Tristen Thornton

As an Equipment Operator for Looker Properties, I operate and maintain equipment in the production of recycled aggregate products. Duties include; pit reconstruction, grading, dozing, excavating, crushing, paving, utility work, roadway watering, paving preparation, heavy equipment repair, welding and fabrication.

• As an equipment operator for Severson Road Contractors I operate and maintain heavy equipment used for forest road construction and mining operations
• Primary duties include; operating 130 to 350 class excavators and D4-D8 dozers to build roads according to engineered plans and drawings, feeding rock crushers and developing rock pits for aggregate processing and utilization.

• As an Engineman Second Class Petty Officer in the Navy I held the position of engine room supervisor
• I led and trained 13 junior sailors in the maintenance and repair of shipboard propulsion Diesel engines, diesel generators, piping and valving systems of potable water, fuel, oils, and sewage, as well as shipboard hydraulics and electronic controls in accordance with strict procedures and check points.

• As a groundsman for SSC, I worked on road building crews servicing forest access roads managed by