John M. Schaeffer
Palmerton, Pa 18071
Work Experience
Employer Name
Pa Perlite
Job Title
Maintenance Welder
Start Date
End Date
Responsibilities
Maintenance Welder, my responsibilities were to perform general maintenance on the shop’s equipment. Perform upgrades to machines and add machines, slides, pipe and buckets to elevators to keep production moving. Performed normal repairs around the plant and the offices at times. Also repaired the tanker trailers for transport of finished perlite product. I was the only welder employed so I did all the welding. Performed some electrical work, Wiring up machines when needed trouble shooting problems, equipment was 110V, 240V and 480V. Welding processes used where GMAW, SMAW, GTAW, FCAW also used torches and plasma cutters.
Employer Name
Valmont Newmark
Job Title
Welding Inspector
Start Date
02/2017
End Date
01/2018
Responsibilities
Performed VT... Visual, PT... dye penetrant, MT... magnetic particle inspections, and UT... Ultrasonic inspection on Towers for electric cables
Employer Name
L&M machining and welding
Job Title
fitter/welder
Start Date
11/2010
End Date
12/2016
Responsibilities
fitting and welding structural components
Employer Name
BTI, Coopermatics
Job Title
fitter/welder
Start Date
10/2008
End Date
11/2010
Responsibilities
Fit and welded various sized and shaped tanks and filters. Fit and welded pipe from 1 1/2in to 12in. Processes used where GMAW,SMAW, GTAW. Also ran Pneumatic tubing which controled the units.
Employer Name
Antracite Welding
Job Title
Fitter Welder
Start Date
11/2004
End Date
10/2008
Responsibilities
Fit and welding of various weldments both in the shop and in the field. Processes used were GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW. I have my D1.1 welding certification because I worked along side of Penn Dot doing repairs on bridges.
Employer Name
Coopermatics Inc.
Job Title
Fitter/Welder
Start Date
03/1994
End Date
09/2004
Responsibilities
Fit and welded various sized and shaped tanks and filters. Fit and welded pipe from 1 1/2in to 12in. Processes used where SMAW, GMAW, GTAW. Also ran Pnuematic tubing which controlled the units.
Employer Name
Everson Electric Company
Job Title
Fitter welder
Start Date
06/1993
End Date
03/1994
Responsibilities
Fabricated and welded half core magnets, also worked in the tooling department and made equipment for other parts of the shop. Processes used were GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW.
Employer Name
Fuller Company
Job Title
Welder
Start Date
01/1990
End Date
08/1990
Responsibilities
Welded equipment for the cement industry, also welded tanks and pressure vessels. Processes used were mainly SMAW, GMAW, FCAW
Employer Name
Martin sprocket and gear
Job Title
fitter/welder
Start Date
02/1989
End Date
08/1989
Responsibilities
fit and Welded screw conveyers And, bucket elevators. Process mainly used was GMAW, Also used FCAW, GTAW and SMAW.
Education
Degree
Associate degree
Graduated
06/1993
Course of Study
Metals Joining Materials Technology/ Welding
School
Northampton Community College
City
Bethlehem
State
PA
Degree
Vocational/Technical Certificate
Graduated
1989
Course of Study
welding
School
Bethlehem Vo/Tech
City
Bethlehem
State
Pa
Degree
Diploma
School
Northampton Sr. High
City
Northampton
Certifications / Licenses
Title
AWS D1.1/D1.1M2006
Issuing Organization
AWS
Issue Date
09/10/2008
State
Pennsylvania
Additional Info
All position, Unlimited Thickness
References
Myles Shearer 610-***-****
Clay Cooper 484-***-****
Larry Best (610)360=3932
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