RAFAEL ORLANDO FLORES
***** ********* • El Paso, Texas • 79936
Home: 915-***-****, Cell: 915-***-**** *******@*****.***
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A highly accomplished professional with diverse experience poised to transition solid background in the labor workforce to excel in a position within the administrative industry. Offer outstanding team leadership, behavioral management and conflict resolution skills. Exceptionally organized and disciplined; posses well developed interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate and direct others in a supportive, cooperative team manner.
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• Great knowledge of procedures, methods and materials used in the assigned department.
• Deep knowledge of Arithmetic sufficient to calculate volumes, areas, lengths, percentages and conversions.
• Forklift Certified.
• IBC Certificate for Computer Technology
• Immense ability to understand and carry out oral and written directions in order to accomplish assigned tasks in a timely manner.
• Remarkable ability to plan and set up work and delegate tasks to others.
• Uncommon ability to communicate with the public and co-workers in a tactful and effective manner.
• Uncommon ability to safely use hand and power tools applicable to the trade.
• Demonstrated ability to lift and manipulate objects weighing up to 100 pounds regularly.
• Successful history of practices, concepts and cooking techniques for a variety of cookery.
Professional Experience
Applebees, cook
2010 – Present
• Responsible for all kitchen operations including buffets, banquets, room service and the restaurant.
• Handled inventory, budgeting, staffing and food cost analysis
• Created new recipes and updated existing menu to reflect more consistent quality service.
• Successfully created a new Menu
Sanchez Construction
2009-2010
Construction Laborer Trainee (under the supervision of experienced Construction Laborer)
• Tend pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment or to heat and move materials such as asphalt.
• Lubricate, clean, and repair machinery, equipment, and tools.
• Mix ingredients to create compounds, used to cover or clean surfaces.
• Load and unload trucks and hauls and hoists materials.
• Erect and disassemble scaffolding, shoring, braces, and other temporary structures.
• Build and position forms for pouring concrete and dismantles forms after use, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts.
• Measure, mark, and record openings and distances to lay out area to be graded or to erect building structures.
• Smooth and finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using float, trowel, screed, or powered cement finishing tool.
• Apply caulking compounds by hand or with caulking gun to seal crevices.
• Position, join, align, and seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections and pipes.
• Dig ditches and level earth to grade specifications, using pick and shovel.
• Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials.
• Grind, scrape, sand, or polish surfaces, such as concrete, marble, terrazzo, or wood flooring, using abrasive tools or machines.
• Mix concrete, using portable mixer.
• Spray materials such as water, sand, steam, vinyl, paint, or stucco through hose to clean, coat, or seal surfaces.
• Tend machine that pumps concrete, grout, cement, sand, plaster or stucco through spray-gun for application to ceilings and walls.
• Mop, brush, or spread paints, cleaning solutions or other compounds over surfaces to clean or provide protection.
• Clean construction site to eliminate possible hazards.
Kiewit
2007-2008
Construction Laborer Trainee (under the supervision of experienced Construction Laborer)
• Performed physical labor for heavy equipment operation including excavation, trenching, shoveling, and dump truck driving.
• Assisted in the repair of concrete and asphalt.
• Performed physical labor for masonry projects including: mixing mortars and cements, operating a jackhammer and grinder, lifting and moving materials to and from various job sites.
• Performed daily lubricating, cleaning and repairing of machinery, equipment and tools used in construction labor.
• Assisted with construction projects and performed general duties including: running parts, demolition, paint preparation, wire pulling, pipe installation, installation of various construction materials, and work site cleaning.
• Assisted in snow removal duties by removing snow from sidewalks, steps, roadways and parking lots utilizing hand tools and heavy equipment, dump truck and sand truck.
Education
• Montwood High School 1996
• May 1999/ International Business College