MARK K

MARK K

Corporate trainer at WEFIT since 5

United Kingdom

English
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2021

I´m a father of four, a bit of a foody, I brew my own beer, am a keen cook and have spent almost half my life living and working in Germany. I´m now based in the Republic of Ireland with a small holding in beautiful Donegal and have been for almost nine years.


Although my musical talents are somewhat limited I am a passionate music fan. I support Liverpool FC. I like to keep fit, mainly by running  (slowly), cycling and swimming. I have a small holding with some 15 hens, two ducks, four cats and, at the moment, just 5 sheep (although this can vary, depending on the time of the year and with the lambing season just around the corner, who knows? maybe there's more to come...)..
As a younger man I spent 20 months travelling around the world and met my wife in the Australian outback. Some 20 years later we spent our summer holidays as a family backpacking in Indonesia and then in Greenland. I love the countryside and being outdoors. I´m particularly interested in current affairs, history and the environment. I also enjoy reading, kayaking, watching quality films, DIY, gardening and amateur dramatics.

Sept 2018 -
English teacher
Online
I have been teaching English as a TEFL teacher since September 2018. At first it was on a personal one to one basis, with private students, and since then most of my teaching has moved online..
Sept 2003 -
Insurance Sales Representative
Koblenz/Remagen, Germany
I started off as an employee of a large Insurance company, mainly inolved in acquisition, in other words, sales. In 2011 I became self employed and built up my business, specialising in pension planning and profesional Indemnity Insurance for Architects and Engineers.
Oct 1993 - May 2003
Surveyor/ Estimator Construction industry
Koblenz/ Cologne, Germany
For a period of 10 years, I was employed by two construction companies, working as an estimator, engineer and surveyor. I was mainly responsible for the acquisition of works. We manufactured and built timber frame houses, cut-roofs, bridges, halls of various dimensions, roof trusses, basically anything to do with wood.
Aug 1988 -
Construction Site Engineer
London, England
This was my first placement after graduating and I found myself working as a site engineer on large construction projects in the City of London

Sept 2018 - Sept 2018
ID Language School, Bundoran, Ireland
TEFL International TESOL certification
May 2014 - May 2014
Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Koblenz, Germany
Certified Building Energy Consultant
Jun 2005 - Jun 2005
Chamber of Commerce, Cologne, Germany
Insurance specialist
Sept 1984 - Jun 1988
Liverpool Polytechnic, England
BSc in Building management

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Great Conversation (189) Super Structured Lessons (131) Grammar Genius (114)

English
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