Kevin C. Bryant

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Chesapeake, Virginia 23321

757-***-****

aducpt@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS

I can safely operate forklifts in confined areas, move expensive, one-of-a-kind equipment throughout the shipyard, load and unload trucks, and properly tie down and secure a load to a forklift.

EXPERIENCE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia - Rigger September 2006 - August 2022

As a rigger, I rigged on submarines and all naval class ships. We used all forms of rigging to manipulate weight while maintaining positive control of load at all times. I also drove forklifts to load and unload trailers, and I loaded, unloaded skids to put materials on and off of ships. My last five years of employment, I was a nuclear subject expert and instructor; I taught nuclear training classes for nuclear certifications in nuclear work. Lockwood Brothers, Inc., Hampton, Virginia - Ironworker September 1992 - September 2006

While at Lockwood, I worked with hydraulic and conventional cranes. Additionally, I worked on various rigging jobs, including the construction of the Alpengeist roller coaster at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg and ship-board rigging at Newport News Shipbuilding on the military sealift USS Gordon. I have extensive knowledge in safe rigging practices, including block and tackle, use of snatch blocks, electric and manual chainfalls, air tuggers and air falls, and set up of hydraulic and conventional cranes. I have also worked on numerous rigging jobs at Anheuser-Busch in Williamsburg.

United States Marine Corps. Reserves, Location - Mechanic February 1990 - February 1998

I was an AMTRAC mechanic performing various mechanical repairs to tracked vehicles. Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia - Machine Tool Operator May 1987 - August 1991

As a machine tool operator. I rebuilt and overhauled sea valves, gate valves, forced air blowers, main feed pumps, modified weapons elevator parts, and performed other production work. I also aligned machines on foundations, removed and installed new machinery, precision-leveled various machines and equipment, ran and tested high pressure compressors, and manufactured small shafts and parts for valves using the engine lathe and vertical mill. Virginia Chemicals, Portsmouth, Virginia - Chemical Processor January 1987 - May 1987

I mixed raw materials and chemicals to produce super absorbency products, unloaded chemicals from rail cars, pumped chemicals into storage tanks, and bagged and stored the final product. Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia - Material Man

July 1984 - November 1986

As a material man, I maintained logs and records for the pick-up and delivery of controlled materials and jobs to and from the machine shop, and I controlled inventory and ordered materials from the shipyard supply system.

Portsmouth Tool & Die, Portsmouth, Virginia - Machine Tool Operator April 1983 - July 1984

I drilled and tapped rings for satellite antennas, turned diameters, performed various mill work and welding, polished jobs, prepared for assembly, and operated the engine lathe, vertical mill, dill press, cut-off saw, and band saw.

EDUCATION

Norfolk Vocational Center, Norfolk, Virginia

September 1992 - June 1995

Completed three year Ironworkers Union Apprenticeship with honors. Courses included: rigging practices, rigging theory, reinforcement rod layout and tying procedures, structural steel connections and procedures, blueprint reading for structural steel, reinforcement rods welding, and arc welding (two semesters). Received journeyman card and Apprenticeship Diploma. Assault Amphibian Repairman (AMTRAC Mechanic) School, Camp Pendleton, California

1991

I received eleven weeks of training in Camp Pendleton, California as a part of my Marine Corps. Reserve Training.

Tidewater Community College, Frederick Campus

1991 - 1992

Received Certificate of Completion in the Welding Program, requiring completion of an additional twenty-five credit hours. Courses included: Welding/Arc Welding I & II, TIG/MIG Welding, Oxy Weld/Cut Welding, Blueprint Reading, Welding Process & Theory I & II, and Plasma Arc Cutting. Tidewater Community College, Frederick Campus

1982 - 1983

Completed nineteen credit hours in the Machine Shop Program. Courses included: Trade Theory I, II, & III, Machine Shop Blueprint Reading, Metallurgy for Machine Shop, and Machine Shop Practical Application.

AWARDS

Received multiple cash incentive awards while employed at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

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