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Receptionist, Stockton. Part-time, nmw, 8am-1pm and 1pm-6pm. Involves operating a busy Meridian switchboard. Telephone/reception experience, an excellent telephone manner, an organised approach to work and a flexible attitude are required. Ref: THN5625.

Head chef, Thornaby. £15,000pa, hours tba. Required for local hotel. Applicants must have previous experience in similar position. Responsible for standard of products/services, budgets and costing, effective management, training and development of staff and hygiene. Ref: THN5603.

Care officer, Stockton. £5.54ph, 30hpw plus sleepover. Experience in a similar position is essential. Suitable qualifications preferred. Responsible for promoting physical and personal car of 14 adults with learning disabilities. Will be responsible in manager's absence. Will supervise up to five other staff. Ref: STL28156.

Sales assistants, Hartlepool. £3.70ph, 16-18 hpw. Required for local fresh produce company. Duties to serve customers, handle cash, replenish stock. Previous experience would be an advantage. Must be flexible. Ref: HAQ17214.

Monitoring controller. £4.12ph, 30hpw. Required to work in busy office environment. Duties include responding to alarm calls and contacting customers and keyholders. Must have good communication skills and be confident on telephone. Must be able to work night shifts. Previous security experience an advantage. Ref: THN5623.

MOT tester/mechanic, Stockton. £5.50ph, 8.30-5.30, Mon-Fri. Required to undertake MOT testing and mechanical repairs to vehicles. Some mechanical knowledge an advantage. Ref: STL28148.

Senior cabling estimator, Thornaby. £20,000-£26,000pa, full-time. This senior position requires an estimating background in data networking within the commercial industry. Must have full driving licence. Ref: THN5624.

Hair stylist (ladies and gents), Stockton. Full-time. Wage to be discussed. Fully qualified hairstylist required to carry out all aspects of the trade. Ref: STL28103.

Insurance administrator, Stockton/Thornaby. 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri, nmw. Required to work as personal lines insurance administrator. Must have previous experience. Ref: STL28097.

Trainee PCV driver, Stockton. £3.70ph rising to £5.50 after training, 39hpw tba. Aged 21-plus. Must have current, clean driving licence and a good knowledge of the local area. Ref: STL28133.

Shop manager/ess, Thornaby. £200pw, 6 out of 7 days. Required to assist customers and handle cash. Own transport is essential. Experience of motor trade essential. Ref: THN5584.

Qualified motor vehicle technician, Sedgefield. £5.00ph, 40hpw tba. Required to service all makes of vehicles, repairs. Must keep workshop clean and tidy. MOT test experience would be an advantage. Own transport essential. Ref: STL28242.

Plumber/heating engineer. £8.00ph, 40hpw, 8.30am-5.00pm plus call outs. 25-plus only. Must be time-served with at least five years' experience. ACOPS certificate required. Must have clean driving licence. Ref: STL28096.

Cleaning supervisor, Yarm. £4.50-£6 ph, Mon-Sat, 6am-8.15am, Sun 8am-10am. To work for cleaning contractor in large retail store. Main duties involve supervising and working alongside staff. Ref: STL27900.

Travel telesales consultant, Peterlee. £9,250 to £12,000 pa, full-time, 3 days on, 3 days off shift pattern. Required to work in call centre selling holidays. Must have proven track record in sales or travel. Ref: PEV 16868.

Typist, Peterlee. £5.50ph, Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Must have excellent typing speeds for copytyping for new IT system. Ref: PEV 16875.

Technical assistant, Peterlee. Above nmw, 37.5hpw, CAD. Must have experience. Responsible for producing technical CAD drawings to architectural specifications. Ref: PEV16880.

Senior library assistant, Horden. £12,192 to £13,044 pa, 37hpw. Must have min 4GCSEs, including English language or literature. Experience of supervision of staff in a library environment is essential. C&G Library Assistants Certificate and five years' experience an advantage. Ref: PEV16894.

School crossing patrol, Peterlee. £33.80 per week, 8.30am-9.10am, and 3.10-3.55pm. Required for local schools. Ref: PEV16906.

Care assistants, Shotton Colliery. NMW. Full and part-time. Required to work on EMI unit in local residential home helping residents with day-to-day needs. Previous experience preferred. Ref: PEV16907.

Mechanical design draughtsperson, Peterlee. £16,000-£18,000pa, Mon-Fri, 8.25am-4.45pm. Applicants should have an engineering qualification and two years' experience in new product development. Should have sound approach to problem-solving and ability to work as part of new product development team. Ref: PEV16910.

Refrigeration/service engineer, Shotton Colliery/North East. £18,000pa, plus vehicle, plus overtime, Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5.00pm. Will carry out installations and repairs throughout North-East. Must be fully experienced refrigeration engineer and hold a clean driving licence. Ref: PEV16916.

Telephone operator, Durham. 37hpw over 5 days, tba, £4.30-£4.80ph. Must have customer service experience, keyboard skills and good spelling. Job entails dealing with directory inquiries, taking calls, answering queries and supplying information. Ref: DUR26767.

Technician, Durham. £13,717-£16,376pa, full-time. Responsible for maintenance of x-ray equipment. Should be educated to BTEC ordinary level in a relevant discipline with 7 years' experience of electronic equipment maintenance and calibration. Ref: DUR26804.

Secretary, Durham. 17.5hpw, £12,040-£13,938pro rata. To provide full secretarial service to CAHHM. Minimum of 5 GCSEs required, including maths and English at grade C or above. Also required are excellent organisation, communication, IT and word processing skills. Ref: DUR26805.

Library assistant - cataloguing, Durham. Full-time, £13,938-£16,134pa. Required to edit records from outside databases and create online records within the library's INNOPAC system. A professional library qualification and/or 2 A-levels and previous experience of similar online cataloguing work, ie AACR2 and MARC, essential. Ref: DUR26816.