O'Mari Austin
Conyers,GA
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Talented professional experienced in welding, metal cutting and soldering. Brings strong attention to safety and quality.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Welder
Jay's Wheel Repair and Tire Shop
Decatur, GA
05.2019 - Current
- Monitored the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
- Repaired broken or cracked parts using cutting torches and welding equipment.
- Maintained a clean working environment by removing scrap metal from work areas.
- Operated manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment to cut metal for fabrication of products.
- Utilized oxyacetylene torches for preheating metals prior to welding or bending them into desired shapes.
- Trained apprentices in safety procedures and use of tools, equipment used during fabrication, welding operations.
- Troubleshot problems related to welds including porosity issues caused by improper shielding gas flow rates.
- Connected and turned regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure and obtain desired flames.
- Detected faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notified supervisors.
- Safely ignited torches and monitored surroundings to proactively identify hazards.
- Recognized, set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Adjusted weld machines to correct settings for precision and waste reduction.
Education
Associate of Science - Welding
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston, GA05-2026
Skills
- Stick Welding Experience
- Tool Repair And Maintenance
- Work Inspection
- Safety Procedures
- Precision Measuring
- Team Collaboration
- Power And Hand Tools
- Site Cleanup
- Worker Training
- Overhead Welding
- General Welding
- Flux core (FCAW) welding
- Metal Fabrication
- Mig welding expertise
- Flux Core Welding
- Shaping And Cutting
- Hand Tool Use
- Defect Identification
- Wire Feed Machines
- Torch Maintenance
- Torch Cutting
- Grinding Understanding
- Grinding Work
- Grinding Experience
Timeline
Welder
Jay's Wheel Repair and Tire Shop
05.2019 - Current
Associate of Science - Welding
Georgia Piedmont Technical College