Owner Operator. Experience with oversized loads, heavy haul with grain and liquid, shipping containers and general freight.

New Life Mills is a supplier of livestock feed with several locations around Canada. Here my position responsibilities included making sure that the proper ingredients were being mixed into the feed rations at the proper rates. At times substitutions would have to be made for either mechanical reasons or lack of inventory. To ensure that proper levels of protein, energy, starch, vitamin and micro nutrients were met at the lowest possible cost, formulas were used to determine new amounts. Also included with this job was recording medication usages and monthly micro ingredient inventories. Here I had the opportunity to deliver feed as well in order to break up the monotony that batching feed entailed. Working for New Life Mills was financially rewarding however the repetitiveness of the job combined with a seven day work week became to much of a burden to myself and my family.

Grace Transport is a rapidly growing local transportation company serving all aspects of the transfer of goods. This job is where my work ethic was able to shine. The harder I worked the more appreciated I felt, and the higher the pay rate became. Working for Grace Transport showed me how motivation and gratitude can create an environment for a solid work ethic to thrive in. Here is where I learned about time management, having to deal with just in time deliveries while scheduling a daily log based on different sets of rules depending on the current location.

Thompsons, as they are known now, is a grain elevator and inputs company with locations across Ontario. Thompsons was an excellent job for learning how to deal with customer relations at the same time with keeping product quality in the receiving of identity preserved commodities. Thompsons was also good experience in having to plan my own day and be self motivated to perform custom application work to high standards coupled with keeping up with mother natures short scheduled planting and harvesting seasons. Here I gained knowledge on food processing and single handedly doubled the bagging production line with a sewing technique that I had developed. This was a hard job to leave because the management team at the time was great at what they did, and it felt like we were all pulling together with a common goal, giving you a sense of accomplishment.

Operating machinery such as Graders, Backhoes, Dump Trucks, Skid Steers, and Tractors cleaning snow from city streets in London, as well as working on construction sites in London and surrounding areas.

Premium Pork was in the business of breeding pigs on a very large scale with barns across Canada and the American Mid West. In this position I was responsible for jobs ranging from artificial insemination breeding, herd health, vaccination and shipping of early weaners.

Highbury Pools is a manufacturer of pools as well as poolside fencing. At this job we created above ground pool structures from sheet metal. By using several different sheet metal brakes, dies and punches we were able to make panels for above ground and in ground pools.