Joshua Kavaney
San Diego,CA
Summary
Seasoned Union Ironworker from Pacific Coast Steel, adept in OSHA compliance and construction safety, with a proven track record of leading teams to enhance productivity and ensure workplace safety. Skilled in structural bolting and possessing exceptional communication abilities, I prioritize teaching and safeguarding apprentices, ensuring every team member returns home safely.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
UNION IRONWORKER
Pacific Coast Steel
02.2014 - 01.2025
- Complied with OSHA and company safety guidelines for height safety, lock out tag out, confined space, and hazardous material handling.
- Erected structural steel and iron frameworks for bridges, buildings and other structures.
- Cut metal components to required lengths using metal shears, hacksaws, and bar cutters.
- Ensured structural integrity by properly installing and aligning steel components according to specifications.
- As a journeyman ironworker I am tasked with running work on the job sight.
- A journeyman is to make sure that as much steel is put in as possible daily, but most importantly, to push the apprentices, in a very fast passed BUT SAFE MANNER
- Safety is the biggest part of the job, its already the hardest and most dangerous job in the world, its most important so teach safe work ethics, so that EVERY MAN GOES HOME SAFE!!!!!!!
Education
GED -
UNIVERSITY OF IRON, San Diego CA
San Diego CA01-2007
Skills
- Construction safety
- Structural bolting
- Rigging techniques
- OSHA compliance
- As a journeyman it is my job to run work and push the apprentices to put in as much steel as possible, while doing so in a safe manner
- It is a very high past job that requires thinking on your toes, and teaching the younger generations if ironworkers the ways of the trade
- The most important thing on a daily basis is not just putting in as much steel as possible, but protecting the apprentices of all the hazards on the job sight
- It takes lots of communication skills, because not everyone understands things the same way each person is an individual with a separate way of thinking
- EVERYBODY GOES HOME SAFE
Timeline
UNION IRONWORKER
Pacific Coast Steel
02.2014 - 01.2025
GED -
UNIVERSITY OF IRON, San Diego CA
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