Chris Ventrca
Palo Pinto,Texas
Summary
Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Fork Lift Operator
Garner Pipe And Supply
01.2022 - Current
- Unloaded and stacked materials by raising and lowering lifting devices.
- Unloaded materials and goods at designated locations for best project availability.
- Transported goods between warehouse locations according to shipment and storage needs.
- Wrapped pallets in plastic wrap and attached merchandise tags to prepare for shipping.
- Received cargo by lifting and moving it using hand trucks and pallet jacks.
- Communicated with floor managers to determine merchandise placement.
- Used strapping and bracing techniques combined with proper balancing to prevent load shifting.
Welder
Self Employed
05.2021 - 12.2021
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
- Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Chipped off excess weld, slag and spatter using hand tools.
- Minimized warping using good fitting, burning and welding techniques.
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc and shielded metal arc equipment.
- Repaired manufactured products by dismantling, straitening, reshaping and reassembling parts.
- Used MIG gun arc to melt and deposit metal from electrode to workpieces.
- Maintained correct arc length and movement speed to form specified fusion depth and bead.
- Managed repair and maintenance schedule to organize shop and maintain equipment.
- Conducted special welds with extremely low tolerances for industrial operations.
- Assembled structural forms such as boiler parts and pressure vessels.
- Operated robotic cells machinery.
- Observed hydrostatic and dimension tolerance tests to evaluate weld quality and conformance to specifications.
Welder Foreman
SDI (903) 752-4660
08.2018 - 05.2021
- Overseen 4 to 6 welders and crew and any given time
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
- Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Bolted, clamped and tack-welded parts to secure components prior to welding.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Chipped off excess weld, slag and spatter using hand tools.
- Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
- Welded parts using arc, gas-shielded arc, submerged arc and gas equipment.
- Interpreted verbal and written instructions from work orders and welding blueprints.
- Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc and shielded metal arc equipment.
Education
Associate of Science - Metallurgical Engineering
Texas State Technical College - Waco
Waco, TX1999
High School Diploma -
Ennis High School
Ennis, TX1997
Skills
- Time Management
- Waste Prevention
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Safe Moving Operations
- PPE Compliance
- Fast Reaction Time
- Good Depth Perception
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Maintenance and Repair
Timeline
Fork Lift Operator
Garner Pipe And Supply
01.2022 - Current
Welder
Self Employed
05.2021 - 12.2021
Welder Foreman
SDI (903) 752-4660
08.2018 - 05.2021
Associate of Science - Metallurgical Engineering
Texas State Technical College - Waco
High School Diploma -
Ennis High School
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