ELVE BENJAMIN
Port Arthur,TX
Summary
Begin a career as a Structural Welder or Boilermaker using my knowledge and expertise from working in the refinery industry and on the job training.
Effective at completing welding jobs efficiently to produce high-quality work. Familiar with reading and interpreting blueprints, completing basic mathematical calculations and communicating effectively with team members.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Reinforced Ironworker
Zachry Group
03.2024 - 12.2024
- Tied reinforcement structures, worked lay down yard, cut reinforcement bar, read blueprints to build the foundations
- Placed and fastened iron rods and steel mesh together using wire and spot welds.
- Maneuvered and positioned support structures before and after pouring concrete, often manipulating iron by cutting, welding, or bending.
- Positioned rebar and other iron reinforcement following pouring of concrete.
- Determined size, shape, placement, and material of supports based on blueprints and structural standards.
- Cut metal components to required lengths using metal shears, hacksaws, and bar cutters.
- Unloaded and positioned prefabricated steel and heavy equipment using hoisting equipment, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks.
Structural Welder
Alliance industrial
11.2022 - 03.2023
- Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products
- Tested welding and safety equipment to check performance.
- Kept work area clean and organized.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Minimized warping using good fitting, burning, and welding techniques.
- Removed excess slag with arc-cutting, grinding, and using other equipment.
- Used MIG and TIG welding on structural supports.
- Chipped away debris and thick crusts of rust, slag, and other materials to ready surfaces for welding.
- Maintained full set of personal tools to use on jobs.
- Clamped and tack-welded components to achieve desired configurations.
Rodbuster
Zachary
04.2020 - 08.2021
- Position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms in order to reinforce concrete
- Use a variety of fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, and hand tools
- Includes rod busters
- Reviewed work plans and blueprints to ascertain all requirements for project.
- Used appropriate safety measures and encouraged other team members to do same in effort to avoid job site injuries.
- Used welding and connector tools to create appropriately-sized bars for various reinforcement jobs.
- Maneuvered and positioned support structures before and after pouring concrete, often manipulating iron by cutting, welding, or bending.
- Determined size, shape, placement, and material of supports based on blueprints and structural standards.
- Moved 6000 lbs. of steel reinforcements daily from various staging areas to desired reinforcement locations using proper safety procedures.
Structural Welder/Boilermaker
Gulfspan
03.2017 - 12.2019
- Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products
- Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries
- Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints
- Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles
- Assist in testing assembled vessels
- Direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces
- Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines
- Chipped away debris and thick crusts of rust, slag, and other materials to ready surfaces for welding.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Removed excess slag with arc-cutting, grinding, and using other equipment.
- Kept work area clean and organized.
Painter
BROCK SERVICES LLC
07.2019 - 08.2019
- Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns
- May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting
- May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency
- Prepared trim, walls and ceilings for painting by cleaning, smoothing, and priming.
- Applied putty, wood filler, spackling, and caulks to prep uneven surfaces and fill in holes.
- Prepared surfaces and surrounding areas for painting using sandpaper, tape, and other materials.
- Calculated amount of paint and other materials needed for each job accurately.
Education
High School Diploma -
Lincoln High Shool
Port Arthur, TX05.1992
Welder Training -
M. Weeks Welding Laboratory Testing & School, Inc.
Nederland, TX03.2012
Basic Refresher - Confined Space, Texas P
Industrial Safety Training Council
Nederland, TX03.2012
TWIC -
United States Government
Texas04.2015
Skills
- TWIC card
- ISTC badge
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Teamwork
- Effective Problem-Solving Skills
- Quality and Efficient Work
- Overhead welding
- Fire prevention
- Welding safety
- Blueprint reading
- Structural repair
Occupationallicensescertificatesandtraining
- TWIC, United States Government, 04/01/15
- Welder Training, M. Weeks Welding Laboratory Testing & School, Inc., 03/01/12
- Basic Refresher, Confined Space, Texas P Industrial Safety Training Council, 03/01/12
Timeline
Reinforced Ironworker
Zachry Group
03.2024 - 12.2024
Structural Welder
Alliance industrial
11.2022 - 03.2023
Rodbuster
Zachary
04.2020 - 08.2021
Painter
BROCK SERVICES LLC
07.2019 - 08.2019
Structural Welder/Boilermaker
Gulfspan
03.2017 - 12.2019
High School Diploma -
Lincoln High Shool
Welder Training -
M. Weeks Welding Laboratory Testing & School, Inc.
Basic Refresher - Confined Space, Texas P
Industrial Safety Training Council
TWIC -
United States Government
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