Summary of Qualifications:
Organized professional with many years of proven carpentry, warehouse and customer service experience. I am a great team player who is confident in what I do and very hard working. An excellent problem solver who can tackle just about any task set in front of me. Looking to secure a position with advancement opportunities, where I will exercise my knowledgeable skills to help the company succeed in achieving their goal to produce greater quality and workmanship.
Journeyman Carpenter:
Rough framing custom homes conventional framing.
Frame walls using 2--4's, 2--6's, 4×8×½ plywood and 7/16 as well.
Rough in window and door openings also build headers.
Sheet walls, stand walls, brace walls and also set them. Set floor joists 16" on center, and walk walls placing and setting ceiling joists 16" on center as well.
Sheet floor (deck) using ¾" tong and groove sheeting. Run and set roof rafters, commons and jacks, set fascia, sheet roof and also install windows.
Carpenter/Handyman:
Custom Cabinet installs, install cabinetry throughout home wherever desired. Kitchen, bath, or basements.
Perform Maintenance on any structure, appliances, or fixtures where any repairs or maintenance are required.
Rough framing, framed additions, any add-ons to homes, also framing and finishing basements per owners request.
Window and door installation, installed interior and exterior doors, stranded and custom. Also installed replacement windows and new construction windows on new homes.
Tile installation, installed ceramic, glass, florentine, porcelain, vinyl tiles exc. On floors, on bathroom showers and walls also kitchen walls and back splashes.
Basic electrical, installation and repairs of light fixtures ceiling fans, lights fixtures and outlets.
Basic plumbing, trouble shooting of plumbing issues. Preformed repairs and or replacements of plumbing fixtures and appliances. Ran plumbing throughout home using galvanize piping, pvc and copper tubing where soldering was required as well.
Install hardwood flooring such as solid hardwood and engineered hardwood throughout homes. Installed in bedrooms, hallways, living rooms and also kitchens.
Finish Trim. Installed wood trimming throughout home. Base board along floors, casing around doors and windows. Some crown molding around ceilings, cabinetry as well as fireplace mantels.
Forklift Operator:
Wrigley Distribution Center Romeoville IL 2009-2010
Used RF Scanners to receive incoming freight
Operated a sit-down forklift to unload trailers and stage pallets to be received in
Staged pallets at proper dock areas to prepare for shipping
Operated stand-up reach truck to put away product in its proper rack location
Picked product from rack locations using stand-up reach trucks and cherry pickers
Distribute pallets throughout warehouse using a walkie rider
Built flight cases for music bands and sports companies
Assembled cases using (air powered) torch, wrench, nail gun, rivet guns
Laminate wood, applied 4*8 sheets of laminate to sheets of 4*8 plywood
Insulate cases using an air gun, to glue the interior of the case and install etha, charcoal, polyurethane foams etc.
Painted wooden wheel plates using paint sprayer
Installed caster wheels on wheel plates using hex head bolts and a torch wrench
Education: Glenbard West High School Glen Ellyn, IL 1996-2000
Special Training: Hospitality Academy McCormick Pl. Chicago, IL 03/01- 08/01