Wayne Lingham

• Used various teaching methods to decrease learning gaps and increase student motivation for long-term educational success.
• Implemented new curricula and continuously improved industry practices during day-to-day management.
• Maximized student success by keeping up-to-date on course materials and modern curricula.
• Train 20 plus students on various welding tasks and used diverse instructional methods to increase identifying and long-term educational success.
• Presented lectures and conducted discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids such as graphs, charts and slides.
• Increased student test scores by quizzes and, revenue through effective optimization of learning plans and close monitoring of student progress.
• Supervised and monitored students' use of tools and equipment.
• Connected instruction to real-world experiences and to students' post-secondary goals.

• Steamfitter at Fort Meade, ECB1, ECB2, Jock, and Central Power Plant
• Used clamps and brackets to attach pipes to walls, structures and fixtures.
• Read and interpreted blueprints and schematics to determine locations, quantities and sizes of materials required.
• Measured, cut, prepared and joined pipe using threading, welding and soldering.
• Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
• Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
• Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.

• Removed excess slag with arc-cutting, grinding and using other equipment.
• Used MIG and TIG welding on structural supports.
• Maintained full set of personal tools to use on jobs.
• Kept work area clean and organized.
• Chipped away debris and thick crusts of rust, slag and other materials to ready surfaces for welding.
• Clamped and tack-welded components to achieve desired configurations.
• Aligned structural steel members to rivet, bolt and weld permanently into place.
• Coordinated with crane or signaled equipment operators to lift and position structural steel members and hoist beams, girders and columns to correct positions.
• Followed blueprints and instructions from supervisors to erect columns, beams and girders.
• Welded, cut and bent steel as necessary with torches, metal shears and welding equipment.
• Followed safety guidelines to fasten structural steel members and hoisted cables, chains and rope.
• Analyzed specifications and blueprints and suggested quantities, types and sizes of materials required per job allocation.

• Manufacturing and Fabrication for The Department of Defense and US Navy
• Building Main Propulsion Systems for US Navy Aircraft Carriers and Submarines

• Medical Devices Fabrication, T, Build and Fabrication of medical devices
• Checked cut length frequently for deviations in cut length specs.
• Made steel form parts using various cutting equipment and welded part together per specifications.
• Read and followed blueprints and weld diagrams.
• Bolted, clamped and tack-welded parts to secure components prior to welding.
• Selected and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.

Honorable Discharge, US Navy