James E. Alexander

Dogwood Court

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Tuscumbia, Alabama 35674

Email: abjvn0@r.postjobfree.com

256-***-****

OBJECTIVE A challenging and rewarding position in a stable and growing

w orking environment with an opportunity for advancement

EDUCATION 1984-1987 Colbert County High School

L eighton, Alabama 35646

1987-1988 Muscle Shoals High School

Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35661

WORK HISTORY 2009-Present General Laborer

Laborers Local #366

I w ork as an experienced general laborer on different construction projects

t hrough Local #366. I have worked at the following TVA sites: Brownsferry

N uclear Plant, Sequioh Nuclear Plant, Colbert Steam Plant, and Bear Creek

D am. I have worked at the following Alabama Power sites: Gorgas Steam

P lant and Miller Steam Plant. The tools I have used in performance of my

j ob are hand grinders, picks, shovels, brooms, jackhammers, chipping guns,

p ry bars, wrecking bars, concrete saws, and concrete and soil packers. I

h ave used chainfalls, slings, cumalongs, and chains in the moving and

l ifting of materials. I have worked on the inside and outside clean-up crews

a t different plants. I have been certified in confined space entry, firewatch,

o sha10, foreign material exclusion, concrete certification and TVA affected

e mployee training. I am certified forklift operator.

2 008-2009 Pipe Casting Technician

U .S. Pipe and Foundry

I w orked as a pipe casting technician which required every employee

t o be trained on different jobs in the plant. I was certified to operate

o verhead cranes with weight limits from five tons to forty tons. I was

a lso certified to drive and operate forklifts, bobcats, front-end loaders

a nd a track mobile to bring molten iron from our supplier plant. I was

c ertified in the lock-out, tag-out procedures to perform changeovers

a nd maintenance work on different machines. I was a test press operator

a nd an inspector on the pipe-run line. I worked in shipping as a loader.

2 005-2008 Assembler& Labor Pool Technician

P eterbuilt

I w orked as an assembly and labor pool technician at Peterbuilt.

T he position required me to work in all areas of the plant. I worked in the

w elding shop doing spot welds on axles. I also operated torches for burning

a nd cutting metal on the frame of the truck. I worked in final assembly,

w here I installed various components on the vehicle to complete the truck

f or roll off. I also worked in the paint prep area sanding cabs and sealing

t hem for paint.

1 997-2005 Tire Builder, Tread Handler, Injection machine operator

G oodyear Tire and Rubber (Dunlop Tire)

A s a tire builder I assembled together various components such

a s steel breaker, jointlessband, edgeband and tread rubber to

p roduce a green tire for the tire press department. As a tread-

h andler I was responsible for proper wind-up and booking of treads,

i nspection of treads and entering of proper data into the computer.

I a lso operated rubber injection molding machines and worked as a

b andbury servicer and forklift operator.

1 990-1997 Wire Mill Machine Operator & Shipping Department

T riangle Wire and Cable

I o perated A-16 copper wire drawers, V-10 copper wire

B unchers, MGS wire stranders and Watson wire respoolers.

I w orked in the warehouse and operated wire-guided forklifts,

s it-down forklifts, stand-up forklifts, and electric pallet jacks. I used

s canners to unload product to restock warehouse and to pick loads

t o fill orders for other warehouses and customers. I also laid out

l oads by weight and loaded semi-trailers.

1 988-1990 Stinger Missile Gunner

U .S. Army

I s erved in the U.S. Army in an air defense artillery unit as

a s tinger missile gunner. I also worked in the motor pool

s ervicing vehicles and other army equipment.

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