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Dominic Hearne
I’ve always been creative and loved making things, and spent a lot of time as a teenager working in family businesses across plumbing, building and landscaping. So after I left school, it was an easy choice to study Three-dimensional design at university, followed by a year gaining experience working in the metal moulding and heavy engineering industry. I then decided that I wanted to work with more than just metals so went back to university to complete my PGCE (teacher training) and spent 9 years teaching Design & Technology at various schools and colleges in the Portsmouth area.
Every day I was able to work with skills I’d learned over the years – carpentry, ceramics, metalwork, technical drawing, graphic design, engineering (specifically lathe work and milling), but also taught me how to effectively plan, project manage and communicate – and also deal with some tricky customers!
I also taught carpentry and engineering for the further education classes during this time, but after this period of teaching, I decided to widen my horizons and really put my skills to the test by working for myself as a builder. Happily though, over my 15 years as a builder, I have been able to maintain my passion for teaching through on the job training and professional development for my team.
As a builder, I put the same passion into my work that I did as a teacher. I don’t do things the quick and easy way if it’s not the right way, and I like to keep a tidy and organised site. We focus on one project at a time, never leaving your site at a standstill and I don’t employ people who don’t also have my attention to detail or same mindset.
As with my team, I like to pass my skills and passion onto my own three children with building projects at home. We’ve built walls, fitted bathrooms, painted houses and laid floors together – and our current project is a new chicken coop and run at the end of the garden! I’ve gutted and developed houses for my family over the years and can’t see that stopping anytime soon – there’s always something to do!
Email: dominichearne@icloud.com
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