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WILLING TO TRAVEL 100% OF THE TIME
1966 Graduated from Mounds View HS - New Brighton, MN
1966 - 67 Control Data Institute - Minneapolis, MN
Completed training in computer maintenance.
Computer Maintenance Technician
1968 - 69 US Air Force - Lackland, Air Force Base, TX
Completed training in computer maintenance.
Crypto Maintenance Technician
WORK EXPERIENCE
2006-present Michels Directional Crossing - Brownsville, Wisconsin.
Operator - Track hoe, Horizontal Directional Drill 1.2 million lbs.
Vermeer D100/120 drills.
2005-06 Took a year off and relocated our ranch to Northern Oklahoma.
2000 - 05 Submitter Locating & Mapping - Lester Prairie, MN
Self employed - private utility locating and mapping.
1998 - 2000 Hance Utility Services Inc - Buffalo, MN
Private Locator
Trained new employees, to locate underground utilities
Safety Trainer
1975 - 2000 Fireworks Consulting - Mound & Lester Prairie, MN
Licensed - State & Federal Explosives Manufacture
Manufactured fireworks and sub assemblies for other manufactures.
Design & manufacture of machinery to build and assemble fireworks.
Designed, manufactured, assembled, and installed 4 machines, for Panda Fireworks, Ltd. In Hunan Province, Main Land China. 1999.
1985 - 94 Lewin Engineering - Mound, MN
Designed, manufacturing and sales, of underground boring tools
Machining and assembly of boring tools for the construction industry.
Manufactured strobe-lights and sales of same.
1966 - 68 Control Data Corp. - Minneapolis, MN
Computer Maintenance Technician
Tested completed disk storage drives.
1972 - 95 Ed. C. Lewin & Sons, Mound, MN
Owned in partnership "Horizontal Underground Boring"
Contracted with utilities & private individuals, installing underground utilities
1969 - 72 US Air Force - USA
Crypto Maintenance Technician
Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND - Worked in Minute Man II missile silos, repairing computer systems..
Korat Air Force Base, Korat Thailand - Worked throughout South East Asia installing computer systems. Guam, Philippians, Thailand
Los Angeles, CA - Worked in the LA area, in defense contractor's properties, such as Hughes Aircraft, Lockheed, Rockwell, etc. maintaining crypto computer communications equipment.
1968 - 74 US Air Force - USA
Top Secret Crypto Clearance.
1964 - 67 Self Employed - Minneapolis, MN
Electronic Technician
Repaired amplifiers, electronic organs and guitar amplifiers. I worked in the rebuilding of Hamlin University church pipe organ.
PATENTS & PUBLICATIONS
1986 Patent# US4609052 - Pneumatically operated burrowing tool - Mound, MN
Designed and manufactured burrowing tool, and later sold manufacturing license to Mclaughlin Manufacturing Co. Greenville, SC.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS CDL Class A
Experienced in oil pipe line construction and safety
Safety Qualified by Embridge to work on pipeline right-of-ways & locate underground utilities on the right-of-way.
Safety Qualified by British Petroleum to work in tank farms, pumping stations, and pipeline right-of-ways.
Safety Qualified by Metropolitan Council, St Paul, Minnesota to work in and around sewage treatment facilities.
Certified by the state of Oklahoma to apply pesticides to right-of-ways.
Safety Experience:
4 years safety training and compliance US Air Force electrical high and low voltage explosives confined space missile silo – 1 year
24 years if underground construction, safety and management, Ed C. Lewin & Sons safety training for employees electrical substations underground utility locating of, electric, gas, communications, tunnels.etc…
Working knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1926
Training in flight line safety and confined spaces, by North West Airline.
Worked with Donovan Construction Company in south western Minnesota Wind Energy Farm. We upgraded substations and underground primary electric lines, for new wind generators.
Heavy Machinery Qualified And Operated:
horizontal directional boring equipment;
Vermeer – D24, D100/120, American Augers – 330, Michels – 1.2million lb.
fork lift cable plow trenchers track hoe backhoe bobcat air operated boring equipment auger boring equipment
Locating Equipment experienced and qualified:
Radio Detection - PXL series, PDL series, RD400 series, sonde locating, directional boring sonde locating, fault finding A frames
Metrotech models - 880B, 810, 850, 9890XT, sewer sondes, fault finding A
frame.
Dynatel models - 2210, 2250, 2273, EMS marker systems.
Fisher models - TW770, TW8800
Aquatronics models - 3000 fault finder and locators.
Tinker-Rasor - cathodic protection equipment
Mc Laughlin Mfg. - directional sonde locating equipment.
Chicago Steel Tape - magnetic locators.
Hipotronics - primary fault locators.
Design & build - secondary fault finding equipment and sewer sondes for my own use.
Progressive Electronics - pulsar 2003
Experienced in low voltage wiring - residential & commercial
Knowledge of gasoline and diesel engine maintenance.
Machine Tools
I have operated lathe and numerous milling machines.
PERSONAL REFERENCES
Will be provided
OTHER INTERESTS
My wife Sigrid and I own and operate a gaited Icelandic Horse Breeding Farm
Arnarbaeli Icelandic Horses.
We raised, trained, and trialed Working Border Collies.
I am rebuilding a 1928 Link Theater Pipe Organ
I like to build and program PC computers.
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