Vicente Chen
Katy, TX
acb7p6@r.postjobfree.com - 281-***-****
WORK EXPERIENCE
Claims Representative
Social Security Administration - Houston, TX - April 2003 to July 2013
I interviewed and completed applications for applicants applying for their retirement, disability, survivor, or
supplemental security insurance (SSI). I also provide a full range of assistance to beneficiaries and inquirers
by telephone regarding all programs administered by the Social Security Administration. I receive calls from
beneficiaries, inquirers and/or their representatives to determine the nature of their problem or interest. I
explain technical provisions, elicit relevant facts, and resolve problems with payments or eligibility. I provide
beneficiaries with information, advice or instructions about eligibility and benefits being paid under retirement,
survivors, disability, and medicare insurance programs and Supplemental Security income.
Legal Instrument Examiner
United States Coast Guard - Houston, TX - May 1999 to April 2003
Interview and evaluate merchant mariners in their goals to acquire merchant marine license, merchant marine
documents, and certificate of standards of training certification and watch keeping for seafarers (STCW),
for continued employment on sea going vessels on domestic waters as well as foreign waters. Evaluations
are performed in accordance with 46 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) parts 1-40, Navigation and Vessel
Inspection Circulars (NVICS), Marine Safety Manual (MSM), and Policy Letters. Also, Held classes, lectures,
meetings, and orientation with the merchant marine industry representatives, small and large companies, and
schools, to orientate and clarify new laws and changes. Performed course audit and classroom sight audits,
to insure that USCG regulations are being maintained. Develop work smart aids to increase efficiency and
accuracy in our office. Also, to reduce evaluation time. My job performance here has earned me: 4 cash
awards, a recommendation for a Quality Step Increase, and various letters of appreciation.
Deportation Docket Clerk
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - New Orleans, LA - September 1998 to May 1999
Input new A-Files in computer database. Update files in computer database, prepare deportation warrants.
Prepare and process bond documents for bondable aliens. Prepare letters to the Consulate of Foreign
Countries for repatriation of undocumented alien.
District Adjudication Officer
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Miami, FL - September 1997 to September 1998
Interpret, apply, and enforce Immigration and Nationality Laws. Responsibilities included reviewing,
interviewing, and making determinations on cases such as naturalization, citizenship at birth abroad,
and derivative citizenship. Planning and conducting independent interviews concerning the eligibility and
entitlement of persons seeking United State Citizenship status under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and,
planning and implementing special assignments, projects, studies or reviews to explore and resolve problems.
Health Technician
Department of the Army - Miami, FL - May 1997 to September 1997
Perform physicals to military recruits. Take vital signs, breathalyzer test, vinicultures, urinalysis test, protein
and sugar levels, hemoglobin, hearing test, eye test, micro physical exam, Edits, and pregnancy test, to insure
all candidates meets the qualifications according to the branch of service they are to enter and per OSM
physical qualifications.
File Clerk/Mail Clerk
VA Medical Center - Fort Lauderdale, FL - January 1997 to May 1997
File medical notes and medical sheets in-patients files. File medical records and process mail.
Telemarketer/Customer Service
Precision Response Corporation - Miami, FL - April 1996 to May 1997
Operated a computer and answered telephone to assist customers in placing orders, solving problems, and/or
answering questions in general. Data Entry: input all calls on customer account, purpose of call and solution
granted to the customer.
Audit and Inventory Clerk
Department Of the Navy - Pearl Harbor, HI - September 1993 to September 1994
Performed audits and inventories of all shop stores on Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, manually and by use
of a computerized bar code reader. Performed research and follow up investigation for discrepancies. Made
reports to explain any discrepancy found above or below average.
Security Officer
Safeguard Services Inc. - Honolulu, HI - January 1992 to January 1994
Observed safeguard and protected property and all in sight. Maintained log, annotating anything out of the
ordinary. Held weekly meetings with property manager. Made schedule and performed all administrative
actions for security officers assigned to my post.
Optical Character Reader Operator (Casual Seasonal help)
United States Postal Service - Honolulu, HI - September 1993 to December 1993
Processed letter class mail into OCR Machine for incoming and outgoing mail distribution. Manually sorted
parcels and 2nd, 3rd, and 4th class mail.
Mail Handler
Hawaii Presort Mail Service, Inc - Honolulu, HI - March 1993 to September 1993
Pick up mail on schedule routes. Process mail for airport delivery. Operated postage meter machine for
different weight classes and locations. Operated Optical Character Reader machine. Established map routes
and scheduled pick-ups.
Sareant USMC Postal
United States Marine Corps - Pacific, MO - August 1984 to January 1993
Sargeant USMC Postal
Marine Corps Postal School Fort Benjamin Harris, IN.
Marine Corps Noncommissioned Officers Academy Marine corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hi. 96863
Marine Corps Expeditionary Force MSSG 28, Panama Contingency Task Force January 1989 - April 1989
Camp Lejuene, NC
Saudi Arabia Operation Desert Shield/Storm August 1990 - April 1991
I maintained a $20,000.00 stock and three clerks to provide a complete post office facility to our marines and
their families. We sold all postal effects, on a Marine Corps Base all post office are operated by active duty
Marines. Processed all incoming and outgoing mail, establishing special routes for deployed Marine Corps
Units. Processed claims for lost or damaged accountable mail. Processed tracers for lost mail and maintained
a locator list for all undeliverable mail.
EDUCATION
Associate Degree in Specialized Associate Degree in Medical Tech
Miami Dade Community College (Ward Stone College) - Miami, FL
1995 to 1997
Associate Degree in Industrial Tech
Central Texas College - Killeen, TX
1981 to 1983
SKILLS
Forklift Operator