Darren Christison
Chilliwack,BC
Summary
Skilled finishing heavy equipment operator proficient in operating excavators, dozers and graders. Dependable and hardworking team leader and collaborator with 19 years of pipelining and heavy civil construction experience. Works safely while supporting teams to meet deadlines.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Equipment Operator
Macro
05.2021 - Current
- Back end excavator operator on steep slopes, hooked up to a timber max winch line.
- Building and taking apart hot line crossings
- Creek crossing and water courses
- Building and taking apart trench boxes
- Grading road’s and row with grader
Equipment operator
Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction
- Grade and access crew on 48" pipeline
- Maintained daily logs of machine operations and reported any mechanical or safety issues to supervisor.
- Operated a variety of heavy equipment such as excavators, bulldozers and grader.
Equipment operator
Macro
- 42 inch pipe, access crew, Grading crew, clean up crew
- Back filling and shading pipe, hot line ramps, bridges and tie ins
Equipment operator
Wolverine Construction
- Oil field civil construction
- Performed preventative maintenance on equipment, including greasing, oiling, servicing engines and changing filters.
- Loaded and unloaded trucks with excavated material for transport to designated areas.
- Utilized GPS systems to accurately locate boundaries for excavation sites.
- Worked closely with surveyors, engineers and other personnel onsite during construction projects.
- Trained new employees in proper operation of heavy machinery according to company guidelines.
Equipment operator
Petrowest
- Built roads and leases with various sizes of dozers and excavators
- Final grade and slopes, stripped and separated soils, Burnt and pile bush, push cat with buggy's
Derrick hand
Essential Well Services
- Work on service rig, servicing oil and gas wells
Helper
D-W Wilson Service
- Helper on crew truck, doing oil Field maintenance
Swamper
Formula Trucking
- Swamped on 45 ton pickers and bed trucks, moved service and drilling rigs and all kinds of other oilfield equipment
Education
Grade 12 -
Skills
- H2S alive
- First aid level 1
- CSTS-09
- PST
- Ground disturbance
- Fall protection
- Class 5 license
References
- Dave Paronich, Macro industries, (780) 991-6016
- Charile Huculak, Wolverine construction manager, (250)-793-0046
- David Atchison, Vice President Oculus Trucking, (250)-329-7171
Key Qualifications
- H2S alive
- First aid level 1
- CSTS-09
- PST
- Ground disturbance
- Fall protection
- Class 5 license
Timeline
Equipment Operator
Macro
05.2021 - Current
Equipment operator
Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction
Equipment operator
Macro
Equipment operator
Wolverine Construction
Equipment operator
Petrowest
Derrick hand
Essential Well Services
Helper
D-W Wilson Service
Swamper
Formula Trucking