William Tyler Carl Michels
Kelseyville,CA
Summary
Strong and driven, diversified woodworker with dependability when it comes to completing a wide variety of tasks on the job.
Solid, focused experience with a wide variety of lumber mill jobs all around the yard, inside and out.
Safe, reliable, and conscientious worker with an unrelenting work ethic.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Lumber Mill Worker
Sonoma Millworks
01.2020 - 01.2021
- While working at Sonoma Millworks my duties consisted of a wide range of tasks inside the mill, in the fabrication building, inside the craftsman shop, around the yard, and in other various shop locations.
- Such tasks in the mill consisted of safely and responsibly handling lumber on the in-feed and out-feed side of both an Industrial Re-Saw, stacking and unitizing, banding, labeling of units for shipment, and transport of units with forklift for storage around the yard or inside various mill locations.
- Just adjacent to the mill extensive experience with an Industrial Rip Saw used for various operations in Cooling Tower Resource parts production as well as for processing other varieties of lumbers and jobs tasked.
- Extensive experience inside the mill on the in-feed and out-feed side of sanding operations using a wide belt sander, safe and responsible operation and handling of lumber.
- Around the mill yard various daily duties of re-unitizing lumber, stacking many pallets of wine staves by hand for air drying, removal of nails from reclaimed wood, to gardening and painting and scrubbing and cleaning and maintaining machinery.
- Other duties around the yard involved moving units of lumber from Cooling Tower Production orders with forklift to various locations to be transformed by a convey fed cross cutting trimming machine known as a Mereen Johnson "300" Machine, to inside the Fabrication building housing the "Big Root" Multi headed drilling machine for Cooling Tower Parts Production, as well as the safe, responsible loading and unloading of both machines.
- Application of wax to ends of products to prevent checking and cracking.
- Other small shop tasks included the operation of a wide variety of saws, drill presses and more for Cooling Tower Parts Production as well as the reclaiming of material for other projects.
- In the Craftsman shop my experience included the operation of specialized machinery for gluing and clamping hardwood into blocks to be transformed into a wide variety of products, as well as the application of glue, the cutting and trimming and grading of individual pieces of lumber to be used.
- Also in the craftsman shop various saws were used including bandsaws, compound miter saws, and sliding table saws.
- Blocks produced were refined using large Industrial Planers, Wide belt sanders for dimensioning and finishing, and re-sawn by hand through bandsaws for book-matched components.
- Blocks were processed through an Industrial thin cutting frame saw for veneering and cabinetry component production.
- General Machinery maintenance and Forklift maintenance was a task I often completed.
Delivery Driver
Mary’s Pizza Shack
05.2015 - 06.2018
- Responsibilities ranged from safely and professionally handling all food products to be delivered, as well as helping out the cooks, pizza makers, and salad makers when needed, by either making my own delivery items, helping to bring in dough for pizza making, or restocking fridges in the kitchen for pasta and other food supplies.
- Other tasks included rolling multiple trays of dough balls in various measured weights for each small, medium, and large pizzas.
- Prepping of various sauces, making the Napoletana mix, preparing produce, and other general food preparation operations for the business to achieve maximum operation.
- Other tasks ranged from maintaining a safe, clean work area, sweeping and mopping floors, and taking out trash.
- Completed on-time deliveries by choosing best and most efficient routes.
- Delivered packages to customer doorsteps and business offices.
- Maintained upbeat, positive attitude in busy, customer-focused environment.
- Completed rush deliveries on tight timetables to satisfy customer needs.
- Read maps, followed oral, and written instructions and used GPS technology to make deliveries.
- Operated vehicle safely in highly congested areas with no traffic violations.
- Worked scheduled hours as required and took on available shifts during holidays and busy periods.
- Expedited deliveries to meet customer deadlines and requirements.
- Managed customer inquiries and complaints in polite and professional manner.
- Communicated with dispatchers to stay informed of changes to routes and delivery schedules.
Dishwasher
Mary’s Pizza Shack
01.2015 - 06.2015
- Back of House and Dishwasher whose tasks involved washing all the dishes and various cooking machinery including a large Hobart Mixer, cleaning out of the grease trap under the sink.
- Maintenance of the entire machine using ajax, scrubber pads, and brushes.
- Changing out the required chemicals for operation of the dishwashing machine.
- Quality control on ensuring everything coming out of the machine is clean and sanitized, free of stuck of grime.
Education
Certified Qigong Teacher - Chinese Medicine
Qigong & Daoist Training Center American Dragon Gate
Qigong, Morris, Sebastopol, CA07.2018
Associate of Arts -
Santa Rosa Junior College
Mendocino, Santa Rosa, CA05.2015
High - Digital Media and Design
Windsor High School
Windsor, CA6.2011
Skills
- Delivery Driver - 3 years
- Wood Turning - 5 years
- Lumber Handling - 1 year
- Qigong - 20 years
- Daoist Meditation - 5 years
- Ability to Lift 100lbs - 10 years
- Graphic Design - 2 years
- Music Performance - 10 years
- CNC Machine Operation and Programming - 3 Years
- Hardwood Board Manufacturing and Transformation - 3 Years
Timeline
Lumber Mill Worker
Sonoma Millworks
01.2020 - 01.2021
Delivery Driver
Mary’s Pizza Shack
05.2015 - 06.2018
Dishwasher
Mary’s Pizza Shack
01.2015 - 06.2015
Certified Qigong Teacher - Chinese Medicine
Qigong & Daoist Training Center American Dragon Gate
Associate of Arts -
Santa Rosa Junior College
High - Digital Media and Design
Windsor High School
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