Detailed Skills/Experience Listing

Auto Mechanics:

Have considerable experience with non-computer-related automotive repairs
Capable of (subject to make/model design) changing/replacing starters, alternators, brake pads, clutch plates, spark plugs, fuel/oil filters, transmissions, etc. (may require physical assistance for some of these)
Have replaced foreign-import car engines
Have installed cruise control systems, radio/cassette players, etc.

Construction:

Experienced with framing, roofing (metal and shingles), drywall
Experienced with electrical house wiring: home runs, 3-way (and more) switches, breaker box, circuit planning, GFCI plugs, etc.
Have operated and repaired heavy equipment such as backhoes, excavator, D-6 caterpillar, etc. mostly for pipeline installations
Can arc weld, with much experience on 4"-12" diameter steel pipe
Have experience operating a fuser for polyethylene pipe
Have experience as a survey rodman
(and much more)

Wiring:

Have worked extensively with Cat-5 ethernet cable installation
Experienced with patch cables, patch-bay routing, audio and video cabling, including XLR microphone cables, RG6 coax and others
Have designed and installed an entire computer lab network of 40 student computers fully linked on a peer-to-peer network
Have some experience installing and troubleshooting internal telephone lines

Electronics:

Capable of soldering/desoldering electronic components
Able to identify/repair elemental (basic) problems with electronic devices
Have experience changing/troubleshooting computer hardware components such as drives, cards, memory chips, cables, etc.

Computers/Software:

Experienced with installation and troubleshooting of many software programs including DOS, Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP, MS Office, etc.
Confident with dpsVelocity/dpsReality professional video-editing software/hardware solution (1 year experience)
Amateur programmer in: BASIC, QuickBasic, Visual Basic, Turbo Pascal, HTML, JavaScript, Perl and have much experience with website creation
Competent with MS Office, and can program Visual Basic macros for Excel
Have experience with coax, Ethernet, and wireless networking

Radio:

Have assisted in the recording of radio broadcast materials in the USA and in Thailand
Licensed by the FCC as an Amateur Radio Operator, call sign KB7TTU

Television:

One year experience as the Station Operator for KHemet Television
Have some experience with video editing; camera operation (studio and on-site interviews); master control; patch-bay switching; audio control through a Mackie 16-channel mixer; studio lighting including use of spotlights, Lowell soft lights, and 3200-degree Kelvin lights; camera switching during live production; software-rendering of MPEG files; MPEG-II digital playback to air through Enseo Quartet hardware/software; etc.
Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Certified as a Television Operator
Have thrice attended the National Association of Broadcasters Convention
Enjoy videoing nature…have spent hours doing so for subsequent broadcast
(and more)

Satellite:

Have participated in the installation of various satellite systems including installing the dish and locating the signal, cabling, receiver setup on dual-dish systems, etc.
have some experience with Sky Angel, 3ABN (both here and in Thailand), use of Manhattan & Scientific Atlanta receivers
Have helped to adjust the menu settings to receive additional or new channels such as ATN, LLBN, 3ABN Latino, ACN, etc.

Driving:

Possess a Class-B CDL with Passenger and Tank endorsements, no restrictions
Have been bus driver for a summer camp program
Obtained a commercial driver's license in Thailand for transporting students around the country in a large truck (country folks' bus!)—this entailing a two-day class and subsequent test all in the Thai language!
School duties in Thailand often included driving for school errands, supplies, etc.
Clean driving record

Traveling/Culture:

Have traveled in about 30 countries, including nearly all of North America, much of Europe, and South-east Asia
Feel comfortable with nearly any mode of transportation
Have lived at least one year in five different countries
Have lived in eight different states, and have traveled in nearly all of the continental U.S.

Languages:

Extremely fluent English (native language) with excellent spelling, grammar, reading, vocabulary, type approx. 45 wpm
Fluent Spanish (studied one year in Spain) with excellent spelling, reading, and good grammar, vocabulary (see also next two sections)
Conversational Thai (wife is Thai) with essentially fluent spoken language, average reading, poor spelling (without a dictionary), limited typing ability

Teaching:

Certified teacher (TN K-12, WA 7-12); B.A. Spanish, minors Biology, Religion
Two years substitute experience teaching all subjects and levels, with much experience teaching in Spanish for language transition and newcomers' programs
Three years experience teaching English as a Second Language in Thailand

Preaching/Evangelism:

Have preached in English numerous times, including use of PowerPoint
Have preached in Spanish several times, and have translated sermons from English to Spanish
Have assisted with leading the children's evangelism classes in Spanish for about five separate Hispanic series in the northwest
Have preached in Thai and have been asked to translate from English to Thai

Music:

Amateur musician, with good singing voice (bass) and sight-reading ability
Play by note: trumpet, trombone (played each a year in band & brass choir)
Play by ear: piano, accordion, trumpet, trombone, violin, saw, and more
Have enjoyed participating in more than six choirs, and have had vocal training
Have some experience directing a choir
Have good ear for pitch and have tuned more than 15 pianos, including rebuilding one piano (They say you're not an expert until you've tuned 1000!)

NAMES, DATES, and CONTACT INFO FOR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT


[Current employer, 2002-Present]
Substitute teacher for:
North Franklin School District
1100 W. Clark St.
Connell, WA 99326
(509) 234-2021

(Connell High School)	(Olds Junior High)
Mary Ann Hunter, Principal	Mary Margaret Nipper, Principal
(address as above)	(address as above)
(509) 234-2911	(509) 234-3931


[Previous employer, April 2001 - April 2002]
Station operator (video editing, camera, master control, technician) for:
KHemet Television
Kevin Page, Manager
P. O. Box 5034
Hemet, CA 92544
(909) 538-0946
Email:


[Previous employer, January 2001- March 2001]
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language at:
English Language Schools - Bangkok
John Martin, Director
956 Sukhumvit 71 Klongtan
Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110 THAILAND
[tel. from U.S.] 011-66-2-381-3036
John Martin's email:


[Previous employer, August 1997 - July 1999]
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language at:
Chiangmai Adventist Academy, THAILAND
(Administrator back in U.S.A. after 5-year term)
Elden Lamar Smith
P O Box 411
Valley Center, CA 92082
(760) 751-0391

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