OBJECTIVE:

EXPERIENCE:

11/2011 - Present

Fire and Life Safety Technician

Worked with fire alarm panels in all aspects, spoke with and educated customers, and inspected and tested life safety equipment

• Obtained numerous training, programming, and panel certifications from Fire Lite, Silent Knight, and Honeywell panels• Planned jobs, completed final inspections with fire Marshall, and performed rough inspections with city and state inspectors• Installing and troubleshooting panels, ground faults and shorts, circuitry, programming issues, wiring, flows, tampers, fire pumps, elevator recalls, AC audio command centers, power supplies, radios, suppression systems, releasing panels, and IT communicators• Programming FACP’s, IT communicators, releasing panels (Stat-X and Ansul), sprinkler systems, and Fire Lite, Silent Knight, Notifier, and EST panels• Installing receptacles, switches, ballasts, emergency ballasts, transformers, contactors, and controls

1/2009 - 4/2010

Inside Wireman Apprentice

Inside wireman electrical apprentice. I worked for the union on various commercial and industrial electrical sites.

• Performed electrical remodeling in commercial buildings like public schools with duties such as replacing ceiling fans, light switches and fire alarms, removing and hanging new lights, wiring new rooms and extensions, and rewiring old buildings• At the Intel Pentium plant, performed landing, pulling and labeling of fiber optic, installed conduit, built conduit supports, pulled and terminated wire for powering machinery, and worked in clean rooms • Obtained OSHA 10, Southwest Safety Training, Code of Excellence, CPR, and First Aid certifications• Learned and practiced in depth with DC theory, transformers, advanced conduit bending, load calculations, AC theory, instrumentation, and NEC code• Installed notification, detection, and wire in schools

8/2007 - 2/2009

Electrician

Service and installation electrician. Worked a lot with apartment complexes, schools, and residential homes.

• Received first introduction to commercial and residential electrical work• Gained skill at pulling wire, bending pipe, making up, trimming out, panel work and troubleshooting • Regularly patched drywall after performing repair and maintenance work• Gained skilled use of voltmeters, pipe benders, lock out tag outs, and PPE• Maintained good rapport and professionalism while working directly with clients, tenants, other contractors, property owners, and property managers

EDUCATION:

2/2009 - 4/2010

Some College Coursework Completed

8/1996 - 6/2000

High School or equivalent

Standard high school

LANGUAGES:

Languages

Proficiency Level

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Journeyman Fire Alarm Installer Over 80 hours of OSHA training 2012 Fire Alarm Technician of the Year