Michael Alness Email & Phone Number

Gwinner, North Dakota, United States

Gwinner

New Product Development Weld team

Manage my own farm operation, perform all farming related equipment maintenace and operations, pull soil samples and generate variable rate prescription fertilizer maps, manage cash flow and balance sheets and market grain

Clarkfield MN

Throughout every year I contribute to our family farm in southwestern MN in ways such as driving semi, combining, field tillage, equipment maintenance and grain handling facility installations.

Gwinner ND

I worked on the New Product Development weld team where I welded on frames, built jigs with bluco components on bluco tables and read engineering prototype prints for correct assembly and welding of frames. I made assembly instructions for prototype frames which involved communicating with welders and fabricators on important information to include. I.

Granite Falls MN

I established a working relationship with other welders and fabricators while gaining knowledge in the ethanol industry. I performed welds on cat walks, corn oil tanks, and various trusses and structures and communicated project progress with the shop foreman and the project manager.

Marshall MN

I tested concrete at job sites to verify it met design specification which involved interpreting engineering design plans and communicating with job foremen, engineers and project managers. I also performed lab tests on dirt, gravel, clay and concrete and gained experience with a Troxler Nuclear Density Gauge which was used on soil compaction tests.

Hanley Falls, MN

I gained knowledge in grain handling systems by assisting in the fabrication of a 90' grain leg with a drive over dump pit and an overhead load out. I welded on customer projects and fabricated parts while gaining valuable equipment experience such as a Scottish shear, 150-ton press brake, grove crane, 110' JLG man lift, Uni-hydro 42-ton iron worker and a.