CHRISTOPHER J. CHATMAN
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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