RESUME

Bonnie Muir Shanks

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Mission Viejo, CA 92691-2626

adtjdu@r.postjobfree.com

949-***-****

949-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

In recent years employment with the Federal Government was from October 29, 2006-October 29, 2010 at the Grand Canyon National Park and worked as a Visitor Use Assistant (VUA). This job had employees collect and handle monies from the public who visited the park. As a VUA, the job required: the sale of various types of passes for entry into all National Parks, conducting traffic control, use of a portable 2-way radio, informing the general public (while standing at the Rim of the canyon) about the flora, fauna, geology, and human history of the area, informing visitors of their personal safety, use of a federally owned vehicle, control and retrieval of inventory materials needed, and the wearing of a National Park uniform. It was also necessary to complete Five (V) Fundamental levels of training taught via use of Park Service computer programs and also train at their Harpers Ferry facility in West Virginia for one of the V Fundamental levels. With great regret, health issues of a family member made it necessary to return to California and terminate employment with the National Park Service.

Prior to the National Park Service, the primary type of employment (either direct or contract) was with defense or commercial manufactures such as Hamilton Sundstrand, Lockheed Skunk Works, or General Dynamics San Diego and Fort Worth Divisions to name of few. This experience entailed the following: blue print reading; auditing (on behalf of the companies mentioned above) which required travel throughout the U.S. for the contractual/ purchase order requirements of their suppliers for quality systems or quality programs; witnessing tests on subassembly valves; performing or witnessing piece part inspection with geometric position and tolerance specifications and use of precision tools; Non Destructive Testing (Liquid Penetrant, Mag Particle, Eddy Current, and Radiography) verification; Rockwell testing; photometric testing; knowledge of explosives; knowledge of electrostatic discharge; chemical etching; knowledge of statistical process control and collection of data while using a company supplied computer lap top; trained in NASA Soldering techniques; continuity testing of aircraft electrical cables; witnessing tensile testing of hardware fittings; metal processing verification; and inspection of composites such as rubber or thermal setting plastic material.

WORK HISTORY

Oct. 2010 to present Retired

Oct. 2006 to Oct. 2010 Visitor Use Assistant Duties included: Fee collection at south entrance of Grand Canyon National Park with use of an electronic cash register, perform daily remit reports on collections, provide visitors with brochures, passes, general information, rove the rim and talk to visitors about the flora, fauna, geology & human history of Grand Canyon National Park, retrieve supplies; conduct traffic control and use Park radio for communication. On my days off I taught aviation ground school to Civil Air Patrol Cadets teaching them to be future pilots.

Apr. 2005 to Oct. 2006 Xanterra, LLC, Duties included: Tour Bus Driver giving tours on the south rim. Also worked as a part-time substitute school teacher at Grand Canyon School 2005-2006.

Sept. 2003 to Apr. 2005 Sole Proprietor of my own business named ‘Aircraft Cover Tailoring’ making canvas covers for small 2, 4, and 6 place airplanes. Duties included: Manufacturing of the canvas covers and repairs, perform marketing and purchasing of supplies.

Jan. 1998 to June 2003 Part-time as contract personnel for Unitek Technical Services serving client Hamilton Sundstrand (Windsor Locks, CT and Rockford, Ill Divisions). Duties included: Dimensional inspection on individual machine shop piece parts and witnessing subassembly testing on APU’s (Aux. Power Units) for such vehicles as the Space Shuttle under clean room conditions and commercial aircraft APU’s turbine engines manufactured in the San Diego area; was provided with a lap top computer to gather data for statistical analysis in order to advise suppliers of their job performance. This statistical process control was performed on every Hamilton Sundstrand supplier.

Sept 1995 to Dec. 1997 Worked full time for Dept of Motor Vehicles in state of California. Duties included: Collection of money for different types of drivers license; took pictures; issued and graded tests; gave vision tests; performed finger prints charts; advised customers of what documents/ requirements that were needed to acquire a California drivers license and checked driving history against California State Dept of Motor Vehicles and Federal government computer files.

June 1990 to Sept 1995 Worked part-time as contract personnel with Vendor Surveillance for clients General Dynamics Fort Worth Division and Hamilton Sundstrand Rockford, Il division. Duties included: Performing dimensional inspection of individual piece parts using precision instruments; performing audits of quality systems and programs; provided suppliers with discrepancy reports of products not meeting contractual requirements (purchase order requirements or work statements) and followed up on these discrepancy reports to assure that supplier was in compliance of contract/purchase order; audited companies to verify capability of manufacturing products per quality programs/systems; and witnessed testing of pneumatic as well as hydraulic subassemblies. Products included parts for F-16 aircraft, KC10 aircraft, Space Shuttle APU, F111 aircraft, commercial aircraft APU piece parts and subassemblies units. Metal processes verified by certifications and visual inspection, Rockwell hardness inspection, Non-Destructive Examination (Liquid Penetrant, Eddy Current, Magnetic Particle and X-Ray) and documentation for these processes.

Mar. 1988 to Feb. 1990 Worked full time for Lockheed Advanced Development Projects Skunk Works as a Quality Analysis. Security clearance was required. Dimensional piece part inspection, witnessed testing on subassemblies, and served as auditor to verify quality systems and programs at sub-tier suppliers for Lockheed. Also conducted surveys of potential suppliers all over U.S. to verify capability of manufacturing products for Lockheed on metal as well as composite parts/products. These products were for such vehicles as U-2, SR-71, F117 Stealth Fighters, and ATF-22 tactical fighter.

Sept. 1984 to Mar. 1988 Worked direct for General Dynamics (GD) San Diego and as contract personnel for Fort Worth Divisions as Quality Field Representative. Performed precision dimensional inspection at suppliers for GD on Tomahawk Cruise Missile, Atlas Missile, and Space Shuttle cargo bay assemblies.

1975 to 1984 Inspector with Lear Siegler Energy Products Division at the 2040 East Dyer Rd., in Santa Ana, CA facility. Duties included: Witnessed testing of Atlas booster system valves (assembly of these under clean room conditions), Liquid Penetrant and Magnetic Particle inspector, performed precision inspection on piece parts and witnessed testing on completed Control Drive Mechanism assembly that powers U.S. Navy ships (security clearance required) in the high bay area.

EDUCATION

May 1997 Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from California State University Dominguez Hills, 1000 Victoria Ave, Carson, CA

Aug. 1987 Associate of Science in Quality Assurance, at Coastline Community College on Warner Ave. in Fountain Valley, CA

Dec. 1986 Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts from Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, CA

HOBBIES and INTERESTS

Private pilot certified (licensed number 3262377) Oct. 1999; member of the Daughters of the American Revolution; sewing; choir singing in church, hike, have volunteered to teach ballroom dancing at Grand Canyon National Park Recreation Center, and like to learn languages.

REFERENCES

Jim Misamore, Lockheed supervisor-retired: home phone 818-***-****

Vince Moore, aircraft flight instructor, 760-***-****

David Dows, known since high school, 301-***-****

Pastor David Frey at my Lutheran Church 949-***-****

Pastor Mike Maiolo neighbor 949-***-****

Paul Cox manager with National Park Service 1-575-***-**** work; 1-575-***-****; adtjdu@r.postjobfree.com

Kurtis Hawk supervisor with National Park Service; adtjdu@r.postjobfree.com; adtjdu@r.postjobfree.com

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