1. Thomas Corkern
P.O. Box 2031 / Prairieville, LA 70769
(225)290-5233 / Corkern77@gmail.com
Work Experience
ChemicalContainmentBerm Repairman
Advantage Temp Co / Baker Corp Rental - Geismar, LA - August 2013 to Present
Responsibilities:
Load, unload, patch, repair, fold up and lay down chemical containment berms in plants, shops, mills and
refineries
Accomplishments:
Clean, organized, stack work area requiring several safety cards to enter refineries and plants
Skills Used:
All muscle type work
Crate Room Shipping
KTek / ABB - Prairieville, LA – January 2007 to Present
Responsibilities:
Secure product in crates and tubes. Getting it ready to mail and shipping it to the customer. Using a forklift
when necessary, cleaning work space, building crates
Accomplishments:
80% less shipping damage, and building different ways to secure products in crates
Skills Used:
Mechanical, fabrication use of wood, forklift
Longshoreman
Cooper T. Smith - Darrow, LA – February 1994 to March 2007
Responsibilities:
Loading and unload Sea going vessels into and from barges. I used a front loader, backhoe, track hoe, forklift,
bobcat; and, any equipment I was given
Accomplishments:
I learned how to operate almost anything on wheels or tracks
Skills Used:
Equipment operator, manual labor

2. Work Experience Continued
Longshoreman
Ormet Burnside Terminal - Gonzales, LA – February 1994 to March 2007
Responsibilities:
Same responsibilities as Cooper T. Smith; plus, dock and plant yard experience, and loading train cars
Accomplishments:
I Learned safety around equipment, and how to tie up sea going ships
Skills Used:
Same as Cooper T. Smith; and, rail road car experience
Painter
Self-Contracted Painter for Holt B. Harrison – Baton Rouge, LA – January 1990 to November 1994
Responsibilities:
Painting inside and outside of Homes, Apartments, Duplexes, and Garden Homes using paint roller and brush
Accomplishments:
Painted and got an entire Apartment Complex ready for sale
Skills Used:
Hand labor
Additional Information
I have a Twick card / OSHA card / Forklift License / Overhead Crane Rigging training / Security Passport /
Alliance Safety Council card / Medical Examiner’s Certificate / Chevron Orientation card / Phillips 66 card /
Rubicon card / Methanex card / Baker Hudgess card / Westlake Vinyl’s Orientation card / Taft Orientation /
Krots Springs Refinery Orientation card / Jacobs Safety training
Education
2 Years in Auto mechanics
Sullivan Vocational – Bogalusa, LA – 1988 to 1990