High School Assistant

Location:

Salary:

$24.00

Posted:

March 06, 2015

Tom Calbetzer

Byron Center, MI. 49315

OBJECTIVE:

To gain employment with a strong growing company, with possible chance of advancement.

QUALIFICATIONS:

I started at Keeler Brass 8/1/76 as a Press Operator. After about five months I advanced to

set up man. A year later I became lead man of secondary operations of the pressroom. Three

years later I was transferred to a different plant where I was placed as lead man over secondary

presses, assembly presses, and drill and tap departments. A few months later I became assistant

foreman over these departments.

Then I had the opportunity to get into tool & die which offers more challenge, and money.

During my time in the tool room I became a precision machinist in all tool room application. I

repaired and built sheet metal (these were fairly small) prog. Dies, blank dies, assembly dies,

wire forming tools, cold header tools, jigs, fixtures, etc. The dies I built, I had to design; however

they were not complicated. I have done some welding, but not too much of it. I also have

experience trouble shooting, repairing, and machining parts for automated assembly machines.

EDUCATION:

I graduated from Byron Center High School. I excelled at drafting, auto mechanics,

power mech., wood shop, and residential construction.

EMPLOYMENT:

• Keeler Brass – 8/1/76 laid off 10/28/01, due to lack of work.

• Challenge Manufacturing – 4/7/02 - 10/11/02, (die repair) resigned to return to Keeler

Brass with full benefits restored.

• Keeler Brass – 10/13/02 - 3/26/04, Laid off.

-They are sending most of the work to China. They will not be recalling laid off

employees. This is a permanent lay off.

• Craft Steel Products – 5/15/04 - 1/21/05, (die repair) laid off due to lack of work.

• Percor Manufacturing Inc. – 5/31/05 - Present, (build, repair, and maintain perforation

dies, also build & repair machines and fixtures, & various types of shop maintenance.)