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Medical Technician

Location:

Roanoke, VA

Posted:

November 07, 2012

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Lannie Hoosier

**** ******** *****, *** *-***, Roanoke, VA 24019, United States

Home: 304-***-****

Objective

I consider myself a hard worker and a fast learner with a sense of duty and commitment.

Experience

Safety Specialist/Chief of Fire Brigades June 2010 to Present

United Coal Company, Blountville, TN - Corporate Safety Specialist for United Coal Company. Job duties include: Inspections, planning and training for Underground, Surface Mines and Preparation Plants. In addition to being a Safety Specialist, I am also the Chief of Fire Brigades. Duites include: Training and supervising five fire brigades in three states.

Firefighter/EMT August 2007 to June 2010

Roanoke, Roanoke, VA - Provide Fire Suppression and Emergency Medical Services to a large Metropolitan area. Duties Include: Operate Class A Fire Pumper, and Aerial Apparatus on Emergency scenes. Offensive and Defensive fire attack. Provide Emergency Medical skills on an Advanced Life support Ambulance. Member of the Regional Technical Rescue Team. To prepare for the rigors of the job I attended a 16- week paramilitary Fire Academy in which I graduated with the highest G.P.A. in my class. While in this class I attended many emergency service courses.

Electrician May 2006 to August 2007

Pocahontas Coal Company, Beckley, WV - Underground Mine Electrician for Pocahontas Coals Josephine#3 mine. Duties at this job were: Provide maintenance to section and out-by equipment. Mitigate any maintenance issues that may arise. Do required permissibility checks to ensure personnel safety. While at this job I had the great opportunity to work on a Continuous Miner Section with Uni-Hauler, Shuttle Car and Continuous haulage systems. During this period of employment I obtained my West Virginia Assistant Mine foreman certification and West Virginia Qualified Diesel Instructor.

Electrician April 2004 to May 2006

Rockhouse Creek Devolpement, Man, WV - Electrician for Rockhouse Creek Developments #5 underground mine. During My tenor at this operation I served as both electrician and electrician trainee. As an electrician trainee I learned the process of mining coal to further my skills as an electrician and coal miner. I operated a DBT 25 mo continuous miner, Fletcher Roof Ranger Two roof bolter, Joy 21sc shuttle car and Fairchild 35xls Scoop. This proved to be most helpful in learning the process of troubleshooting. I achieved my West Virginia High/Med/Low voltage Electrician certification and Virginia Underground Electrical Repairman certification in July of 2005. My job duties as an Electrician were to mitigate any maintenance problem that may arise at the small coal operation and to check required permissibility for safety. I was also charged with the position of shift Emergency Medical Technician.

Firefighter/EMT January 2003 to April 2004

Princeton/ Bluefield Fire Dept, Mercer County,WV - Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician for the City of Princeton, WV and City of Bluefield, WV. My Duties to this job were Suppressing of Fires, Emergency first responder, Hazardous Materials Mitigation and Technical Rescue. During my Tenor at Princeton and Bluefield Fire Depts I obtained many certifications from West Virginia University Fire Extension. My tenor was shortened at Bluefield Fire dept due to budget shortfalls within the city.

Environmental Safety and Health Technician August 2000 to January 2003

Greenbrier Contracting, Narrows,Va - .My direct duties to this job were: Provide safety inspections of safety equipment in a large industrial complex and repair such equipment if within my capabilities. The equipment that I inspected/ serviced were: Emergency eye washes, Emergency showers, Fixed fire suppression systems, Dry chemical extinguishers, Carbon Dioxide Extinguishers. During this period of employment I was also tasked with teaching certain safety classes such as: Fall protection training, Ladder safety training and fire extinguisher training. I was also shift Officer on the plant Fire/Emergency Brigade. This position involved directly supervising Fire Scenes, Rescue Scenes, Hazardous Material spills and Emergency Medical response.

Education

BS, Fire Science July 2012

Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, AL -

Certificate December 2007

Roanoke Valley Regional Fire Academy, Roanoke, VA

Certificate, Industrial Firefighting September 2002

South Carolina Fire Academy, Columbia, SC -

Certificate June 2000

Mercer County Vocational School, Princeton,WV

Diploma June 2000

Pikeview High School, Princeton,WV - General Studies, Army Jrotc

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