Ronald Pruitt's Profile

WELDER:

6G Pipe ASME Sect. IX 2013

6G Pipe API 1104: 2005

Registered AWS  SMAW D1.1 3G: 2010

Registered AWS  SMAW D1.5 4G: 2010

OSHA 30    Date of Issue 10/2018

G-60 Current 

NYC DOB Welding License Current

SITE SAFETY  10 hours  issued 5/08/2019 expires 2024

4-Hour Supported Scaffold User; Expiration date 10/23/2022

TWIC  card expires 4 Nov 2024

License:  Class A CDL State of New York, Clean

Able to TIG  Aluminum and Stainless Steel

PERSONAL:

Military:  (COMPLETED) Louisiana ARMY National Guard (10 Years) 62E Heavy Equipment Operator

Military Schools:  Advanced Individual Training Heavy Equipment Operator

                                Challenge Programs Instructor Course (Leadership Course or Drill Instructor School)

Education:  College:  LSU Sophomore (50 credits) Engineering (Through Chemistry, Physics, Calculus)

Foreign Languages:  Spanish (College and Military training)

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Wide World of Welding LLC. (AUG. 2019 - PRESENT)

Apollo HVAC Corp. (Sept. 2018- Aug. 21 2019):

Welding various sizes of black pipe in all positions with 6010 root and 7018 cap.  Required to read prints and fit pipe.  Build pipe stands and racks based on prints and/or verbal instructions.  Build pipe supports and stands without supervision.  Worked with Project Manager and Engineer to solve problems as they occurred on the job.   

Northeast Steel Fabricators INC. (Nov 2012 - current).  

Reading drawings, laid out structural columns, beams, and corresponding clips. Weld SMAW, GTAW, and FCAW depending on the drawing specs for structural welding. Worked along side engineers in problem solving design issues.  Laid out stringers for stairs and rails.  Heavy equipment repairs; including blade repair and have replaced hydraulic ram eyes in LULLS.  Worked in field, including structural steel in the city as well as some pipe welding in the Riverhead distribution terminal.  Have held lead positions in field. As lead I had to coordinate with other trades, contact work crew for needed personnel on site, plan work to be completed in requested time schedules.

Chemicolloid Labaoratories INC. (May 2010-current / part time)

Built small asphalt mixing skids.  16’ X 8’ skid is made up of 5” X 8” I beams. They are notched and fit together. The beams are welded with 7018 1/8” rods all the way around. Requires welding 4 and 2 inch low pressure steel pipe with T joints and flanges.  Welding process is TIG first pass then cap with 7018 1/8”rod. TIG weld 2” Stainless steel pipe with T joints and flanges.  All the pipe is plumbed true and comes together to a mixing valve that consists of reducers inside of a 4” inch T joint.  I made the jigs necessary to make sure alignment and flanges were all true.  Read Blue prints of all assembly and welding instructions to build asphalt mixing skid.  Built equipment bases to blue print specs out of steel and stainless steel. 

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant, AZ (Sept. 2012 – Oct. 2012)

Granted unescorted access to plant.  Passed 6G x-ray stainless steel test.  Welded Stainless Steel Piping in accordance with plant specifications including pipe 20 inches in diameter by 5/8 inch thick.

MRP,LLC. (May 2009-2010)

Welding to code structural steel for World Trade Center in South Plainfeild, NJ.  This is a production shop. Must weld fillet welds from ¼ to 1”.  Have to read symbols and follow preheat instructions.  Welds are ultrasound tested (UT) on site, port authority must okay welds before they are allowed to leave property. Failed welds are cut out using carbon arc process (gouging), rewelded, then retested.  

Field Service Technician         Fairbanks Scales  New York (May 2007 – Jan. 2009)

Electro-mechanical diagnosis (using wiring diagrams, schematics, hydraulic layouts and technical manuals) and repair. Experienced and skilled Technician. Knowledgeable in the use of precision instruments, multimeters, micrometers, calipers, and snap gauges. Installation and calibration of scales, including truck scales and laboratory diagnostic scales to meet state of New York Weights and Measures requirements.  Planned and organized work teams. Trained personnel in safe, efficient, and effective operations. Maintained, serviced, repaired and upgraded machines and equipment in service.   Serviced and repaired Bill-Jax and JLG electrical stock pickers.   

 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD  STAFF SERGEANT

OBLIGATION COMPLETE (1996 – 2006)

Received the rank of E-6, Staff Sergeant. Responsibilities included the supervision of eight personnel and overseeing the maintenance of twenty pieces of heavy equipment.  Successfully maintained all equipment for combat missions and performed combat patrols while serving in Iraq. 

Technical Consultant   Hummer Saab Dealership  Louisiana (2005 – 2006) 

Designed an off-road test course for Hummer and supervised construction.  Recognized expert in off-road course construction, 15 years experience in technical off-road driving. Responsibilities included test driving and ensuring the safety of off-road courses.  Performed field repairs on vehicles at public events and trained sales personnel on the test course provided by the dealership. Assisted GM Technicians in various mechanic jobs such as replacing heads, motors, and miscellaneous parts.

Drill Instructor  Youth Challenge Program  Louisiana (2003 – 2004)

Served as a Drill Sergeant for a Youth Challenge Program. Responsibilities included working closely with the Shift Supervisor, cross-training, monitoring the activities of thirty troubled youths, and possessing the ability to complete the tasks associated with any position within the organization.