Rickey Canham
Travelers Rest, SC 29690
Objective:
Seeking an interesting position with a growing company, where I can utilize
my skills and work experiences for growth and advancement.
Experience:
The Cliffs Communities Travelers Rest, SC
Facility Maintenance Technician June 2006 to May 2011
. Upkeep and mechanically take care of and fix the property's club house,
wellness center, and other facilities on the property.
. Working on heating and air, floors, walls, ceilings, kitchen ovens, fish
files, and other equipment for the Cliffs inhouse dining.
. Some electrical repairs and plumbing.
J.P.S. Composites Materials Marietta, SC
Maintenance Technician March 1984 to June 2006
. Repaired and maintained machinery and mechanical equipment, such as
engines, motors, lighting, plumbing, duct work, and production machines
and equipment.
. Observed mechanical devices in operation and listened to their sounds to
locate causes of trouble and fixed them.
. Adjusted functional parts of devices and control instruments, using hand
tools, levels, plumb bobs and straightedges.
. Repaired and replaced defective parts, using hand tools and power tools.
. Repaired electrical equipment.
Shedder Operator September 1984 to June 1989
. Started machine that automatically moved rotating abrasive stones along
edges of ledger blades.
. Turned hand wheels to set blades at specified angles and to position
grinding stone against blades.
. Moved stones along edges of blades, grinding blades until flaws were
removed.
Dye House Operator June 1992 to 1996
. Started automatic feed of solid and semisolid materials through equipment
units, such as heating vessels and mixing tanks.
. Dumped reweighed ingredients into tanks and hoppers and onto conveyors.
. Moved controls to regulate feed of liquids and gases through equipment in
specified timing and sequence, and started automatic feed.
. Set up and adjusted indicating and controlling devices, such as gas
analyzers, recording calorimeters, and radiographic detecting and gauging
instruments, to facilitate simultaneous analysis and control of process
conditions.
. Drew samples of product at specified stages of synthesis and performed
litmus, titration, refract meter, gas analyses, and other standard tests
to determine if reaction was proceeding efficiently and in conformity
with plant standards.
Range Operator June 1989 to June 1992
. Operated feed end of range used to dye and dry cloth.
. Turned hand wheel to adjust cloth guides.
. Turned valves to emit dye from mixing tank.
. Set thermostats to control temperature of dye in padded and hot air in
the drying box.
. Read yardage clock and recorded production, lot numbers and running time.
Range Helper March 1984 to September 1984
. Tended feed-end of range that applied size, starch, water-repellent,
wrinkle resistant, and other chemical finishes to cloth, stretches cloth
to specified widths and dries finished cloth.
. Turned hand wheels and knobs to control temperature of drying cans and
movement of cloth through range and to adjust width and tension guides.
Education: Travelers Rest High School
References: Available Upon Request
Rickey Canham
10 Morgan Avenue, Travelers Rest, SC 29690 864-***-****
Summary Maintenance technician with over 10 years
experience in the following:
. HVAC
. Company compressor rooms.
. Plant compressor control systems.
. Troubleshooting electrical control components.
. Familiar with Honeywell electronic controllers.
. Experience welding and oxygen/acetylene.
. Experience with milling machine and lathes.
. Machinery setup.
. Leveling line machinery.
. Plumbing.
. Experience with basic wiring of machinery.
Experience Facilities Maintenance Technician
The Cliffs Communities
Travelers Rest, SC
Upkeep properties working on heating and
air, electrical, and plumbing.
Maintenance Technician
J.P.S. Composite Materials Corporation
Slater-Marietta, SC
Maintain PM and repair any broken equipment.
References Available Upon Request