Curtis Dalton
Lafayette, IN *****
***************@*****.***
Management Experience
· Approved security carts for shipment by ensuring quality of the welds and the specific details of the prints.
· Administered welding assessments by having prospective employees complete flat weld, down pass, and overhead to finalize the hiring process.
· Led daily meetings at the beginning of each day to delegate tasks to the appropriate staff members.
· Coordinated projects like building uprights and perimeter guards by exhibiting the appropriate processes for assembling the products to ensure maximum production. Quality Control Experience
· Ensured jigs were placed properly on the welding tables to prevent mass production of unusable parts.
· Created organizational system by color coding the jigs to reduce clutter and maximize the safety of all employees.
· Participated on the Safety Team at Lafayette Wire Products by creating and assembling guards on the spot welding machines to increase the safety of employees. Forklift Driver Experience
· Obtained Forklift Driver certification for Kelly Construction, Road Truck Equipment, Teasdale Foods, and Lafayette Wire Products by passing assessments for all factories.
· Demonstrated safe driving skills at all factories by ensuring all rules and operating requirements were being followed to maximize safety and production.
· Displayed the ability to complete numerous tasks with forklift like moving pallets, steel sheets, dump body beds, etc. to provide optimal performance on each task. Work Experience
Self Employed
Leroy's enterprises - United States
October 2022 to Present
Stay at home dad looking for a permanent job
Supervisor
Lafayette Wire Products - Lafayette, IN
June 2004 to October 2022
For a few years I supervised the mig weld department,at this time I would make sure everyone had parts and was ready to go in the morning if,someone had an issue I helped resolve the situation often troubleshoot a mig welding machine,if the team could stay busy I too would help accomplish something,when I was just a welder my record numbers was the template for future expectations and that goes back to approximately 2004
Forklift Driver
Teasdale Foods - Hoopston, IL
August 2018 to August 2018
Moved tall stacks of unwrapped beans to the labelers Mig Welder/Fabricator
Rowe Truck Equipment - Otterbein, IN
February 1999 to March 2004
Specializing more in the area of pulse welding,using torches and plasma cutters Drive forklifts,fork trucks,operating a sand blaster,air arc and other types of machinery,I started by building trunions and rear hinges to the trucks and eventually helped construct the floor jig to the dump body bed line and from there built the dump body beds
Mig Welder/Fabricator
Kelly Construction - Lafayette, IN
February 1993 to October 1993
1n1993 my brother helped me get a job with Kelly as a welder/fabricator,we built transitions for Staley's mostly,also we put together multiple grain storage units Education
Some College in Welding
Ivy Tech Community College - Lafayette, IN
March 1996 to May 2010
Skills
• Plasma Cutting
• Welding
• Fabrication
• Project Coordination
• Mechanic Experience
• Blueprint Reading
• Forklift
• Quality Control
• Electrical Experience
• Facilities Maintenance
• Heavy Equipment Operation
• Quality Assurance
• Press Brake Machine
• Mechanical Knowledge
• Manufacturing
• Assembly
• Machining
• Troubleshooting
• Maintenance
• Lawn Care
• Computer Networking
• Management
• Supervising Experience
• Loader Operation
Certifications and Licenses
Forklift Certification
Welding Certification