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Paul Ferguson

Paul Ferguson

Sumter

Summary

Is to grow and progress within the company to my fullest potential and better my craft to the best of my abilities

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Structural Welder

Accurity
Norfolk
09.2024 - 02.2025
  • Fluxcore welded ship decks for Newport News nuclear aircraft carriers in fabshop
  • Fluxcored welded 1inch material foundations for Electric Boat for Nuclear Submarines assistance and special applications every weld was half inch welds in size

Welder

Areoteck/IMIA
Newportnews
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Was on Huntington Ingalls shipyard property repairing inside tanks of floating dry-dock replacing beams and all structural supports with fluxcore processes

Vulcan Plant Bowen
Cartersville
03.2024 - 05.2024
  • Boiler repair and welding

Vulcan Plant Bowen
Cartersville
09.2023 - 12.2023
  • Boiler repair welding boiler membrane of boiler in vertical position and plant maintenance cutting and fitting

Weld America
Ladson
07.2023 - 09.2023
  • Flux core all positions 1 inch and thicker material welding structures and components for newport news electric boat and colonis shipyard shop environment used o45 wire -052.wire and 3/32 wire sizes

Vulcan Plant Bowen
Cartersville
04.2023 - 07.2023
  • Boiler repair welding boiler membrane of boiler in vertical position

Riley Power Group
North Kingston
09.2022 - 03.2023
  • Welded and constructed on submarines at electric boat with pulse and spay procedures in all positions welded on HY 80 Material components

Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport news
04.2022 - 08.2022
  • Welded flux core & pulse all positions worked on JFK aircraft carrier helped and assisted outside machinist with storage elevator shafts welding components for them

Riley Power Group (RPG)
North Kingston
09.2021 - 04.2022
  • Welded and constructed on submarines at electric boat with pulse and spray procedures in all positions welded on HY 80 material components of subs and missile tubes burning 70s and 100s wire

Century Aluminum
Goose Creek
02.2021 - 09.2021
  • Heavy mechanical maintenance replace bolts parts and special components to superstructures heavy smaw welding and gmaw aluminum and duty routine emergency aluminum flexes with mig aluminum to melting pot hole stations when pots tap out to melt down and produce aluminum

RCC/Plant Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant
Waynesboro
01.2020 - 12.2020
  • Structural Welding burning 7018 rod in all positions welding on beams imbeds, x braces, tubing, rebar

Raycap/Stealth
Charleston
11.2019 - 01.2020
  • Fab shop setting where I Flux cored on pipe ranging from schedule 40 to 80 pipe to 8 inch to 12inchs diameter pipe we built 5G next generation communication towers and poles for major cities across the country

W International
Goose Creek
04.2019 - 10.2019
  • Navsea Certified welding HY 80 with Mil-100s-1 wire pulse Mig process in 2G,3G,4G Positions Specialized In welding Nuclear Submarine missile tubes welded heavy Fab structures decks parts n components for Nuclear subs n aircraft carriers

Met Force (Shutdown contract)
02.2019 - 04.2019
  • Weld repair using 7018 weld removals with rod arc gouger welded structural beams n supports and X braces of building cut outs n replace supports stifflers n base plates using cutting torch

Mahle Behr
North Charleston
01.2018 - 02.2019
  • Welding aluminum GMAW building radiators for Nissan, Ford, Volvo, Freightliner and Paccar

Platinum Contracting
North Charleston
09.2017 - 01.2018
  • Deytens shipyard ship repair work SMAW and GMAW process welded all positions

Metal trade
Hollywood
03.2017 - 09.2017
  • FACW & SMAW heavy fabrication barge construction and ship repair

Mancor
Lugoff
02.2015 - 08.2017
  • GMAW welded and fabricated & sheet metal welded special parts for caterpillar, john deer and Freightliner

Eastern Shipbuilding
Panama City
03.2014 - 05.2015
  • FACW & SMAW 2g,3g,4g

Gulf Marine Repair
Tampa
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Structural welder welded all positions

BAE Systems
Jacksonville
04.2011 - 01.2012
  • FACW & SMAW welded 2g,3g,4g ship repair

Northern Shipyard
Jacksonville
08.2010 - 03.2011
  • FACW & SMAW weld 2g,3g,4g ship repair

Porters Fabrication
Sumter
02.2010 - 08.2010
  • GMAW welded and tig welded fabricated safes and atms

Welder

Interlake Merclux
Sumter
01.2009 - 01.2009
  • GMAW welded store and warehouse storage frames

Education

Certification - structural and pipe

Central Carolina Technical College
11.2009

Skills

  • Welding equipment set-up
  • Fabrication
  • Assembly
  • Interpreting welding blueprints
  • Completing tasks according to written product specifications
  • Osha 30 certification
  • Operating plasma cutting equipment
  • Operating air carbon arc cutting equipment
  • Operating hand-held oxy acetylene cutting torch
  • Using arc gouger

Timeline

Structural Welder

Accurity
09.2024 - 02.2025

Welder

Areoteck/IMIA
06.2024 - 08.2024

Vulcan Plant Bowen
03.2024 - 05.2024

Vulcan Plant Bowen
09.2023 - 12.2023

Weld America
07.2023 - 09.2023

Vulcan Plant Bowen
04.2023 - 07.2023

Riley Power Group
09.2022 - 03.2023

Newport News Shipbuilding
04.2022 - 08.2022

Riley Power Group (RPG)
09.2021 - 04.2022

Century Aluminum
02.2021 - 09.2021

RCC/Plant Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant
01.2020 - 12.2020

Raycap/Stealth
11.2019 - 01.2020

W International
04.2019 - 10.2019

Met Force (Shutdown contract)
02.2019 - 04.2019

Mahle Behr
01.2018 - 02.2019

Platinum Contracting
09.2017 - 01.2018

Metal trade
03.2017 - 09.2017

Mancor
02.2015 - 08.2017

Eastern Shipbuilding
03.2014 - 05.2015

Gulf Marine Repair
01.2013 - 01.2014

BAE Systems
04.2011 - 01.2012

Northern Shipyard
08.2010 - 03.2011

Porters Fabrication
02.2010 - 08.2010

Welder

Interlake Merclux
01.2009 - 01.2009

Certification - structural and pipe

Central Carolina Technical College

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