Real Estate Electrical
Resume:
Resume for:
Donald C. Hansen, age 50
**** *. ***** ***. #***, Claremont, CA 91711 (mailing address)
909-***-**** ● DonThir *******@*****.***
Education & Credentials (chronological):
• 1980-1982, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) apprenticeship training for
I nside Wireman. Included 6 hrs per week of night school, and 40 hrs per week working under the
supervision of a journeyman electrician.
• ~ 1984, Construction Estimating, taught by the National Electrical Contractor’s Association.
• 1991: Granted an electrical contractor’s license for California, C-10 #629832.
• ~1994, Electronics Service Repair, 1 year of courses taken at MSAC community college.
• 2003, Bachelor of Science, Liberal Arts, 3.5 GPA, Excelsior College, New York. Additional courses
t aken in business, science, psychology, religion, and website development.
• 2004, Granted a real estate broker’s license for California, #01445634.
• 2004, Granted a real estate appraiser t rainee license for California, #AT033469 (now expired).
• 2004, Underwriter’s Laboratories day course on the Listing of Luminaires (UL standards for light
f ixtures).
• Independent Study: Countless books, websites, videos, discussion groups, etc., for expanding
k nowledge of website development and photography, among other things.
Work Experience (chronological):
• 1974-1985, Assisted with maintenance of father’s commercial-industrial buildings, which he
built.
• 1974-1985, Worked in warehouse of father’s electrical construction business, organizing stock,
pulling orders, making deliveries, prefabricating electrical assemblies, etc.
• 1980-1982, Apprentice Electrician, IBEW t rade union. Worked on large commercial,
i ndustrial, and office buildings throughout LA county.
• 1982-1991, Independent Electrician, performing small electrical repairs and installations on
mostly residential and commercial buildings.
• 1990-1999, Software developer and sales (“shareware”). Designed, programmed (Visual
Basic) sold and supported 3 successful software applications (2 for t racking vehicle use & expenses, 1
for printing mailing labels).
• 1991-Present, Electrical Contractor, performing electrical repairs and installations on mostly
residential and commercial buildings.
• 1995-1998, Resident Apartment Manager, responsible for 100% of the operations of a small
apartment building, including maintenance, repair, renovation, and grounds keeping. The landlord
was mostly incapacitated for the last two years, so I was mostly on my own to run everything,
i ncluding bookkeeping, until the estate was resolved and his children took over.
• 1998-2009, Real Estate Investor, Rialto Business Park L LC. Along with 8 other partners, we
built and then operated one of the largest self-storage facilities in southern California, although I was
not a p rimary leader or decision-maker in the project. But it was a very good learning experience,
observing the entire project from the inside, including analyzing the financial reports, and
participating in decision-making meetings.
• 2003-2009, New Product Development, The Hansen Light, http://TheHansenLight.com.
Required learning about manufacturing processes, properties of materials, methods, electronics
technology related to the project, and everything else that goes with developing a new product and
delivering it to the end-user in a cost effective manner.
• 2005-2007, Board of Directors of Planned Unit Development (a private community of 72
single-family homes) responsible for all management of the property, including landscaping, walls,
gates, private streets, etc., as well as accounting, budgeting, handling resident complaints, etc. This
was not a paid job, but it was work.
• 2005-2007, edited, proofread, assisted, etc., with the development of two books written by my
t hen-fiancée: http://VidiPublishing.com
• 2008-present, Real Estate Officer-Broker, Weichert Referral Network (virtually no work
i nvolved, other than a lit tle bit of paperwork, and maintaining my license with continuing education).
• 2009-present, Website Development, Photography, and Technical Writing, self-employed,
h ttp://DonHansen.net.
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