Grand Rapids Front End
Resume:
Ricardo Castillo
HARD WORKER
Coopersville, MI **404
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Very Hard, Reliable, Dependable Worker!
Willing to relocate to: Coopersville, MI - Grand Rapids, MI Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Crew Leader/Heavy Eq.Operator, Metal Fab.
Shoreside Construction-Bellingham, WA
February 2000 to August 2015
I was in charge of training 6 workers which I accomplished. I would show up earlier than my crew I would open doors, check fluids on equipment and warm them up. Get all hand tools out that needed to be used for the day! I would read prints for the job and drill holes with Hougen drill or weld parts to forms if needed. When complete I would QC the form with my boss. Then we would pour concrete. And I would stay and finish the concrete. And if had time I would go outside and help in other departments. And I would help out a lot in Metal Fab department,which I helped Tac weld and set up and operated fab. machinery.! Also drove all the heavy equipment. And worked shipping and receiving. And loaded our 25,000 - 65,000 lb. floats with a 52,000lb. Taylor Forklift which most times would take 2 big lifts. I accomplished a lot of variety of skills working for this company.And just one of the skills is leadership. Landscaper, Bobcat Operator
Dewildes Nusery-Laurel, WA
February 1997 to March 2000
• Landscape construction, put irrigation lines in, for yards and flower beds. Planted trees,shrubs. Put seed, laid sod down or spayed Hdro Mousse liquid lots of grading. Set trees in yards. And built retaining walls. And brick walls and mailboxes. I accomplished a lot of variety of skills in yard decor & maintenance. Dairy Farm Worker
Hovanders Farms-Ferndale, WA
February 1992 to January 1997
Pushed cow feed closer to cows and cleaned stalls. And used a Front End loader to put hay and other ingredients into a huge grinder mixer. And also milked cows! And also drove all farm equipment! I liked working with cows.
Education
9-12 in All Required
Lynden High School - Lynden, WA
August 1986 to May 1989
Skills
• Assembly (6 years)
• Construction (10+ years)
• Forklift Driver (10+ years)
• Bobcat Operator (10+ years)
• Food Preparation (2 years)
• Front end Loader (10+ years)
• Fresh Airline Respirators Systems (4 years)
• Groundskeeping (6 years)
• Kitchen Experience (2 years)
• Lawn Care (5 years)
• Landscape Maintenance (5 years)
• Load and Unload (10+ years)
• Metal Fabrication (6 years)
• Materials Handling (6 years)
• Hand Held Plasma Cutter (4 years)
• Pressure Washing (3 years)
• Airless Paint Spraying (4 years)
• Power Tools (10+ years)
• Hand Tools (10+ years)
• Packaging (6 years)
• Rebar Installation (8 years)
• Shipping & Receiving (6 years)
• Warehouse Experience (5 years)
• MIG Welding (3 years)
• Concrete Finishing (8 years)
• Concrete Forming (6 years)
• Wood Fabrication (3 years)
• TIG welding (3 years)
• Machine operator (3 years)
• Concrete Batch Operator (2 years)
• Excavator Operator (5 years)
• Grinding Fab. (5 years)
• Drill Presses (3 years)
• Iron Worker Fab. Machinery (3 years)
• Hi-Lo Truck Operator (10+ years)
• Skytrak Lifts (3 years)
• Genie Lifts (3 years)
Certifications and Licenses
Forklift Certification
Assessments
Work motivation — Proficient
April 2024
Level of motivation and discipline applied toward work Full results: Proficient
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Additional Information
On August 2015 I was injured on the job. Which was supposed to of been one simple surgery, which also ended up being a knee replacement. Between 2015-present I worked at a Trailer & RV Park were a resided back home. I did numerous tasks like landscape, painted exterior and interior. Also pressure washed. Anything that needed done maintenance, construction, even cutting trees and pulling tree stumps out, simple plumbing, putting fences up. I worked for the owner and the people resided there. I got to learn lots of trades and met lots of people that became good friends.
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