Name:Rod GenderMale: Age: 38

Lives in Swansea with 2 flatmates and dog Likes rugby, live music and walking on the Gower

Education and experience

Electrical engineering qualifications at FE college,

Role and responsibilities

Recently made redundant from in house engineering post for steel contractor

Some caring responsibilities for elderly parents

Volunteer educator at food charity (teaching basic budgeting/ planning skills)

Technical skills

Good maths / basic IT skills, social media accounts used to keep in touch with relatives / former colleagues

Subject domain skills and knowledge

Engineering, maths

Experience of working with charity clients including varied nationalities and backgrounds

Motivation and desires

Keen to engage but nervous of looking stupid

Goals and expectations

Build up new skills and knowledge that will support him applying for role as P/T trainer with the charity

Get more comfortable with technology

Obstacles to their success

Time commitment

Confidence badly affected by redundancy and perception of self as ‘not academic’

Unique assets

Speaks Welsh