Lachlan Matthews

Plumbing

• Repaired plumbing systems, components, and equipment.
• Performed regular maintenance on plumbing systems to prevent costly future repairs for customers.
• Consistently met deadlines while maintaining high-quality craftsmanship throughout all stages of plumbing installations, repairs, or maintenance tasks.
• Resolved emergency plumbing situations quickly and efficiently to minimize property damage for customers.
• Communicated with customers to provide recommendations on repairs, determine project estimation costs and define project completion dates.
• Eliminated risks by correctly identifying potential safety hazards.
• Implemented maintenance and repair for fixtures, water mains, natural gas, fire systems and backflow preventers.
• Read blueprints to determine appropriate materials and procedures for each project.
• Conducted thorough inspections of existing plumbing systems, identifying potential problems before they escalated into expensive repairs for clients.

Earthmoving/Operating

Proficient in operating earthmoving equipment including lager excavators and smaller excavators skidsteer loaders/bobcats lager tractors and smaller tractors various size rollers non syncro trucks ect.

• Floating various machines using flatbed trucks and tandem tipper trucks.
• Demonstrated precision in trench digging for utility installations, minimizing disruption to surrounding areas.
• Achieved optimal excavator performance by diligently following manufacturer recommendations for equipment use, maintenance, and care.
• Calculated slopes and grades, performed ground surveys and used pipe lasers for pipe laying.
• Improved overall job satisfaction among crew members by consistently displaying a strong work ethic, professionalism, and dedication to teamwork.
• Maximized fuel efficiency through careful planning of routes and strategic use of machinery during operation periods.
• Created inclines and ramps by moving and tamping down earth as well as gravel for top layers.
• Coordinated machine actions with crew members using hand or audio signals.
• Employed safe digging practices in line with machine capabilities and limitations to prevent hazards.
• Checked to make sure that trench excavations met correct depth.
• Created ramps for smooth movement of heavy loads between site locations.
• Adjusted dig face angles for overburden depths and set correct lengths.
• Completed shoveling at job sites to finish appearances and achieve precise specifications.
• Operated excavator to dig on and around live utilities in underground or telecom utility fields.
• Performed equipment inspections before and after each shift, turning in equipment logs to supervisor.

Maintained and repaired machinery

• Improved overall equipment efficiency by optimizing maintenance procedures and implementing best practices.
• Maintained equipment by scheduled servicing and fixing any emergency repairs such as oil changes, belt and pulley replacement, track replacement, burst hydraulic lines, repairing trailers replacing lights and rewiring servicing and repairing brakes and bearings, greasing and replacing linkage pins, replacing tyres and wheels on trucks.

My father Tony has a small business as a mechanic and small excavations earthmover as well as gravedigger, I subcontract on a regular basis mostly weekend and week nights for Tony whenever workload increases or assistance is required.

Including small repairs on motor vehicles light trucks and machinery as well as operating machines and driving trucks.