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John Bates

Canton

Summary

Experienced equipment operator and CDL driver with 33 years of commercial driving and road construction-related employment. He has a background in operating, maintaining, and repairing large vehicles and construction equipment including fabrication and welding repairs. Strengths include understanding, performing routine tasks, and adapting to unexpected or emergency events. Committed to making meaningful contributions in roles that require responsibility.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Motor Equipment Operator

Town of Potsdam Highway Department
Potsdam
01.2003 - Current
  • Construction and upkeep of municipal roadways and infrastructure.
  • Performed essential winter road maintenance tasks such as snow and ice removal and sanding.
  • Operated heavy equipment, including dozers, backhoes, loaders, Gradall, rollers, excavator, and paver on various town projects.
  • Operated dump truck to haul materials such as blacktop, gravel, sand, and stone to various locations.
  • Operated Class A CDL vehicles to transport heavy equipment using lowboy trailers also moved oversized loads such as paver and screen plant.
  • Serviced and repaired any of the listed equipment when instructed to do so.
  • Welded, repaired, and fabricated any metal work needed for town projects including major fabrication builds to the smallest welding repair
  • Operated, maintained, and repaired material processing equipment, including screen plant and stone crusher.
  • Performed various jobs such Tree and brush removal , operating chainsaw and brush chipper, storm cleanup,, shoulder and ditch work, vehicle maintenance.

Firefighter/ Assistant Chief

West Potsdam fire department
Potsdam
08.1989 - Current
  • Duties of a member consist of extensive training, responding to emergency calls, attending meetings, and fundraising.
  • Duties as Assistant Chief included being responsible for the safety and actions of all responding members to any emergency calls or any fire department functions under the leadership of the Chief.
  • As first assistant chief, I was responsible for our annual Field Day. Responsibilities included organizing all the events, issuing jobs to all the members, ordering all food and beverages, and organizing all the advertising.
  • For almost 20 years, I had sole responsibility for our biggest fundraisers, our two gun shows each year. Responsibilities included booking all vendors, ordering all food, advertising, and a gun raffle. I also had to keep in contact with government officials to keep in compliance with current and changing rules and regulations.
  • My training:
  • Firefighting essentials.
  • Pump operator course.
  • Initial Attack I
  • Firefighter safety and survival.
  • Rural firefighting training.
  • Flashover survival training.
  • FEMA IS-00100: Introduction to the Incident Command System.
  • FEMA IS-00200 ICS for single resources and initial action incidents.
  • FEMA IS-00700: National Incident Management System Introduction.
  • FEMA IS-00800: National Response Plan Introduction.

Equipment Operator

Adirondack Asphalt / Allstates Asphalt
Canton
01.1998 - 01.2003
  • Operated heavy machinery for road construction projects across New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. We worked for several townships, counties and some private customers performing chip sealing, cold mix paving as well as hot mix paving, road reclamation, and material processing mixing cold patch ,shoulder material and cold mix paving. we also sprayed calcium and magnesium chloride for road dust control.
  • Operated a variety of heavy equipment including chip sealing stone spreader, material mixer (pug mill), loader, backhoe, paver, roller asphalt and calcium sprayer .
  • Transported oversized and overweight equipment to various job sites across NY, VT, and NH.
  • Transported liquid asphalt from refineries in Montreal and Oswego, NY to various blacktop plants across New York.
  • Conducted routine maintenance and performed necessary repairs on equipment and vehicles as needed.

Truck Driver

Steve Trimm
Winthrop
06.1994 - 06.1998
  • Operated dump truck, dump trailer, and flowery trailer to transport materials such as black top, stone, gravel, sand, and winter salt across various NY locations.
  • Conducted routine maintenance and executed minor repairs on vehicles driven.
  • I worked on-site at some jobs and operated a loader and backhoe.

Night Stock Clerk

P & C foods
Canton
06.1990 - 06.1994
  • Unloaded delivery trucks, stocked shelves, and ran the cash register when needed.

Truck Driver

Barrets Paving
Norwood
06.1993 - 10.1993
  • Operated tractor trailer with flowboy trailer to transport blacktop, stone, sand, and lime from Barret's quarry to various destinations in northern NY.

Operator / Laborer

C W Bates Construction.
Canton
04.1988 - 06.1990
  • Installed septic systems, waterlines, driveways, foundation pads and other land preparation site work.
  • Operated backhoe, dozer, loader, and dump truck for a family-owned business.

Education

High School Diploma -

Madrid Waddington
Madrid NY
06-1989

Building Trades

North West Tech Center/ Boces
Ogdensburg, NY
06-1989

Class A CDL

National Tractor Trailer School
Liverpool, NY
10-1992

Skills

  • Heavy equipment operation
  • Road maintenance and construction
  • Equipment repair and fabrication
  • Material hauling and processing
  • Welding and metal fabrication
  • Snow removal and winter road maintenance
  • Problem solving and adaptability
  • Customer service and support
  • Project management and safety compliance
  • Safety regulations
  • Fire safety procedures
  • Emergency response
  • Team leadership

Certification

  • CDL Class A NY #693 299 438

Timeline

Motor Equipment Operator

Town of Potsdam Highway Department
01.2003 - Current

Equipment Operator

Adirondack Asphalt / Allstates Asphalt
01.1998 - 01.2003

Truck Driver

Steve Trimm
06.1994 - 06.1998

Truck Driver

Barrets Paving
06.1993 - 10.1993

Night Stock Clerk

P & C foods
06.1990 - 06.1994

Firefighter/ Assistant Chief

West Potsdam fire department
08.1989 - Current

Operator / Laborer

C W Bates Construction.
04.1988 - 06.1990

High School Diploma -

Madrid Waddington

Building Trades

North West Tech Center/ Boces

Class A CDL

National Tractor Trailer School

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