WHA International || Unexpected oxygen fires occur in every industry that uses oxygen and everyone wonders what went wrong. For over 35 years, WHA has uncovered the cause of hundreds of oxygen fire incidents and helped our clients use oxygen safely. We customize engineering solutions that simplify oxygen safety and help eliminate the mystery around oxygen fires.As a Test Technician, primary duties are performing testing and maintaining the facility's systems in support of the engineers, testing services, and quality activities. I perform a wide range of standard testing including Autogenous Ignition Temperature , Promoted Combustion, Oxygen Index, Oxygen Exposure and Mechanical Impact. Responsible for the oxygen cleaning of parts, fittings, and components for test systems; for ensuring that lab supplies and materials are available for testing purposes, and for tracking inventories, maintaining test gases used in the facility and calibration of measuring equipment.Prior to joining WHA, supported man-space flight missions for fourteen years at NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) and NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Roles included Technician, Quality Assurance and Supplier Quality. As Procurement Quality Representative he served as liaison between management, logistics, contracts, configuration management, engineering, and suppliers on hardware manufacturing issues. Managed delivery of products from 11-20 different vendors and performed audits, surveillance, in-process inspections of hardware and other contractually required activities.I have a background in the aviation industry. Received training and steadily assumed responsibilities progressing from Engine Technician to Line Technician to Landing Gear Technician and then to Acting Engine Shop Supervisor. I was responsible for servicing a variety of wide body aircraft produced by Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Bombardier and Lockheed as well as engines manufactured by General Electric and Pratt Whitney.
Listed skills include As9100, Testing, Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, and 59 others.