•  Graduated 2012, Wind Energy Technology A.A.S. program, 3.38 GPA

Skills:

Tower technician: Tower erection - Gin Pole placement; microwave installation; installation of lines, booms, jumpers, antennae, radioheads, supports and grounds, including exothermic welding; replacement and upgrades of equipment and lines; pathing and sweeping antennae; storm repair, vandalism repair, relamping, decommissioning, winch operation; controlled descent & rescue training; - trained to work with crane operators, with limited crane operation experience.

Tower Rescue Certification - Competent Climber Certification - RF Certification - AED/CPR

CATV Aerial Lineman: Aerial telecommunications construction (strand, coax, fiber, (de-lash, re-lash, over-lash)); pole replacement, anchor placement (including concrete and asphalt removal); electrical and continuity bonding; ground rod placement; riser construction; holding location meetings with utility company representatives, preparing and handing off maps before work could take place.

CATV Underground lineman: Underground telecommunications construction; specializing in utilities location. Placement of conduit and lines; pedestal and vault installation; boring; lawn restoration.

Certified forklift operator; experience with Bobcat and front-end loader operation. Training in wind energy fundamentals, Minnesota West Technical College 2010-2012:

•      A/C and D/C circuits

•      Electric motor fundamentals

•      Schematic reading

•      Electric motor controls

•      Transformers

•      PLC training

•      Microcomputers

•       Mechanical systems

•       Dye penetrant; gearbox inspection; bore scope operation

•       Hydraulics

•       Blade design

•       Turbine Siting

•       Fiber Splicing

•       Data acquisition &

communications

•       OSHA 30 Certification

•       CPR /AED Certification

•       Tower climbing safety training

•       Tower rescue training

Utilities locating

Experience:

•   2014 MUTI, Champaign, IL: Tower Technician (IL, MS)

•       2014 Trillium Tower Development, Rice, MN: Tower Technician (MN, ND, IA, IL)

•       2013 Tucker Technology, Oakland, CA: Tower Technician (NY, MA, OH, WV, IL)

•       2013 Thin Air Construction, Hastings, MN: Tower Technician (MN, NE)

•       2013 SRX Group, Houston, TX: Tower Technician (WA, KY)

•       2012-2013 One Way Building Services, Edina, MN: Tower Technician (MN, IA)

•      2012 Rocks to Roses Landscaping, Holdingford, MN: Landscaping Laborer

•       2011-2012 Schneider Construction, Little Falls, MN: New home construction, roofing.

•       2010-2011 Berscheid Construction, Holdingford, MN: Stone Masonry.

•       2008-2009 Minnesota DOC, Moose Lake, MN: Unlicensed electrical apprentice for the Minnesota Department of Corrections, installing light switches, electrical outlets and light ballasts in a secure facility, always working on live circuits.

•       2006 Trillium, Sartell, MN: Performed upgrades to existing telecommunications transmission towers as a subcontractor.

•       2005 MP Nexlevel LLC, Maple Lake, MN: Performed underground fiber-optic construction, specializing in locating underground utilities such as power lines, telecommunications, gas and water lines. Operated Bobcats and front-end loaders. Performed lawn restoration in areas where our work had damaged lawns at homes and businesses. Built a new FTTP (fiber to the premises) system in Crosslake, Minnesota, and worked on systems in Wisconsin and Nebraska.

•       2004 Towerite, Holdingford, MN: Building and servicing telecommunications transmission towers in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.

•       2003-2004 Tower 2000 (F.K.A. Tim’s Tower Service), Sauk Rapids, MN: Built cellular communications towers from the ground up; performed repairs, upgrades and maintenance on cellular, television and radio towers; worked on towers up to 1,200 feet high and built towers as tall as 580 feet.

•       2001-2002 Triax Communications, Chaska, MN: Built the “Roadrunner” fiber -optic telecommunication system for Time-Warner in Minneapolis, Minnesota; performed aerial construction on a 6000-mile system.

•       1999-2000 Apex Communications, Largo, Florida: Constructed a 600-mile fiber-optic telecommunication system for Seren Innovations, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, in Saint Cloud, Minnesota and the surrounding communities. Performed aerial construction, climbing telephone poles and working from a bucket truck.