Adam R. Vandiver
Certified Pipe Welder
Lake Charles, LA · (337) 555 0121 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/adamrvandiver
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Fourteen years of process piping welding on Gulf Coast turnarounds and capital work
INDUSTRIES
Refining, petrochemicals, industrial contracting
PROCESSES
Gas tungsten arc, shielded metal arc, gas metal arc
MATERIALS
Carbon steel, three hundred series stainless, chrome moly, some duplex
CREDENTIALS
American Society of Mechanical Engineers section nine qualified, six G position; Transportation Worker Identification Credential
EDUCATION
Welding technology certificate, Sowela Technical Community College
Executive Summary
Pipe welder with fourteen years on refinery and chemical plant turnarounds, qualified to American Society of Mechanical Engineers section nine on carbon steel, stainless and chrome moly. Runs root passes with gas tungsten arc and fills with shielded metal arc. Radiographic pass rate has stayed above ninety seven percent for six years.
Signature Achievements
- Held a radiographic acceptance rate of ninety seven point four percent across roughly eleven hundred weld inspections since 2019.
- Welded three hundred twelve socket and butt joints during a nineteen day turnaround with four repairs total.
- Qualified on chrome moly with preheat and interpass control, which put him on the high temperature crews that pay a premium.
- Finished a heat exchanger tube to tubesheet job two shifts early after suggesting a different purge setup.
- Worked six consecutive turnarounds with no recordable injury and no hot work permit violation.
Professional Experience
Pipe Welder
Calcasieu Industrial Services, Lake Charles, LA 2018 to present
Turnaround and capital crews at three refineries and two chemical plants in southwest Louisiana.
- Weld process piping from two inch to twenty four inch in all positions to approved procedures.
- Run gas tungsten arc roots with argon purge on stainless and alloy lines.
- Prepare bevels, fit joints and set preheat with the pipefitter before striking an arc.
- Present work to the inspector and repair any indication found on the radiograph.
Welder
Bayou Pipe Fabricators, Sulphur, LA 2013 to 2018
Pipe fabrication shop producing spools for refinery and terminal projects.
- Welded shop spools on positioners under a written welding procedure specification.
- Kept consumables controlled and logged rod oven temperatures each shift.
- Trained two helpers on fit up, tacking and grinding practice.
Licensure and Certification
American Society of Mechanical Engineers section nine welder qualification, six G position
American Welding Society certified welder
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Occupational Safety and Health Administration thirty hour construction card
Education
Welding technology certificate, Sowela Technical Community College, 2013
High school diploma, Barbe High School, 2011
Core Skills
Gas tungsten arc welding · Shielded metal arc welding · Pipe fit up · Argon purging · Preheat control · Blueprint reading · Radiographic quality work · Confined space entry · Hot work permits · Grinding and preparation