William Swick
Petersburg
Summary
Detail-oriented professional in boilermaking, known for strong problem-solving skills and rigorous quality assurance. Successfully supervised teams while ensuring adherence to safety and compliance standards, ready to contribute to high-performance operations.
Overview
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1
Certification
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Boilermaker Journeyman
Local 45
Chester
12.1990 - 06.2021
- Executed advanced welding and cutting methods for fabrication and assembly of boiler components.
- Conducted equipment inspections to identify defects and confirm adherence to safety regulations.
- Maintained orderly tools and workspaces, promoting a safe work environment.
- Trained apprentices in safety practices, ensuring compliance during boiler operations.
- Interpreted blueprints accurately for effective implementation of project designs.
- Delivered consistent project updates to supervisors regarding progress and issues faced.
- Supervised boilermaking team operations to enhance workflow efficiency and effectively allocate tasks.
- Conducted meticulous inspections of completed work to ensure quality standards before final approval.
- Operated hoisting equipment to lift and position heavy materials safely.
- Inspected rigging equipment for wear and compliance with safety standards.
- Collaborated with team members to plan lifting operations effectively.
- Demonstrated proper rigging techniques to junior staff during training sessions.
- Communicated clearly with crane operators for precise load movements.
- Securely attach loads to rigging equipment using clamps, shackles, and other fasteners.
- Inspect rigging equipment for any visible damage or defects prior to use.
- Maintained open communication with crane and other equipment operators to smoothly transport loads.
- Determine appropriate load-bearing capacity of various types of rigging systems and components.
- Position stage scenery, lighting fixtures, props, and other objects with precision accuracy using hoists, pulleys, winches, lifts, and cranes.
- Signaled and verbally directed workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to protect workers and materials.
- Unloaded materials and arranged in specific locations.
- Organized and assembled steel components, ensuring structural integrity and compliance with project specifications. steel, bolt-up and torque connections.
Education
Boilermakers National Apprenticeship
Kansas City, KS07-1994
Skills
- Advanced welding
- Blueprint interpretation
- Equipment inspection
- Rigging techniques
- Training and mentoring
- Safety
- Heavy lifting
- Boiler installation
- Mechanical aptitude
- Welding expertise
- Adaptive thinking
- Time management
- Problem solving
Certification
- Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training ............The United States Department of Labor
- Boilermakers National Apprenticeship Program......International President C.W.Jones
- SAFETY AWARENESS AND HAZARD RECOGNITION..........MOST
- SCAFFOLDING ERECTION & DISMANTLING TRAINING........MOST
- THE 10 HOUR CONSTRUCTION SAFETY & HEALTH TRAINING......MOST
- THE 30 HOUR CONSTRUCTION SAFETY & HEALTH TRAINING......MOST
- STEEL ERECTION AND RIGGING FUNDAMENTALS.......MOST
- SUPPLEMENTARY RIGGING TRAINING MODULE 4.....MOST
- SUPPLEMENTARY RIGGING TRAINING MODULE 3.......MOST
- SUPPLEMENTARY RIGGING TRAINING MODULE 2......MOST
- SUPPLEMENTARY RIGGING TRAINING MODULE 1 .......MOST
Timeline
Boilermaker Journeyman
Local 45
12.1990 - 06.2021
Boilermakers National Apprenticeship