Houston,Tx. 832-***-**** Home
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Edgar L. Buchanan
Objective Electronics/Avionics technician, Instrumentation
technician, Quality control inspector, Field support
Experience
(GPB) Fire and Gas QA/QC Bench Technician, CH2MHill
November 2007-Present, West Operations Area, Prudhoe
Bay, Alaska.
Perform repairs to the component level (includes QC
vendor repairs) for fire and gas detection and
supression equipment removed from service.Calibrate
maintenance test equipment. Perform calibration and
repair of personal/mobile gas monitors. Provide
technical support for field maintenance technicians.
Manager Eric Hundorf
Field Engineer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
June1981-July 2008 Hangar 135B Ellington Field
Houston, Tx.
Shuttle Training Aircraft digital avionics
specialist, I troubleshot and repaired digital and
analog systems to the component level on the Shuttle
Training Aircraft used to train astronauts to land
the Space Shuttle.
Doppler weather radar system engineer, I troubleshot
and repaired the local Doppler weather radar system
at Ellington Field, Tx.
Mission Control Center digital systems specialist, I
troubleshot and repaired the digital interfaces at
the Space Shuttle Mission Control Center. Manager-
Bob Maddocks-281-***-****
Engineering Technician, Texas Instruments
Corporation
April1974-June1975 12201 Highway 59 Stafford, Tx.
Analog recording instrument development and final
testing, I worked with engineers to develop new
analog recording instruments and conducted unit and
final testing of such instruments. Manager-Bob
Sullivan-281-***-****
Observer, Teledyne Exploration Company
August 1973-April 1974 5825
Chimney Rock Houston, Tx.
Offshore geophysical exploration equipment operator
and technician, I troubleshot, repaired, and
operated analog to digital geophysical seismograph
recording equipment. I also operated the ships radio
equipment. Manager- Bob Bell-713-***-****
Military United States Air Force
June 1975-June1981 Ellsworth AFB, SD.
Staff Sergeant, shift supervisor, Honorable
Discharge B-52 flight simulator specialist
technician, I troubleshot and repaired B-52 flight
simulators to the component level with both analog
and digital electronics. B-52 flight simulator
control panel operator, I inputted simulated
aircraft malfunctions in the B-52 flight simulators
to train aircrews to deal with these aircraft
malfunctions. I went on to become the shift
supervisor. Strategic Air Command War Skill law
enforcement specialist, During war game training
exercises I left my regular position as the flight
simulator shift supervisor to be the base law
enforcement flight chief. I worked patrols on the
Air Force base as well as K-9, courier, main gates,
and security check points. Manager-Master Sergeant
Dan Thrailkill
Education 1971 Indianola Academy High School
Indianola, Ms. Graduated top quarter of
class, 3.9 Grade Point Average
1971-1973 United Electronics Institute
Birmingham, Al.
Honor Graduate, First in class, 4.0 Grade Point
Average
1975-1976 USAF Flight Simulator Specialist
Course Chanute AFB, Il.
Honor Graduate, First in class, 4.0 Grade Point
Average
1976-1981 USAF Supervisor and Management Courses
Barksdale AFB, La.
1976-1981 Digital Techniques and Computer Courses
Barksdale AFB, La.
1980 United States Air Force Strategic Air
Command Law Enforcement Specialist Course
Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
1976-1981 Community College of the Air Force
Maxwell AFB. Al.
Various Computer Science courses
1981-1986 College of the Mainland
Texas City, Tx.
Microprocessors, Computer Programming, Mathematics,
Drafting, and
English 3.4 Grade Point Average
Licenses and Awards Factory Trained in Repair and Maintenance of strip
chart recorders and laser printers.
Eagle Scout, Federal Communications Commission
General Radiotelephone Operator with radar
endorsement license, Certified through hole and SMT
soldering, Shuttle Training Aircraft Tier I and II
awards for outstanding support of Shuttle Training
Aircraft, Doppler weather radar, and differential
global positioning systems, Certified in through
hole and SMT soldering. Certified crimping and cable
harness assembly.