Kevin John Schofield

** ****** ****

Whitefield

Manchester

M45 7RF

United Kingdom

E-mail:- acn4fx@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 078********

D.O.B. 21/01/1957

PROFILE

Competent all rounder, hard working, focused with an excellent attention to detail. Reliable, a good team member, enjoys working with others and alone. With 30 years experience as a welder/fabricator in the UK I can offer excellent skills and in-depth knowledge of the engineering industry.

I believe I would be an asset to any company requiring a high standard of work and employee commitment, and therefore hope that my application is of interest to you. I have also been involved with the running of my own Engineering Company and I have overseen projects from start to finish, and I have implemented the planning and control of workloads. I have worked with Auto cad 2D on design of jigs. I have worked on Structural Steel, MOD, Shop Fitting Fixtures, Shelters, Hand rails, CNC Plasma Profiling, and 1 off projects and many more. As a Director at EMC and D&K Engineering I was very much a hands on person, spending 90% of my time on the shop floor welding and fabricating.

RELEVENT EMPLOYMENT

2013-2014 Fabricator/Welder Sterling Fabrication Services

• General Fabrication and Welding of structural steel, handrails, staircases sawing, drilling and punching.

2012-2012 Production Director D&K Engineering Ltd Wigan

• Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, and fabricators.

• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.

• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.

• Organize cutting lists for plasma.

2007-2012 Production Director EMC Engineering Ltd Wigan

We had two main customers AMSS for which we built equipment for the MOD for use in armed forces all over Europe, and also William Hare Structural for which we turned around approximately 40 tonnes a month of structural steel, including beams, columns, bracings, brackets, frames, plate girders and various other items for the Trafford centre, Media City, War Museum in Manchester also in London, Nigeria, Rotterdam, Saudi and Canada. I was involved from start to finish in all the planning for these projects, I also did the drawing of many end plates and spacers on Autocad ready for profiling on the plasma.

• Welding/Fabrication, jig building, organizing and allocating work loads.

• Buying of Materials, planning jobs from start to finish.

• Plan and develop new products and production processes.

• Calculate labor and equipment requirements and production specifications, using standard formulas.

• Recommend or execute personnel actions, such as hiring’s, evaluations, and promotions.

• Recommend or implement measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency.

• Set up and adjust machines and equipment.

• Determine standards, budgets, production goals, and rates, based on company policies, equipment and labor availability, and workloads.

• Maintain operations data, such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.

• Requisition materials, supplies, equipment parts, or repair services.

• Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.

• Keep records of employees' attendance and hours worked.

• Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.

• Conduct employee training in equipment operations or work and safety procedures, or assign employee training to experienced workers.

• Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.

• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.

• Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, and fabricators.

2003-2007 Welder/Fabricator LSF/Sitebase, Skelmersdale

• Welding / fabrication and making jigs for various customers for example Benfords,

• Amss, Komatsu, Aston Martin, Terex, Caterpillar, Kabota, Atlas, Ifor Williams.

• Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required.

• Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or channels, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.

• Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces using torches, or welding equipment.

• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.

• Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.

• Tack-weld fitted parts together.

• Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.

• Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.

• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.

• Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.

• Hammer, chip, and grind work pieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.

• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.

• Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses.

• Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.

• Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.

• Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.

• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.

• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.

• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.

• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.

• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.

• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.

• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.

• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.

• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.

• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.

• Fill holes, and increase the size of metal parts.

• Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal, using cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torches or plasma-arc equipment.

• Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knives.

1983-2003 Welder/Fabricator Cromech Engineering Salford

Welding/fabrication of structural steel beams, columns and 7.5 tonne bridge supports. I did various types of structural steel and making jigs for various customers for example, JCB, Joy Mining, Atlas, Tilghmans, Cussons Technology, Telescope Technology, William Hares, Sanko Gosei, Woods Air Movement, Amss, Hanix and Hitachi. Most of the projects at Cromech were heavy fabrication up to 20 tonnes with multirun welding up to 32 mm on 40-50 mm plate.

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.

• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.

• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.

• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.

• Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.

• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.

• Verify conformance of work piece's to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.

• Tack-weld fitted parts together.

• Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.

• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.

• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.

• Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.

• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.

• Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches.

• Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to work pieces using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.

• Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.

• Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.

• Use tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices.

• Turn and press knobs and buttons or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.

• Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.

• Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.

• Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.

• Inspect, measure, or test completed metal work pieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.

• Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.

• Conduct trial runs before welding make necessary adjustments to equipment.

• Prepare metal surfaces or work pieces using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.

• Devise or build fixtures or jigs used to hold parts in place during welding, brazing, or soldering.

• Mark weld points and positions of components on work pieces using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.

• Company went into Liquidation.

WORK EXPERIENCE

JCB: - Fabrication and Welding of Loader Arms. 3 Stage, Outers Inners and Intermediates. 2 Stage, Outers and Inners. Dippers, Engine Covers, Masts, Carriages and Loadalls.

Hanix Europe: - Fabrication and Welding of Mini Excavators, Track Frames, Turning Frames, Booms, Arms, Swing Posts and Dozer Blades.

Hitachi: - Fabrication and Welding of Booms, Arms and Swing Posts.

Komatsu: - Fabrication and Welding of Booms and Arms.

Terex: - Fabrication and Welding of Seat Supports and Buckets.

Thwaits: - Fabrication and Welding of large and small Dumper Buckets.

Joy Mining: - Fabrication and Welding of Roof Supports.

Dowty: - Fabrication and Welding of Roof Supports.

William Hare :- fabrication and welding of structural steel beams, columns, bracings, brackets, frames, and plate girders. I have worked on nearly every size and thickness of beams, columns, angles, channels, square hollow section, circular hollow section, both welding and fabrication to customers specifications.

EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE

I have the following experience using :- CNC Plasma Profiler, CNC Pressbrakes, Drilling, Sawing, Lathe, Miller, Oxy/Acet Burning, Welding MIG, Metal Cored, Stainless Steel Welding, Aluminum Welding.

QUALIFICATIONS

The Welding Institute

MIG Merit

TIG Merit

MMA Merit

In the past I have been coded in the following:-

Metal Cored Butt and Fillet for Canadian Welding Bureau: - William Hare requirement

Butt and Fillet, American Welding Standards: - William Hare requirement

Butt and Fillet and English 287 Butt and Fillet. : - William Hare requirement

EDUCATION

1962-1968 Stand All Saints Primary School

1968-1972 Whitefield County Secondary School

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

My hobbies are I enjoy playing golf, darts, DIY, gardening and enjoy spending time with my family and socializing with friends.

My interests are computers, web designing and Autocad 2D.

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