Construction Laborer
Ernest Owens
Superior Labor Solution
Calumet City,IL
1
Certification
23
years of professional experience
Professional laborer with hands-on experience and readiness for demanding tasks. Skilled in operating machinery, handling materials, and maintaining safety standards. Strong focus on teamwork and adaptability to changing work conditions. Reliable and results-driven, with keen ability to support team objectives and productivity.
Work History
Laborer
1 Year 6 Months- Interior demolition as well as total demolition of entire structures
- Operated heavy machinery to support construction projects and ensure task completion.
- Collaborated with team members to maintain worksite safety and efficiency standards.
- Assisted in the setup and teardown of various construction site components.
- Trained new laborers on safety protocols and operational procedures, fostering a knowledgeable workforce.
- Contributed to successful completion of projects by following instructions from supervisors and adapting to changing priorities.
Construction Laborer
3 Years 8 Months- Executed demolition projects to clear sites for new construction
- Site maintenance
- Concrete placement in:
- Hospitals
- High rises
- Chicago public schools
- Suburban Chicago schools
Labor Foreman/ Jr. Superintendent
2 Years- Oversee interior demolition in hospitals, high rises and commercial buildings throughout Chicago.
- Attend walk-thrus of future projects and put together tool requisitions and dispatch man power.
- Assist with demolition and trash disposal.
- Enforce all safety rules implemented by both Slate and General Contractor.
- Record and report all injuries and incidents.
- Attend pre-construction meetings.
Laborer
3 Years 11 Months- Responsibilities included
- Demolition
- Concrete placement
- Equipment operation
- Remodel
- Site preparation and maintenance.
Laborer
4 Months- Responsibilities
- Site maintenance, equipment operation, demolition, concrete placement, site preparation
Laborer/ Foreman/ site safety coordinator
10 Years 8 Months- Responsibilities included
- Demolition
- Concrete placement
- Equipment operation
- Remodel
- Site preparation and maintenance.
- Cleaning and maintaining existing facilities before after and during constructing or remodeling utilizing janitorial supplies, floor buffers and scrubbers, power washers and chemicals.
- Assistant to carpenters, pipe fitters, sheet metal workers, electricians, and other trades
- Site safety and discipline when necessary.
- Job hazard analysis.
- Daily site walk and inspection.
- Daily safety talks before work assignments for company personnel.
- Orientation of all personnel and subcontractors.
- Incident and accident reporting as well as follow up.
- Documenting and recording all safety infractions and submitting to appropriate parties via Fax, email and computer.
- Enforcement of PPE and all safety gear requirements.
- Oversees and participates in all on-site and off site training.
- Assists superintendent and team in all areas of safety implementation and OSHA compliance.
Education
Construction journeyman laborer certification - Construction training
- Political Science and sociology
High school diploma - Honors College preparatory curriculum
Skills
Commercial and industrial forklift training
oxygen and acetylene torch operation
pneumatic tool operation
material handling
Bobcat and Case operation
concrete placement and demolition
structural demolition(interior and exterior)
assistant to carpenters
plumbers
sheet metal workers
painters and most commercial trades. Skilled in painting
limited plumbing
drywall
some electrical experience and handy man capabilities (10+ years)
Lead and mold remediation. (10+ years)
Mason tending for Brick layers (10+ years)
Concrete Forming
Construction
Construction management
Blueprint reading
Remodeling
Accomplishments
- Promotion to lead laborer inside of medical facilities and New high rise construction and next to labor foreman in 2013 Promoted to site safety coordinator in 2014.
- I went from one machine to operating 3 different machines in less than 6 months. Became lead slitting machine operator and was in transition to sheeting machines before company closed down. Loading and unloading of finished goods and raw materials utilizing powered industrial forklift and clamp trucks
Affiliations
- Laborers Local #4
- 2003 to Present
- Union laborers Local
- Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois Masons and Eastern Stars
- Present
- Benevolent and community service organization dedicated to helping the homeless, less fortunate and at-risk children in the Chicagoland area.
Certification
- Laborers Training
- Concrete placement, blue print reading 1 & 2, scaffold users and builders, boom lift, scissor lift, lull, all fork lifts, pneumatic tools, power tools, demolition saws, circular saws, electric demolition guns, powder actuated tools, 10 hr osha, 30hr osha, confined spaces training, respirator training, hazardous waste removal, flaggers certification. These certifications are in file with the Chicagoland Laborers Apprenticeship and Training.
- Torch and burn certification
- June 2004 to Present
- Acetylene and oxygen torch operation
- Flaggers certification
- May 2012 to 2015
- Certified traffic and pedestrian control
- OSHA 10 hr
- 2012 to 2015
- Certified for 3 yrs in OSHA regulations
- Confined spaces training
- Certification in entering or workingin confined spaces
- Hazardous waste removal
- Certified in hazardous waste awareness and removal
- Equipment operation
- June 2003 to Present
- Operation of Bobcat, Case and other skid steers, commercial and industrial forklift, scissors lift, boom lift and pneumatic demolition equipment
- Fall protection
- Training in the use of body harness, body belt and fall prevention.
- Scaffold user
- June 2013 to June 2017
- Retraining on the use of scaffolding
- Scaffold builder
- Apprentice training in scaffold erection
- Back safety
- Certification in the correct manner of lifting when bending and twisting
- OSHA 30
- June 2016 to June 2019
- 30 hr OSHA training and certification
- Asbestos awareness
- November 2004 to Present
- Training in identifying asbestos containing materials
- Lead Awareness training
- Training in the hazards of lead and the modes of entering the body when mishandled
- Infectious Control Inside Hospitals
- October 2003
- Demolition and infectious control prior to IICRA certification being implemented into Laborers Training. Company paid training thru Power Construction at home office.
- 40 hr HAZWOPPER
- Drivers License
- Certified Forklift Operator
Additional Information
- Over 20,000 hrs reported to Laborers Local #4 for 11 years of employment as a union laborer.
- Chicagoland Laborers Training and Apprenticeship from 2003 to 2005.
Timeline
Laborer
MidWest Wrecking
02.2025 - CurrentRead More
Construction Laborer
Superior Labor Solution
12.2022 - CurrentRead More
Labor Foreman/ Jr. Superintendent
Slate Demolition
12.2020 - 12.2022Read More
Laborer
Bulley and Andrews Construction Co.
06.2016 - 05.2020Read More
Laborer
Old Veterans Construction
11.2015 - 03.2016Read More
Laborer/ Foreman/ site safety coordinator
Power Construction and Engineering Co.
10.2003 - 06.2014Read More
Proviso East/ Cosmopolitan Preparatory High School
High school diploma from Honors College preparatory curriculum
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Western Illinois University
from Political Science and sociology
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Chicagoland Laborers Apprenticeship and Training
Construction journeyman laborer certification from Construction training
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