Matthew c. johnston

Active DOD Secret Clearance

 

 

908 Cedar Creek Circle              Skype/Home: 916 459 4985

Email: matt86904@yahoo.com              Cell: 701 213 1705

             

 

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING | OUTSIDE PLANT CABLE TECHNICIAN

Professional Experience Summary

4     Completed over 105 hours of certified intensive hands-on technical training in both Fiber Optic and Copper Cabling as follows:

4     Fiber Optic: Installation of indoor/outdoor cabling on both wall and rack mount- hardware to include termination with ST/SC connectors and 3M Hot-melts.

4     Trained on Fusion Splicer (Siecor) and Mechanical Splicing  (3M Fiber-locks II).

4     Current Fiber Enclosures and cable installed for FTTP (i.e. Verizon & SBC).

4     Optical Loss Testing and familiarity of use with Optical time domain reflectometer

4     Copper Cabling: Installation of Cat 3, 5 and 6 to include high pair cabling on Patch panels, 110 Fields, 66Blocks and Modular Jacks.

4     Know and understand ANSI/TIE/EIA Standards and Codes

4     Familiar with FLUKE SDP2000 Certification Tester

4     Five years of combined experience in Civil Engineering within the Operation Iraqi and Operation Enduring Freedom theatre. This includes four years working Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq supporting all NATO/US military, DOD Civilians and Contracting personnel in all phases of the full lifecycle of developing and implementing advanced structural systems solutions.

4     Manage Customer Service and User Requirements. Analyze system requirements to ensure detailed understanding of client needs and provide end-user support.  Working knowledge of carpentry tasks and telecommunications cabling standards.

4     Trained and mentored six new USAF Airman and ten US Army Soldiers from 2010-2011.  Supervised and trained 20 Afghanistan Local Nationals in construction and cabling.

4     Five years of combined experience in Civil Engineering within the Operation Iraqi and Operation Enduring Freedom theatre. This includes four years working Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq supporting all NATO/US military, DOD Civilians and Contracting personnel in all phases of the full lifecycle of developing and implementing advanced structural systems solutions.

4     Manage Customer Service and User Requirements. Analyze system requirements to ensure detailed understanding of client needs and provide end-user support.

4     Working knowledge of carpentry tasks that consisted of constructing, altering, repairing and modifying buildings and structures, fittings, panels, partitions, and other wood or wood substitute components such as steel studs and components.

4     Trained and mentored six new USAF Airman and ten US Army Soldiers from 2010-2011 on carpentry, concrete masonry, tent building, AM2 (Aluminum) matting.

4     Personnel Supervision and Trainer: Supervised and trained 20 Afghanistan Local National’s on concrete masonry from 2010-2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Locations And Experience

HD Repair And Remodel  3309 Winona Way, North Highlands, CA  95660                                                         03/2012 - 09/2012

POSITION:  Retail and Tool Rental Clerk - (916) 484-7193

SUPERVISOR: Dan Lynch

 

Greets customers and discusses the type, quality and quantity of merchandise sought for purchase or rental. Computes charges for merchandise or services and receive payments; keeps records of transactions, and of the number of customers entering an establishment.  Prepare rental forms, obtaining customer signature and other information, such as required licenses.  Receive, examines, and tags articles to be altered, cleaned, stored, or repaired. Prepares merchandise for display, or for purchase or rental; inspects and adjust rental items to meet needs of customer.  Explains rental fees, policies and procedures and recommends/provides advice on a wide variety of products and services.

 

Receives orders for services, such as rentals, repairs, dry cleaning, and storage; reserves items requested and keeps records of items rented.

 

Answer telephones to provide information and receive orders; rent items, arrange for provision of services to customers and accept returns; provides information about rental items, such as availability, operation or description.

 

 

United States Air Force - Reserves, 349th CES Structure Shop, Travis AFB, CA                                                        09/2011 - 09/2012

POSITION: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. SUPERVISOR: SSgt Pena (707) 424-0919

 

Major duties and responsibilities included tasks that consisted of constructing, altering, repairing and modifying buildings and structures, fittings, panels, partitions, and other wood or wood substitute components such as steel studs and components

 

Worked alone and as a member of a work crew, a shop situation/work site, and applied the full range of carpentry skills and techniques in repairing, constructing, remodeling, and maintaining a variety of wooden structures. Performed the full range of carpentry skills and techniques in repairing, constructing, altering and maintaining wood/steel substitute components of buildings and structures where accuracy, spacing, and fit are essential and structural soundness or appearance are important. To include:

 

·         Planned and completed projects from initial layout to final assembly or installation.

·         Selected lumber, materials, and supplies required to complete assigned work.

·         Worked and from drawings, sketches, blue prints and own knowledge of construction methods/techniques.

·         Measured and cut material to the required lengths and dimensions.

·         Installed rafters, studs, sills, plates, braces, joists, floors, sub-floors, panels (including sheet rock, plywood, and veneers), siding sheathing, roofing, building paper, insulating materials, door and window frames and interior and exterior trim. Performed the installation and trimmed items by mortising, doweling and gluing.

·         Utilized planes and completed work by sanding and finishing when necessary. 

 

Managed, fabricated and installed frames/casings for bulletin boards, cabinets, bookcases, and related features having built-in characteristics. Also, responsible for fabricating, making and/or repairing a variety of wooden items, which feature details such as curved and contoured surfaces, intricate shapes and designs, interlocking parts, matched panels, inlays and complex joints, panel overlays and others.

 

    Worked from specifications, blueprints, sketches, drawings, patterns and verbal instructions. Selected, cuts, turns, shapes, joins, bonds, fits and assembled wooden materials and parts using full range of hand and power woodworking machines and techniques.

 

Planned, interpreted and checked blueprints, plans and sketches; visualized items; checked and verified all measurements, parts, etc; made templates and patterns; selected appropriate machines, tools and techniques; planned sequence of work, and created, assembled and accomplished complete projects.

 

Developed curved, contoured and shaped surfaces and features; matched panels, grains, contours and complex joints; laminated veneers and overlays. Worked with a large variety of hardwoods, softwoods, plywood, veneers, wood substitutes, gluing and bonding agents. Determined, requirements of characteristics, porosity, luster, warp tendency, strength, durability, resistance to water and chemicals all materials.

 

Used machines and hand sands to desired smoothness and finish. Installed doors and window sashes. Trimmed, mortared, drilled and prepared items for attachment of hardware.

 

 

 

United States Air Force, 319 CES Structure Shop, Grand Forks AFB, ND  58207                                                        09/2004 - 09/2011

POSITION: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. SUPERVISOR: David Amblang (701) 747-4028

 

Major duties and responsibilities included tasks that consisted of constructing, altering, repairing and modifying buildings and structures, fittings, panels, partitions, and other wood or wood substitute components such as steel studs and components

 

Worked alone and as a member of a work crew, a shop situation/work site, and applied the full range of carpentry skills and techniques in repairing, constructing, remodeling, and maintaining a variety of wooden structures. Performed the full range of carpentry skills and techniques in repairing, constructing, altering and maintaining wood/steel substitute components of buildings and structures where accuracy, spacing, and fit are essential and structural soundness or appearance are important. To include:

 

·         Planned and completed projects from initial layout to final assembly or installation.

·         Selected lumber, materials, and supplies required to complete assigned work.

·         Worked and from drawings, sketches, blue prints and own knowledge of construction methods/techniques.

·         Measured and cut material to the required lengths and dimensions.

·         Installed rafters, studs, sills, plates, braces, joists, floors, sub-floors, panels (including sheet rock, plywood, and veneers), siding sheathing, roofing, building paper, insulating materials, door and window frames and interior and exterior trim. Performed the installation and trimmed items by mortising, doweling and gluing.

·         Utilized planes and completed work by sanding and finishing when necessary. 

 

Managed, fabricated and installed frames/casings for bulletin boards, cabinets, bookcases, and related features having built-in characteristics. Also, responsible for fabricating, making and/or repairing a variety of wooden items, which feature details such as curved and contoured surfaces, intricate shapes and designs, interlocking parts, matched panels, inlays and complex joints, panel overlays and others.

 

    Worked from specifications, blueprints, sketches, drawings, patterns and verbal instructions. Selected, cuts, turns, shapes, joins, bonds, fits and assembled wooden materials and parts using full range of hand and power woodworking machines and techniques.

 

Planned, interpreted and checked blueprints, plans and sketches; visualized items; checked and verified all measurements, parts, etc; made templates and patterns; selected appropriate machines, tools and techniques; planned sequence of work, and created, assembled and accomplished complete projects.

 

Developed curved, contoured and shaped surfaces and features; matched panels, grains, contours and complex joints; laminated veneers and overlays. Worked with a large variety of hardwoods, softwoods, plywood, veneers, wood substitutes, gluing and bonding agents. Determined, requirements of characteristics, porosity, luster, warp tendency, strength, durability, resistance to water and chemicals all materials.

 

Used machines and hand sands to desired smoothness and finish. Installed doors and window sashes. Trimmed, mortared, drilled and prepared items for attachment of hardware.

 

4     Completed 12 semester hours of General Education Courses, Arkansas State University  Beebe, AR (2005-2006)

4     Completed 36 credit hours of Military Education Courses, Community College of the Air Force  Maxwell, AL (2007-2011)

4     Completed 70 hours Fiber Optic and 35 hours Cat 5e & 6 Copper Cabling (2012) - NCTC, 1324 E. Mission Road, San Marcos, CA

4     CFOT Certified (Member # 138-0943 - Certified Fiber Optic Technician)

4     DRAKA Certified Installer Completed 70 hours Fiber Optic and 35 hours Cat 5e & 6 Copper Cabling  (2012)

4     FLUKE Certification Tester, OLTS, Fusion Splicer (105 hrs) (2012)

4     Combat Skills Training (2009-Iraq and 2010-Afghanistan)

4     Motorcycle Safety Course (2011)

4     Aerial Lift Operator Certificate, (2011)

4     Certified Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED, American Heart Association (2010)

4     Advanced Welding Certificate, Community College of the Air Force (2010)

4     Dump truck 6X4 (44500 payload) Certificate, (2010)

4     Front-end Loader (Bulldozer) Certificate, (2010)

4     HMMWV (model#1145) Certificate, (2009)

4     Forklift (10K) Certificate, (2009)

4     HiLTi Qualified Operator (DX460, DX450/451) Certificate, (2008)

4     GMVS (14000lbs) Certificate, (2008)

4     Welding Certificate, Community College of the Air Force (2008)

4     Structural Engineering Technology Certificate, Community College of the Air Force (2008)

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