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Zumie Breedlove

Keithville

Summary

I have several years of experience around multiple types of cranes. I've operated cranes before. I know the hand signals that a rigger and operator need to be aware. I know about the types of slings that are used. The proper rigging techniques. What type of rigging is needed for a lift. How to spot fatigue on rigging and equipment. Repairing equipment when needed. Knowing when to replace rigging when it becomes a danger to people and equipment. Knowledgeable about cranes and how they operate. Fully knowledgeable in crane signals. Knowing how to rig for a lift and the proper rigging equipment to use. I know to examine equipment before, during, and after use for any signs of wear and tear. Identifying and being able to make repairs on equipment. Detail-oriented Good mechanical aptitude

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Digital Personal Shopper

Walmart
06.2022 - Current
  • My role as a digital personal shopper is the backroom section which consists of prepping and dispensing customers’ orders in a timely manner to the customer or the delivery driver
  • Staging the orders as they come in from the store floor as they are brought in by the pickers
  • Keeping the backroom neat and orderly is also an essential function of my job to ensure that the customers experience with their online shopping meets and exceeds the standards laid out by the company.

Gate Guard

York Torc and Test
10.2021 - 03.2022
  • Maintaining traffic to and from frac sites and public access points
  • Taking down names, company names, and vehicle types of those going to or entering frac sites
  • Depending on whether I was working the frac site or roadside.

Prep Cook

Johnny’s Pizza House
09.2020 - 10.2021
  • My job as a prep cook was to cut, weigh, and press out pizza dough for the day
  • Make customer’s orders as they come in
  • Cut, box, QC finished orders, and serve the orders to the customers.

Deckhand

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company
06.2018 - 08.2020
  • Oiler -
  • As a deckhand on a spider barge, my duties were to secure material barges alongside for loaded dredged material pumped to us from a cutter suction dredge
  • Maintaining and servicing cable tension winches and assisting fairleads/sheaves to ensure that they operated as required and safely
  • Splicing and maintaining mooring lines for the material barges
  • Maintaining and splicing anchor cables that keep the spider barge in the needed location to keep a safe working distance from the dredge we were trailing
  • As a deckhand on a bull gang the main role of the job was working on a crew to connect, place, and sink submersible pipelines for cutter suction and hopper dredges
  • We were responsible for replacing any damaged pipe sections
  • Preparing pipelines for transport from either job sites or storage facilities where the company’s field shipyards were located
  • Worked with cranes, forklifts, and front-end loaders in placing subline pipes in storage on dry land
  • As an oiler on a cutter suction dredge, I was in the engine room department
  • Maintaining diesel engines that moved generators and pumps that were a part of the dredge’s operating system
  • Working with engineers in the maintenance and servicing of various diesel engines (EMD, Caterpillar, Detroit, and Cummins)
  • Maintaining AC and DC driven electrical motors
  • Replacing any damaged or old engines and motors by mechanical means
  • Lattice, hydraulic, and overhead cranes; whichever was best for the task at hand, but it was usually a combination of all three
  • Rigging and using chain falls and come-a-longs upwards of 20 tons
  • Keeping the engine room clean and organized were the main tasks I was responsible for.

Sandwich Artist

Subway - Pass Christian
10.2017 - 04.2018
  • As a sandwich artist it was my job to meet and greet customers, using excellent customer service to exceed customers’ expectations on their visits to the establishment
  • Following all company and health department guidelines and regulations on the safe handling and preparation of food.

Mover

A-Class Student Movers
05.2014 - 09.2017
  • With the moving company I was on crews responsible for the safe packing, loading, transporting, unloading, and setting up of household goods and offices
  • I was required to be able to safely lift and carry items weighing up to 75 pounds
  • Anything above that was required to have multiple movers or using the correct moving dolly to move items safely and without causing damages to property.

Helper

Reynolds Industrial Contractors
02.2013 - 04.2014
  • As a helper it was my job to assist the pipefitters, welders, boil makers, and equipment operators with the tasks they were assigned
  • It was my job to help collect tools, assist in setting up on the job sites, assist in the fabrication with pipefitters and welders
  • Assisting the boil makers in the installment of the piping systems
  • Coordinating with the equipment operators in setting up the equipment for lifts, learning and knowing the proper rigging techniques, using the correct hand signals or radio contact for lifts
  • General housekeeping when crews were done at assigned job sites.

Laborer

Huey Stockstill Inc
10.2011 - 06.2012
  • A part of an asphalt construction crew
  • Made sure there weren't any deformities in the asphalt
  • Assisted with the staging of equipment to ensure no accidents between equipment and traffic
  • Organized materials, tools, and equipment to ensure that team members had what they needed
  • Worked traffic control to help prevent accidents between the crews, equipment, and traffic.

Deckhand, Oiler

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company
12.2005 - 04.2011
  • Mate
  • As an oiler, it was my job to do basic maintenance to operating equipment and to assist the engineers in fixing equipment
  • Keeping the engine room department cleaned and organized
  • As a deckhand, I was responsible for keeping the deck clean and orderly
  • Assisting the mate with maintenance on winches, such as changing cables, brakes, air lines, motors
  • General maintenance and housekeeping
  • As a mate, overseeing and keeping the deck crew in proper working condition
  • Servicing and basic upkeep on deck winches, crane winches, sheaves, and fairleads
  • Making sure deck crew members stayed on task
  • Identified problems and discussed them with the captain right away
  • To make sure the equipment stays operating per company standards
  • Used hand signals to tell the crane operator where to lift components
  • Inspected and lubricated valves, as well as removed, replaced, and reinstalled components to correct malfunctions
  • Looked at the equipment, structures, and materials to see what was causing the problems.

Education

GED -

Bossier Parish Adult Learning Center
Bossier City, LA
2005

Timeline

Digital Personal Shopper

Walmart
06.2022 - Current

Gate Guard

York Torc and Test
10.2021 - 03.2022

Prep Cook

Johnny’s Pizza House
09.2020 - 10.2021

Deckhand

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company
06.2018 - 08.2020

Sandwich Artist

Subway - Pass Christian
10.2017 - 04.2018

Mover

A-Class Student Movers
05.2014 - 09.2017

Helper

Reynolds Industrial Contractors
02.2013 - 04.2014

Laborer

Huey Stockstill Inc
10.2011 - 06.2012

Deckhand, Oiler

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company
12.2005 - 04.2011

GED -

Bossier Parish Adult Learning Center
Zumie Breedlove