Phillip Palka

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Gadsden, AL. *****

Phone: 256-***-****

Summary of Qualifications

• Team Leader

• Experience with manual lathes, manual mills, blueprint reading and CNC

• Experience as a press operator, material handler, die setter, robot operator, grinder, buffer,

finisher, and assistant manager.

Education

• Gadsden State Community College A.A.S. Machine Tool Technology, August 2011

• Collinsville High School, Diploma May 1997

• United States Army Basic Training Aug. 1997; Petroleum Supply Specialist, January

1998

Work History

Manual Machinist

Tate’s Machine Shop, Gadsden, Al. June 2013-April 2014

• Operated lathes, end mills, drill presses, and other machine shop equipment.

• Measuring work with calipers, micrometers, and rulers.

• Study blueprints or written plans of parts.

• Set up and prepare for larger projects, cutting metal stock using a variety of tools, such as

drill presses. Shaping and smoothing parts.

Laborer

Alabama Machine Works, Crossville, Al. May 2012-March 2013

• Shop helper

• Cut Material on table saw for shop to produce parts

Machinist

Prominent Fixture and Gauge, September 2011-November 2011

• Used blueprints to machine parts for customer fixtures

• Set up and used manual mills, and manual lathes

• Used various measuring instruments to check parts

Assistant Manager

Calendar Club, Gadsden, Al. November 2009-January 2010

• Managed inventory control, product orders and creating schedules, stocked shelves with

products

• Prepared nightly deposits, assisted in training and disciplinary actions with other

employees, and opening and closing the store.

Laborer

Prince Metal Stampings Inc., Attalla, Al. October 2006-January 2010

• Operated forklift to supply plant floor with products to run on presses

• Transferred to the die shop to become a tool maker, operated overhead crane, washed

dies, some repair on dies, sharpened punches, and blocks using a surface grinder and a

Blanchard wet rotary grinder

Shipping, Production worker, Robot operator, and Line Leader

Choice Fabricators Inc., Attalla Al. December 2003-September 2006

• As a line leader I set dies, provided safety meetings. Confirmed everyone had PPE before

starting production.

• Guaranteed production was met.

• As a robot operator I loaded and unloaded material into press area, wrapped and banded

finished goods, and labeled for shipping, placed finished goods in warehouse.

Solider

Active duty with the National Guard for Homeland Security, Anniston, Al. and Huntsville, Al.

July 2002-June 2003

• Patrolled perimeter of installation, administer gate entrance by checking for proper

identification, valid parking decals, and vehicle inspection.

Case Aide

The Bridge, Gadsden, Al. August 2001-April 2002

• Assisted case manager in supervising adolescents with behavioral, substance, physical

and verbal abuse problems, in a group setting.

Petroleum Supply Specialist

U.S. Army, United States, August 1997-August 2000

• Security of military vehicle, refuel of military vehicles, documented usage of all

petroleum products

• Ordered all petroleum products, transported products to specified locations.

Certificates and Licenses

• Forklift certification

• HAZMAT training through the U.S. Army

• Overhead crane operation certification from Crosby Communication System

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