Objective: A challenging, full time career hopefully focused around welding.

Hobbies: Welding, Golfing, Hunting, Fishing, and not enough traveling.

Experience:

Bayer, maint. Welder, Illiopolis IL 10/17 – Present

Maintaining guards by repairing and fabricating around the facility.

TIG, MIG, & Stick welding mild steel & aluminum

Operated several tractors to maintain grounds on facility along with

boom lifts, scissor lifts, fork trucks, and UTV’s.

Self-Employed, 09/16 – 03/17 ; 8/17 – 10/17

2 Welders, plasma cutter, acetylene torches, sandblaster, and a drill press.

Fehring Ornamental Iron Works, Chatham IL, Welder, 03/17 – 08/17

Measured, assembled, welded custom ornamental handrails.

Repair welded misc. heavy machinery

Innovative Staffing Solutions: Bunn, Springfield IL, Spot welder, 03/17 - 03/17

Operated Spot welding machine

Trinity Structural Towers Inc, Clinton IL, Welder, 04/15 – 09/16

Welded towers for General Electrics’ wind turbines.

Welded with Flux Core (FCAW) and Submerged Arc 5/32 (SAW)

Welded metal rings to flanges. Certified Crane Operator.

Solomon Colors Inc, Springfield IL, Maint. Welder, 09/12 – 12/12 ; 03/13 – 03/15

Repaired and welded metal totes that hold concrete color product for concrete.

Designed, fabricated, and built various catwalks, granular color systems, jigs, and ladders.

Operated front-end loaders, bobcats, tractors, scissor lifts, and genie booms.

Operated Fork Truck daily

Simplex, Springfield IL, Welder, 12/12 - 03/13

Welded electrical load banks and fuel supply systems for power generators.

Utilized blueprints on a daily basis.

Bradley Services, Morton IL, Welder, 07/10 - 09/12

Assembled and welded handrails for large mining trucks

Welded in all positions mainly overhead welding

Utilized blueprints on a daily basis

Case New Holland, Goodfield IL, Welder, 06/10 - 07/10

Welded CNH agricultural frames

Involved in every step of the process from setup to weld out

Utilized blueprints on a daily basis. Welded with MIG

Komatsu, Peoria IL, Welder, 03/07 - 06/09

Welded 730, 830, 930 Komatsu mining truck frames

Involved in every step of the welding process of the frame from setup to weld out

Assembled and welded high pressure cylinders for the hydraulics

Utilized blueprints on a daily basis

Welded MIG and Submerged Arc Welding(SAW)

Worked with air arcs and oxy-acetylene torches

Caterpillar, Decatur IL, Welder, 06/06 - 03/07

Prepared and welded 140 ton mining truck frames

Welded MIG, FCAW. Able to use air arc, plasma cutters, & Oxy-acetylene torches

Utilized blueprints on a daily basis

St. John’s Hospital, Springfield IL, Incinerator Operator, 06/03 - 06/06

Operated incinerator at IEPA regulations

Trained and operated combustion engineering boilers, fire tube boilers, backup generators, chillers, and etc. Responsible for hourly readings on all systems

Communicated with nurses for delicate temperatures in surgery

Prepared all systems for yearly inspections

Operated Fork truck daily

Precision Tanks & Equipment, Athens IL, Welder, 09/02 - 05/03

Enrolled in work study program through high school senior year

Assembled and repaired fertilizer trucks and equipment

Practiced tap and dye

Fabricated custom parts for fertilizer trucks

Welded

Sandblasted

Operated Fork Truck daily

Education:

Athens High School, Athens IL, graduated 2003

4 years in Mathematics (Geometry and Algebra)

4 years in Shop (small engines, drafting, and welding)

Government, Science, Biology, Spanish 1 & 2, English 1-3

3 years in computer classes

Capital Area Career Center, Springfield IL, 08/02 - 10/02

Practiced overview of welding, soldering, and brazing

Practiced oxy-acetylene, arc, & MIG

Mining & Construction Equipment (MCE welding school) Caterpillar, Decatur IL, 06/06 - 07/06

Successfully completed the ISO 9606-1 welder certification criteria

Precision Tanks & Equipment, 09/02 - 05/03, Athens IL, Welder

Enrolled in work study program through high school senior year

Assembled and repaired fertilizer trucks and equipment

Practiced tap and dye

Fabricated custom parts for fertilizer trucks

Welded

Sandblasted

Boy Scouts of America, Athens IL, Troop 52 Until AGE 14

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