Josh Tack
Turtle Creek,Pa
Summary
An interesting position with a growing company that has opportunity for growth
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Painter/blaster
Holtec Int
East Pittsburgh, PA
06.2022 - 10.2023
- Painted surfaces using brushes, spray guns, and paint rollers.
- Prepared surfaces and surrounding areas for painting using sandpaper, tape, and other materials.
- Painted in spray booth.
- Maintained a clean and organized workspace.
- Prepared product for blasting with metal shot.
- Blasted to reach spec and prepare products for paint.
- Painted with nuclear grade paint to reach specified mm.
- Safe operations of an overhead gantry crane.
- Forktruck certified.
- Cleaned and packed products to be ready for shipment
Caster
TAKTL
Turtle Creek, Pa
10.2021 - 06.2022
- Poured high density concrete molds to reach specs.
- Executed daily operations of making commercial concrete panels used for exterior walls of buildings.
- Applied lubricant and parting agent to mold and pattern.
- Constructed and assembled wooden mold, using clamps and bolts, hand tools and power tools.
- Located and scribed parting line on patterns, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, square and depth gauge.
- Positioned and secured reinforcing structure and materials, flask, mold, model and pattern.
- Trimmed and removed excess material, using scraper, and knife.
- Verified dimensions, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, vernier gauge and protractor.
- Removed casting from mold after specified time, using tools and equipment such as hand tools, power tools and crane.
Installer
Hohn's Excavating
Murrysville, Pa
09.2020 - 10.2021
- Executed daily operations of excavating.
- Laid out wall patterns and foundations, using straight edge, rule and staked lines.
- Constructed and installed footers, retaining walls, foam block additions, and draining.
- Dug trench for foundation of draining and footers, using pick and shovel.
- Set vertical and horizontal alignment of retraining walls and foam block additions.
- Was instrumental as a drain specialist.
- Trained as a excavator.
installer
Minnick Home Solutions
White Oak, Pa
12.2018 - 08.2020
- Worked with and removed hazardous material.
- Erected scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
- Removed damaged and defective parts and sections of structures and repaired and replaced, using hand tools.
- Installed structures and fixtures, such as windows, frames, floorings, trim, and hardware, using carpenter's hand and power tools.
- Shaped and cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines and power saw.
- Followed established safety rules and regulations and maintained a safe and clean environment.
- Removed snow, water and debris from roofs prior to applying roofing materials.
- Overlapped successive layers of roofing material, determining distance of overlap, using chalk line, gauge on shingling hatchet and lines on shingles.
- Aligned roofing material with edge of roof.
- Cleaned and maintained equipment.
- Cut roofing paper to size and nailed and stapled paper to roof in overlapping strips to form base for roofing materials.
- Fastened composition shingles and sheets to roof.
- Applied grout between joints of tiles using grouting trowel.
- Corrected surface imperfections and filled chipped, cracked and broken bricks and tiles, using fillers, adhesives and grouting materials.
- Cut materials to specified size for installation, using power saw and tile cutter.
- Arranged and stored materials, machines, tools and equipment.
- Erected scaffolding and other installation structures.
- Transported materials, tools and machines to installation site, manually and using conveyance equipment.
- Removed excess grout and residue from tile and brick joints with wet sponge and trowel.
laborer
Minnick Home Solutions
White Oak, Pa
02.2013 - 07.2016
- Loaded and unloaded trucks and hauled and hoisted materials.
- Cleaned construction site to eliminate possible hazards.
- Dug ditches and leveled earth to grade specifications, using pick and shovel.
- Fastened timbers and lumber with screws and nails, and installed hardware.
- Aligned roofing material with edge of roof.
- Cleaned and maintained equipment.
- Cut roofing paper to size and nailed and stapled paper to roof in overlapping strips to form base for roofing materials.
Education
GED - undefined
01.2007
Skills
- Strong work ethic
- Attention to detail
- Indoor and outdoor painting
- Exterior painting
- Problem-solving
- Safety awareness
- Time management
- Paint sprayer operation
- Paint mixing
- Punctual and dependable
- Surface preparation
- Hand and power tools
- Touch-up painting
- Painting restoration
Accomplishments
- Work well in a high pressure environment.
- Well-organized and efficient.
- Strong training skills.
- Skilled at organizing complex projects, defining project priorities, and delegating tasks.
- Self-motivated and assertive.
- Quickly learn procedures and methods.
- Honest, friendly, outstanding communication skills.
Timeline
Painter/blaster
Holtec Int
06.2022 - 10.2023
Caster
TAKTL
10.2021 - 06.2022
Installer
Hohn's Excavating
09.2020 - 10.2021
installer
Minnick Home Solutions
12.2018 - 08.2020
laborer
Minnick Home Solutions
02.2013 - 07.2016