Journeyman Plumber Music Director

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Boris Derow

Journeyman plumber/foreman

** * *** ******, ********, NY 11249 Phone: 929-***-**** email: ******@*****.***

PROFILE

Certified journeyman plumber/gasfitter with over 17 years of experience dealing with every aspect of plumbing from deep mains installation and hookup to final finishing of fixtures in the home. Worked on projects as small as single-family apartments to water treatment plants and refinery maintenance projects. An effective team player and mentor to apprentices.

EXPERIENCE

INSTALLATION TECH/SERVICE PLUMBER

Quick Contractors // Oshawa ON//May 2020-July 2021

Responsible for proper installation of home appliances and outdoor playsets as ordered by customer. Delivery and haul away of old appliances as required. Final explanation of operation instructions and inspection of installation with customer present. Answered all questions as best to tech’s abilities. Arranged for other trades if extra work was needed and introduced them to the customer.

INSTALLATION TECH/SERVICE PLUMBER

Nabe Electrical and Plumbing// Calgary, AB//Oct 2019-April 2020

Responsible for proper installation of home appliances and outdoor playsets as ordered by customer. Delivery and haul away of old appliances as required. Final explanation of operation instructions and inspection of installation with customer present. Answered all questions as best to tech’s abilities. Arranged for other trades if extra work was needed and introduced them to the customer.

PLUMBER/STEAMFITTER

Edmonton Exchanger// Edmonton, AB//April 2016-October 2019

Maintenance shutdowns at various industrial plants including Shell Scotford and Imperial refineries in Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan, AB. Duties included blinding vessels and removing valves for cleaning/inspection/replacing. Removing blinds and replacing valves and new piping systems in order to restart plant. Perform proper torquing procedures. Working with cranes and rigging. Working in areas using Scottair and supplied air. Working off EWP and in confined spaces.

MECHANICAL FOREMAN

Arpi’s North// Edmonton, AB//December 2014-September 2016

Responsible for a crew of up to 14 plumbers, fitters and welders for installation of heating/cooling system for Edmonton Oilers’ new arena in Edmonton, AB. Responsible for reaing blueprints, assigning projects to members, ordering material, tracking progress and deliveries. Keeping management abreast of progress in the field during weekly meetings. Responsible for communicating disciplinary actions with job steward and offering guidance to members when standard expectations needed improvement. Communicated members’ needs to upper management while maintaining a positive and productive environment.

PLUMBER/GASFITTER

Civeo// Edmonton, AB//May 2013-November 2014

Responsible for installing new gas and drainage systems using Polyfusion technology. Other technologies used were Mega and Pro press fittings for black iron and copper. Also worked with pvc, cpvc, abs, (welding) and copper (soldering type M/L).

PLUMBER/STEAMFITTER

Melloy// Edmonton, AB//March 2013-June 2013

Maintenance shutdown. Worked on stainless steel systems fitting for welders. Grinding, cutting, rigging, assisting with tacking, moving welders from location to location.

PLUMBER/GASFITTER

Lockerbie and Hole// Edmonton, AB//October 2009-March 2013

Worked on 2 major projects in Edmonton, AB and Fort McMurray, AB. Building heating/cooling systems using threaded pipe, bolt up, Victaulic, and welding methods. Experience in mechanical rooms, chem rooms, large bore piping up to 65” and rigging pipe for moving.

APPRENTICE

PDQ Mechanical// Edmonton, AB//May 2005-September 2009

Learned many facets of plumbing including in-slab heating, groundwork, deep mains, rough in, soldering, plastic welding, hangers, working on ewps, water distribution, drainage, and gas systems, attending an apprenticeship tech school, soldering, braising, cast iron, learning blueprint reading, relevent plumbing and gas codes, heat loss calculations and other mathematics.

ACHIEVEMENTS + HIGHLIGHTS

Major high-profile projects. Foreman for the heating/cooling crew on the Edmonton Oiler’s new arena in downtown Edmonton.

Edmonton Remand Center. Built 5 of the 8 mechanical rooms for the new remand center in Edmonton, AB

Fort McMurray Water Treatment Plant Expansion. Participated in the project which doubled the capacity of Fort McMurray’s valley water treatment plant.

EDUCATION

RED SEAL JOURNEYMAN STATUS – PLUMBER/GASFITTER

Northern Alberta Institue of Technology //Edmonton, AB // february 2006- June 2012

BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY

Newman Theological College // Edmonton, AB//Sept 2002-April 2005

BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY

University of Alberta// Edmonton, AB//Sept 1998-April 2000

SKILLS + INTERESTS

Music director/cantor at St Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, Manhattan. Sung around the world including Canada, US, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Germany, Italy, and South Africa. Pop, Ukrainian folk music, and opera. Play piano, trombone, and dulcimer. Danced for 17 years. Love travelling, both locally and globally. Married for 18 years after 4 dates to the most beautiful woman I have ever met.

Have OSHA 30 with the extra OSHA 10.

Have Canadian driver’s license but will exchange if necessary.

References available upon request.

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