Electrical Apprentice - Solar & Oil Gas

Brant Hermann

** **** **** **, ******** Hat AB T*B 2Z8 1-403-***-**** **************@*******.*** Dear hiring committee:

I am a diligent, safety-minded person interested in having the opportunity to join your team. I am currently an electrical apprentice, and having worked in the solar and oil & gas industry for the past 8 years, I would bring a variety of skills and experience to the table. I have extensive knowledge and experience in the oil & gas and solar industry. I have up-to-date tickets and training, including: fall protection, confined space, high voltage training, inverter training, H2S, first aid, transportation of dangerous goods, construction safety training, and have my drone pilot licence. I am skilled at operating and maintaining equipment, troubleshooting, safely driving and navigating between sites, and accustomed to significant physical labour in both indoor and outdoor conditions.

Thank you so much for your time and consideration. Please see my attached 2-page resume. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if more information is needed. My cell phone number is 403-***-**** and my email is **************@*******.***. Sincerely,

Brant Hermann

Brant Hermann

63 East Glen St, Medicine Hat AB T1B 2Z8 1-403-***-**** **************@*******.*** OBJECTIVE

To have the opportunity to be a part of your team as an electrical apprentice HIGHLIGHTS

• Employed in the solar/oil & gas industry for over 8 years in a variety of settings

• Worked the last 2 years operating and maintaining 6 solar farms in Southern AB

• Part of the team that constructed solar farms in Suffield, Jenner, Strathmore, and Enchant

• Accustomed to physical labour and working in indoor/outdoor conditions in all seasons

• Hard working and willing to have a flexible schedule and put in extra hours to accomplish the task at hand, and can absorb constructive criticism to learn and grow

• Work well with others and independently to complete tasks TICKETS & TRAINING

• Fall Protection

• Confined Space

• WHMIS

• Sungrow Inverter

Training

• H2S

• First Aid

• High Voltage Training

• Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS)

• Drone Pilot Licence

• Class 5 Driver’s Licence

• Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) tickets

• Experience driving skid steer, telehandler, picker trucks, elevated work platforms, and other machinery EDUCATION

2020-Current Electrical Apprentice

• Medicine Hat College

- Currently enrolled for second year February 2027

- Over 15 000 hours of work experience completed

2018-2020 Instrumentation Technician Apprentice

• 3000+ hours

2013-2016 High School Diploma

• Brooks Composite High School

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

2025-2026 BluEarth Renewables – Medicine Hat, AB

• Maintenance and operations across 6 solar farms in Southern Alberta

• Monitoring solar sites and being in contact with Control Room in Calgary

• Common tasks included dealing with faulted inverters, troubleshooting faults, and replacing parts and equipment on Sungrow inverters

• Keeping up with monthly maintenance across all sites and equipment on each solar farm from the array to the inverter, to the sub station and all switching gear in the E-house

• Night shifts occasionally and on call every 3 weeks 2024-2025 Wired Up – Medicine Hat, AB

• Reading blueprints and navigating proper locations for equipment

• Bending pipe between electrical devices

• Mounting and terminating main control panels and power boxes

• Installing fire alarms and other systems in commercial buildings 2023-2024 Vital Controls – Medicine Hat, AB

• Calibrating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical applications in oil

& gas facilities

• Working underground in confined spaces and following protocol on Suffield base

• Energizing/de-energizing oil wells

• Welding

2018-2022 Inphase (CDN) – Brooks, AB

• Part of the teams that built several solar farms in southern Alberta

• Energizing and programming VFDs, mounting, wiring, and terminating devices

• Troubleshooting electrical applications in mod yards, solar farms, commercial buildings and various oil & gas facilities

• Dims and Bluebeam computer software

• Piping out skids in oil and gas buildings

2017-2018 Contract Carpenter – Brooks, AB

• Self-employed contract carpenter

• Custom exterior living spaces

• Full house renovations

2016-2017 Lutes Timber Mart – Brooks, AB

• Delivering wood and building materials

• Assisting customers

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