Chad H Walker
Longview, WA.
98632
207.404.1720 cell
207.941.1973 message

Objective:	Interested in a part-time or full-time steel fabrication facility position with a growing company that does railroad, dredging, and/or logging. I have skills in operating any heavy equipment. Owned and operated C&l TRUCKING INC. from 1989-2008. Excavator- Bull Dozer operator, certified Welding, crane alteration, all heavy operation.

Experience:	Harold Sorenson	Toledo WA
	Welder/ Ran Equipment	March 2016 to September 2016
Ÿ	Preheated work piece, using hand torch and heating furnace.
Ÿ	Executed daily operations of running equipment and welding.
Ÿ	Weld metal parts and components together, using brazing, gas and arc welding equipment.
Ÿ	Wrote, designed and produced logging roads.
Ÿ	Cleaned and degreased parts, using wire brush, portable grinder and chemical bath.
Ÿ	Instrumental in bulldozing excavation, certified welding, parking lots, leveling dirt for parking lot/ drive ways/ logging roads.
Ÿ	Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead position.
Ÿ	Trained and managed 10 workers doing logging, logging roads and achieved significant improvements in their productivity.
Ÿ  Torch and started power supply and struck arc.
Ÿ	supervised 10 workers in logging and logging roads.

	PIC	Woodland, WA
	Welder/Fabrication	October, 2014 to July, 2015
Ÿ	Reviewed layouts, blueprints, diagrams and work orders
Ÿ	Connected and turned regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure to obtain desired flame. Maintained welders and tools.
Ÿ	Repaired broken and cracked parts, filled holes and increased size of metal parts, using welding equipment.
Ÿ	Selected and installed torch, torch tip, filler rod and flux, according to welding chart specifications, type and thickness of metal.
Ÿ  Labor/certified Welder-Fabricator for PIC
Ÿ  Weld and torch along weld line at specified speed and angle to weld, melt, cut and trim metal. Stainless Steel, aluminum and hard steel T-1 thru T-4, AR 400, AR-400-f

	

	Pavco Paving	Bangor, Maine 
	Welder/ Fabricator	September, 2015 to March, 2016
Ÿ	Reviewed layouts, blueprints, diagrams and work orders to prepare for welding and cutting metal components.
Ÿ	Inspected finished work piece for conformance to specifications.
Ÿ	scheduled work hours, resolved conflicts, determined salaries.
Ÿ	Selected and inserted electrode and gas nozzle into holder and connected hoses and cables to obtain gas.
Ÿ	Positioned work pieces and clamped together and assembled in jigs and fixtures.
Ÿ	Certified handling heavy equipment and certified welder. DIG-SAFE certified-1-800-DIG-SAFE
Ÿ	Chipped and ground off excess weld, slag and spatter, using hand scraper and power chipper, portable grinder and arc-cutting equipment.

Education:	Fort Kent Community High	Fort Kent, Maine
	Diploma	
Graduated from Fort Kent Community High and completion in welding classes.

References:	Available upon request