Christopher Edwards
Chesapeake
Summary
Highly motivated excellent time and resource management ability. Offering well-developed technical skills and competency with standard metalworking equipment. Seeking a position as Shipfitter with progressive, ambitious company.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Shipfitter/Sheet Metal Worker
General Dynamics Information Technology Inc
05.2023 - Current
- Fabricate, assemble, install and repair ship structures and components including bulkheads, decks, hatches, doors, ladders and railings.
- Read drawings and perform shipchecks and other instructions to determine job specifications.
- assisted leads in all areas if structural installs HM and E Amod and Sap-F installs
- Followed all specifications of Navsea GSO (general specifications for ovehaul)
- Assisted leads on initial shipcheck refered to drawings and reported all potential issues and redlines to OSIC and or planning yard
- removed interference prior to all hot work minimum 4 inch paint removal 12 inches lagging removal and ensured no combustibles where within 30 feet of hot work
- coordinate with on site material manager to ensure all tools and materials we available for rip out and install
- Replace worn out rivets with new ones in order to maintain structural integrity of vessels.
- Read blueprints and other instructions to determine job specifications.
- Inspect completed work for accuracy against blueprint specifications.
- Grind seams smooth after welding is complete.
- Cut materials using hand tools such as saws, grinders,and plasma torch
- Have my own tools squares levels drills impacts torque wrench hydraulic machine for warped bulkheads and several other hand tools
- layed out and installed foundations cribbing for false decks and deck plates in CIC on LHD 3 and knowledge of arleigh burke class destroyers
- Verified competent person log and WAFS (work authorization forms)and hot work chit in spaces or performing cold or hot work
- verifed layout with QA department prior to cutting or installing anything to avoid any rework
Outfitter
Colonna's Shipyard Inc
01.2022 - 05.2023
- Proficient in fabricating ship structures and components including bulkheads, decks, hatches, doors, ladders and railings. Experienced in assembly, installation and repair of ship structures.
- Analyzed blueprints and other guidelines to determine project specifications.
- Enhanced vessel stability by replacing worn-out rivets with new ones, ensuring structural soundness.
- Fit parts together with bolts or weld them into place using electric arc-welding machines.
- Inspect completed work for accuracy against blueprint specifications.
- Caulk joints between metal plates with caulking guns or air hammers.
- Maintained sufficient access to ship supplied by budgeting, monitoring inventory and submitting orders for restocking.
- Assessed all mechanisms and components for operability, safety and compliance with relevant regulatory codes.
- Accurately installed components within hull of ship according to blueprint specifications.
- Mentored apprentices and inspected finished work to verify compliance with established requirements.
- Inspected completed fabrication projects to verify adherence to blueprint and procedural specifications.
- Utilized furnaces and other heating equipment to weld, shape and fuse materials.
Sheet Metal Fabricator
Acoustical Sheetmetal
01.2014 - 01.2022
- Operate power brakes to bend sheet metal into desired shapes.
- Cut materials with powered saws or snips according to measurements specified on drawings or templates.
- Check dimensions and angles between formed pieces using protractors and angle gauges.
- Inspected finished products for accuracy according to customer requirements.
- Fabricate sheet metal pieces by cutting, punching, bending, rolling, and forming with hand tools or machines.
- Operated hydraulic press brakes to transform sheet metal into predetermined shapes and components.
- Referred to manuals, blueprints and drawings to obtain accurate information for sheet metal project completion.
- Used welding and soldering equipment to join sheet metal components following blueprints and job specifications.
- Verified product quality by checking products for accuracy and completing necessary adjustments.
- Used power tools to grind, sand and polish metals, plastics and wood products.
- Operated heavy machinery to prepare metal products according to customer specifications.
- Shaped metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer.
Education
Associate of Science - Maritime Technology
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA05-2025
Trade School - Automotive Technology
Tidewater Tech
Norfolk, VA05-2014
Skills
- Precision measurement
- Safety Procedures
- Visual Inspection
- Blueprint Interpretation
- Layout planning
- Hydraulic Press Operation
- Lockout and tagout procedures
- Insulation Installation
- Installing components
- Component Fabrication
- Component Installation
- Measurement accuracy
- Metalworking
- Fabricating components
Certification
- completed workmanship course with GDIT. Learned to layout and perform work within Navsea Specifications.
- Completed Tack Weld Certification with GDIT
- OHSA 10
- Completed SKE ( skills enhancvement course) 40 hours of training to enhance skills in navsea drawings and navsea specificatons
Timeline
Shipfitter/Sheet Metal Worker
General Dynamics Information Technology Inc
05.2023 - Current
Outfitter
Colonna's Shipyard Inc
01.2022 - 05.2023
Sheet Metal Fabricator
Acoustical Sheetmetal
01.2014 - 01.2022
Associate of Science - Maritime Technology
Tidewater Community College
Trade School - Automotive Technology
Tidewater Tech
- completed workmanship course with GDIT. Learned to layout and perform work within Navsea Specifications.
- Completed Tack Weld Certification with GDIT
- OHSA 10
- Completed SKE ( skills enhancvement course) 40 hours of training to enhance skills in navsea drawings and navsea specificatons
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