1. Bill Harrison
Bill Harrison
4926 MANOR STREET
BURNABY B.C. V5G 1B5
778 834 5544
WORK EXPERIENCE
November 2005 to Present ALS Chemex
Operations Supervisor
o Overseeing all operations of the fire assay lab
o Including:
o Maintaining a safe work environment
o Interviewing and hiring of new staff
o Keeping all documents up to date to meet ISO requirements
o Tracking of sample flow to make sure client turnaround
requirements are met.
o Conducting talks with the staff on issues such as safety,
attendance, production etc.
o In November 2006 I was promoted to Manager II. Level
Duties included travelling to branch labs in Reno Nevada and Val
d’Or Quebec, Whitehorse Yukon, Yellowknife NWT, to assist them
with the setting up and deployment of new equipment and to help
improve on their quality and production.
Spent three months in Reno as acting lab manager May through
July 2008
July 1999 – November 2005 ANACHEMIA SCIENCE
Inside Sales Representative
o Customer service
o Submitting price quotes to customers
o Expediting purchase orders
o Arranging shipping and delivery of customer orders
o Participation in trade shows
o Telemarketing
2. Warehouse Manager
o Shipping and receiving
o Keeping records of outgoing shipments
o Filling in of backorders.
o Product stocking
o Advising purchaser and branches of any stock shortage
o Purchasing of warehouse supplies.
o Operation and maintenance of lift truck.
o Warehouse to front office liaison
Dec 1998 - July 1999 COMINCO ENGINEERING SERVICE
Lab Technician
o Sample preparation
o Calculation of results
o Logging of sample submissions
o Elemental Sulfur Analysis
o Atomic Absorption
Oct 1998 - Nov. 1998 PLACER DOME RESEARCH CENTRE
Temporary Fire Assay Technician
o Duties were routine Fire Assay Procedures (see Lead Hand)
May 1977 - June 1998 BONDAR-CLEGG & COMPANY
Fire Assay Supervisor
As the Fire Assay Supervisor, I was responsible for all facets of Fire
Assay in a forty person department. My direct responsibilities included:
personnel, calculating and approving data, purchasing supplies (all
reagents), maintenance of equipment; development of improved
techniques, scheduling of work and trouble shooting of errors.
1984-1991 Tech II
o Routine Fire Assay procedures (see Lead Hand)
o Control and umpire analysis
1979-1984 Lead hand
o Determining flux charges.
o Mixing samples.
o Loading and unloading furnaces.
o Overseeing work of subordinates.
o Gravimetric finishing.
o Calculating results.
3. o Training of personnel.
1977-1979 Fire Assay Assistant/Preparation Technician
o Operation of the Jaw style crusher.
o Operation of the puck, ring, and rotary pulverizers.
o Screening of soil samples.
o Homogenizing of samples.
o Sample sorting and logging of reports submitted to the lab.
ACHIEVEMENTS
o Overseeing the set up and deployment of fire assay equipment in
Burkina Faso, French West Africa
o Training of department personnel in Burkina Faso
o Designing and implementing a custom button loader for cupelling
which resulted in decreasing the driving time and increasing the
furnace capacity
o Increasing over all department production (Vancouver) by 25%
COMPUTER SKILLS 60 WPM, L.I.M.S, WordPerfect
EDUCATION Completion of Grade 12 (Delbrook Senior Secondary, 1975)
Assayers Training Program, BCIT
Transportation of Dangerous Goods
BC Safety Council "Due Diligence" course
KPMG Quality System Internal Auditing
BC Safety Council WHIMIS training
REFERENCES GIVEN UPON REQUEST