Hi, I’m
Elijah Thomas
Grande Prairie,AB
Summary
Seasoned Construction Safety Officer with strengths in leading projects, conducting assessments and making field decisions. Knowledgeable about observing and assessing routing operations and readying teams for critical response situations. Prepared to offer 4 years of experience in field and take on dynamic, growth-oriented position.
Overview
17
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Faber Connect
Construction Safety Officer/Labour Foreman
03.2023 - 06.2023
Job overview
- Completed 120 hours of safety continuing education over last two years.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
- Verified that team members wore personal protective equipment in construction areas.
- Required subcontractors and site visitors to follow safety rules, regulations and OSHA standards.
- Communicated safe methods and procedures to accomplish construction tasks and delivered safety training classes.
- Maintained safe and healthful job site while meeting or exceeding standard safety policies.
- Conducted safety evaluations to recommend alternate safety procedures
- Inspected job sites and completed in-depth reports outlining safety concerns and corrective recommendations
- Provided health and safety training to employees regarding safety protocols
Faber Connect
Hoist Operator/O.F.A. 3
05.2022 - 02.2023
Job overview
- Increased performance by safely and efficiently operating heavy machinery and equipment.
- Performed daily safety checks to achieve safe operating condition of equipment.
- Operated hoist to lower and raise instruments and tools in wells and observed signals of engineering personnel to complete accurate movements and maintain team safety.
- Completed job tickets, service quality summaries, daily logs and maintenance reports, discussing results with foreman and superintendent and outlining findings with verbal and written summaries.
JM Projects
Concrete Worker/O.F.A.3
05.2021 - 03.2022
Job overview
- Set wood and other forming materials to prepare for concrete pours.
- Created specific finishes on poured concrete.
- Leveled, smoothed and finished surfaces of poured concrete for construction projects.
- Measured precise amounts of concrete and verified levelness to improve quality of finished product.
- Assisted crew members with positioning trucks and moved discharge chute to guide concrete into forms.
- Mixed, spread and patched concrete to specifications.
- Routinely lifted and moved items weighing up to 100 pounds.
- Maintained clean, safe worksite for team safety and to help keep projects on-track.
EmbersStaffingSolutions Non Profit
Construction Skilled Laborer
01.2019 - 11.2019
Job overview
- Worked independently in fast-paced environment while meeting productivity and quality expectations.
- Brought materials and tools from trucks and storage facilities to work site locations and organized for expected needs.
- Gathered waste and trash from job sites for placement in refuse containers to keep job sites clean and organized.
- Interpreted job site supervisor's orders and technical documentation to complete accurate work.
- Utilized hammers, saws, squares, levels and fastening devices to complete projects.
- Worked with more knowledgeable professionals to grow understanding of principles and construction standards.
- Observed safety regulations on job sites to minimize accidents.
- Operated equipment such as fork trucks and skidders.
- Operated power equipment to move materials and promote job efficiency.
- Directed traffic away from hazardous locations to protect team members and general public.
Clear Choice Contracting
Glass Glazier
03.2016 - 12.2018
Job overview
- Applied primer, installed glass and monitored curing.
- Prepared surfaces by sweeping away debris, scrubbing glass and applying chemicals.
- Removed particles such as dirt and loose glass from damaged areas.
- Affixed glass doors to frames and bolted metal hinges, handles, locks and other hardware to attach doors to frames and walls.
- Secured glass panes into frames and sashes using clips, points or moldings, adding weather seals or putty around pane edges to seal joints.
- Followed established safety guidelines while removing broken glass prior to glass replacement.
- Monitored work site operations and safety to prevent hazards and cultivate efficiency.
- Measured, cut, fit and pressed anti-glare adhesive film to glass to prevent light glare on glass.
Self-employeed
Horticulture Specialist
09.2006 - 05.2014
Job overview
- Coached, counseled and mentored assigned staff to build positive employee relations and document performance.
- Maintained horticultural calendar to track bloom periods and seasonal cultural needs.
- Retained knowledge of garden plants and understanding of cultural requirements to maximize growth and cultivation.
- Performed minor repair of power and irrigation equipment to maintain proper functionality.
- Inspected gardens to identify insect or disease problems and weed control needs.
- Documented plant information and identified plant material to process and maintain accession records.
- Tagged and labeled plants in nursery to record planting location information.
- Studied breeding and cultivation of plants and yield crops produced at end of growing season.
- Studied different characteristics of soil based on location, minerals in soil and living organisms impacting production.
- Researched composition of soil to determine effects on plant growth.
- Investigated contamination in soil and groundwater and explored ways to remediate contaminated areas.
Education
Victoria High SchoolVictoria, BC
GED
05.1993
Camouson CollegeVictoria, BC
Some College (No Degree) from Psychology
Quick Train CanadaOnline
Certificate of Completion from Introduction To Surveying
Skills
- Construction safety
- Fire Safety
- Safety program evaluation
- Safety review
- Public safety expertise
- Design and construction expertise
- Understanding of safety procedures
- Safety courses
Certification
- Licensed Hoist operator-3 years
- H2S alive
- O.F.A. 3
- Construction Safety officer
- Fall Protection
- Valid class 5 License with good driving abstract
- Scissor lift
- WHIMSS
Timeline
Construction Safety Officer/Labour Foreman
Faber Connect
03.2023 - 06.2023
Hoist Operator/O.F.A. 3
Faber Connect
05.2022 - 02.2023
Concrete Worker/O.F.A.3
JM Projects
05.2021 - 03.2022
Construction Skilled Laborer
EmbersStaffingSolutions Non Profit
01.2019 - 11.2019
Glass Glazier
Clear Choice Contracting
03.2016 - 12.2018
Horticulture Specialist
Self-employeed
09.2006 - 05.2014
Victoria High School
GED
Camouson College
Some College (No Degree) from Psychology
Quick Train Canada
Certificate of Completion from Introduction To Surveying
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