Elton M. Ridley

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Temple Hills, Maryland 20748

202-***-****

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position within a company that offers stability, growth, and the opportunity to use the skills and other related knowledge acquired during my working experiences.

EDUCATION:

Shipper’s Choice CDL School

Class A CDL Graduate, 2013

Hertford County High School, 1993

EXPERIENCE

Portico Construction, Chantilly, Va

CDL Driver/ Heavy Equipment Operator

August 2012-Present

• Completes task such as: tank cleaning, pipeline maintenance, manual remediation services, waste bulking, and/or demolition services, in accordance with established company policies and procedures. Put up utility poles and overhead traffic signs on hwy 495.

• Operates a variety of diesel and gasoline powered equipment including bulldozers, motor graders, front end loaders, snow-plows, backhoes, and a variety of other mobile and stationary equipment used in road construction, maintenance, repair and reservoir maintenance.

EPI Contractor of Waste Management

Heavy Equipment Operator

February 2012- September 2012

•Operated heavy industrial equipment including but not limited to, overhead cranes, backhoes, loaders, forklifts, pallet jacks, torches, saws, drills, and etc,.

•Cleaned process areas using hand tools and high pressure air hoses

•Initiated and completed work-orders and requisitions, and documents all critical and or pertinent information on a routine basis.

•Identified and effectively used basic and precision measuring tools to calculate and determine lengths, surface areas, and volumes as necessary while performing job related tasks on a routine basis.

Douglas Construction Ahoskie, N.C.

Dump Truck Driver/Laborer

September 2005- January 2012

Assisted in all phases of construction for various projects, including residential single family, retail stores, offices, and road construction. Job duties were:

• While reporting to the general foreman, responsibilities included aspects of carpentry, demolition, fencing, masonry, waterproofing, acoustic ceilings, drywall, flooring, and sensitive equipment protection.

• Operated Dump Truck Daily

• Operated jackhammers and drills to break up concrete or pavement.

• Worked various shifts to accommodate customer’s hours of operation and needs.

• Loaded, unloaded and identified building materials, machinery, and tools, and distributed them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications.

• Cleaned and prepared construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.

• Organized and maintained warehouse space, increasing

• Experience with power and air tools. All types of construction saws, drills, jackhammers, compressors & basic hand tools.

• Installed doors, door hardware, windows, cabinets and counter tops.

• Concrete experience. Poured walls, footings, flat work, curbs and sidewalks.

• Roofing experience. Residential and Commercial. Shingles, flat roofs, and rubber roofs.

• Painting experience. Interior and Exterior.

• Assistance and attending to carpenters needs and general cleaning and maintenance of job site.

• Sets flags and barricades.

• Controlled traffic passing near, in, and around work zones.

• Dug ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes.

• Erected and disassemble scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, and other temporary structures.

• Measured, mark, and record openings and distances to lay out areas where construction work will be performed.

• Mixed ingredients to create compounds for covering or cleaning surfaces.

• Provided assistance to craft workers, such as carpenters, plasterers, and masons.

SKILLS

Knowledgeable and experienced in excavation, grade, drainage . The use, operation, adjustments, servicing, and maintenance requirements of wheel and track laying equipment and attachments, motor graders, front end loaders, cranes and other mobile and stationary construction equipment; road construction methods and materials; safety laws, regulations and practices. Class A CDL.

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