CHRISTOPHER J. CHATMAN

** ********** **** ********, ** 36207 256-***-****

ab849s@r.postjobfree.com

Work Experience

Anniston Army Depot Anniston, AL

Heavy Mobile Mechanic 04/2005 - present

. Test mechanical products and equipment after repair or assembly to

ensure proper performance and compliance with manufacturers'

specifications.

. Repair and replace damaged or worn parts.

. Clean, lubricate, and perform other routine maintenance work on

equipment and vehicles.

. Schedule maintenance for industrial machines and equipment, and keep

service records.

. Read and understand operating manuals, blueprints, and technical

drawings.

. Adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and

pneumatic equipment.

. Clean parts by spraying them with grease solvent or immersing them in

tanks of solvent.

. Direct workers who are assembling or disassembling equipment or

cleaning parts.

. Maintain, repair or replace subassemblies, such as transmissions and

crawler heads.

. Adjust and maintain industrial machinery, using control and

regulating devices.

. Fabricate needed parts or items from sheet metal.

United Defense Anniston, AL

Welder 05/1995 -04/2005

. Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.

. Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.

. Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to

obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

. Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal

segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc,

flux-cored arc, plasma arc or shielded metal arc

. Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with

straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

. 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 valves to activate and adjust gas flow so that

desired flames are obtained.

. Position and secure work pieces, using cranes, wire, and banding

machines or hand tools.

. Preheat work pieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or

heating furnaces.

. Hammer out bulges or bends in metal work pieces.

Education

Gadsden State Community College Gadsden, AL

Welding

1996 -1998

White Plains High School Anniston, AL

Diploma

May

1993

Skills

. Welding

. Mechanics

. Equipment Selection

. Repairing

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