Joseph Major

Joseph Major 

Cell: 250-936-8631   or 250-859-7146

majorjoe09@outlook.com

 

OBJECTIVE:

I am seeking employment as a Heavy Equipment Operator giving experience and expertise to the company I work for.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS:

•         Heavy Duty Equipment Operator Certification

•         7 years of experience operating Excavator 200, Cats, Grader 140 Cat, Dozer, D400E Rock Truck, Hyundai Clam Grader and Skid Steer

•         Valid Class 5 driver’s license and clean drivers abstract

•         Experience working in camp environment and Landfills

•         Experience operating Power Saw, bucking, slashing, pile and burn

•         Very outgoing and hardworking with experience and is reliable and dependable

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

2019 Heavy Equipment Operator– WG Shaw & Son Ltd.            Vernon, BC

•         Weyerhaeuser contract work preparing logged areas for tree planters

 

2014-2018 Heavy Equipment Operator – JW Forest Contracting    Merritt, BC

•         Ran Excavator Clam decking logs and piled brush and Silviculture

•         Ran John Deere Skidder

•         Ran Excavator making Skidder Trails

 

2014    Heavy Equipment Operator – Red Rock Oil Field Construction     Sylvan Lake, AB

•         Adhered to safety standards and procedures as directed by Company

•         Documented activities through an Equipment Check List

•         Ran Rock Truck under intense environment

•         Ran Excavator, Skid Steer and Cat pushing topsoil and providing excellent service

•         Proven ability to make deadlines

 

2013    Customer Flat Iron – Sanders & Co Contracting Ltd              Merritt, BC

•         Ran Two Way Radio giving excellent and specific communication

•         Ran Skidder bringing logs in to be processed

•         Ran Power Saw and Slashing

 

2008 – 2012 Heavy Equipment Operator -Cinder Mountain Contractors Merritt, BC

•         Used Excavator to clear land

•         Ran a Cat building roads and piling brush

EDUCATION:
2007   Combination Equipment Course, Interior Heavy Equipment Operating School

1975     Dogwood Grade 12, Merritt Secondary School

 

CERTIFICATES:

•         Pipeline Construction Readiness

•         Pipeline Construction Safety Training

•         Occupational First Aid Level 1

•         Transportation Endorsement

•          H2S Alive

•         S-232 Portable Pumps & Water Delivery Systems

•         S-213 Working Around Heavy Equipment on the Fireline

•         Heavy Equipment Operator

•          Ground Disturbance Level 2

•          Common Safety Orientation

•          WHMIS 2015

•          Confined Space Entrant & Monitor

•         S-100 Basic Fire Suppression & Safety

•          S-185 Fire Entrapment Avoidance

•          S-212 Fireline Communications

REFERENCES:

Warren Smith JW Forest Contracting Ltd 250-378-1556

Richard Stirling JW Forest Contracting Ltd 250-315-2189

Stuart Shaw WG Shaw & Son Ltd 250-308-6860