Refugio Valdez Ochoa Email: ad4t8s@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 619-***-****

Objective

Seeking a position at a company where I can maximize my 8 years of labor, quality assurance, program development, and training experience.

Certifications

•Welding /Metal fabrication Course Diploma

•OSHA SHIP YARD COMPENTENT PERSONS

Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•Bilingual (English/Spanish) -fluent in reading, writing and speaking

•Industrial and commercial painting

•Safety-Oriented

•Ability to safely operate: grinder, welder equipment, framing nail gun, saw-zal, and torch gun. paint compressors, blasting equipment and both airless and conventional spray guns, band, circular, jig, reciprocating, chop and compound miter saw

•Operate power saws, planners, jointers, and pneumatic equipment

•Strong communications skills

•Computer software knowledge: Excel, Word and Windows-based applications

•Data entry and keyboarding skills, with 10- key abilities

Professional Experience

SOUTH WELDING & MANUFACTURING

SAFTEY TECHNICIAN III

2021-2022

Conduct morning safety meetings and roaster attendance up to

50 workers.

Inspect hot work area making sure meets up with hot work permits.

Criteria prior to the start of work.

Conduct walks through with government personal, other

Contractors, and clients to see the progression from the

Contracts.

Fill out incident reports such as injuries, cars, and write ups for

Misconduct or fail to follow safety policies.

Inspect safety gear such as fire extinguishers, fall protection.

Harnesses, rigging supplies, welders,power tools, lines and lead,

And scaffolding.

Conduct respirator fit test and fire watch test.

Making sure workers following safety policies.

ATLANTIC PACIFIC SAFETY & RESCUE (APSR)

SHIP YARD COMPETENT PERSONS 2018-2021

•Employed to determine whether a space is safe for workers and prescribe the appropriate protective measures to be implemented.

•Calibrating and maintaining test equipment, as well as retaining.

Corresponding records and documentation.

•Visually inspecting and testing spaces and adjacent spaces that contain or have contained combustible or flammable liquids to determine whether such materials are present, and, prior to worker entry, what concentration of flammable vapors and gases is present within the space. Workers may safely enter the space when the concentration of flammable vapors is below 10 percent of the lower explosive limit (LEL).

•Familiarity with the structure, location, and designation of spaces (including land-side spaces) where work is done.

•Retesting spaces designated “Not Safe for Workers” after ventilation has been used to lower unsafe air concentration of toxics, corrosives, or irritants within the permissible exposure limit (PEL) or below the immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) level. Retesting must occur until the spaces can be certified as “Enter with Restrictions” or “Safe for Workers.”

CRAFT LABOR SUPPORT SERVICE LLC (CLSS)

SHIP YARD COMPETENT PERSONS 2017-2018

•Visually inspecting and testing the following spaces to determine the atmosphere’s oxygen content prior to worker.

•Reporting physical hazards. Any hazards—such as access, electrical, slips, trips, and falls—identified during visual inspection should be reported to the employer or their representative for correction.

•Testing the atmosphere for explosive vapors in spaces where metals are coated with soft and greasy preservatives before and immediately after welding, cutting, or heating operations and at frequent intervals thereafter.

•Ability to maintain records of tests, inspections, and operations performed, as well as test results and any instructions.

•Inspecting and, if necessary, testing structural voids such as skegs, bilge keels, fair waters, masts, booms, support stanchions, pipe stanchions, and railings for the presence of flammable liquids or vapors before beginning welding, cutting, heating, brazing, or other hot work.

CRAFT LABOR SUPPORT SERVICE LLC (CLSS)

PAINTER 2015-2017

•Communicated with coworkers and management about any changes in procedure and tips on how to improve quality and work environment.

•Masked areas not to be painted.

•Operated extractors and drying fans

•Sprayed coatings to provide finished surface.

•Inspected equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

•Accountable for equipment maintenance and zone cleanliness

•Analyzed information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

•Removed previous paint by scraping, sanding, and needle gun.

•Look out for confined space where it has not been tagged.

•Cleaned-up job site after work and return equipment and tools.

ADVANCED MARINE PRESERVATION (AMP)

PAINTER/ SPONGE BLASTING NORFOLK, VA 2014-2015

•Painted and spraying surfaces with the right type of paint being coated.

•Worked with other painters to complete all jobs and task in a timely manner.

•Worked up to16hrs a day until task has been completed.

•Performed other basic maintenance when no painting was needed.

•Sponge blasted in confined spaces onboard on the LCS Detroit and other ships.

•Also blasted on the decks of the ships

WESTERN INDUSTRIAL INC.

PAINTER HELPER/PAINTER NATIONAL CITY, CA 2014-2014

•Prepared paint for painters

•Prepared paint pump for painter including running the paint lines to the manholes

•Masking

•Line tender

•Repaired on the surface such as dings in wall or dents on the decks and tanks

•Power washed and cleaned any surface to prepare for painting

•Monitored and inventory supply of paint as well as tools needed such as wire brushes, cookies, cleaning brooms, cloths and more

E BUILD & TRUSS INC., CHULA VISTA, CA

CARPENTER/HARDWARE 2012-2014

•Attached pulleys and block to fixed overhead structures such; beams, ceilings and gin pole booms, using bolts and clamps.

•Framed new construction of single-family homes and town homes

•Selected lumber based on the particular species, characteristics, size, applications and applicable adhesives.

•Installed hardware all over the building select gears such as; cable, pulleys, and winches, according to load weight, sizes and installed floor joists, trusses and rafters.

•Repaired and maintained older properties, including renovating flooring, walls and ceilings, installing fixtures and remodeling bathrooms and kitchen.

•Cut timber, panels and other materials according to measured dimensions

T&M FRAMING EL CAJON, CA

LABOR/RIGGER 2011-2012

•Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement and adjustments of machinery, equipment and materials.

•Manipulate rigging lines, hoists and pulling gear to move or support materials such as ships and theatrical sets and test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.

•Erect and dissemble braces and other temporary structures

•Clean work areas, machines, and equipment to maintain safety job site

•Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces; using chain falls, gain poles and gallows frames.

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