Connor Avery
Secret Harbour
Summary
Self-motivated trades assistant with experience in the construction, oil & gas, and mining industry. Skilled in problem-solving, consistently finding timely solutions while prioritizing health and safety. Thrives as a team player, excelling at clear and concise communication with colleagues, fostering positive and enduring working relationships. Background as a representative for WA in AFL instilled values of hard work and dedication necessary to achieve goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Trade Assistant
Altrad
Geraldton
02.2025 - Current
- Conduct Fire watch duties
- Set up welding area
- Build welding humpy
- Grinding plates
- Write JSA and implement safety procedures
- Hotworks permit holder
Trade Assistant Shutdown Blue Water Power Station
UGL
11.2024 - 12.2024
- Organized operational areas.
- Cut and prepared tubes for boilers.
- Operation of tube prep machine
- Performed manual handling tasks efficiently.
- Implemented rigging gear effectively.
- Executed operations requiring confined space access.
- Issued welding equipment to team members.
Trade Assistant
Kuiper offshore Woodside scarborough pipeline
10.2023 - 10.2024
- Positive communication to welder and analysing weld for quality
- Grinding stop starts and cleaning weld of all slag
- Changing wire and fluxcore
- General house keeping
- Setting up work areas for welders making sure everyone has everything they need for the shift (discs, grinders, ppe, water, ext)
- Ensured that work sites were kept safe and hazard-free at all times
Trade Assistant for Mechanical Fitters
Civmec Construction and Engineering
05.2023 - 08.2024
- Set up job front
- Completed housekeeping tasks efficiently.
- Demonstrated proficiency using various tools.
- Handled substantial manual labor duties.
- Skilled in operating forklifts consistently and safely.
Trades Assistant
Plummer Industries - iron bridge pipeline FMG
Port Headland
11.2022 - 03.2023
- Set up welding machines on trucks/work area
- Grinding and buffing welds
- Issue out consumables as per WPS
- Drive welding truck to job sites
- Pick up JHA and hot works to bring to site
- Controlling welders’ amps on the remote
- General housekeeping duties
Trades Assistant
B AGC Group
Newman
02.2022 - 10.2022
- Organize Material for the welders
- Issue out welding consumables as per WPS
- Setting up Equipment at work fronts screen off areas for hot works
- Load and unload Trucks with Telehandler
- Spotting duties
- General Housekeeping duties
- Assist trades person exc mechanical fitters/welders
Trades Assistant
UGL Pluto Interconnector Pipe line
08.2021 - 01.2022
- Assist Welders Setting up the work area for Hot work
- Assist Riggers putting the external pipe clamp on to set up the joints ready for welding
- Pick up the Permit and JHA packs and bring to the job site
- Working with and around heavy machinery Forklifts Bobcats Trucks Cranes etc
- Spotting duties
- General Housekeeping duties
Trades Assistant Shutdown for Mechanical Fitters
Taylor’s Engineering
01.2021 - 03.2021
- Assisting mechanical fitter set up of job front and Mobilize Equipment
- General TA duties
- Knowledge of task and equipment
- Prep areas for work
- General housekeeping and clean up at the end of the shift
Carpenter trade assistant
Austal Ships
03.2019 - 11.2020
- Set up trades man work area
- Setting up safe lifting areas
- Used a wide variety of power and hand tools for carpentry projects
- Accurately measured, cut, and assembled materials
- Measured spaces accurately to ensure proper fit of carpentry projects
- Maintained cleanliness of job sites throughout construction process
- Inspected job sites regularly for safety hazards before beginning work
- Operated forklifts in order to transport materials around job sites safely
Education
Year 12 -
Comet Bay
Secret Harbour, WA11.2019
Skills
- Working at heights and confined space
- EWP
- Basic scaffold
- Gas testing
- C class drivers license
- Tbosiet
- Forklift
- Telehandler
- White card
- MSIC
- Demonstrate fire attack
- MATES mental health awareness training
References
Craig, Padgett, 0416499924
Timeline
Trade Assistant
Altrad
02.2025 - Current
Trade Assistant Shutdown Blue Water Power Station
UGL
11.2024 - 12.2024
Trade Assistant
Kuiper offshore Woodside scarborough pipeline
10.2023 - 10.2024
Trade Assistant for Mechanical Fitters
Civmec Construction and Engineering
05.2023 - 08.2024
Trades Assistant
Plummer Industries - iron bridge pipeline FMG
11.2022 - 03.2023
Trades Assistant
B AGC Group
02.2022 - 10.2022
Trades Assistant
UGL Pluto Interconnector Pipe line
08.2021 - 01.2022
Trades Assistant Shutdown for Mechanical Fitters
Taylor’s Engineering
01.2021 - 03.2021
Carpenter trade assistant
Austal Ships
03.2019 - 11.2020
Year 12 -
Comet Bay