1. Ernest Owens
Chicago, IL - Email me on Indeed: indeed.com/r/Ernest-Owens/5dba7f95bc5bc1df
Laborer/ Foreman/ Site safetycoordinator.
•Site preparation and maintenance.
•Demolition and re build.
•Concrete placement,
•equipment operation.
•Site safety, assessment and discipline when necessary.
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
WORK EXPERIENCE
Laborer
Old Veterans Construction - Chicago, IL - November 2015 to Present
Responsibilities
Site maintenence, equipment operation, demolition, concrete placement,
Laborer/ Foreman/ site safety coordinator
Power Construction and Engineering Co - Chicago, IL - October 2003 to June 2014
Responsibilities included
•demolition,
•concrete placement,
•equipment operation,
•remodel,
•site preparation and maintenance.
•Cleaning and maintaining existing facilities before after and during constructing or remodeling utilizing janitorial
supplies, floor buffers and scrubbers, power washers and chemicals.
•Assistant to carpenters, pipe fitters, sheet metal workers, electricians, and other trades
•Site safety and discipline when necessary.
•Job hazard analysis.
•Daily site walk and inspection.
•Daily safety talks before work assignments for company personnel.
•Orientation of all personnel and subcontractors.
•Incident and accident reporting as well as follow up.
•Documenting and recording all safety infractions and submitting to appropriate parties via Fax, email and
computer.
•Enforcement of PPE and all safety gear requirements.
•Oversees and participates in all on-site and off site training.
•Assists superintendent and team in all areas of safety implementation and OSHA compliance.
Accomplishments
Promotion to lead laborer inside of medical facilities and New high rise construction and next to labor foreman
in 2010. Promoted to site safety coordinator in 2011.
Skills Used

2. A variety of skills learned and certified at the Chicagoland Laborers Apprenticeship and Training center. 20000
plus hours reported to Laborers Local #4 for 11 years as a union laborer.
•Focus 4 training (Electrical hazard, slips trips and falls, struck by/caught between and fall prevention)
•Torching and burning
•Excavation using small heavy equipment
•Demolition inside medical facilities.
•Confined spaces training
•Blue print reading 1&2
•Hazardous materials awareness training
•Certified flaggers training
•Scaffold builders and users training
•First aid training
•Osha 10 & 30 certification
•Equipment operation
1)Lull
2)Bobcat
3)Scissors lift
4)Boom lift
5)forklift
•Crane signal person
•Pneumatic tool operation
Machine Operater/forklift operator
Russell-Field Paper Co - Lemont, IL - September 1998 to May 2002
Responsibilities
Machine operation of various paper cutting and slitting machines. Packaging and loading for outbound
transport, unloading and unpacking returned or raw material by use of forklift. Cleaning and maintenance of
machines for optimum performance. Entering data into system to track orders completed and new orders to
be processed.
Accomplishments
I went from one machine to operating 3 different machines in less than 6 months. Became lead slitting machine
operator and was in transition to sheeting machines before company closed down. Loading and unloading of
finished goods and raw materials utilizing powered industrial forklift and clamp trucks
Skills Used
Extreme attention to detail as specs were held from 32nd of an inch to 16th of an inch. Heavy reliance on use
of measuring tape and correct machine setup. Maintenance of blades and daily inspection to avoid inaccurate
cuts.
EDUCATION
Construction journeyman laborer certification in Construction training
Chicagoland Laborers Apprenticeship and Training - Chicago, IL
2003 to 2005
Political Science and sociology
Western Illinois University - Macomb, IL
1993 to 1994

3. Proviso East/ Cosmopolitan Preparatory High School - Chicago, IL
1990 to 1993
SKILLS
Commercial and industrial forklift training, oxygen and acetylene torch operation, pneumatic tool
operation, material handling, Bobcat and Case operation, concrete placement and demolition, structural
demolition(interior and exterior), assistant to carpenters, plumbers, sheet metal workers, painters and most
commercial trades. Skilled in painting, limited plumbing, drywall, some electrical experience and handy man
capabilites
CERTIFICATIONS
Laborers Training
concrete placement, blue print reading 1 & 2, scaffold users and builders, boom lift, scissor lift, lull, all fork
lifts, pneumatic tools, power tools, demolition saws, circular saws, electric demolition guns, powder actuated
tools, 10 hr osha, 30hr osha, confined spaces training, respirator training, hazardous waste removal, flaggers
certification. These certifications are in file with the Chicagoland Laborers Apprenticeship and Training.
Torch and burn certification
June 2004 to Present
Acetylene and oxygen torch operation
Flaggers certification
May 2012 to 2015
Certified traffic and pedestrian control
OSHA 10 hr
2012 to 2015
Certified for 3 yrs in OSHA regulations
confined spaces training
certification in entering or workingin confined spaces
hazardous waste removal
Certified in hazardous waste awareness and removal
equipment operation
June 2003 to Present
operation of Bobcat, Case and other skid steers, commercial and industrial forklift, scissors lift, boom lift and
pneumatic demolition equipment
Fall protection
Training in the use of body harness, body belt and fall prevention.
scaffold user
June 2013 to June 2017
Retraining on the use of scaffolding
Scaffold builder
Apprentice training in scaffold erection

4. back safety
Certification in the correct manner of lifting when bending and twisting
OSHA 30
February 2014 to February 2017
Company offered 30 hr OSHA training and certification
Asbestos awareness
November 2004 to Present
Training in identifying asbestos containing materials
Lead Awareness training
November 2004 to Present
Training in the hazards of lead and the modes of entering the body when mishandled
GROUPS
none
Laborers Local #4
2003 to Present
Union laborers Local
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Over 20,000 hrs reported to Laborers Local #4 for 11 years of employment as a union laborer.
Chicagoland Laborers Training and Apprenticeship from 2003 to 2005.