High School Technician

Michael Hooper

Email: ********@**********.***

Address:

City: Greensboro

State: NC

Zip: 27410

Country: USA

Phone: 256-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

I am currently a cable installer and maintainer ( 25lima ) in the army national guard and have been for the past 7 years. I specifically specialize in fiber optic cable installation, guidelines, termination, and splicing. I am also a specialist with cat-5 and cat-6 cable and can install terminate as well. i have around 2 and a half years of actual on the job daily training. i spent 14 months doing nothing but cable missions in Iraq in 2008 through 2009 and nothing but cable missions in Afghanistan for 11 months in 2011 through 2012. i am an extremely hard, dedicated, and motivated worker and i love doing my job for a living. Technical college graduate with 3 years in the welding and metal works service and repair industry. Hardworking and flexible. Installation Technician successful at developing unique troubleshooting techniques and providing quality sound installation services to customers. Technician skilled in troubleshooting technical issues with accuracy and speed. Trained in welding ( metal works ) and communication cable installation and maintaince. Service Technician Supervisor accomplished in creating strong and knowledgeable teams and meeting deadlines. Successful in reviewing projects and tracking margins for process improvements.Repair Technician qualified to educate and train technician staff in safety protocols, OSHA standards and general policies and procedures.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Florence High School, Florence AL 1/2001 to 12/2005 (Standard)

High School Dipolma from Northwest Shoals Community College, Florence AL 1/2001 to 12/2012

Job History / Details:

Summary

I am currently a cable installer and maintainer ( 25lima ) in the army national guard and have been for the past 7 years. I specifically specialize in fiber optic cable installation, guidelines, termination, and splicing. I am also a specialist with cat-5 and cat-6 cable and can install terminate as well. i have around 2 and a half years of actual on the job daily training. i spent 14 months doing nothing but cable missions in Iraq in 2008 through 2009 and nothing but cable missions in Afghanistan for 11 months in 2011 through 2012. i am an extremely hard, dedicated, and motivated worker and i love doing my job for a living. Technical college graduate with 3 years in the welding and metal works service and repair industry. Hardworking and flexible. Installation Technician successful at developing unique troubleshooting techniques and providing quality sound installation services to customers. Technician skilled in troubleshooting technical issues with accuracy and speed. Trained in welding ( metal works ) and communication cable installation and maintaince. Service Technician Supervisor accomplished in creating strong and knowledgeable teams and meeting deadlines. Successful in reviewing projects and tracking margins for process improvements.Repair Technician qualified to educate and train technician staff in safety protocols, OSHA standards and general policies and procedures.

Highlights

Cable Installer and Maintainer

First Aid certified

HAZMAT knowledge

Expert in blueprint interpretation

Dexterous with hand tools

Fiber optic cable installation and maintaining including hot melts, epoxy termination, fusion splicing, and installing fiber optic and cat 5 and cat 6 switches and cable racks.

Accomplishments

Supervised an army cable team of 8 soldiers and 2 civilian L3 communications contractors on deployment in Iraq in 2008 and 2009. I also was a team leader and supervisor of 14 soldiers and 6 civilian contractors while on Deployment in Afghanistan for 11 months in 2011 through 2012. In Iraq we successfully completed over 150 cable missions and successfully completed over 115 cable missions while on deployment in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012. In 3 months while in Iraq we completed 2 of the largest cable missions in the history of the army national guard which included over 12 thousand cat-5 minicom terminations that totaled to over 8 thousand miles of NIPR, SIPR, TSIPR, and coalition cable and ran over 3 thousand miles of various sizes of fiber optic cable and over a thousand fusion splices and around 4 thousand hot melt terminations.

Assisted in training over 40 soldiers and new service technicians over the past 7 years in the military.

Experience

April 2005 to November 2012

Army National Guard Florence, Alabama

Cable Maintainer and Installer ( 25Lima )

Reassembled equipment after completed repairs.Assembled and installed wiring, electrical and electronic components.Assembled and maintained physical structures using hand and power tools.Operated tools such as hoists and saws.Installed, calibrated and configured combustible, toxic gas detectors.Used hand tools to replace defective equipment parts.Installed coax cables inside residences.Replaced worn and damaged hoses, wiring and belts.Maintained up-to-date and accurate repair logs.Recorded HVAC maintenance and repair history in job logs.Briefed new team members on procedures and project goals.Supervised a team of over a dozen employees.Ordered supplies, tools and equipment.Read manufacturer manuals, diagrams and specifications prior to repairing equipment.Soldered and brazed damaged equipment.

Education

2005 Florence High School Florence, Alabama

High School Diploma Standard

2012 Northwest Shoals Community College Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Associates Degree Welding and Metal Works

Top 10 percentage of class. Graduated with Honors

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