Craig Kendall has over 30 years of experience in skilled trades, construction, agriculture, transportation, and animal care. He possesses a wide range of hard and soft skills including welding, machinery operation, supervision, customer service, and problem solving. His career has involved roles in stable management, rodeo, welding, plumbing, horticulture, truck driving, and food distribution facility sanitation. Currently he works as a Sanitation and Tractor/Trailer Maintenance Technician for The Anderson-DuBose Company in Rochester, NY.

1. Craig Kendall
www.linkedin.com/in/craigkendall1
167 Valley Street, Rochester NY 14612
Home phone: (585) 581-6786 ∙ Cell phone: (585) 260-5613
Skills and Abilities
∙ Supervisory skills and experience
∙ Welding
∙ Bricklaying
∙ Concreting
∙ Plumbing
∙ Construction
∙ Vehicle maintenance and repair
∙ Forklift and overhead crane operation
∙ Animal-health management
∙ Race-stable management
∙ Track-work riding
∙ Horsebreaking
∙ Cattle droving
∙ Horticulture and landscaping
∙ Basic computer use (Windows)
∙ Efficiency
∙ Problem-solving skills
∙ Diligence and integrity
∙ Reliability and promptness
∙ Self-motivation and creativity
∙ Communication skills
Education, Certificates, and Licenses
∙ Certificate 3 in racing (Advanced Stable Hand)
∙ Horticultural apprenticeship (2.5 years’ study plus 1 year’s experience)
∙ Heavy rigid truck license (Victoria, Australia)
Experience
June 2014–
present
Sanitation and Tractor/Trailer Maintenance Technician
The Anderson-DuBose Company
41 Cook Drive, Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: (585) 334-2400
Clean and maintain tractor/trailers, clean and sanitize all areas of large food-distribution
warehouse and conference room, working 3 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. shift. Sweep, mop, and burnish
floors; scrape ice from walls, floors, and ceiling of walk-in freezer; clean break room; ensure
sanitary conditions of food-storage areas; dispose of all food arriving in damaged packaging; cook
meals for monthly birthday celebrations; perform gardening, rake leaves; shovel snow from
outdoor walkways and parking area; assist maintenance mechanic; keep daily records of chemical
use, trash weights, and duties performed. Warehouse was awarded its highest cleanliness rating to
date of 98.9% in August 2014 Silliker Laboratories inspection.
May–July 2014 Temporary Worker
Rochester Business Alliance
150 State Street #400, Rochester, NY 14614
Phone: (585) 244-1800
Miscellaneous short-term (1–3 day) assignments; tractor/trailer cleaning and maintenance with
Anderson-DuBose Company, which led to current full-time, permanent position.
October 2011–
March 2013
Welding Shop Supervisor
Withnell Stockyards, Chittering, Western Australia, Australia
www.withnellstockyards.com.au/products.php ∙ E-mail: withnellstockyards@bigpond.com
Phone: 011-61-8-9576-1094 ∙ Cell: 011-61-4-0097-7828 ∙ Fax: 011-61-8-9576-0516
Australian manufacturers of portable cattle-, horse-, sheep- and goat-yard panels, gates,
and trap gates; cattle crushes; loading ramps; hay feeders; trailers; stock crates; and
horse-trailer portable panels.
Responsible for supervision and training of up to six previously unskilled temporary workers
(traveling backpackers) at any one time, training a total of 18 MIG welders; welding; jig and new
product designing; brake-press setup and operation; pipe bending; spray painting; operating
forklift and overhead crane; loading and unloading trucks; picking orders; customer service and
general maintenance of the workshop and living areas.
January 2011–
June 2011
Stable Hand
Leon Corsten’s Racing, Romsey, Victoria, Australia
www.teamcorstens.com.au
Phone: 011-61-3-5429-3080 ∙ Fax: 011-61-3-5429-3081
Cared for health of, fed, exercised, and swam racehorses; cleaned stalls
October 2010–
December 2010
Shed-Construction Builder
Nick Angel (private contractor), Muchea, Western Australia, Australia
Construction of large, all-steel agricultural and commercial sheds. Blueprint reading, job-site
layout, and assembly of steel framework; sheeting and fitting of large overhead roller doors.

2. June 2008–
January 2010
Welder/Boilermaker
Tylden Equipment, 1906 Trentham Road, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Phone: 011-61-3-54422-3122 ∙ Fax: 011-61-3-5422-3226
Read and worked from detailed blueprints; fabricated, constructed, MIG-welded, and fitted
electrical controls; weighed solenoids for leading Australian manufacturer of weigh-batching
equipment, storage and mixing equipment for the production of high-quality concrete, liquid-
waste disposal, and material-handling equipment.
April 2007–
April 2008
Construction/Plumber’s Laborer (subcontractor working in Tylden, Victoria, Australia)
Regency Developments (based in Queensland, Australia)
Performed construction welding, plumbing, fencing, tree planting, landscaping, Bobcat driving,
electrical conduit laying, water-tank repairs, shed building, general worksite cleanups, various
other duties as required.
February 2004–
April 2005
Welder/Fitter
Barker Trailers, Woodend, Victoria, Australia
www.barkertrailers.com.au
Worked from detailed blueprints, fabricated, MIG welded, fitted curtain track for curtain-sided
semi trailers, fitted signal/lighting components and fully constructed roofs for them.
April 1998–
February 2004
Horsebreaker and Track-Work Rider (subcontractor)
Seven locations in Victoria and New South Wales; details available upon request
Cared for young horses being broken in for racing; performed exercise, training, and gallop riding
for various trainers; strapped horses on race day; cared for sale horses on a cargo plane and
remained in Macau, China, for one month to care for them.
April 1997–
April 1998
Animal Health Manager
Elder’s Fed Lot, Charlton, Victoria, Australia
www.elders.com.au/livestock/beef-cattle/feedlots/elders-charlton-feedlot
Identified, diagnosed, and medicated any sick animals amongst a herd of 25,000 head of cattle;
kept records using a computer; ordered and took stock of medications, cattle, and all other
company property; reported daily to management and monthly to veterinary staff; loaded
livestock trucks; operated large tractors, front-end loaders, and dump trucks; performed welding
repairs on cattle yards, head-bale crushes, gates, and loading areas.
April 1995–
April 1997
Plumber’s Laborer
Reg Williams Plumbing, Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia
Performed general plumbing duties; installed storm-water pipes and gutters; repaired leaking taps
and pipes; cleared blockages; installed roofing; fitted taps and hot-water systems; performed
customer service and all other associated duties.
June 1992–
April 1995
Meat Works/Abattoir Livestockman/Cowboy
Castricum Brothers (day shift), Ferntree Gully, Victoria
S.B.A. Foods (afternoon shift), Laverton, Melbourne, Victoria
Dandenong Cattle Saleyards (night shift), Dandenong, Victoria
Cared for health of and received shipments of livestock from trucking companies; marked,
drafted, weighed, fed, and penned up cattle for the following day’s work; drove/rounded up cattle
to the kill floor.
May 1990–
June 1992
Delivery Driver/Laborer/Engine Technician
The Engine Centre, Garfield, Victoria, Australia
www.enginecentre.com.au ∙ E-mail: info@enginecentre.com.au
Unloaded shipping containers; cleaned, tested, and diagnosed faults on used imported motors,
differentials, gearboxes, starter motors, distributors, and other engine accessories; delivered parts
to all areas of Victoria, Australia; answered phone enquiries and performed customer service.
1978–1997 Professional Rodeo Cowboy (self-employed)
Contested in rodeo circuits throughout Australia and Canada as a bullrider, bareback rider, saddle-
bronc rider, team roper, and bullriders’ protection clown.
Pre-1990
employment
Welder, Bricklayer’s Laborer, Farm Hand, Stable Hand, Horticulturalist, Fruit Picker
References and further contact information available upon request