Warehouse/pressman/distribution

Thomas D. Blagg

**** ***** ***** ******, ** *****

601-***-****

*******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a fulfilling job that will offer me long lasting job security.

QUALIFICATIONS:

I have 12 years of work experience working in the printing industry.

I started working for a newspaper company in STL, MO; Suburban Journals back in 1999.

I started off in the mailroom for Suburban Journals for not even a year before being promoted to the feeder position and then 2nd pressman working on Urbanite presses. I got laid off in the pressroom back in 2007. I got rehired a couple of months later in the circulation dept. but got laid off from there about 2 years later in 2009.

I have been out of work for a while with no luck in STL so I moved to McComb, MS working for a community paper called Enterprise Journal. This is where I am Currently working at. My job position is prepress at the moment. I operate computer to plate burning Basys equipment. I am also fairly fluent in the software related programs amongst other various forms of software and computer related operations. Since I've been here, I've also operated both digital ink injection quads and manual King presses.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2010-CURRENT - ENTERPRISE JOURNALS

Job responsibilities:

. Prepress operations such as press run scheduling and setup

. Press printing operations

. Mailroom operations

. Building maintenance

Equipment skills:

. Basys Plate burning

. Digital ink injection quad press

. King press and folder

. PC and various software operations

2007-2009 - SUBURBAN JOURNALS / MVO “circulation dept.”

Job responsibilities:

. Distributing and circulation newspapers for carrier delivery

. Loading and unloading of trailers

. Inventory

. Time/pay roll make ready

. Maintaining the warehouse

Equipment skills:

. Propane powered forklifts

. Hand and power jacks

. Basic computer skills (Word/ spread sheets for payroll make ready and inventory)

. Various strapping/banding equipment

1999-2007 - SUBURBAN JOURNALS / MVO “pressroom”

Job responsibilities:

. Maintaining the mailroom and keeping pallets prep for the newspapers

. Operation of auto pasters.

. Maintain the quality and keeping a scheduled run of the newspapers (ink and water balance, ink and

water transfer rollers settings/balance, registration control and folder operations)

. Prepress setup

. Inventory

. General maintenance

Equipment skills:

. 10 unit Urbanite offset web press

. Gammerler and Hall stackers

. Various strapping equipment

. Propane powered forklift

. Various power and hand jacks

. Cary auto pasters.

REFERENCES:

. Scott Rice . 314-***-**** . production manager (former)

. Frank Fletcher . 618-***-**** . supervisor (former)

. Jason Russell . 618-***-**** . coworker (former)

. Jake Simmons . 307-***-**** . production Manager (current)

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