Aaron Foster
Cressona
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Hardworking Operator skilled in quality control and machine and equipment troubleshooting paired with outstanding time management and multitasking abilities. Quick learner offering 8 years of experience operating machines of various magnitudes. Focused on reducing costs and increasing productivity. 2 years of personal cannabis cultivation only and have a understanding of the legal process and a desire to be apart and grow with the legal Cannabis Industry
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Extruder Operator
Cardinal Systems inc
07.2025 - Current
- Daily data entry and record keeping
- Maintained a clean work environment
- Operated extrusion machines, ensuring precision and efficiency, boosting production output.
- Monitored and adjusted machine settings, reducing material waste and enhancing product quality.
- Collaborated with team to troubleshoot issues, minimizing downtime and maintaining workflow continuity.
- Executed quality checks on extruded products, ensuring compliance with standards and significantly reducing defect rates.
Operator B
Hydro
07.2018 - 07.2025
- Reported failures, malfunctions or wear issues on equipment to supervisor.
- Set up and operated production machinery according to specific standards and protocols of company.
- Loaded raw materials into hoppers or other feeding devices prior to processing.
- Learned and followed safety and emergency procedures.
- Produced quality products by palletizing, packaging and assembling finished items.
- Followed daily preventive maintenance schedule for cleaning and lubricating machinery.
- Maintained cleanliness of work area and equipment in accordance with safety regulations.
- Met deadlines for completion of assigned tasks efficiently and effectively.
- Assessed and corrected jams in equipment.
- Checked control panel and gauges during equipment operation.
- Helped achieve team goals by rotating production lines and daily duties to meet demand.
- Monitored product flow through feed conveyor.
- Classified defects from finished orders for record tracking and statistics.
- Monitored and adjusted machine operations as needed for quality assurance.
- Understood and followed oral and written directions.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
Machine Operator
Advansix
- Promoted efficient operation of production processes through careful control system monitoring.
- Unload finished products from machines onto conveyors or other transport systems.
- Adjust machine settings to complete tasks accurately.
- Verified production orders prior to starting set-up.
- Load raw materials into machines according to specified measurements.
- Inspect finished workpieces to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Ensure that safety guidelines are followed at all times while operating machinery.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Carry out regular safety checks on machinery prior to operation.
- Observe machine operations to detect any problems or defects in the finished product.
- Record production information such as quantities produced and materials used on daily logs.
- Comply with company policies regarding quality control procedures.
- Trained new operators and implemented new division operator training program to improve retention rates and increase production.
- Operated forklift to place finished products on skids and transport to warehouse.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
Education
GED - undefined
Schuylkill Intermediate 29
PottsvilleSkills
- Safety Compliance
- Tool Operation
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Equipment Operation
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Problem-Solving
- Data Entry
- Continuous Improvement
Languages
English
Hobbies
Building & launching model rockets with family, Getting accustom to drone flying skills, Avid gamer in the winter outdoorsman in the other seasons
Timeline
Extruder Operator
Cardinal Systems inc
07.2025 - Current
Operator B
Hydro
07.2018 - 07.2025
Machine Operator
Advansix
GED - undefined
Schuylkill Intermediate 29