High School Training

Ricky Stephens

**** ****** ***** • Buford, GA ***18 • 910-***-**** • *****.********@*****.***

SUMMARY

In my experiences as a Marine, I have learned many valuable skills that will help me succeed in the workforce. I am skillful in many areas and very motivated. I have excellent leadership abilities, work well as a team, and complete tasks in a timely fashion. My experiences abroad have shaped me by building character and instilling a good work ethic. I am pursuing a career that will continue to challenge me and help me grow professionally.

EDUCATION

Lanier Technical College: Gainesville, Georgia

October 2010- Present

Currently Attending; Pursuing Welding Diploma

United States Marine Corps: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

May 2005- May 2009

Combat Life Saver Certification, Non-lethal Weapon Certification, School of Infantry, Team Leadership Course, Heavy Machine Guns Certification

Tucker High School: Tucker, Georgia

Graduated May 2004

High School Diploma

EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSAL STEEL Buford, Georgia

Welder 09/2010-12/2010

Universal Steel produces structural steel products such as handrails

• Receives handrails from fabricators, weld rails together

• Grind welded product to ensure it’s ready for customer use

• Sand finished product to contractors and other purchasers

EAGLE ROCK DISTRIBUTING COMPANY Stone Mountain, Georgia

Route Assistant 01/2010-07/2010

Eagle Rock is a distributing company for Anheuser-Busch that delivers beer to stores around the Metro Atlanta area

• Load truck with cases of beer and advertisements to be taken to various stores

• Assists in navigating routes of daily deliveries

• Print out or change customers orders and invoices, as needed

• Unload, stack, and rotate beer

• Build seasonal displays of Budweiser products, as needed

• Unload carts into warehouse and clean truck

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS International

Infantry Man 05/2005-05/2009

• Trained in the School of Infantry in North Carolina prior to being deployed

• Participated in desert training in 29 Palms, California

• Served in combat in Iraq during March of 2006 to October of 2006; returned to the US

• Additional training for 9-10 months before 2nd deployment on a Navy ship; did further infantry training in Kuwait, as well as with the Djibouti army

• Other places traveled include Bahrain, Greece, Dubai, France, and Italy.

• Deployment on the Navy ship ended in 2008, and the remainder of service was spent in North Carolina co-oping with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines

• Worked a maintenance position on base until the end of military career; tour of duty ended in 2009.

DEKALB STEEL Tucker, GA

Welder 11/2004-05/2005

Dekalb Steel is a manufacturer of structural and ornamental steel

• Assisted in the fabrication of steel hand railings and the construction of small buildings

• Responsible for keeping the welding truck maintained

SKILLS/INTERESTS

Skills: Reading blueprints and maps, being resourceful and working with my hands, familiar with how tools work, moderate maintenance and construction knowledge, moderate computer skills

Interest: Learning new trades, expanding my knowledge, being outdoors, keeping up with technology

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