Jasper Strong

As a dedicated Plant Attendant I’ve worked with The Wapato Irrigation Project for 9years. For the first three years I assisted and learned about Plant operations. I’ve learned to monitor and operate plant equipment (e.g. Hydraulic gates, temperature, gauges, valve controls, and penstock gauges.) in my second year I was given an individual shift. I successfully completed eight years on an independent shift at our main pumping plant. With encouragement from supervisors and friends I enrolled in online schooling during the Covid pandemic. Through homeschooling, my children (Due to the pandemic), my daily work shift, and my college studies I completed my college electrical diploma with a 4.0. GPA Pump and power at the Wapato Irrigation works with 120 V on up to 2300 V.. during my electrical studying I was placed with two operators. I spent two years working with one and 9 months working with the other. At that time I learned, preventive maintenance, repair, fabricating, function of equipment, and troubleshooting. After that time, I was periodically given an independent shift where I successfully operated our two most complicated pumping plants for weeks at a time. Overall, the Plant Attendants job consists of mostly physical labor. Cleaning weed racks for 12 hours a day and dumping hundreds of pounds of moss on an hourly basis. Periodically, we grease the pumps, check the gauges and do maintenance or construction when needed. I am experienced with most battery operated, electrical, and hand tools. I have training in CPR, flagging, forklift, and electrical. Before Wapato Irrigation I did mostly physical labor, but I have also done roofing framing, plumbing, and I took a class on blueprints and schematics.