Souksomboun Chaleunsouk
Ephrata,Pennsylvania
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Fabricator/Welder
Fire Line Equipment
New Holland, PA
04.2019 - Current
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
- Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
Fabricator/Welder
Ladder Tower Co
Ephrata, PA
06.1990 - 04.2019
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Chipped off excess weld, slag and spatter using hand tools.
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Repaired manufactured products by dismantling, straitening, reshaping and reassembling parts.
- Used MIG gun arc to melt and deposit metal from electrode to workpieces.
- Maintained correct arc length and movement speed to form specified fusion depth and bead.
- Managed repair and maintenance schedule to organize shop and maintain equipment.
- Salvaged and rebuilt parts to achieve cost savings and reduce waste.
- Conducted special welds with extremely low tolerances for industrial operations.
- Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc and shielded metal arc equipment.
- Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
Education
High School Diploma -
Savannakhet Laos (Not in US)
Loas05.1979
Skills
- Edge Joining
- Filler Rod Selection
- Surface Material Preparation
- Specifications Conformance
- Power Tools Operations
- Brakes and Shears Operation
- Custom Fabrication
- Punch Presses
- Sheet Metal Fabrication
- Plasma Cutter
- Engineering Drawings Analysis
- Power Saws
- Hydraulic Pumps
- Pipefitting
- Corrective Maintenance
- Metal Shaping Machines
- Fabrications Knowledge
- Overhead Crane Operation
- Heavy Metals
- Mechanical Fabrication
- Fabrication Experience
- Hand Saw
- Stainless Steel Metal Welding
- Vertical Welding
- Gas Flow Adjustments
- Defective Material Identification
- Straightedge Measurements
- Hand and Power Tool Operation
- Torch Installation
- TIG Welding Expertise
- Safe Work Practices
Timeline
Fabricator/Welder
Fire Line Equipment
04.2019 - Current
Fabricator/Welder
Ladder Tower Co
06.1990 - 04.2019
High School Diploma -
Savannakhet Laos (Not in US)