Jelafonta Ge’Quam Watters
Birmingham, Alabama 35244
(Cell) 334-***-****
*.*********@*****.***
EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE
Seeking a welder or related industrial position that utilizes my skills & abilities.
PERSONAL SUMMARY
• Possesses a valid driver’s license
• Hard worker
• Clean background
• Great attitude
• Team player
• Great communication skills
WELDING SKILLS & RELATED INDUSTRIAL CAPABILITIES
• Welded plate & structural steel in accordance with ASME&AWS codes and standards
• Welded plate & structural steel in the flat, vertical, horizontal & overhead positions.
• Welded stainless steel &aluminum in accordance with Military Standard 1595-A
• Welded larger diameter piping accordance to pipeline standard API 1104
• Ran overlapping beads; performed butt, fillet, socket & groove welds.
• Measured, cut, prepared & fitted segments of pipe & structural steel.
• Welded mild steel pipe in accordance with ASME Section IX.
• Welded 2”-5” pipe in the following positions : 2G,5G,& 6G
• Able to interpret blueprints and welding diagrams
• Skilled in basic fitting & piping system layouts.
• Utilized assorted electrodes and filler metals.
USED THE FOLLOWING WELDING PROCESSES
• GTAW –Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG & HF TIG)
• SMAW –Shielded Metal Arc Welding ( Stick)
• GMAW – Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG)
• FCAW – Flux Core Arc Welding
PREPAARED & CUT METAL WITH
• Plate & Pipe Beveling Machines
• Hand Torches & Grinders
• Air Carbon Arc Gouging
• Plasma Arc
VOCATIONAL TRAINING & EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Tulsa Welding School Jacksonville, FL
Completed a welder – training program with studies in structural, pipe, pipeline & thin metal alloy
welding processes. Additional training in metal prep, cutting & layout; basic fitting & rigging; pipe
takeoffs, industrial safety practices and proper usage of personal protective equipment. Also familiar with
metallurgy, welding symbols & terminology; isometric drawings, industrial diagrams & blueprints.
Southside High School High School Diploma Selma, AL
Work Experience
Vulcan Industries (Welder)
June 6, 2012 - July 25, 2012
Assembled iron gates, made steel doors for Krispy Kreme doughnuts and steel cabinets
Altec Industries (Welder)
August 1, 2012 – October 19, 2012
Pre-Jig - assembled steel for truck body’s using blueprints and tape measure.
Hubbard & Bernard
Machine Operator
November 1, 2012- January 2012
Duties included feeding wire through a machine and packed it for shipping
Hyundai
Assembly Line
April 2013- August 2013
Duties included drilling screws in front end of car on a conveying line