Drake Waldrop
Easley, SC *****
*************@*****.***
Work Experience
Landscaper/Laborer
Cliffs at Vineyards-Sunset, SC
March 2023 to Present
I've always been told I'm a hard and respectful worker. Keep my fellow co-workers in a good mood. I can be light hearted but also know when to be assertive. Learned a lot of different weeds, flowers, and bushes. Weekly maintenance on the members houses. Mow, weed eat, edge, and prune as needed. Weed control and fertilize houses. Spraying/pulling weeds. Plant plants. Spread Mulch and pine needles. Customer service for the members anything they needed done was told directly to us, and it got done or logged it in to be done as soon as possible. Used MT85/skid steer to load material. Used John Deere Green tractor with dump trailer to move material. Can also use stand-up mower or zero turn. Worked with chemicals such as round-up, speed zone, and pesticides. Time spent driving house to house throughout the day. While pulling a trailer with a stand-up mower, push mower, backpack blowers, rakes, tarps, shovels, weed eaters, pruners, chemicals, and backpack sprayers. Managing forty houses or more per week. Once you have the yard under control then we just have to maintain it. Managing crews making a game plan for the day knowing what needs to be done that day and sending the right people to the job they perform the best. Nice appearance and hygiene. We're the front line who costumers see, talk to, develop a relationship with, and know what each homeowner likes. Making sure everyone stays hydrated. Training new crew members even though it was someone else job. HVAC Installer
Gunter Heating and Air-Greenville, SC
January 2022 to November 2022
Installed trunk line, boots, units, and line sets. Worked with installation/wrapping pipe
Work with sheet metal putting plenums together.
Made boots and hung them to code.
Ran flex from trunk line to boots.
Put together and hung the return.
Running drain lines.
Work with hand tools such as drills, hammer, snips, screwdriver, saw saw, skill saw, and tape measure. Making plenums and returns. Worked up high and in tight spots. Drove company truck Quality Inspector
WILBERTS PLASTICS-Liberty, SC
February 2020 to February 2021
Inspected completed work pieces for chips, A surface defects, gas Burns, splay, bubbles, and short shots. Identified and sorted defective products and non-conforming work pieces. Kept track of scrap parts and why it was scrapped. Marked work pieces with identifying information such as stickers identifying left or right-hand parts, shift and date, initials of inspector.
If a quality alert was issued for a part after packing parts labeled pallet with label to be transferred to quality control, staging, or shipping stations.
Used hand tools for sawing, cutting, and punching equipment to manage plastic material. Monitored machinery during production to spot problems and make proactive corrections. Examine completed work pieces for defects such as bubbles, blowouts, contamination, and short shots. So I could implement corrective actions.
Follow safety policies and procedures consistently to protect equipment and team members from unnecessary risks. Wore all required PPE for press and part being worked on. Kept work area clean throughout shift, swept up flash and trash in my work area. Squeeged water leaks and oil spills.
Multitask by running the machine, inspection of parts, making boxes to pack the parts, and labeling boxes with correct labels.
Train new employees.
Logged data so at end of shift we know how many parts were made and how many were scrapped. Quality Inspector
Q2 Management-Spartanburg, SC
March 2018 to December 2020
Monitor quality control measures on multiple job sites simultaneously with proper coordination and documentation.
Reported on non-conformance issues and documented findings in forms to help production staff understand and correct problems.
Completed first piece inspections to check fabrication process against requirements and fully documented results.
Check work instructions prior to inspecting product. Witness processed and inspected complete assemblies and major components. Initiated re-inspection to check resolution of identified production problems. Rejected non-compliant assembly and installation documenting non-compliance and locations and noting correct configuration required based on related drawings, specifications, and plans. Carefully documented findings such as weights, quantities, and grades and daily reports. Monitor the proper recycling or disposal of unacceptable products. Provided required documentation and certifications of parts to meet customers needs. Communicated product, process, and documentation discrepancies to correct problems and achieve good products and improvements.
Complete quality control and inspection sheets.
Established final inspection procedure, resulting in partnership, complete, on time, and matching job specifications.
Look for defects in finish painted parts if the defect could be fixed it was reworked and inspected again. Parts that were to be painted could not have any scratches because it would show through the paint. Log all defective parts along with part number, defect type, location of defect, and initials of inspector. Be able to work off the fly and make correct decisions while working on the line to prevent the line from stopping. Have faith in my knowledge of the job to know I am making the right decision for the company. Learned as many different jobs and different parts so if anyone was to call out I could do the job correctly. Education
GED
United ministries - Greenville, SC
September 2010 to September 2010
Skills
• Mowing
• Lawn Care
• Landscape Maintenance
• Quality Control
• Maintenance
• Quality Inspection
• Forklift operator
• MT85 operator
• Skid steer operator
• Drive a stick shift
• Tractor operator
• Data entry
• Landscaping
• Groundskeeping
• Delivery Driver Experience
• Load & unload
• Hardscape
• Construction
• Heavy Equipment Operation