Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
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Michael S. Small

Cheraw,SC

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Machine Operator

Crown Holdings
03.2016 - Current
  • Followed detailed instructions to operate machines with accuracy and produce quality products.
  • Set up and adjusted equipment and properly configured machines for daily operation.
  • Complied with company and OSHA safety rules and regulations.
  • Trained new employees on proper machine operation, ensuring adherence to company standards and safety guidelines.

Welder

Spartan Staffing Services / Marley Engineered Products
10.2014 - Current
  • Set up, operate, and tend welding machines that join components to fabricate metal products and assemblies.
  • Feed workpieces into welding machines to join components.
  • Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
  • Inspect, measure, and test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
  • Record operational information on specified production reports.
  • Read blueprints, work orders, and production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
  • Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, and solder fabricated metal components.

Set Up Machine Operator

Ina Bearing
02.2005 - 08.2008
  • Measure dimensions of finished workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments, templates, and fixtures.
  • Mount, install, align, and secure tools, attachments, fixtures, and workpieces on machines, using hand tools and precision measuring instruments.
  • Stop machines to remove finished workpieces or to change tooling, setup, or workpiece placement, according to required machining sequences.
  • Transfer commands from servers to computer numerical control (CNC) modules, using computer network links.
  • Check to ensure that workpieces are properly lubricated and cooled during machine operation.
  • Set up and operate computer-controlled machines or robots to perform one or more machine functions on metal or plastic workpieces.
  • Insert control instructions into machine control units to start operation.
  • Review program specifications and blueprints to determine and set machine operations and sequencing, finished workpiece dimensions, or numerical control sequences.
  • Listen to machines during operation to detect sounds such as those made by dull cutting tools or excessive vibration and adjust machines to compensate for problems.
  • Remove and replace dull cutting tools.

Paint Production Supervisor

Takata Restraint Systems
04.2000 - 02.2004
  • Observe machine gauges and equipment operation to detect defects and deviations from standards, and make adjustments as necessary.
  • Determine paint flow, viscosity, and coating quality by performing visual inspections, or by using viscometers.
  • Weigh and measure chemicals, coatings, and paints before adding them to machines.
  • Select appropriate coatings, paints, and sprays, and prepare them by mixing substances according to formulas.
  • Record operational data on specified forms.
  • Start pumps to mix solutions and fill tanks.
  • Operate auxiliary machines or equipment used in coating or painting processes.
  • Supervise coworkers in machine operating techniques.

Education

High School Diploma - General High School Curriculum

Cheraw High School
Cheraw, SC

Cyber Security - Cyber Security

DeVry University
Illiopolis, IL

HVAC Technician - HVAC

Ashworth College
Norcross, GA
06.2013

Skills

  • Machine Operator
  • Welder
  • Accuracy and Attention to details
  • Tolerant and flexible, adjusts to different situations
  • Organization and prioritization skills

Certification

  • HVAC Technician Certification - Ashworth College - 2013-05
  • OSHA Certification - Occupational Safety and Health - 2012-06
  • Industrial Maintenance Certification - Northeastern Technical College - 2005-10
  • Robotics Programming Certification - MotoMan Inc. - 2001-07

Timeline

Machine Operator

Crown Holdings
03.2016 - Current

Welder

Spartan Staffing Services / Marley Engineered Products
10.2014 - Current

Set Up Machine Operator

Ina Bearing
02.2005 - 08.2008

Paint Production Supervisor

Takata Restraint Systems
04.2000 - 02.2004

High School Diploma - General High School Curriculum

Cheraw High School

Cyber Security - Cyber Security

DeVry University

HVAC Technician - HVAC

Ashworth College
Michael S. Small