Bill Schoolcraft
40+ Years Journeyman Metalsmith / Welder

(native San Franciscan)

Daly City, CA
billschoolcraft@yahoo.com
(415) 729-4121

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EmployedAug-2011 to April-2012

Smith-Emery-SF, AWS-Certified Welding Inspector (OSHPD-DSA)
AWS-CWI # 11020311

Currently Teaching Welding: April-2011 to present

Elevator Union Local-8, San Francisco CA.
http://local8welders.com

AWS-CWE # 1105012E

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Current Welding Certs:

3-G, 4-G, 6-G = E7018 - 1/8"; (SMAW) Stick Welding
3-G, 4-G = E71T-8 - .072"  (FCAW) Flux Core

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(Steel) Professional Experience

Wide range of steel working skills in ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
Welding experience with thickness ranges from 20ga through 3" plate.
Excellent Stainless and Aluminum TIG welding skills.
Excellent "jig" setup experience in production environments.
Working experience with pipe welding of all alloys with TIG, Stick, Wirefeed.
Punch, Shear, Roll, Press-Break, Plasma experience.
Brazing, Silver-Soldering with dissimilar metals.
Estimate and layout from start to finish in a "one-off" or production setting.
Excellent Blueprint reading skills.


(Steel) Employment History 1972 - 2010  (steel-welding related companies)

Sanderson Racing Headers (Burlingame, CA)
Conlin and Roberts, MIG, Steel Forming, Punch, Shear, etc (SF, CA)
Triple A Ship Repair, TIG, Stick, Plate, Pipe (Pier 64, SF CA)
Joyce Sheet Metal (SF, CA)
Todd Shipyard, Shipfitter, Stick  (SF, CA)
South West Marine Ship Repair, TIG, Stick, Plate, Pipe(SF, CA)
Blakeway Sheet Metal, TIG  (SF, CA)
Continental Maritime Ship Repair, TIG, Stick, Plate, (SF, CA)
Donco  Steel Marine Works, Shipfitter, Stick (SF, CA)
San Francisco Dry Dock Ship Repair, TIG, Stick, Plate, (SF, CA)
J&H Marine,TIG, Stick, Plate,  MIG, Layout (SF, CA)
Heat and Control Stainless, TIG, Layout (South San Francisco, CA)
Trayer Engineering Stainless, TIG, Layout (SF, CA)
Terminal Engineering Stainless, TIG, Layout (SF, CA)
O'Keeffe Industrial Alum Skylights, TIG, MIG, Layout (SF, CA)
Western Pipe, TIG, Layout, Pipe (SF, CA)
Industrial Steam Boiler; Layout, Stick(Oakland, CA)
Cal Body Steel Forming; Layout, MIG, Steel Forming, Punch, Shear, etc (SF, CA)
Al's Complete Welding; TIG, Stick, Plate, (SF, CA)
Puglia Engineering; TIG, Stick, Dual-Shield, (Alameda, CA)

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

 

 

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