of reports for clients

·       Client support

·       Administration (accounts, advertising etc )

·       Creation and maintenance of Analytical Database, storing all client data and analysis results. Database includes benchmarking and automatic comparison reporting.
Create and maintain Earth-Lab website

 

PRO-Test Laboratory

From:                                 1992

To:                                     1993

Position/Title:                    Soil, Plant and Water Supervisor

Responsibilities/Achievements:

·       Ensuring that quality of testing was maintained.

·       Testing of samples for Soil, Plant and Water.

·       Supervising of other testers work.

 

The New Zealand Refining Company

From:                                 1988

To:                                     1991

Position/Title:                    Analytical Chemist

Responsibilities/Achievements:

·       Creation and Maintenance of Refinery Database for production of Certificates of Quality, Monthly Quality Summaries and quarterly Reports.

·       Testing of samples ( Oil, Water, Gases etc)

·       Development of methodologies where no prior standard test existed.

·       Liaison with customers

·       Safety Officer

·       Trainer of other staff in analytical techniques.

 

MAF

From:                                 1972

To:                                     1988

 

1972                                                          Toxicology Department

Wallaceville Animal Research Laboratory, Upper Hutt

 

1977                                                          Clinical Chemistry Laboratory

Whangarei

Transferred to Whangarei to set up and run a Clinical Chemistry Laboratory.

 

1985                                                          Seconded to NZ High Commission (3 months)

Setting up Clinical Chemical Laboratory in Suva for the Fijian Agricultural Department.

 

1986                                                          Seconded to MAF, Lynfield Auckland Branch

Setting up Chemical and Biochemistry Laboratory.

 

1988                        MAF closes Whangarei Branch.

Chose redundancy rather than relocate to Auckland.

 

 

??:                              Staff Supervision Course

 

 

??:                              TELARC Registration Course

??:                              Data Analysis and Presentation using Computer Systems

 

1996:                          Quality Laboratory Management Course

                                    NZ Refinery

 

1980 – 1982:              Diploma Course in Electronic Maintenance

                                    International Correspondence School

 

1975 - 1976:               Numerical Methods and Advanced Statistics

                                   Central Institute of Technology, Heretaunga

                                   Post NZCS papers

 

1972 - 1974:               New Zealand Certificate in Science (Chemistry)

                                   Central Institute of Technology, Heretaunga

 

1967 - 1971:               Higher School Certificate (1971)

                                   6^th Form Certificate (1970)

                                   School Certificate in 5 subjects (1969)

                                   Horowhenua College, Levin

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Applications:     Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, Powerpoint
Office 95, Office 97

 

Other Applications     PCAnywhere, MYOB, PSP, Photoshop,

                                           Lotus 123, Quattro Pro, Word Perfect

                                           Harvard Graphics, MicroCAD

 

Operating Systems     WFW3.11, Win 9x, WinNT4,
 

Languages:                           Dbase , Foxpro2.x

Publications:

A comparative study of diagnostic tests for the assessment of herd magnesium status in cattle

Authors: Sutherland R.J.; Bell K.C.; McSporran K.D.; Carthew G.W.

Source: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 34, Number 8, 1 August 1986 , pp. 133-135(3)

Publisher: New Zealand Veterinary Association

Serum and tissue enzyme profiles of goats

Authors: Kramer J.W.; Carthew G.C.

Source: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 33, Number 6, 1 June 1985 , pp. 91-93(3)

Publisher: New Zealand Veterinary Association

A rapid tissue extraction method for determining liver copper content by atomic absorption spectroscopy

Authors: Carthew G.W.; Dey R.L.

Source: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 33, Number 10, 1 October 1985 , pp. 168-170(3)

Publisher: New Zealand Veterinary Association

Ovine white liver disease - an hepatic dysfunction associated with vitamin B12 deficiency

Authors: Sutherland R.J.; Cordes D.O.; Carthew G.C.

Source: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 27, Number 11, 1 November 1979 , pp. 227-232(6)

Publisher: New Zealand Veterinary Association