Certified Welder with 26 Years Experience

Leonard P. Joyce

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

Cleveland, Ohio 44135

Cell 419-***-****

***************@*****.***

Objective:

Qualified, motivated individual with over 13 years of experience as a welder looking to obtain full time employment with a reputable, recognized company that rewards dependable, hardworking employees and provides them with the potential to grow within the company. Summation of Skills:

● AWS: 1G Certified Mig welder (GMAW)/mild steel and aluminum alloys.

● AWS: 1G Certified Tig welder (GTAW)/mild steel, aluminum and stainless alloys.

● Experience with stick welding (SMAW)/mild steel.

● Knowledge of reading and interpreting Welding Detail Drawings and welding symbols.

● Utilized various welding tools including angle grinders, files. Chipping hammers, arc-cutting, plasma torch, fillet weld gauges and tape measure.

● Ability to adjust welding current to proper weld configurations and weld components in various positions.

● Experience with operating material handling equipment such as forklift, pallet jacks and dollies

Experience:

Alcon Industries Inc. Cleveland, Ohio

Welder/ Fitter 2019-2025

● Inspect completed welds to ensure they meet specifications and quality standards.

● Repair or modify existing metal structures as required.

● Adhere to safety protocols and maintain a clean and organized work environment.

● Collaborate with other team members to complete projects on time.

● Perform routine maintenance on welding equipment to ensure optimal performance.

● Adhere to company, OSHA, other applicable standards and regulations. Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings and specifications to plan welding operations.

● Design, fabricate and implement welding fixtures to support accurate, efficient, and repeatable welding processed. Set up, operate, and maintain welding equipment and tools.

● Weld mild steel components together using traditional MIG welding processes. Commercial Cutting & Graphics Mansfield, Ohio

2nd shift Forklift Operator/material handler 2019-2019

● Responsible for the loading and unloading of shipments.

● Utilized the banding and wrapping of skids from the presses as they became full of product.

● Responsible for emptying dumpsters of recyclable materials into the compactor. Kate Corporation (formally J.B. Medas) Berea, Ohio Lead Production Welder/Welding Supervisor 1995-2007

● Supervised a crew of 10-15 welders to meet production deadlines.

● Hired and trained new employees on golf-cart parts, military parts and various other weldments.

● Utilized different welding techniques to increase job productivity by 23%.

● Set u of welding fixtures on a daily basis.

● Performed visual inspections of all weldments before inspection.

● Completed repair work on cracked dies.

● Performed preventive maintenance on welding equipment. K and L Containers Valley View, Ohio

Production Welder 2005-2006

● Produced various sizes of mild steel waste containers.

● Performed welding repair work on aluminum tractor-trailer units.

● Maintained an OSHA safe and violation-free work environment. Education:

Pioneer Career & Technology Center Mansfield, Ohio Powered Industrial Truck Operator Trainer 2019-2019 Certifications:

● Powered Industrial Truck Training

● Network Cabling Specialist Copper Systems

● Network Cabling Specialist Fiber Optic Systems

● Career Enhancement Training in Microsoft word, Excel and PowerPoint

● Braille Music Transcriber Certified by the Library of Congress

● Braille Literary Transcriber Certified by the Library of Congress

● AWS: 1G aluminum (GTAW & GMAW)

● AWS: 1G mild steel (GTAW & GMAW)

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