Machine Operator Construction

BENITO M. NAWAQAVOU

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415-***-**** acs006@r.postjobfree.com

My goal is to obtain employment in the Maritime or Commercial/Residential solar industry, where my technical and mechanical knowledge and skills in both trades can be utilized. I am a certified journeyman rigger, dogman and machine operator. I am a certified in rigging, splicing, wire and fiber rope, maintain all rigging and splicing gear in good condition from internal and external damage, including corrosion and rust. I also possess expertise in pipe fitting installation and erecting steel structures. I am competent to drive most heavy machinery including boom lifts on heights. I am an asset to any team. I have experience as a site foreman on Commercial Solar projects. This facilitated the cultivation of leadership skills improving my ability to connect with and interact with crew in my charge

EXPERIENCE

Baydelta Maritime Tugboat Services - January 2014-Present - Able Seaman Skilled Deckhand

Hornblower Events and Cruises-January- as Deckhand on casual basis

Westar Marine Services- January- as Deckhand on casual basis

SPG Solar - 2008-2013 - Site foreman and machine operator on commercial solar projects, building single axel tracking systems and operating jobsite machinery including bobcat, forklift, grater, trenchers, and water trucks. Train and oversee crew of laborers at various sites throughout California. Build more than 20 megawatts in California and Arizona

Anderson Windows and Doors - 2004-2007 - Window and door installer – Installer/Foreman

Katz Building Construction - 2001-2004 – Journeyman/Carpenter-General Construction

John Holland Construction - 1998-2000 - Rigger, Dogman and general construction

BHP-HBI Oil Field Construction Project, Port Hedland Western Australia -1997 - Rigging, pipe fitting and dogging on cranes; general construction

Western Stevedores - Port of Fremantle, Perth Western Australia - 1996 - Operating open pedestrian forklift loading/unloading container, rigging /dogging

Transfield Construction - Hammersley-Iron Ore, Bunbury Western Australia - 1995 - As Journeyman Rigger involved in general rigging, dogging and pipe fitting

Royal Fiji Navy - 1987-1994 - Navigation, deck and bridge watch, survival skills, ship husbandry, knots and bends, seamen general knowledge, splicing, rigging, whipping, flooding, safety, firefighting, first-aid, CPR and basic engineering in which licenses and certification were obtained.

EDUCATION

2014- Maritime Institute-Obtained Unlimited Able Seaman Certification. San Rafael, Ca

1992-1994 - Australia Maritime College - Tasmania, Australia

1992- Tafe College- Perth, Western Australia

1991 - Navigation Course - Haifa, Israel

1989 – Fiji National Training College – Suva, Fiji

1986-1987 - Engineering and Construction Institute of Technology - Suva, Fiji

1981-1986 - Marist Brothers High School - Suva, Fiji

AMERICAN CERTIFICATION

Certified Operator Class 7 Lifts; #URO19/016-826 – Hertz

Boating Skills and Seamanship- U.S.Coastguard

Fall Arrest/Safety and Protection Training - NTT Workforce Development Institute

First Aid, AED and CPR - Expires 2/14/2015 - Basic Plus Medic First-Aid

MMD-Marine Merchants Documents and TWIC Card

AUSTRALIAN CERTIFICATION

OHS Dogman Certificate Australia #W 01361549

Truck, Forklift Pedestrian Operator License

OHS Certified Journeyman Rigger Australia; #W02899498: Rigger Basic, Rigger Intermediate, Rigger Advanced, and Elevation Work Platform/Boom lift

LANGUAGES

Fijian, English, Arabic and Indian

REFERENCES

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