Wesley D. Ashby
Materials Recovery Facility Technician, Presort
Fresno, CA · (559) 555 0122 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/wesleydashby
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Two years on a single stream sorting line
MATERIALS
Old corrugated containers, mixed paper, aluminum cans, plastics
SPECIALTIES
Presort, quality control sorting, jam clearing, bale inspection
SYSTEMS
Paradigm scale house software, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 hour general industry card; forklift operator certification
EDUCATION
Environmental technology certificate, Fresno City College
Executive Summary
Materials recovery facility technician on a single stream sorting line, two years working presort, quality control and baler support. Trained on lockout and tagout, comfortable clearing jams safely, and known for catching contamination before it reaches the bale rather than after.
Signature Achievements
- Cut contamination on mixed paper bales from 7 percent to 3.4 percent on his shift.
- Worked 22 months with no recordable injury while clearing an average of six line jams a shift.
- Trained nine new sorters on presort technique and line safety rules.
- Kept the fiber line near 12 tons an hour while one optical sorter was down for two weeks.
Professional Experience
Materials Recovery Facility Technician
Central Valley Resource Recovery, Fresno, CA 2024 to present
Works the sorting line at a facility processing 260 tons of residential recycling a day.
- Removes film plastic, textiles and other contamination at presort before material reaches the screens.
- Performs quality control sorting on the fiber and container lines and pulls samples for bale audits.
- Clears jams at the screens and conveyors under lockout and tagout procedure with a second worker present.
- Supports the baler operator with wire changes, bale tagging and staging for loadout.
Recycling Sorter
Sierra Star Waste Services, Madera, CA 2023 to 2024
Sorted commercial and residential material at a two line facility.
- Sorted aluminum, plastics and fiber by grade at line speed for eight hour shifts.
- Kept the work platform, walkways and chutes clear through the shift.
- Reported equipment problems and near misses to the supervisor.
Licensure and Certification
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 hour general industry card
Forklift operator certification
Education
Environmental technology certificate, Fresno City College, 2023
Core Skills
Presort sorting · Contamination removal · Bale inspection · Jam clearing · Lockout and tagout · Baler support · Housekeeping · Shift reporting