Christopher Schauffler
Grass Valley,CA
Summary
Hard-working professional with proven leadership, planning, and problem-solving skills. Aiming to leverage my abilities to successfully fill the role at your company. Frequently praised as efficient by my peers, I can be relied upon to help your company achieve its goals.
Experienced Truck Driver offering solid work ethic, safe driving history and stable background in diverse transportation roles. Knowledgeable about trucks and trailers, including loading, unloading and securing different types of products. Well-coordinated in handling all customer, documentation and business needs.
Focused commercial diver with deep acumen using dive equipment. Experienced conducting dives in lakes, rivers, canals, bays, ocean and in hazardous conditions. Skilled in safety procedures, underwater inspections and salvaging items from deep water locations.
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Commercial Truck Driver
Tiger Lines LLC
Lodi, CA
06.2022 - Current
- Maintained safe driving habits to protect property and general public on roadways.
- Inspected vehicles regularly for damage and wear and tear, providing reports to supervisor of findings.
- Kept vehicle clean and presentable to maintain solid company reputation.
- Inspected vehicles regularly to identify issues quickly, reporting problems to company mechanics.
- Planned efficient routes and adjusted strategies based on current weather and traffic information.
- Checked all main equipment operations areas every day to verify truck safety and performance, completing basic repairs and reporting larger issues.
- Inspected every load to check for damages and security.
- Loaded, balanced and secured product to safely transport goods.
- Updated logs with timely and accurate information meet internal requirements and DOT recordkeeping demands.
Pile Driver
SWEETWATER CONSTRUCTION/ DRS MARINE
, CA
- Extensive knowledge in all diving operations with continuous education
- Safety expert by nature and required to test regularly to obtain specific jobs keeping up to date certificates of CPR and first aid
- Staying up to date with all requirements
- Hyperbaric chamber operator
- Driving pilings for heavy duty infrastructure ie: bridges and damns
- Judging space and distance for leads, which require impeccable focus and constantly being aware of all surroundings
- Communicate with workers on the surface while underwater, using signal lines or telephones
- Take appropriate safety precautions, such as monitoring dive lengths and depths and registering with authorities before diving expeditions begin
- Check and maintain diving equipment, such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, or gauges
- Descend into water with the aid of diver helpers, using scuba gear or diving suits
- Obtain information about diving tasks and environmental conditions
- Inspect and test docks, ships, buoyage systems, plant intakes or outflows, or underwater pipelines, cables, or sewers, using closed circuit television, still photography, and testing equipment
- Repair ships, bridge foundations, or other structures below the water line, using caulk, bolts, and hand tools
- Cut and weld steel, using underwater welding equipment, jigs, and supports
- Recover objects by placing rigging around sunken objects, hooking rigging to crane lines, and operating winches, derricks, or cranes to raise objects
- Install pilings or footings for piers or bridges
- Take test samples or photographs to assess the condition of vessels or structures.
Truck Shop Welder & Traveling Mechanic
ROBINSON TIMBER ENTERPRISE
- Maintaining and inspecting truck operations
- Completing all duties required to upkeep trucks and keep them in working condition
- Traveling to rural break downs with required equipment to insure all employees make it home safely
- Reinforcing factory welds to insure safety and strength for the extreme use
- Preparing reports for inspections, doing inspections, making plans of action to efficiently do work.
Owner-operator
SCHAUFFLERS TRUCKING
- Private forest and vegetation management with heavy equipment
- Preparing professional bids for each project
- Independently inspecting equipment and preforming all maintenance needed to continue operations smoothly
- Choose and prepare sites for new construction , using controlled burning, bulldozers to clear weeds, brush, and logging debris.
Education
Associate of Science Degree - Water Welding and Diving
College of Oceaneering
12.2006
Skills
- Install, inspect, clean, or repair piping or valves
- Operate underwater video, sonar, recording, or related equipment to investigate underwater structures or marine life
- Remove obstructions from strainers or marine railway or launching ways, using pneumatic or power hand tools
- Salvage wrecked ships or their cargo, using pneumatic power velocity and hydraulic tools and explosive charges, when necessary
- Set or guide placement of pilings or sandbags to provide support for structures such as docks, bridges, cofferdams, or platforms
- Supervise or train other divers, including hobby divers
- Remove rubbish or pollution from the sea
- Perform offshore oil or gas exploration or extraction duties, such as conducting underwater surveys or repairing and maintaining drilling rigs or platforms
- Diving for power plants:
- Moss Landing Power plant
- Pollock Pines SMUD hydro power plant
- ADDITIONAL SKILLS
- Orienteering/ navigating using topo maps
- Tree Climbing/ Tree Felling
- Ability to continue training to become ISA certified or CTSP certificate and obtain my OSHA certification
- Extremely personable
- Computer oriented
- CERTIFICATIONS
- Licensed journeymen of diving and pile driving
- Class A licencse
- 16Hour crane safety course
- Twic card
- Tractor Trailer Driving Experience
- Lifting Heavy Objects
- Route Planning
- Safety Management
- Accurate Records and Reports
- Long Distance Driving
- Solving Customer Concerns
- Customer Satisfaction
- Accurate Recordkeeping
- Performing Inspections
- Vehicle Inspections
- Truck Driving
- Safe Driving Operations
- Heavy Lifting
- Loading and Unloading
- Equipment Inspections
- Managing Schedules
- Assisting Customers
- Equipment Operation
- Pre- and Post-Trip Inspections
- Project Management
- General Labor
- Equipment Operations
- Regulatory Compliance
- Safety Compliance
- Expert in dozer, graders, excavator, skip loader
- Grading Experience
- Materials Movement
- Crane Operation
- Following Project Plans
- Following Instructions
- Worksite Safety
- Asphalt Paving
- Stump and Rock Removal
- Equipment Repair
- Land Clearing
- Critical Thinking
- Decision-Making
- Excavation and Backfilling
- Load Management
- Roadway Construction
- Brush Clearing
- Felling Wedge Use
- Customer Service
- Disease Identification
- Debris Collection
- Gardening Knowledge
- Landscape Equipment Knowledge
- Chainsaw Operation
Timeline
Commercial Truck Driver
Tiger Lines LLC
06.2022 - Current
Pile Driver
SWEETWATER CONSTRUCTION/ DRS MARINE
Truck Shop Welder & Traveling Mechanic
ROBINSON TIMBER ENTERPRISE
Owner-operator
SCHAUFFLERS TRUCKING
Associate of Science Degree - Water Welding and Diving
College of Oceaneering