Quality Control Technician

BRETT MONROE SHAMLIN

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Easley, South Carolina 29642

Telephone: 864-***-****

E-Mail: ****************@*****.***

Extensive professional experience in the following positions:

Chemist / Lab Technician / Industrial Hygienist / Quality Control Technician

PROFILE:

• Background encompasses extensive professional experience in the following key positions of responsibility: Chemist; Lab Technician; Industrial Hygienist; Quality Control Lab Technician; Air Sampling Technician; Assistant Manager; Sales Distributor; Classroom Teacher.

• Strengths: detail oriented; highly responsible; team player (works well with others); dependable; well organized.

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE:

• Making Agar, Media & Broth • Streaking and Reading Plates

• Inoculating for Salmonella & E-Coli • Environmental Studies, Yeast, Mold and Air Testing

• Swabbing Hands of Workers • Crushing Vitamins for Testing

• Running Dissolution Bath • Titration for Vitamin C

• Calibrating Thermometers • Calibrating Dissolution Bath

• Dye Lab Operations • Microlab Operations

• Solubility • Fryeability

• Testing Dyes & Setting Up Dye Solutions • Cutting Materials (Cotton, Wood, Plaster, etc.)

• PH for Dye Substrates • Acid Based Testing

• Formations for Dyes • Air Pumps for Asbestos Abatement

• Bulk Testing • Testing Dirt for Lead and Uranium

• Testing Water for Uranium • Testing Dairy Samples

• Flammability Testing • Testing of Glues

• Core Formulations • Formulating New Materials

EDUCATION/TRAINING:

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry; Bachelor of Science in Biology (1993)

Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina

Activities: Beta Beta Beta (National Biological Society); Alpha Psi Omega, Rho Psi Cast (National Theatrical Society); Erskine College Road Side Players; Arrow Yearbook Staff.

Honors: Associate Membership Into Beta Beta Beta; full membership into Alpha Psi Omega, Rho Psi Cast; Nomination for an Erskie (Acting Award)

Senior Seminar: Paper and Oral presentation on the subject of Myotonic Dystrophy.

Drama: Acting; Stage Manager; Film Crew; Make-Up Crew; Stage Crew; Costume; Crew.

High School Diploma

Wren High School – Piedmont, South Carolina

Activities: Pep Club; Concession Staff

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chemist August 2008 to February 2009

Synalloy, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Flash point; titrations of formaldehyde, caustic, oleic acid, acetic acid, nickel, water; acid number; metathesis;

hydroxyl number; iodine value; benzene content by headspace; pH; percent solids; calibration of pH meter;

calibration of water titrator; calibration of analytical balances; specific gravity; APHA color; viscosity; wet sieve;

dry sieve; suspendability, sediment; aging solids; ppm in slurry; GC procedures for fabric coating, isosorbide,

water repellents; HPLC for herbicide components; insolubles; trouble shooting GC and HPLC; particle size;

formulation of standards for GC; revision of SOP’s.

Chemist November 2003 to January 2006

Nutra Manufacturing, Greenville, South Carolina

Titrations of amino acids, iodine, ascorbic acid, chondroiton, glucosamine, peroxide, chitosan; thin layer

chromatography for herbal samples; UV analysis of beta catotene, lycopene, lutein, coenzyme Q-10,

polyphenols; development of new SOP’s; HPLC procedures, ICP.

Chemist April 2002 to January 2003

Perrigo, Greenville, South Carolina

Microlab operations; made Agar, Media and Broth; streaked plates; made plates; inoculated for Salmonella and E-Coli; all environmental studies for yeast, mold and air testing; swabbed hands and workers; crushed vitamins for testing; ran dissolution bath; titration for Vitamin C; head of Vitamin C; created Media for baths; filing of Media for baths; calibrated thermometers and dissolution baths; tested for Vitamin C presence (ID).

Lab Technician July 2001 to October 2001

Patchem/Yorkshire America, Greenville, South Carolina

Dye lab operations; solubility; friability (dust); tested dyes; set up dye solutions; cut materials (cotton, wool and plaster); acid based testing; pH for dye substrates; formulations for dyes.

Industrial Hygienist November 2000 to March 2001

AAA Environmental, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Took air pumps for asbestos abatement; tested dirt for lead and uranium; tested water for uranium; bulk testing.

Quality Control Lab Technician July 1999 to November 2000

Superbrand, Taylors, South Carolina

Received dairy samples; tested butter fat, penicillin, mold, yeast and E-Coli; tested batches of milk; tasting; orange juice dilution, tasting, mold and yeast tasting; ice cream (butter fat testing); yogurt culture testing (molds); flavored drink testing; solid content.

Lab Technician/Air Sampling Technician June 1996 to February 1999

Environmental Testing and Management, Mauldin, South Carolina

Took air pumps for asbestos abatement; tested dirt for lead and uranium; tested water for uranium; bulk testing.

Quality Control Technician March 1995 to August 1995

Vytech Industries, Anderson, South Carolina

Assisted R&D with flammability testing; helped formulate new materials for blinds; physical testing for blinds (environmental); all testing of incoming raw materials (acidity, moisture, solubility and gel temp); testing of glues (viscosity, formulation, acidity, solid content and gel temp); cut samples of materials; core formulations; fish eyes.

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