Travis Boyd
Hobbs
Summary
Focused on keeping teams on-task and exceeding quality, performance and safety standards. Gets most out of every resource and team member using creativity and excellent problem-solving abilities. Proven record of accomplishment in leadership. Proactive with background protecting components from distortion and producing high-quality work. Dependable, safety-oriented and diligent about accomplishing deadlines by applying excellent welding and fitting abilities. Highly experienced in welding. Experienced Welder with background in industrial design, material stocking, product shipment and waste management. Trained across multiple types of welding, metallurgy and structural design. Expert working at heights and in enclosed spaces. Qualified accomplished in offline assembly production, material handling and machine operation. Results-oriented, high-energy welding professional with heavy equipment and weld measuring experience. Excellent safety record. Focused Welder skilled at welding and fitting pipes, flanges and couplings. Fast learner with results-driven nature. Cooperative working in teams for construction and heavy machinery installation.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Welder
K-C Welding & Fabrication LLC.
09.2011 - 08.2024
- 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.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Chipped off excess weld, slag and spatter using hand tools.
- Minimized warping using good fitting, burning and welding techniques.
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc and shielded metal arc 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.
- Assembled structural forms such as boiler parts and pressure vessels.
- Observed hydrostatic and dimension tolerance tests to evaluate weld quality and conformance to specifications.
Education
High School Diploma -
Hobbs High School
05.2008
Skills
- Specifications Conformance
- Hand and Power Tool Operation
- Crane and Hoist Equipment Operation
- Corrective Actions
- Waste Reduction
- Hand Saw
- Surface Material Preparation
- Welding Techniques
- Filler Rod Selection
- Workpiece Measurements
- Power Tools Operations
- Defective Material Identification
- Flux Selection
- Gas Flow Adjustments
- Vertical Welding
- Edge Joining
- Workpiece Examinations
- Overhead Welding Position
- Straightedge Measurements
- Mathematical Calculations
- Equipment Selection
- Valve Repairs
- Heavy Duty Machinery
- Manual Dexterity
- Welding and Bolting
- Flux Core (FCAW) Welding
- Wire Feed Machines
- Quality Control Analysis
- Portable Grinders
- Hand Torches
- Design Interpretation
- ISO 9001
- Operation Monitoring
- Machinery Transporting
- Safe Work Practices
- Parts Reassembling
- Corrective Maintenance
- Overhead Hoists
- Instruction Interpretation
- Overhead Crane Operation
- Welding Chart Specifications Compliance
- Engineering Drawings Analysis
- Work Order Analysis
- Material Tagging
- Chemical Bath Cleaning
- Operational Efficiency
- Power Saws
- Assembly Planning
- Parts Cleaning and Degreasing
- Structural Supports
- Plasma Cutter
- Stairs and Railings
- Fire Suppression Methods
- Sheet Metal Fabrication
- Torch (Machine Learning)
- Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP)
- Fabrications Knowledge
- Hydraulic Pumps
- Isometric Drawing
- Removing Components
- Punch Presses
- Mechanical Fabrication
- Shielded Metal Arc Equipment
- Tank Trailers
- Structure Erection
- ISO Quality Standards
- Precision Measuring Instruments
- Dimension Calculations
- Custom Fabrication
- Process Monitoring
- Heavy Metals
- Apprentice Supervision
- Fabrication Experience
- Template Designs
- Pipefitting
- Stick Welding
- Blueprint Reading
- Fabrication
- Torch cutting
- Layout and Fitting
- Shaping and cutting
- Pipe welding
- Structural welding
- Steel Fabrication
- Flat Welding
- Measurements and Calculations
- Safety Monitoring
- Quality Inspection
Timeline
Welder
K-C Welding & Fabrication LLC.
09.2011 - 08.2024
High School Diploma -
Hobbs High School
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