Kevin E. Gatson
*************@*****.***
EDUCATION James Madison High School
Dallas, Texas
EXPERIENCE:
Combo Welder/ Fabricator July 2011- July 2023
TD Industries, 13850 Diplomat Drive Dallas, Texas
● Set up, adjust and operate MIG welding equipment to cut and melt steel castings
● Set up and adjust and operate TIG welding equipment to cut and melt brass and aluminum
● Operates Heliarc welding equipment for x-ray welding work
● Research possible resolutions and redirect issues when appropriate.
● Moves. And positions castings for various jobs.
● Changed gas cylinders and used welding gas for different alloys
● Repaired castings, gouges and leaks
● Visually checks completed work for adherence to governmental specifications
● Welding using Flux cored Arc Welding(FACW), Gas Meta Arc Welding
(GMAW), Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) processes, on carbon,stainless steel, and aluminum structural shapes, tubing and piping
● Cut, trim, fit and fabricate weldments to dimensions for building and assembling using standard tools, materials, motions, and practices of the welding trade. Combo Welder June 2004-July 2011
1728 Briercroft Court Carrollton, Tx
● Performed the primary job requirements satisfactorily and safely
● Cleaned metal joints to assure quality weld
● MIG and TIG welding
● Determine the size of parts to be welded
● Igniting torches
● Review specifications, blueprints, and sketches
● Adhered to welding processes
Certificates/ Awards:
• Safety Award
• Perfect Attendance Award
• Certification Award ( Driving Boom Lifts Confine Spaces) Johnson - Gatson 20162