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Richie Sta Romana

Karratha,WA

Summary

Boilermaker / Welder Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) Carbon and Stainless Steels Mining, Oil and Gas, Maintenance, Shutdown and Construction Mining / Earthmoving – Site and Fixed Plant and Equipment Maintenance Conveyor Fabrication Structural and Pipe Fabrication Heavy Plate Fabrication

Knowledgeable [Desired Position] with extensive background in boilermaking, known for precision in constructing, assembling, and maintaining pressure vessels and tanks. Proficient in interpreting blueprints and schematics, ensuring adherence to safety regulations and standards. Demonstrates expertise in welding and fabrication, showcasing strong problem-solving and teamwork abilities.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Boilermaker/Structural Steel Welder

Bechtel
02.2024 - Current
  • Measured old structural parts or assemblies to determine dimensional requirements of replacements parts.
  • Maintained compliance with all safety procedures from both client and employer.
  • Tightened or replaced bolts and gaskets to repair leaks.
  • Inspected equipment and structures to determine scope of work (SOW).
  • Identified issues and addressed each immediately with job foreman.
  • Interpreted blueprints, sketches, and specifications for each job.
  • Upheld company reputation for excellence by consistently delivering high-quality workmanship that met or exceeded client expectations.
  • Assembled and analyzed boilers for defects.
  • Increased workplace safety by conducting thorough inspections of boiler systems and components.
  • Removed boiler casings, grades, handrails, manhole, and hole covers to facilitate access to boilers or other vessels for repair.
  • Achieved timely project completion by effectively managing resources, schedules, and deadlines while working on multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Ensured safety standards were surpassed by conducting detailed inspections and implementing corrective measures.
  • Reduced potential hazards on-site, enforcing strict compliance with safety protocols and regulations.
  • Demonstrated versatility in welding techniques, mastering both SMAW,MIG and FLUXCORE processes for diverse project requirements.
  • Ensured accurate documentation of completed work according to company standards and client specifications.
  • Tested welding and safety equipment to check performance.
  • Fabricated steel frames, columns, beams, and girders according to blueprints or instructions from site managers.
  • Welded, cut and bent steel as necessary with torches, metal shears, and welding equipment.

Coded welder

Austral Construction
04.2021 - 02.2022
  • Company Overview: (CWL4 construction project)
  • General fabrication and welding
  • Fabrication, repairs and full welding of structural steel and super structures
  • In process of FCAW with external gas shielding and LN25 Innershield.
  • Major repair and replacement of dolphins
  • Repairs cracks on welds by gouging the existing welds using air carbon arc gouging and oxyacetylene gouging to remove cracks and re-welds to restore structures strength.
  • Welding to Australian Standards
  • Completion of relevant safety paperwork including Take’s 5 and JHA’s
  • Hazard identification and safe work practices
  • Attendance and participation at daily prestart and safety meetings
  • Conduct prestart plant and equipment checks
  • Comply with company, mine site, mine act, port, OSH and all other relevant bodies’ guidelines, standards, practices, policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
  • Wear personal protective equipment required.
  • Reports any incident / near hit
  • (CWL4 construction project)

Boilermaker Welder

Shoreline Specialised Welding
01.2021 - 04.2021
  • General fabrication and welding
  • Fabrication, repairs and welding of structural steel
  • Pass on 3G and 4G in process of MMA and FLUX CORED
  • Work on Roy Hill ROM3 crusher and Conveyor project under UGL and DIAB
  • Shutdown and contract work to Rio Tinto / Roy Hill
  • Field maintenance and repairs to earthmoving / mobile plant equipment
  • Repairs cracks on welds by gouging the existing welds using air carbon arc gouging and oxyacetylene gouging to remove cracks and re-welds to restore structures strength.
  • Welding to Australian Standards
  • Completion of relevant safety paperwork including Take’s 5 and JHA’s
  • Hazard identification and safe work practices
  • Attendance and participation at daily prestart and safety meetings
  • Conduct prestart plant and equipment checks
  • Comply with company, mine site, mine act, port, OSH and all other relevant bodies’ guidelines, standards, practices, policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
  • Wear personal protective equipment required.
  • Reports any incident / near miss
  • Performs other related duties as may be assigned

Boilermaker/welding Maintenance

Kempe Engineering
01.2020 - 10.2020
  • General fabrication, welding, wagon maintenance and fitting
  • Fabrication, repairs and welding
  • Perform all fabrication and welding job including crank on wagon tunnel.
  • Perform maintenance replace break shoe,wheels,slack adjuster,break bucket,and lifting wagon
  • Perform air break test.
  • Maintains cleanliness, orderliness and safety in the work are at all time
  • As per established standard
  • Repairs cracks on welds by gouging the existing welds using air carbon arc gouging and oxyacetylene gouging to remove cracks and re-welds to restore structures strength.
  • Welding to Australian Standards
  • Completion of relevant safety paperwork including Take’s 5 and JHA’s
  • Hazard identification and safe work practices
  • Attendance and participation at daily prestart and safety meetings
  • Conduct prestart plant and equipment checks
  • Comply with company, mine site, mine act, port, OSH and all other relevant bodies’ guidelines, standards, practices, policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
  • Wear personal protective equipment required.
  • Reports any incident / near hit

Boilermaker / Welder

Power Lift Pty
04.2019 - 12.2019
  • General fabrication, welding
  • Work as boilermaker welder at Citic Pacific Mining at TSF construction department
  • Perform work on workshop fabrication as per site fabrication needs
  • Perform welding carbon steel in different position like 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, in the process of SMAW, GMAW, FCAW
  • Perform in welding aluminium steel in process of TIG,MIG
  • Repairs cracks on welds by gouging the existing welds using air carbon arc gouging and oxyacetylene gouging to remove cracks and re-welds to restore structures strength
  • Welding to Australian Standards
  • Completion of relevant safety paperwork including Take’s 5 and JHA’s
  • Hazard identification and safe work practices
  • Attendance and participation at daily prestart and safety meetings
  • Conduct prestart plant and equipment checks
  • Comply with company, mine site, mine act, port, OSH and all other relevant bodies’ guidelines, standards, practices, policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
  • Wear personal protective equipment required.
  • Reports any incident / near hit

Boilermaker / Welder

KBSS
10.2018 - 03.2019
  • General fabrication, welding
  • Experience work on shutdown at Parker Point, Cape Lambert, Dampier Salt, Yarra Filtelizer and PPA port headland.
  • Perform work on replacement of chute and replacement of steel plate inside of chute
  • Screening repair. Car Dumper repair
  • Perform welding carbon steel in different position like 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, in the process of SMAW, GMAW, FCAW
  • Perform welding aluminium steel in process of TIG,MIG
  • Repairs cracks on welds by gouging the existing welds using air carbon arc gouging and oxyacetylene gouging to remove cracks and re-welds to restore structures strength.
  • Welding to Australian Standards
  • Completion of relevant safety paperwork including Take’s 5 and JHA’s
  • Hazard identification and safe work practices
  • Attendance and participation at daily prestart and safety meetings
  • Conduct prestart plant and equipment checks
  • Comply with company, mine site, mine act, port, OSH and all other relevant bodies’ guidelines, standards, practices, policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
  • Wear personal protective equipment required.
  • Reports any incident / near hit

Boilermaker / welder

BEZ Engineering
04.2017 - 10.2017
  • General fabrication, welding
  • Experience work on shutdown at Parker Point, Cape Lambert, Dampier Salt, Yarra Filtelizer and PPA port headland.
  • Perform work on replacement of chute and replacement of steel plate inside of chute
  • Screening repair. Car Dumper repair
  • Perform welding carbon steel in different position like 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, in the process of SMAW, GMAW, FCAW
  • Perform welding aluminium steel in process of TIG,MIG
  • Technip Boat mobilization and demobilization
  • Boilermaking services and repairs, dump truck bodies for heavy mining equipment excavator and loader buckets.
  • Repairs cracks on welds by gouging the existing welds using air carbon arc gouging and oxyacetylene gouging to remove cracks and re-welds to restore structures strength.
  • Cut, fit-up and full welds side shell plates, bottom shell plates, deck plates, bulkheads girders, longitudinal & transverse frames, ballast pipes, bollards, stiffeners, brackets, etc.
  • Welding to Australian Standards
  • Completion of relevant safety paperwork including Take’s 5 and JHA’s
  • Hazard identification and safe work practices
  • Attendance and participation at daily prestart and safety meetings
  • Conduct prestart plant and equipment checks
  • Comply with company, mine site, mine act, port, OSH and all other relevant bodies’ guidelines, standards, practices, policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
  • Wear personal protective equipment required.
  • Reports any incident / near hit

Boilermaker/ Welder

KAW Engineering
08.2012 - 03.2017
  • General fabrication, welding, wagon maintenance and fitting
  • Repair and welding nitrogen pressurize tank at Woodside gas plant in process of aluminium MIG welding
  • Repair Heat exchanger, Steam Boiler, Conveyors.
  • Performs various welding procedures with different welding processes such as MMAW, MIG, FCAW with external gas shielding and LN25 Innershield.
  • Works on site with clients such as Rio Tinto, FMG Cloudbreak, Mermaid Marine Australia Dampier, Van Oord-Point Samson, Air Liquid Shutdown.
  • Fabricates and full welds heavy and light steel works such as platforms, ladders, stairs, handrails, conveyors, pipe spools, walkways and various steel and alloys.
  • Soldering of small bore stainless steel gas lines e.g. pipe to pigtails, spigots and headers for Air Liquid project.
  • Cut, fit-up and full welds side shell plates, bottom shell plates, deck plates, bulkheads girders, longitudinal & transverse frames, ballast pipes, bollards, stiffeners, brackets, etc.
  • Field maintenance and repairs to earthmoving / mobile plant equipment
  • Bucket repairs, crane boom lacing repairs, crack repairs, general repairs, preventative and scheduled maintenance, rebuilds and refurbishment both workshop and field based.
  • Welding to Australian Standards
  • Completion of relevant safety paperwork including Take’s 5 and JHA’s
  • Hazard identification and safe work practices
  • Attendance and participation at daily prestart and safety meetings
  • Conduct prestart plant and equipment checks
  • Comply with company, mine site, mine act, port, OSH and all other relevant bodies’ guidelines, standards, practices, policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
  • Wear personal protective equipment required.
  • Reports any incident / near hit

Education

High School Diploma -

Rizal Memorial Colleges
Davao City Philippines
03-1994

Skills

  • Hand and power too
  • Torch cutting
  • Repair work
  • Grinding techniques
  • Gas metal arc welding
  • Safety procedures
  • Welding
  • Plasma cutting
  • Material prepping
  • Parts fabrication
  • Blueprint interpretation
  • Repair services
  • Flux-cored arc welding
  • Carbon arc gouging
  • Shielded metal arc welding
  • Arc welding
  • Adaptability

Certification

I hereby certify that the above information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Timeline

Boilermaker/Structural Steel Welder

Bechtel
02.2024 - Current

Coded welder

Austral Construction
04.2021 - 02.2022

Boilermaker Welder

Shoreline Specialised Welding
01.2021 - 04.2021

Boilermaker/welding Maintenance

Kempe Engineering
01.2020 - 10.2020

Boilermaker / Welder

Power Lift Pty
04.2019 - 12.2019

Boilermaker / Welder

KBSS
10.2018 - 03.2019

Boilermaker / welder

BEZ Engineering
04.2017 - 10.2017

Boilermaker/ Welder

KAW Engineering
08.2012 - 03.2017

High School Diploma -

Rizal Memorial Colleges

Summary Of Experience

  • Boilermaker / Welder
  • Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
  • Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
  • Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
  • Carbon and Stainless Steels
  • Mining, Oil and Gas, Maintenance, Shutdown and Construction
  • Mining / Earthmoving – Site and Fixed Plant and Equipment Maintenance
  • Conveyor Fabrication
  • Structural and Pipe Fabrication
  • Heavy Plate Fabrication

Educational Background - High School

1994

Country Of Birth

Philippines (Australian Citizen)

Health Fitness

Physically fit and healthy non-smoker and able to pass D&A screening

Tickets

  • Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Heavy Fabrication Boilermaking)
  • License to Perform High Risk Work WL3286263 - DG LF & WP
  • Austral Construction – Welder ID 058
  • White Card (Construction Induction)
  • MSIC No. VEP0233103
  • Work Safely at Heights (RIIWHS204E)
  • Rio Tinto – Lock Holders; HSE Induction; Ports Induction Parker Point, East Intercourse Island and Cape Lambert
  • Sino Iron – Site Specific Induction & Fit test
  • Pluto / Woodside Gas Plant Induction
  • Yarra Nitrate Plant Induction

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: October 25, 1974
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Driving License: C Class

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