Kedar Nelson
Whitby,ON
Summary
Skilled Ironworker and compassionate Patient Transporter, with a proven track record at Liuna Local 183 and Scarborough General Hospital. Excelled in structural integrity and patient care, mastering skills like structural bolting and effective communication. Achieved high-quality project completions and enhanced patient comfort, demonstrating both technical proficiency and empathetic service.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Ironworker
Liuna Local 183
03.2007 - Current
- Complied with OSHA and company safety guidelines for height safety, lock out tag out, confined space, and hazardous material handling.
- Erected structural steel and iron frameworks for bridges, buildings and other structures.
- Cut metal components to required lengths using metal shears, hacksaws, and bar cutters.
- Ensured structural integrity by properly installing and aligning steel components according to specifications.
- Contributed to successful project completion through precise cutting, bending, and welding of metal materials.
- Inspected completed work for accuracy and adherence to building codes and safety standards.
- Positioned rebar and other iron reinforcement following pouring of concrete.
- Upheld high-quality craftsmanship standards while working on complex projects, resulting in successful completion with minimal defects or rework required.
- Skillfully operated hand tools such as spud wrenches or drift pins for aligning bolt holes in steel members during assembly processes.
- Strengthened team communication by proactively collaborating with supervisors, engineers, and other tradespeople on job sites.
- Placed and fastened iron rods and steel mesh together using wire and spot welds.
- Minimized errors with careful use of leveling instruments to verify the correct alignment of structural components before securing them permanently in place.
- Reviewed work plans and blueprints to ascertain all requirements for project.
- Promoted a positive work environment by mentoring junior ironworkers in industry best practices and safe techniques.
- Assembled complex steel structures to support integrity of high-rise buildings.
- Reinforced buildings against natural disasters with installation of earthquake-resistant structures.
Patient Transporter
Scarborough General Hospital
06.2005 - Current
- Warmly greeted patients and visitors and made each feel welcome.
- Assisted in training new Patient Transporters on proper techniques, protocols, and company policies, ensuring consistent high-quality care throughout the team.
- Transported patients to testing and treatment units, operating rooms and other areas using moveable beds, wheelchairs, and stretchers.
- Reduced patient anxiety during transport by maintaining open communication and answering questions.
- Assisted patients in moving out of beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, or medical transport vans.
- Assisted with lifting and handling patients using appropriate patient safety equipment such as lift swings, stand-up lifts and overhead lifts.
- Collaborated with nursing staff to prioritize urgent patient transports and streamline hospital workflow.
- Completed detailed patient transport logs, ensuring accurate documentation for hospital records.
- Improved efficiency in transporting patients by quickly navigating through the hospital''s various departments and floors.
- Assisted with discharge process by escorting patients with belongings to leave facility safely and comfortably.
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate care and timely transportation.
Education
Iron Worker Certification - Skills Trade
Local 721 Iron Worker Course
Toronto, ON08.2004
High School Diploma -
Pine Ridge Secondary School
Pickering, ON06.2000
Skills
- Construction safety
- Structural bolting
- Rigging techniques
- OSHA compliance
- Blueprint reading
- Crane signaling
- Aerial work platform
- Heavy lifting
- Anchor bolt setting
- Safety measures
- Beam placement
- Quality control
- Safety protocols and procedures
- Risk management
- Steel fabrication
- Scaffolding
- Elevated work platform set up
- Industrial maintenance
- Fall protection
- Rebar cutting
- Effective customer communication
- High rise ironworking
- Hand tools operation
- Prefabricated steel unloading
- Rebar installation
Certification
Certified in WHMIS and working from nights.
Timeline
Ironworker
Liuna Local 183
03.2007 - Current
Patient Transporter
Scarborough General Hospital
06.2005 - Current
Certified in WHMIS and working from nights.
Iron Worker Certification - Skills Trade
Local 721 Iron Worker Course
High School Diploma -
Pine Ridge Secondary School
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