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James B. Pierce
2463 County Road 170
Oakland, MS. 38948
573 576 2400 H
573 576 2400 W
573 576 2400 C
573 576-2400 DSN
Email: CO-TSD
jp773dde@westpost.net
SSN: XXXXXXXXX
Highest Grade Held: XH-5784-17-05, April 2000 to 28 May 2010
Typing: 40 WPM
Skills
Master pipeline dredge, pilot, first mate, second mate, boat operator, deck
leader, small craft operator, deckhand, lock man, maintenance worker,
construction inspector, carpenter, bobcat/skid steer operator, high
lift/dozer operator load dirt and debris, load and unload concrete forms,
set concrete forms, install whalers use transit/ red bird, read blue
prints, lay out man, plumbing, residential electric, run wires from
electric box to switches, plug-ins, 110/220 volt .
Experience:
April 18, 2000 to 28 May 2010, master first class, pipeline dredge, XH-17-
05, $46.30 PH, US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis, mo. 63103, Michael A.
Thompson, chief of the service base section, 314 865-6335. As the master of
the dredge potter, responsible for the overall care, maintenance and
operation of the dredge potter, supervise 49 employees, navigate western
rivers safely, using coast guard rules of the road, use automatic
information system to help in safety of navigation and crew, move dredge
from one dredging location to another, on call 24 hours per day, anchor
tow, set dredge on cut line, direct setting of anchors, talk to vessels
passing the dredge during set-up up and breaking up, to insure the safety
of the crew. Approve PR&C's for card holders, payroll, overtime request,
plant cost reports, travel orders and TDY, training, billings, food, fuel
for dredge and attending plants, mandate work orders to first mate, pilot
and chief engineer, of ongoing work, check for compliance. Observe second
mates and deck equipment operators during dredging operations, to maintain
work at performance level and production levels to reduce downtime, contact
vessels of shoaling, grounding water, missing buoys, extinguished lights
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supervises maintenance of suitable mess and quarters for the crew, performs
other administrative detail pertaining to the operation, maintenance, and
repair of the dredge and attendant plant, ensure that proper fire, life
saving, and first aid equipment is maintained aboard the dredge, personally
directs operations in case of fire or emergency, conducts fire, and man-
overboard drills, ensure EEO and union are know of all changes to the
contract, notify crew of changes, listen to EEO and union grievances,
ensure safety rules are followed, ensure all crew members have all safety
clothing, shoes/boots, life jackets, eye protection, hard hats and any
protection necessary to protect the crew. Work with marine design center on
new equipment projects, re-power of the dredge potter, replacement of two
dredge tenders and one derrick, working on a fixed dredging spill project,
help crew members to obtain a Coast Guard License, help with family
problems, personal problems and crew problems. Approve supplies and
material, training, e mail, progress reports to management, work with crew,
payroll, crew and safety issues, travel, CEFMS, CPOL, CPAC, HR, and EEO.
July 08, 1985 to July 08, 1986, Construction Inspector, Lower Cape
Girardeau Office, Cape Girardeau, MO., WG-5788-06-04, $11.70 ph, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, St. Louis, MO. 63103, Bill Busch (retired). Worked with
contractors placing rock on bank for revetment, excavate keying dike heads
and recording length placed, type of rock and amount of tons placed per
day, inspected equipment used such as draglines, dozers, vessels and
barges, insured that barges were loaded less than 5% fines that were to be
placed. Informed the superintendent, if a safety hazard existed, like a
stranding cable to be replaced. Filled out daily progress reports and
handed them in.
February 04,1979 to July 08, 1985, 56 HPW, deckhand, first class pipeline
dredge, WG-5788-06-04, $11.70 ph, us army corps of engineers, St. Louis, mo
63103, Donald Bader, (retired), Master Dredge Potter 314-263-4075.as
deckhand work with three other deckhands, worked under second mate and Deck
Leader to tie-up barges, tie-up crew boat, dredge tenders, pontoons, fuel
barge, buoy barge, landing flats, floating derrick, connect and disconnect
32" steel dredge pipeline, operate one inch air gun to tighten flanges,
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turn pontoons, operate baffle plate, clean suction head, chip surface areas
to be painted, paint, remove snow and ice, clean, make up bumpers, lines
for pontoons and tender boats, remove trash from vessel, spud fleet barge,
set anchors, light barges in channel, put out landing flat, put up safety
lines, cut grass and weeds, saplings, for a safe path to walk to landing
flat, light walk way, bring on supplies, take trash to the bank, unload
trash into trucks, load and unload food and supplies from trucks, load and
unload at the dredge.
June 1973 to February 1979, Mike Ervin construction co., Cape Girardeau,
MO.(retired),built houses and apartment buildings, readied blueprints,
squared dig site, dug, set and pour footings, squared footing to set
concrete forms, poured walls to desired elevation, form and pour side walks
and patios, set shoe plates, set band boards, set floor joists, and
bridging, glue floor to joist, set and nail and or screw floor decking, lay-
out build and set walls, top plates, headers for doors and windows,
cripples for windows and doors, install fly rafters, soffits, install roof
trim, black paper and shingles, cap roof, siding wood and vinyl, set
interior doors, outside doors, windows, roof vents power and wind, sky
lights. Hang sheet rock tape and finish. Finish the whole house with base
and moldings, set cabinets, vanities, install sinks, garbage disposals,
dishwashers, washers and dryers, hot water heaters gas and electric, trash
compactors, caulk doors and windows. Set 1000 and 500 gallon septic tanks,
run four inch PVC pipe to it, run field drain lines, install 200 amp whole
house electric box, wire whole house, wire out buildings. Operate skid
steer, front end loader, tractor, dump truck, jack hammer, concrete saws,
worm saws, miter saws, table saws, saws all, concrete finisher, drills,
transit and red birds, all hand tools to perform the jobs above.
From April 1976 to August 2006 I built four houses and helped finished one
for my Father in Law, Gene Culbertson of Jackson, MO. From Drawing up plans
on one quarter inch to one half inch scale, Digging footings, pouring
footings, setting forms, bracing forms, inserting wall ties, pouring and
finishing nine inch concrete walls, shooting grades, setting band boards,
setting joists, decking floors, laying out wall, cutting cripples and
headers, framing walls, setting trusses, decking roof, laying tar paper,
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shingling the roof, capping the roof, wiring the houses, insulating wall
and ceiling, hanging sheet rock, finishing and painting, hanging doors and
windows, installing kitchen appliances, laying floor coverings, all
plumbing, installing siding.
During layoff periods from the Dredge Potter I worked helping my Friend
David Cook (deceased) of Jackson, MO. Installing septic tanks and field
drain lines, installing water lines, used a red bird to set sewer drain
lines in a new subdivision, used a air drill and jack hammer to cut away
rock in the way on the sewer line, used commercial dynamite to blast rock
for sewer line. I also completed a thirty by thirty foot room add on to a
house to help save money for a fried, poured footings and floor, framed it,
roofed it, tore off old cedar siding, and nailed new cedar six inch boards
on the outside, installed new windows and doors, and ran
electric to the room addition, set through wall air and heat units.
Stick built a new thirty foot by forty foot garage, did all footings and
walls, all the flat work, framed the walls, set trusses, deck the roof,
shingled the roof, set main electric box, ran all the electric wire to
lights and plug in's, ran 220 electric for the air compressor, installed
garage doors with openers, laid the stove blocks for the flue for a wood
stove.
Education:
GED. June-84, Southeast Missouri State University, One University Plaza,
Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701. July-73, Auto Mechanics, Coastal Carolina
Community College, Jacksonville, NC.
August 1990, Hazardous waste safety St. Louis, mo, Corps of Engineers
August 1996, Posh/employee, St. Louis, mo. Corps of Engineers
August 1998, lead class, St Louis, mo. Corps of Engineers
April 1999, Introduction to Supervision, U.S.D.A., New Orleans, la.
March 2002, Supervision and Group Performance, U.S.D.A. New Orleans, la.
February 2003, Project Teambuilding, Knoxville, TN.
June 2004 Dredging Fundamentals, Prospect Training,
Specialized Training
May 1993, Pyrotect, Fire Fighting School, 4201 Fellowship Drive, Mobile,
AL. April-94.Great Lakes Radar Training Center, One Maritime Plaza, Toledo,
OH. 43604.
August 1997 September 1997, Second Mate and Deck Equipment Operator
training.
Licenses/certificates
July 1989, Operator Un-inspected Towing Licenses; upon Western Rivers, U.S.
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Coast Guard, Memphis, TN.
April 1995, Masters Licenses 1600 gross tons; upon Western Rivers, U.S.
Coast Guard, Memphis, TN.
March 1995, Inland river radar observer, Great Lakes Radar Training Center,
One Maritime Plaza, Toledo, Oh.
December 2004, Master of steam or motor vessels upon Western Rivers
December 2004, Master of towing vessels upon Western Rivers
December 2004, River radar training, The River School, Memphis, TN.
March 2006, Designator Examiners Course, The River School, Memphis, TN.
March 2008 Renew Designator Examiners Course, U.S. Coast Guard
Renewal December 2009 of U.S. Coast Guard License
Awards:
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2009 performance award, 2008 special act award, performance award 2007,
performance award special act award, 2006-09-19 , performance award,
special act award, 2005-12-12 performance award, 2005-10-19 , performance
award, on the spot award, 2004-12-13 performance award, 2004-09-15 ,
performance award, special Act award, 2003-12-08 performance award, 2002-10-
30 performance award, 2001-11-16 on the spot award, 2000-11-21 performance
award, 2000-04-27 on the spot award, 1999-12-08 performance award, 1989-02-
17 on the spot award, 1998-01-12 performance award, 1996-11-15 on the spot
award, 1996-09-06 special act award, 1995-12-20 performance award, 1995-10-
10 on the spot award, 1994-12-12 on the spot award, 1994-10-25 on the spot
award, 1994-07-20 on the spot award, 1994-05-20 on the spot award, 1993-12-
17 on the spot award, 1992-06-24 special act award, 1992-01-10 special act
award, 1991-12-19 special act award, 1989 suggestion cash award.
Performance awards:
2009 exceptional 2008 exceptional 2007-12, exceptional, 2006-10-31, 2005-11-
22 exceptional, 2004-11-15 exceptional, 2003-11-05 exceptional, 2002-10-08
exceptional, 2001-11-02 exceptional, 2000-10-08 exceptional, 1999-10-06
exceptional, 1998-10-31 highly exceptional, 1997-09-30 exceptional, 1996-09-
30 exceptional, 1995-10-02 exceptional.