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DAVONTE’ BOB

HOUSTON

Summary

Highly skilled Structural Welder with comprehensive background in welding and fabrication. Demonstrated competency in different types of welding processes such as MIG, TIG, and stick welding. Strengths lie in reading blueprints, safety compliance, quality control, equipment maintenance and repair. Consistently improved production efficiency in previous roles through effective problem-solving skills and adaptation to new technologies.

Experienced structural welder with a strong focus on safety compliance and attention to detail. Proficient in operating various welding techniques and fabricating structural elements, contributing to the integrity of large-scale projects.

Skilled Combo Welder with a strong background in TIG, MIG, and Stick welding techniques. Experience includes working on construction projects, infrastructure development, and industrial repair work. Strengths include ability to read blueprints and understanding of welding symbols for accurate project completion. Notable contributions include improving efficiency through best practice implementation and ensuring highest safety standards are upheld at all times.

Skilled professional with several years working with metal and welding. Trained in tool use with commitment to safety, efficiency and accuracy. Proven history of reliability, focus and time organization.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Structural Welder

DAIKIN/GOODMAN MANUFACTURING
HOUSTON
11.2023 - Current

joins heavy metal components like beams, girders, and columns to build and repair large-scale structures such as buildings, requiring skill in interpreting blueprints, operating various welding equipment (MIG, TIG, Stick), ensuring weld integrity, and adhering strictly to safety protocols to create strong, load-bearing frameworks for construction projects.

  • Welded joints in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions as required by the task at hand.
  • Installed and welded steel beams, columns, girders, and other structural elements.
  • Operated welding equipment and tools to perform repairs and maintenance.

Combo Welder

AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL
BOGALUSA
09.2021 - 06.2023
  • Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
  • Weld components in 6g positions.
  • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
  • Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
  • Operated welding equipment and maintained tools for optimal performance.
  • Fabricated pipe systems using various welding techniques and materials.
  • Inspected welded joints for compliance with safety standards and specifications.
  • Maintained a clean work environment to ensure safety compliance.
  • Welded all kinds of stainless steel pipes including carbon steel pipes in different positions like flat position, horizontal position .
  • Cleaned and prepared surfaces of metal components prior to welding.
  • Verified that all necessary joints were properly fitted before welding process began.
  • Fabricated pipes, fittings, valves, and related equipment in accordance with specifications.

Combo Welder

CB&I
Lake Charles
03.2016 - 08.2018
  • Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
  • Weld pipe in all positions.(6g)
  • Operate manual to fuse metal segments using tig&stick
  • Working in a timely and efficient manner to see tough jobs through to completion.
  • Collaborated with team members to streamline production processes effectively.
  • Operated TIG welding equipment for precision metal fabrication.
  • Inspected welds for quality and compliance with standards.
  • Set up proper welding parameters such as amperage, voltage, gas flow rate.
  • Tested finished products using advanced non-destructive testing methods such as X-ray inspection.

Packer/Loader

WAL-MART INC.
GULFPORT
01.2012 - 01.2015
  • Unload trucks by hand. Items would be placed on pallets according to department.
  • When truck was fully unloaded pallets were pulled to floor to be placed on shelves.

Cashier/Cook

POPEYES
GULFPORT
05.2010 - 12.2012
  • Followed procedures to prepare food products for customers, maintained the highest level of product quality and cleanliness.
  • Unloaded truck deliveries, I was responsible for the cleaning and sanitizing of food preparation area, storage areas, including interior and exterior of restaurant, equipment, and utensils.

Education

Diploma - Professional Welding

Tulsa Welding School
HOUSTON, TX

High School Diploma -

Harrison Central
GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI

Certification - Structural Welding

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Gulfport, MS

Diploma -

Harrison Central High School
Gulfport, MS

Skills

  • Welding Skills
  • Basic fitting & piping system layouts
  • 6010 electrodes
  • 7018 electrodes
  • 7024 electrodes
  • ER70S filler metals
  • 309L filler metals
  • Welding plate & structural steel
  • AWS D11 codes and standards
  • Welding mild steel pipe
  • ASME Section IX
  • Welding 2”-5” pipe
  • 2G welding position
  • 5G welding position
  • 6G welding position
  • Welding larger diameter piping
  • API 1104
  • Overlapping beads
  • Butt welds
  • Fillet welds
  • Socket welds
  • Groove welds
  • Welding in flat position
  • Welding in vertical position
  • Welding in horizontal position
  • Welding in overhead position
  • Welding stainless steel
  • Welding aluminum
  • Military Standard 1595-A
  • Measuring pipe
  • Cutting pipe
  • Preparing pipe
  • Fitting segments of pipe
  • Interpreting blueprints
  • Interpreting welding diagrams
  • Plate and Pipe Beveling Machines
  • Hand Torches
  • Plasma Arc
  • Air Carbon Arc Gouging
  • Grinders
  • GTAW-Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
  • TIG
  • HF TIG
  • SMAW-Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Stick
  • GMAW-Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • MIG
  • FCAW-Flux Core Arc Welding

Skills

Skilled in basic fitting & piping system layouts, Utilized assorted 6010, 7018, 7024 electrodes and ER70S, 309L filler metals, Welded plate & structural steel in accordance with AWS D1.1 codes and standards, Welded mild steel pipe in accordance with ASME Section IX, Welded 2”-5” pipe in the following positions: 2G, 5G, & 6G, Welded larger diameter piping according to pipeline standard API 1104, Ran overlapping beads; performed butt, fillet, socket & groove welds, Welded plate & structural steel in the flat, vertical, horizontal & overhead positions, Welded stainless steel & aluminum in accordance with Military Standard 1595-A, Measured, cut, prepared & fitted segments of pipe & structural steel, Able to interpret blueprints and welding diagrams, Plate and Pipe Beveling Machines, Hand Torches, Plasma Arc, Air Carbon Arc Gouging, Grinders, GTAW-Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG & HF TIG), SMAW-Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick), GMAW-Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG), FCAW-Flux Core Arc Welding

Timeline

Structural Welder

DAIKIN/GOODMAN MANUFACTURING
11.2023 - Current

Combo Welder

AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL
09.2021 - 06.2023

Combo Welder

CB&I
03.2016 - 08.2018

Packer/Loader

WAL-MART INC.
01.2012 - 01.2015

Cashier/Cook

POPEYES
05.2010 - 12.2012

Diploma - Professional Welding

Tulsa Welding School

High School Diploma -

Harrison Central

Certification - Structural Welding

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Diploma -

Harrison Central High School
DAVONTE’ BOB