Donald Knowler
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(H) 1 306 532 4466, (C) 1 306 435 7515, (F)
Objective
SIDEBOOM OPERATOR Over thirty years of pipeline experience. Twenty of them on a sideboom from 3t to 94 live and hydrolic. Basically on the back end. Have been a foreman on hammer bores and small inch diractional.
Work Experience
Side Boom Operator (01/15/2009 – 09/16/2009)
Running 594 in northern Alberta for fifteen weeks on river crossing and tie ins.Then that summer Running 583K in Brandon Manitoba.On 36 inch tie ins
Last Employer: Bannister pipeline
Contact Person: Billy Bienke 1 613 639 2558
Responsibilities: Running live tractor in and around people on the ground and paying attention to the foreman
Accomplishments: Experience meeting new people living in camp for fifteen weeks.
Foreman (06/26/2008 – 11/12/2008)
Four inch directional bores on 100Km job .testing sections and looking after two crews.
Last Employer: Timberline
Contact Person: Dwight Cundy 1 250 649 6985
Responsibilities: Looking after the boring crews, welding pipe and pull heads on,setting up sections on rollers for pulling,testing creek sections and making sure all hot lines where located
Accomplishments: Finishing with knew knowledge
Lead Hand,Foreman (09/18/2008 – 03/18/2009)
Working on the Kinder Morgan project in Jasper Alberta Canada,pipe sizes was 36 inch oil line. Job duties where Hammer bores and tie ins in rocky and hilly conditions.Did these job duties for about four weeks until promoted to hammer bore foreman.
Last Employer: North American
Contact Person: Herb Restua, 1 306 435 7985
Responsibilities: Getting to the yard before six and picking up the days supplies. Making sure the crew was ready to go in the morning,making out morning safety report. Ensuring time sheet were fill out and signed every morning.Checking with CN rail it was safe to work.Keeping in contact with the park rangers to make sure all procedure where being followed.
Accomplishments: Keeping three bore crews going,dealing with different points of view.Good safety record,good communication with all employers and employees
Education
Establishment: lindbergh High School Renton Washington U S A
Degree: Grade 12
Education Period: 09/05/1972 - 06/25/1976
Skills
Knowledge of the work I do, Running side boom Looking after boring, test experience Lowering and Tie Inns Working well with others Worked in hilly conditions Southern B.C. Northern Alberta and Northern Ontario
Additional Information
H2S Alive EX. Feb -03-2013 ,Ground Disturbance Level ll Ex Sept.28-09 P.C.S.Course leadership of Safety Excellence Trans Canada Contractors HSE Orientation Ex Jan 15/11 S.S.#539-68-6982 G. C.#All 191 492
Interests
I enjoy hockey, football. camping,fishing,riding my harley ,travel,seeing new things and places,meeting new people and helpig out our communty