Sean Watson

• Time management of the processing team is essential to ensure that jobs are completed on time and to industry standards.
• Supervisor for a team of machine operators and first- to second-year boilermaker apprentices.
• Oversaw the operation of heavy machinery, e.g.

Vernet Behringer PS500 flat bar cropper, Vernet Behringer HDX beam line, Lincoln Electric plasma, and various forklifts.

• Taught apprentices the basics of fabricating and welding before entering fabrication bays, e.g.

Making out components, oxy-acetylene cutting/heating, fabrication techniques, and various welding procedures.

• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings, and working to specifications.
• Mark out and fabricate as required in technical drawings.
• Assure that the quality of work meets industry standards.
• Worked independently or as a team.
• Welding with many processes such as MMAW, FCAW, GMAW and GTAW
• Welding within various welding procedures.
• Shaped seams, joints, and irregular edges of steel sections, and structural parts, to attain a specified fit of parts.
• Used oxyacetylene torch to cut through steel plate for fabrication purposes.
• Inspected welds visually for defects such as cracks or porosity.
• Conducted tests on welds to ensure strength requirements were met.

• Fabrication, manufacturing, and repair of transport components, e.g.

Tipper trailer chassis equipment.

• Installation and maintenance of hydraulic and pneumatic systems for the transport industry.
• Auto electrical installation.
• Maintenance and repairs on various earth-moving equipment, e.g.

Front-end loaders, graders, excavators, and dump trucks.

• Studied technical drawings to determine locations, relationships, and dimensions of parts.

• Mining camp construction, skid bases for mobile buildings, caravan chassis, general maintenance on trucks and trailers, combination skids (generator and potable water tanks), 40-foot containers for portable refrigeration units, 40-foot water containers, sewage treatment plants, diesel fuel tanks, and fabrication of truck dollies and A-frames.