Benjamin Dillery
Friday Harbor,WA
Summary
Reliable Labor Worker comfortable handling physically demanding tasks across long shifts and through problematic weather conditions. Proven resourcefulness and handling of difficult labor projects. Juggles multiple tasks to keep assignment timelines on schedule. Established a reputation for punctuality and dedicated work ethic.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Laborer/Equipment Operator
HILLTOP LANDSACPE
Friday Harbor, WA
07.2023 - Current
- Loaded and unloaded materials onto or from pallets, trucks, or other vehicles using a forklift.
- Proficient with excavators, skid steers, and other machinery for trenching and excavation
- Experienced in digging precise trenches for irrigation, drainage, and utility lines
- Experienced in installing piping for irrigation systems and other outdoor plumbing projects
- Knowledgeable in setting up and maintaining irrigation systems.
- Skilled in towing and maneuvering trailers for transporting equipment and materials.
Volunteer Firefighter
San Juan Fire Department
Friday Harbor, WA
03.2023 - Current
- Inspected and maintained firefighting gear to ensure proper functioning.
- Responded quickly to emergency calls, providing medical aid where necessary.
- Participated in regular drills and training sessions to keep skills up-to-date.
- Developed strategies for containment of fires based on environmental factors such as wind direction and fuel sources.
- Advised homeowners on methods for preventing house fires through proper storage of flammable materials and use of extinguishers.
Deckhand
TowboatUS Friday Harbor
Friday Harbor, WA
06.2021 - Current
- Maintained professionalism and efficiency in emergency situations.
- Performed vessel maintenance services, including basic repairs.
- Handled towline and tying boats up to the hip, aswell as tying boats to the dock while in tow.
- Performed lookout and helmsman duties aboard ship using navigation and radar equipment.
- Experience running lines and the towline in 5-6ft seas
- On various occasions used pumps and splash zone to prevent or repair vessels with water coming aboard.
- Slight exposure to being a dive tender,hooking up tanks,checking air gages.
- Directed the Capitan with distances and informed with to turn when he was blind with a boat on the hip.
- Ran basic deckhand and look out duty's,while during night operations.
- Diving on sunken boats and untangling props
Laborer
Mike Carlson Ent.
Friday Harbor, WA
07.2019 - 05.2021
- Collaborated with team members to complete assigned tasks and meet tight deadlines
- Assisted project planning by using laser measuring equipment and marking paint for the project placement.
- Performed cutting with a hydraulic saw.
- Experience with Heavy equipment, bobcats, excavators, loaders, Etc.
- Used picks and shovels to dig, spread and level dirt and gravel while performing ditch digging.
- Ran pipe and optic fiber lines while digging and placing them at the according depths.
Education
High School Diploma -
Friday Harbor High School
Friday Harbor, WA06-2019
Skills
- Ditch digging
- Commercial construction experience
- Truck loading and unloading
- Landscaping
- Plumbing
- Carrying heavy loads
- Skid and hoist operations
- Plumbing basics
- Team lifting
- Willingness to learn
- Construction Equipment Operation
- Excavation
- Rock removal
- Front end loader operations
- Trench work
- Heavy equipment operator
Timeline
Laborer/Equipment Operator
HILLTOP LANDSACPE
07.2023 - Current
Volunteer Firefighter
San Juan Fire Department
03.2023 - Current
Deckhand
TowboatUS Friday Harbor
06.2021 - Current
Laborer
Mike Carlson Ent.
07.2019 - 05.2021
High School Diploma -
Friday Harbor High School
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