Manufacturing
I started off my career in paper manufacturing, traveling from Wilmington NC to mills in Arkansas and Alabama. From there I went into steel, food and beverage, automotive, demanufacturing, and most recently aerospace.
Aerospace
From 2006 until 2016 I worked as a contractor with Boeing. I started off on the 787 program, then spread out into different areas across multiple Puget Sound area plants and departments. Links to the major efforts are listed below.
Aerospace projects
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787
Training development for the 787 starting on the ground floor of production.
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Decorative paint
Researched and developed training, tip sheets, playbooks, and other materials across shifts for Everett paint hangars.
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Job profile video series
Created more than 20 videos detailing the challenges of a given job role as a way for employees to clearly see a job before transferring.
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New type of paint hangar
Developed training to cover new hangars that worked with lifts instead of stackers.
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Door rigging
Researched and developed training for door riggers, all doors, specified legacy aircraft to include 747, 767, and 777.
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Vinyl repair
Researched and developed training for flight line interior repairs before final delivery.
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Factory paint
Researched and developed training program covering all painting procedures of planes as they’re built; everything up to decorative paint.
Demanufacturing and recycling
As an ID I researched, designed, and developed training for computer and electronics demanufacturing machines and processes where the electronics were disassembled, separated by material, and processes into plastic pellets or other raw materials for use in future products. The training was implemented by a recycling company in Texas when they incorporated the new equipment into their recycling facility.
Automotive
I worked on a number of projects for UAW Ford/Visteon as an ID and PM. Links to these projects are listed below.
Automotive projects
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Lehr furnaces
CBT/EPSS for Lehr furnaces that treated windshields covering startup/shutdown, operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
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Cold parts formers
CBT/EPSS for seven different National headers (cold parts formers) covering startup/shutdown, operations, troubleshooting, maintenance, and changeovers.
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Robot programming and operation
CBT/EPSS covering how to set up, program, and operate large robots on various assembly lines.
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Carburizing parts furnaces
CBT/EPSS for skilled trades working on and operating parts carburizing furnaces. Skilled trades included millwrights, electricians, pipefitters, pyrotechnicians, and breakdown/light up personnel.
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Die cast machine hydraulic maintenance
EPSS for mechanics tasked with maintaining the hydraulic systems for all the die cast machines in a department.
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Injection molding machines
CBT/EPSS for operators primarily focused on changeovers associated with about 30 injection molding machines in an area.
Food and Beverage
I did two projects in food and beverage, listed below.
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Batch juice manufacture
CBT/EPSS for industrial batch juicing operations. Researched, designed, developed the program.
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Case packer for bakery
EPSS for a new case packer for a regional bakery focused primarily on changeovers. Researched, design, developed the program.
Papermaking
As an ID and PM I first created paper manuals and videos for papermaking manufacturing processes. Soon after I learned to develop computer-based training.
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Operator training
Researched and developed over 40 paper-based learning manuals for board, fine paper, and tissue mills.
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CBT for brown stock
Researched and designed content for CBT lessons in a mill brown stock area.