TY BURKDOLL
Westcliffe
Summary
- I am a very motivated person, love to learn new things, enjoy fixing things and improving every day.
- I have a good sense of humor and believe in not lying. If you make a mistake, fix it and learn from it.
- Family is especially important. I have two grown twin boys who are doing great in their lives.
- I believe in working smarter, not harder, minimizing time and cost.
- I enjoy everything outdoors, dirt biking, boating, hunting and electrical and computer problem solving.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Rusk Ranch
Westcliffe
01.2017 - 01.2022
- I was the sole employee working for the owner.
- Various tasks included irrigation, fence repair, taking care of 550 head of red/black angus as well as putting up hay and calving out during the calving season.
- Welding and ranch upkeep were daily tasks as well as mitigating problems as they arose.
- Family-owned ranch in Westcliffe Colorado.
- Left Rusk ranch to start my own home repair and general fixing of various things that need to be fixed!
- I enjoy problem solving and preventative maintenance to mitigate future breakdowns on equipment or structural failures.
Cornerstone Tower Service
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Unique job and very demanding.
- This company was in the Tower related business, such as building cell towers and repairs, to high end microwave technologies.
J Bar M Ranch
01.1995 - 01.2013
- I was raised on this ranch through all my years of school.
- My father worked on it before me for most of his life.
- In the fall seasons I would take Ranch clients out on guided Elk and deer hunts.
- This Ranch was owned by a gentleman from Ohio. 4000-acre operating cattle ranch and ran about 400 head red and black Angus.
Education
High School - computer sciences and programming
Ridgway High School
01.1993
Skills
- Fence repair
- Equipment maintenance
- Barbed wire construction
- Pole construction
- Wood construction
- Electric fence construction
- Welding
- MiG welding
- Stick welding
- Oxy-Acetylene torch usage
- Steel work tools
- Cattle management
- Vaccination
- Calf pulling
- Herd health
- Record keeping
- Pasture management
- Low stress livestock handling
- Horse riding
- Trail riding
- Herd riding
- Tack experience
- Hoof health
- ATV operation
- Equipment operation
- Track-hoes
- Backhoes
- Skid steer
- Farm tractors
- Mechanical knowledge
- Equipment service
- Preventative maintenance
- Irrigation
- Flood irrigation
- Gated pipe irrigation
- Haying operations
- Feeding operations
- Grazing
- Water usage tracking
- Trailer loading
- Trailer pulling
- Carpentry
- Plumbing
- Electrical knowledge
- Electrical codes
- Safe electrical installations
- NEC guidelines
- Tree preservation
- Lumber clearing
- Chainsaw practices
- Pesticide application
- Herbicide application
- Knowledge of Colorado weeds
- Climate condition adaptation
- Construction knowledge
- Load bearing
- Wind shear
- Plum and tension
- Controller board programming
- Lighting controller
- Concrete construction
- Concrete engineering
- AC voltage
- DC voltage
- Low voltage applications
- CAT 5 applications
- CAT 6 applications
- Engineering drawings
- Computer applications
- C
- HTML
- Fortran
- Foreman experience
- OSHA certification
- COMTRAN certification
- RF frequency certification
- First aid certification
- Defibrillator certification
- Microwave experience
- Fiber optic experience
- Working at heights
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 04/08/75
References
Dale Burkdoll, Manager at J Bar M Ranch, (970) 729-0420, Jim Scheer, Owner and CEO at Cornerstone Tower Service, 877-25-TOWER, Tate Rusk, Owner/Manager at Rusk Ranch, (719) 431-0007, Randy Rusk, Friend/Co-owner Rusk Ranch, (719) 269-2576, Cliff Wolford, Friend/Manager RRL Ranch, (970) 729-3144, Tommy Wilson, Friend/Co-worker in Tower work, (719) 362-7684, Tanner Camper, Friend/Client Home electrical, (719) 371-0283
Skills
Fence repair and new build of barbed wire, pole, wood and electric, Welding, both MiG and Stick, Cattle management, vaccines, pulling calves, herd health, Horse experience, tack experience, hoof health, ATV experience, Equipment operation, mechanics knowledge, Irrigation, haying operations, Carpentry and plumbing skills, Electrical knowledge and codes, Tree preservation and lumber clearing, Pesticide and herbicide applicators License, Construction aspects, load bearing, wind shear, Electrical knowledge, AC and DC voltage, Engineering drawings and computer applications, Foreman experience, OSHA Certified, First aid and Defibrillator certified, Microwave and fiber optic experience
Background
Delta, CO, Ridgway, CO, 5, J Bar M Ranch, Employee, 01/01/95, 12/31/13, Worked on a 4000-acre operating cattle ranch., Rusk Ranch, Sole Employee, 01/01/17, 12/31/22, Responsible for various tasks including irrigation, fence repair, and cattle management., Cornerstone Tower Service, Employee, 01/01/13, 12/31/17, Worked in tower construction and repairs.
Timeline
Rusk Ranch
01.2017 - 01.2022
Cornerstone Tower Service
01.2013 - 01.2017
J Bar M Ranch
01.1995 - 01.2013
High School - computer sciences and programming
Ridgway High School