Richard Johnstone
587-***-**** cell
********@*******.***
EDUCATION
•Interprovincial Red Seal Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic
•High School Diploma
•Diesel Electronics Certificate
•Wheel Installers Certificate
•Multiple Oilfield Safety Certificates
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Siapem Canada Ft. Mckay, Alberta
Title: Heavy Duty Mechanic Duties:
• Troubleshoot and repair construction and support equipment including excavators, wiggle
wagons, skid steers, packers, graders, cranes,
EWP’s, scissor lifts, light plants, frost fighters, leaf blowers, concrete saws, water pumps, &
highway trucks
• Preventative maintenance on all equipment ( oil changes and minor repairs)
• Major repair to non-warrantied equipment such as main and rod bearings, water pumps,
generator swaps, engine swaps, fuel pump resealing, front and rear main
seal changes, & front cover resealing, re-wiring & re-hosing
• Radiator changes, and testing
• GFI testing and swapping
• Engine idle changes
• Battery disconnect installation
• Operation of service truck around site
• General cleanup & organization of shop and laydown area
Wajax Equipment
Edmonton, Alberta
Title: Heavy Duty Technician
Duties:
Troubleshoot and repair construction equipment including Hitachi excavators, Tiger Cat forestry gear, & Pal finger
truck mounted cranes
• Installation of factory plumbing kits, quick couplers, thumbs, coolant heaters, block heaters, positive air shutoffs, work lights,
battery disconnects, covers, hydraulic couplers, pattern changers, booms, arms & cylinders
• Adjusting of pressures & flows
• Engine swaps
• Plumbing for hoe packs & other attachments
• Pre delivery inspections & performance testing
• Inspections on truck mounted cranes
• Operation of service truck in Edmonton area
• General cleanup & organization of shop & yard
Yellow Tractor Works Inc. Edmonton, Alberta
Title: Heavy Duty Technician / Lead hand
Duties:
•Troubleshoot and repair construction equipment including Hyundai loaders and excavators, Moxie surface haul trucks. Prime Tech mulchers, Cat
scrapers, motor graders and vibrating packers
•All maintenance, pre & post inspections for gear being sold as well as rental gear. Major & Minor repairs, body work, testing, cleaning (outside & in)
•Operate service truck ranging across Alberta and Saskatchewan
•Cleaning and organization of shop and yard
Procon Equipment
Nisku, Alberta
Title: Heavy Duty Technician
Duties.
•Build & test gear for underground hard rock mining (including jumbos & mobile rock drills, scoop trams, haul trucks, bolters, and
scissor decks)
•Troubleshoot and repair underground mining equipment (jumbos & mobile rock drills, scoop trams, haul trucks, bolters, scissor decks,
lube trucks, loaders, lift trucks, skid steers, commercial transport vehicles, company vehicles, mobile compressors, and
generators)
•Service calls to mines across North America
Fraser Valley Transport
Maple Ridge, B.C.
Title: Apprentice Heavy Duty Mechanic
Duties:
•Removal and Installations of commercial transport engines C omplete rebuilding of all types of CAT, CUMMINS, and DETROIT
DIESEL engines
•Complete disassembly of commercial transport vehicles
•Cleaning, painting & organizing of all parts, engines, shop & yard
R.M.C. Ready Mix Concrete
Langley, B.C.
Title: Apprentice Heavy Duty Mechanic
Duties:
•Complete services & maintenance of mixer trucks, pump trucks, lift trucks, and frontend loaders
•Yard and plant maintenance
•Operation of loader, and lift trucks
•General organization & cleanup of shop, yard and plant
Attributes
• Hard Working with or without supervision
• Self-Motivated
•Have own tools
References
Robert Patterson (mechanic) 780-***-****
Steven Theriault (mechanic) 780-***-****
Craig Burton (mechanic) 780-***-****
Geoff Wenham (mechanic / Forman) 902-***-****
Joe Scammell (mechanic) 780-***-****
FURTHER REFERANCES UPON REQUEST