SCOTT A LARSON

*** * ******* ** *** **

edgar, Wisconsin 54426

715-***-****

aduxkf@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I've worked in the food industry for many years.

SKILLS

Worked with saw and hand tools to machines like big saws drill press ect.

WORK EXPERIENCE

5/2019 to 7/2020

Greatlakes Cheese

Wausau, Wisconsin

Machine Operator

• Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.

• Change or replace saw blades, cables, cutter heads, and grinding wheels, using hand tools.

• Clean and lubricate cutting machines, conveyors, blades, saws, or knives, using steam hoses, scrapers, brushes, or oil cans.

• Cut stock manually to prepare for machine cutting, using tools such as knives, cleavers, handsaws, or hammers and chisels.

• Cut stock manually to prepare for machine cutting, using tools such as knives, cleavers, handsaws, or hammers and chisels.

• Direct workers on cutting teams.

• Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.

• Feed stock into cutting machines, onto conveyors, or under cutting blades, by threading, guiding, pushing, or turning handwheels.

• Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.

• Mark cutting lines or identifying information on stock, using marking pencils, rulers, or scribes.

• Monitor operation of cutting or slicing machines to detect malfunctions or to determine whether supplies need replenishment.

• Operate cranes, or signal crane operators to position or remove stone from cars or saw beds.

• Position stock along cutting lines, or against stops on beds of scoring or cutting machines.

• Position width gauge blocks between blades, and level blades and insert wedges into frames to secure blades to frames.

• Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.

• Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.

• Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.

• Review work orders, blueprints, specifications, or job samples to determine components, settings, and adjustments for cutting and slicing machines.

• Select and install machine components such as cutting blades, rollers, and templates, according to specifications, using hand tools.

• Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.

• Stack and sort cut material for packaging, further processing, or shipping, according to types and sizes of material.

• Sharpen cutting blades, knives, or saws, using files, bench grinders, or honing stones.

• Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.

• Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.

• Start pumps to circulate water and abrasives onto blades or cables during cutting.

• Tighten pulleys or add abrasives to maintain cutting speeds.

• Turn cranks or press buttons to activate winches that move cars under sawing cables or saw frames.

• Type instructions on computer keyboard

12/2018 to 4/2019

Manpower

Wausau, Wisconsin

Cheese

• Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.

• Change or replace saw blades, cables, cutter heads, and grinding wheels, using hand tools.

• Cut stock manually to prepare for machine cutting, using tools such as knives, cleavers, handsaws, or hammers and chisels.

• Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.

• Feed stock into cutting machines, onto conveyors, or under cutting blades, by threading, guiding, pushing, or turning handwheels.

• Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.

• Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.

• Type instructions on computer keyboards, push buttons to activate computer programs, or manually set cutting guides, clamps, and knives.

• Move stock or scrap to and from machines manually, or by using carts, handtrucks, or lift trucks.

• Position stock along cutting lines, or against stops on beds of scoring or cutting machines.

• Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.

• Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.

4/2017 to 1/2018

Korner Kitchen

Edgar, Wisconsin

Cook

• Bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods.

• Butcher and dress animals, fowl, or shellfish, or cut and bone meat prior to cooking.

• Carve and trim meats such as beef, veal, ham, pork, and lamb for hot or cold service, or for sandwiches.

• Consult with supervisory staff to plan menus, taking into consideration factors such as costs and special event needs.

• Coordinate and supervise work of kitchen staff.

• Ensure food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters.

• Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock.

• Estimate expected food consumption, requisition or purchase supplies, or procure food from storage.

• Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment and work surfaces, or serving areas to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.

• Keep records and accounts.

• Observe and test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing them with utensils.

• Plan and price menu items.

• Portion, arrange, and garnish food, and serve food to waiters or patrons.

• Prepare relishes and hors d'oeuvres.

• Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience.

• Substitute for or assist other cooks during emergencies or rush periods.

• Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking.

• Wash, peel, cut, and seed fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption.

• Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients according to recipes or personal judgment, using various kitchen utensils and equipment.

6/2006 to 6/2017

Subcontracting

Edgar, Wisconsin

Construction

• Apply shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative paneling to ceilings or walls.

• Arrange for subcontractors to deal with special areas, such as heating or electrical wiring work.

• Assemble and fasten materials to make frameworks or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue.

• Build or repair cabinets, doors, frameworks, floors, or other wooden fixtures used in buildings, using woodworking machines, carpenter's hand tools, or power tools.

• Construct forms or chutes for pouring concrete.

• Cover subfloors with building paper to keep out moisture and lay hardwood, parquet, or wood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base.

• Erect scaffolding or ladders for assembling structures above ground level.

• Fill cracks or other defects in plaster or plasterboard and sand patch, using patching plaster, trowel, and sanding tool.

• Finish surfaces of woodwork or wallboard in houses or buildings, using paint, hand tools, or paneling.

• Follow established safety rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean environment.

• Inspect ceiling or floor tile, wall coverings, siding, glass, or woodwork to detect broken or damaged structures.

• Install structures or fixtures, such as windows, frames, floorings, trim, or hardware, using carpenters' hand or power tools.

• Maintain records, document actions, and present written progress reports.

• Measure and mark cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.

• Perform minor plumbing, welding, or concrete mixing work.

• Prepare cost estimates for clients or employers.

• Remove damaged or defective parts or sections of structures and repair or replace, using hand tools.

• Select and order lumber or other required materials.

• Shape or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws.

• Study specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required.

• Verify trueness of structure, using plumb bob and level.

• Work with or remove hazardous material.

4/2016 to 2/2017

Abbyland Meats

Abbasford, Wisconsin

Butcher

• Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.

• Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.

• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.

• Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.

• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.

• Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.

• Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.

• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.

• Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.

• Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.

• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.

• Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.

• Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.

• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.

• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.

• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.

4/1999 to 8/2016

Abbyland Meats

Abbasford, Wisconsin

Superviser

• Analyze operational problems, such as theft and wastage, and establish procedures to alleviate these problems.

• Assess nutritional needs of patients, plan special menus, supervise the assembly of regular and special diet trays, and oversee the delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients.

• Assign duties, responsibilities, and work stations to employees in accordance with work requirements.

• Compile and balance cash receipts at the end of the day or shift.

• Conduct meetings and collaborate with other personnel for menu planning, serving arrangements, and related details.

• Control inventories of food, equipment, smallware, and liquor, and report shortages to designated personnel.

• Develop departmental objectives, budgets, policies, procedures, and strategies.

• Develop equipment maintenance schedules and arrange for repairs.

• Estimate ingredients and supplies required to prepare a recipe.

• Evaluate new products for usefulness and suitability.

• Forecast staff, equipment, and supply requirements, based on a master menu.

• Greet and seat guests, and present menus and wine lists.

• Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure efficient service and conformance to standards.

• Observe and evaluate workers and work procedures to ensure quality standards and service, and complete disciplinary write-ups.

• Perform food preparation and serving duties, such as carving meat, preparing flambe dishes, or serving wine and liquor.

• Perform personnel actions, such as hiring and firing staff, providing employee orientation and training, and conducting supervisory activities, such as creating work schedules or organizing employee time sheets.

• Perform various financial activities, such as cash handling, deposit preparation, and payroll.

• Present bills and accept payments.

• Purchase or requisition supplies and equipment needed to ensure quality and timely delivery of services.

• Recommend measures for improving work procedures and worker performance to increase service quality and enhance job safety.

• Record production, operational, and personnel data on specified forms.

• Resolve customer complaints regarding food service.

• Schedule parties and take reservations.

• Specify food portions and courses, production and time sequences, and workstation and equipment arrangements.

• Supervise and participate in kitchen and dining area cleaning activities.

• Train workers in food preparation, and in service, sanitation, and safety procedures.

6/2015 to 4/2016

Marathon Cheese

Medford

Cheese Cutter

• Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.

• Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.

• Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, or weights.

• Communicate with customers and vendors to exchange information regarding products, materials, and services.

• Compute product totals and charges for shipments.

• Count or estimate quantities of materials, parts, or products received or shipped.

• Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.

• Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.

• Fill orders for products and samples, following order tickets, and forward or mail items.

• Inspect incoming loads of waste to identify contents and to screen for the presence of specific regulated or hazardous wastes.

• Inspect products and examination records to determine the number of defects per worker and the reasons for examiners' rejections.

• Maintain financial records, such as accounts of daily collections and billings, and records of receipts issued.

• Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.

• Operate scalehouse computers to obtain weight information about incoming shipments such as those from waste haulers.

• Prepare measurement tables and conversion charts, using standard formulas.

• Remove from stock products or loads not meeting quality standards, and notify supervisors or appropriate departments of discrepancies or shortages.

• Signal or instruct other workers to weigh, move, or check products.

• Sort products or materials into predetermined sequences or groupings for display, packing, shipping, or storage.

• Store samples of finished products in labeled cartons and record their location.

• Transport materials, products, or samples to processing, shipping, or storage areas, manually or using conveyors, pumps, or hand trucks.

• Unload or unpack incoming shipments.

• Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.

8/1990 to 11/1999

Wicks Building System

Marshfield, Wisconsin

Constuction

• Apply caulking compounds by hand or caulking guns to protect against entry of water or air.

• Apply weather-stripping to reduce energy loss.

• Clean or prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.

• Load, unload, or identify building materials, machinery, or tools, distributing them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans or specifications.

• Lubricate, clean, or repair machinery, equipment, or tools.

• Measure, mark, or record openings or distances to layout areas where construction work will be performed.

• Mix ingredients to create compounds for covering or cleaning surfaces.

• Mop, brush, or spread paints, cleaning solutions, or other compounds over surfaces to clean them or to provide protection.

• Perform building weatherization tasks, such as repairing windows, adding insulation, or applying weather-stripping materials.

• Position, join, align, or seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections or pipes.

• Raze buildings or salvage useful materials.

• Provide assistance to craft workers, such as carpenters, plasterers, or masons.

• Tend machines that pump concrete, grout, cement, sand, plaster, or stucco through spray guns for application to ceilings or walls.

• Tend pumps, compressors, or generators to provide power for tools, machinery, or equipment or to heat or move materials, such as asphalt.

7/1988 to 5/1990

Truss Building

Marshfield, Wisconsin

Trusses

putting trusses together

EDUCATION

8/1976 to 6/1988

Stratford High

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