Tom Byrne

Plow snow and treat snowpack and icey areas on the highway to provide a safe traveling condition for the traveling public using a snow plow with salt sand and chemical deicer. Operate loader mounted snowblowers to remove heavy snow ares when necessary. Operate loaders to load trucks, to clean and shape ditches for proper drainage. Use the loader and dozer to reshape and repair slides near the roadways.

Operate mowers to provide better visibility along the roadway and to assist in winter roadway maintenance.

Operate culvert cleaners and backhoe to clean and ensure drainage and inspect for damage to culverts. Install culvert liners to maintain drainage flows and prevent damage to the roads due to culvert failure.

Order, replace and install new highway signs when damaged by weather, vandals or traffic accidents to keep the traveling public informed.

Operate a Bridge Snooper Truck to aid the bridge inspectors to perform under bridge inspections.

Participate and conduct monthly safety meetings, facility checks and inspection reports.

Flagging, traffic control and setting up work zones to provide a safe working environment for coworkers and ensure the traveling public flows thru the work zone safely.

Epoxy striping inspector for 14 years, 3 years as the lead inspector.

Laid spray lines on leach pads for cyanide leaching of gold and silver oars.

Operated loaders, skid steer loaders, side boom dozers.

Constructed HDPE pipe lines for acid drainage pump back station.

Constructed rock erosion control systems.

Built and maintained perimeter fences.

Performed maintenance on high flow pump systems as well as low flow chemical feed pumps.

Gathered oar and waste samples.

Performed lab analysis on collected samples.

Set up, loaded and collected data from cyanide leach test columns.

Set up, loaded and collected data from humidity cells to see the results of weather cycles on different types of waste rock.

Data entry on the results from test columns and humidity cells.

Helped construct a water treatment plant based on the data collected in the research lab.

Mixed hazardous chemicals for testing and analytical purposes.

Laid spray lines on leach pads for cyanide leaching of gold and silver oars.

Operated loaders, skid steer loaders, side boom dozers.

Constructed HDPE pipe lines for acid drainage pump back station.

Constructed rock erosion control systems.

Built and maintained perimeter fences.

Performed maintenance on high flow pump systems as well as low flow chemical feed pumps.

Responsible for daily plant operations.

Cleaning large solution clarifiers.

Maintaining and mixing hazardous chemicals.

Keeping chemical feeders full and adjusted for correct feed rates.

Analyzing plant solutions to ensure the highest recovery rates for the gold and silver solutions.

Maintaining and adjusting flow rates to achieve the highest possible flow thru the plant while getting the best recovery.

Maintaining and adjusting flow rates to achieve proper solution levels in the leach ponds and leach pads.

Monitoring and checking pumps, pump back stations, acid drainage collection systems.

Keeping supervisors and coworkers informed of plant operations and problems encountered on my shift so the following crews were aware of any issues