Ken̈neth Wildes

• Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
• Operated hoists, cranes, and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
• Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions.
• Chipped off excess weld, slag, and spatter using hand tools.
• Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
• Utilized blueprints and diagrams to compare finished products against design specifications.
• Optimized material usage by accurately measuring and cutting required components prior to welding.
• Avoided warping, shrinkage, and distortion by carefully controlling welding processes.
• Completed projects safely by closely monitoring conditions when lighting torches and using tools.
• Replaced faulty parts and components in soldering process.
• Inspected welds for accuracy and conformance to specifications.
• Cut, grinded and bent edges of materials to be joined for snug fit using power grinders and hand tools.
• Welded metal components in vertical, overhead and flat positions.
• Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.

Maintenance on boats and net

Coordinate repairs if needed

Driving pull boat that pulls hall seine net to catch fish on Lake Okeechobee.

Helped put in septic tanks, pumped septic tanks, cleaned yard, maintenance on equipment.

• Loaded and unloaded materials onto trucks and trailers.
• Assisted in digging, trenching and backfilling trenches and foundations.
• Operated forklifts and boom lifts to complete various tasks.
• Dug trenches, backfilled holes and compacted earth to prepare for new construction.
• Demonstrated flexibility with shifting responsibilities based on project needs, contributing to overall productivity levels.

Road construction on Highway 82 from Immokalee to Ft Myers

Helped replace gears on mill rollers, other maintenance in US Sugar Mill in Clewiston.

Worked on the deck of oil rigs and rigs for deep water wells all over Florida.