AMY SMITH
123 Main Street • Atlanta, Georgia • 30339
Home: (555) 555-1234, Cell: (555) 555-1235
asmith@sample~resume.com
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Seek the Challenging Position of Tile Installer
A highly talented Tile Installer with huge experience in applying or mounting acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound.
Summary of Qualifications
More than five years experience.
Considerable knowledge of techniques and equipment used in laying tile such as trawls, tile nippers, wet saws and grinders.
Great knowledge of building codes and regulations covering tile and marble work.
Excellent knowledge of kinds of ceramic and clay tile and marble and their adaptabilities and uses.
Strong ability to work from sketches, drawings, blueprints, and oral or written instructions.
Profound ability to stand, walk, bend, crawl, reach overhead, crouch, kneel, balance, push, pull, and lift up to 100 pounds
Stamina and agility to perform strenuous manual labor.
Excellent visual acuity to match colors and patterns.
Uncommon knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Remarkable knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Superb manual dexterity.
Exceptional ability to determine time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Professional Experience
New York United School District, NY 2003 - Present
Tile Installer
Apply acoustical tiles or shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound and to decorate rooms.
Wash concrete surfaces with washing soda and zinc sulfate solution before mounting tile to increase adhesive qualities of surfaces.
Inspect furrings, mechanical mountings, and masonry surface for plumpness and level, using spirit or water level.
Hang dry lines (stretched string) to wall molding to guide positioning of main runners.
Nail or screws molding to wall to support and seals joint between ceiling tile and wall.
Scribe and cut edges of tile to fit wall where wall molding is not specified.
Nail channels or wood furring strips to surfaces to provide mounting for tile.
Measure and mark surface to lay out work according to blueprints and drawings.
Cut tiles for fixture and borders, using keyhole saw, and insert tiles into supporting frame work.
Apply cement to back of tile and press tile into place, aligning with layout marks and joints of previously laid tile.
New York United School District, NY 2000 - 2003
Tile Installer Trainee (under the supervision of experienced Tile Installer)
Performed skilled installation and repaired tile, marble, and refractory ceramic materials.
Email This Page!