Fabricated and assembled ship components using precision tools and techniques to ensure structural integrity.
Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings to execute shipfitting tasks accurately and efficiently.
Trained junior fitters on safety protocols and best practices, fostering a culture of compliance and excellence.
Used welding equipment to fabricate, cut and bend metal components to be installed in ship. Straightened warped or bent parts using sledges, hand torches, or bulldozers.
Altered and trimmed existing metal fabrications to meet size and position requirements.
Worked on ballast tanks replacing and repairing pipe hangers, bulkheads, manholes, ladders.
Installing soft patch on tug boats, fabricating foundations for power panels.
Removing rubber bumpers to repair forward structure of the vessel.
Reading and following prints procedures for new construction such as aircraft carriers and submarines.
Repairing frames and bulkheads on diesel tanks.
Radars, antennas, sonar domes, pilot house and other fabrications within the hull of a ship Worked on double plates and inserts for barges
1st Class Shipfitter
Trade Team LLC
08.2022 - 04.2023
Used welding equipment to fabricate, cut and bend metal components to be installed in ship.
Straightened warped or bent parts using sledges, hand torches, or bulldozers.
Altered and trimmed existing metal fabrications to meet size and position requirements.
Worked on ballast tanks replacing and repairing pipe hangers, bulkheads, manholes, ladders.
Installing soft patch on tug boats, fabricating foundations for power panels.
Removing rubber bumpers to repair forward structure of the vessel.
Reading and following prints procedures for new construction such as aircraft carriers and submarines.
Repairing frames and bulkheads on diesel tanks.
Radars, antennas, sonar domes, pilot house and other fabrications within the hull of a ship
Worked on double plates and inserts for barges
1st Class Shipfitter
Titan Talent Development (BMF)
08.2021 - 08.2022
Used gauges, templates, and other measuring devices to inspect production parts.
Aligned and verified positioning using measuring instruments to determine reference points and compute layout dimensions.
Assembled and welded components to create metal structures.
Collaborated with team members to complete projects accurately and quickly.
Worked on replacing and removing beams, bulkheads, decks and foundations.
Repaired decks, bulkheads and hatches in drydocks
Worked on sonar domes and radars components.
Shipfitter
Tidewater Staffing Inc
06.2019 - 08.2021
Learned to read prints
Replaced decks from a marine vessel and engine rooms foundations
Repair of a hull, handrails, shell plates, beam
Working on TAO’s for engines, equipment, inserts other components
Shipfitter
Tampa Shipyard
04.2018 - 04.2019
Inspected ship components and mechanisms for compliance with safety, operability and regulatory standards.
Maintained machinery and tools to keep fabrication processes running smoothly.
Air tests, soap&blow after welds we’re done.
Fabricate foundations for components within a hull of a ship such as antennas, radios, speakers, lighting, etc.
Shipfitter
Bollinger Shipyards
03.2015 - 10.2017
Various repairs within a hull of a ship such as stacks, muffler repairs, skegs, shell, viod tanks.
Barge inspections and test such as chalk and leaks.
Education
High School Diploma -
Luis Muñoz Marin
Yauco, PR
05-2012
Skills
DBIDS, VSRA, OSHA
Material fit-up Inspection
Component fabrication
Repair work
Hand and power tools
Construction design
Metalworking
Blueprints and Work Specifications
Experienced with plasma cutting, torch, stick welding