17-04-12, 06:09 PM
Obviously, list all licence categories obtained (if s/he's ex ambulance, s/he'll likely have things like passenger vehicle entitlements etc), and any advanced driving courses (eg IAM). It MAY (if its relevant to the job) be worth stating any specialist driving courses / training (emergency response, skid pan training, cadence braking, off-road etc) - this is a bit of a judgement call deciding what is / isn't relevant. The bit about transporting spinal patients could be useful if the MoD job entails any delicate / fragile goods for example.
Other things which could be useful are things like vehicle maintenance skills (however basic), manual handling (lifting / loading of patients, equipment and other loads).
I also would drop the "high-speed ambulance driving" bit, and refer to it as something like "driving emergency response vehicles to and from reported incidents" and "transporting vulnerable patients in a safe manner for treatment". Obviously in an ambulance, hygiene is an important point wrt infections etc, so something like "kept vehicles and equipment clean and well maintained giving due regard to hygiene / infection control" might be good.
Key point with cover letters is to keep it brief and to the point: it's amazing how many people waffle on and go off point, or regurgitate a lot of not-always-relevant information; CV's / job applications get read for about 10 seconds (bear in mind a recruiter may, literally, have hundreds of them to sift through), and the style and layout is as important as the content.
Other things which could be useful are things like vehicle maintenance skills (however basic), manual handling (lifting / loading of patients, equipment and other loads).
I also would drop the "high-speed ambulance driving" bit, and refer to it as something like "driving emergency response vehicles to and from reported incidents" and "transporting vulnerable patients in a safe manner for treatment". Obviously in an ambulance, hygiene is an important point wrt infections etc, so something like "kept vehicles and equipment clean and well maintained giving due regard to hygiene / infection control" might be good.
Key point with cover letters is to keep it brief and to the point: it's amazing how many people waffle on and go off point, or regurgitate a lot of not-always-relevant information; CV's / job applications get read for about 10 seconds (bear in mind a recruiter may, literally, have hundreds of them to sift through), and the style and layout is as important as the content.