35 years experience performing maintenance on high voltage substation equipment, including transformers, circuit breakers, voltage regulators. Experience troubleshooting control circuits on various components on all of the above. Had some welding training, can operate a lathe, rotary drill press, and other various shop tools. Spent 10 years operating the electric grid as a Senior Transmission Dispatcher and Reliability Dispatcher for Philadelphia and the 5 surrounding counties. This included writing switching orders, communicating switching orders with substation forces, voltage control of the bulk power system. These positions required the certification by, and working in conjunction with PJM & NERC.
I have also held various part time jobs: repairing Money access machines, maintaining lawn care equipment for landscapers, sales and service of lawn care equipment and a short stint in the manufacture and printing of tags and labels. Have remodeled 3 homes.