Chris Shackleton Email & Phone Number

3rd Party Inspector/Expeditor

• Inspector/Expeditor

  Shackleton Inspections Llc.

  1998 - Present - Southeast

  AWS Certified Welding Inspector (Certificate # 10091661) – expiration date = September 1, 2025Work Experience:1998 – Present QC Contractor – Industrial and Welding inspections, Test Witness and Expediting Performing industrial inspections, verification services, and expediting visits for a variety of industries and products: (pumps, valves, turbines, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, tanks, motors, manufacturing machinery, assembled skids, fabrications, construction and building materials, instrumentation, fittings, electrical transformers, vehicles, railway equipment, piping, structural steel, compressors and other major industrial hardware). On-site and project related assignments throughout the U.S.Welding inspections of various weld processes and applications (GTAW, SMAW, FCAW, GMAW) per applicable codes and specifications including AWS, ASME and API. Duties include visual and dimensional inspections against fabrication drawings, review of welder qualifications and weld procedures, material verification, PMI witness, and NDT verification and witness (liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, radiographic and ultrasonic).Inspection duties include: enforcement of applicable codes and procedures, verification of documents, drawing and dimension checks, quality assurance of welds, paint, and other fabrication processes, and issuing detailed reports, photos and descriptions of all findings. Export trade compliance verification representing various international government inspection contractors.Operating as an independent business person, marketing my services and earning contracts with several major international NGO verification and inspection firms. Inspection and expediting services performed for a variety of industries and projects during the last 25 years.

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  Spartanburg Community College

  Associate Of Arts (A.A.)