Mike Gordons Drafting Resume

Obtain employment as a Computer Aided
( Drafting / Design / Illustration ) Technician

7+ years Computer Aided ( Drafting / Design ): Construction Drawings (Steel / Concrete),
Survey Plans (Legal / Topographic).
3+ years Computer Aided Technical Illustration: 3D rendering, vector graphic, bitmap composition and animation.
Advanced Computer Skills: MicroStation, AutoCAD, 3D Studio, SiteWorks, Freehand, etc.
3D Modelling / Digital Terrain Modelling
Website Design / Maintenance

Senior Draftsman / Eng. Technician
Strait Crossing Inc. 1993-97 (Confederation Bridge construction)

Prepared drawing revisions and assisted in the layout design of the P.E.I. Fabrication Yard.
Prepared work method preliminary concept sketches.
Drafted construction drawings and assisted in design development of many work method components ie. Hard Point Pads / skirting system, (staging / berthing) platforms, underwater excavation template, folding steel form, floating dock, support beams, cofferdam support frame, etc.
Assisted engineers in design development by producing digital terrain models, calculating quantity reports and preparing (design concept sketches / construction drawings) for the massive 240,000 Qu.m N.B. Temporary Work Surface.
Utilized digital terrain models of underwater excavation sites to produce tremie concrete flood
volume predictions, cross sections, profiles, contour maps, quantity reports and also customized
SiteWorks software to automate much of the calculation and drafting process.

Technical Illustrator Strait Crossing Inc. 1993-97 (Confederation Bridge construction)
Drafted computer generated technical illustrations used by S.C.I staff and the public. During the construction of the Confederation Bridge, illustrations were very important planning tools ie. (scheduling, organization, visualization, (general / public) information, weekly progress etc.).
Weekly Progress Diagrams Miscellaneous Diagrams (Flow / Organization / Scheduling) Charts Maps & (Isometric / plan / elevation) drawing Exploded view isometric drawing	Multiple viewpoint 3D rendering Vector graphic illustration Bitmap composition / photo editing Key framed animation

3D Modeller Strait Crossing Inc. 1993-97 (Confederation Bridge construction)
Created detailed and accurate 3D models for many bridge related components. Models were used for design visualization, dimension derivation, spatial studies and 2D (isometric / plan / elevation) view generation.
All bridge components at various levels of detail Main bridge, (East / West) approach bridge Steel Cofferdam / support frame (Post tensioning / concrete diaphragm) details	Svanen Heavy Lift Marine Vessel / Tongs 80 tonne steel diaphragm in full detail P.E.I. Fabrication Yard Cranes / construction equipment

Senior CAD Operator / Office Technician (Legal / Topographic)
Locus Surveys Ltd. 1989-93

Drafting : (Legal / detailed Topographic) Survey Plans.
Land survey office work : daily data collector downloads, traverse editing, coordinate generation, survey calculations & subdivision design.
Land survey fieldwork : Party Chief / Rodman, Geotometer total stations)
Created and utilized digital terrain models to generate cross sections, profiles, contour maps
and quantity reports.
Digital scanning / raster to vector conversions.

Drafting / Technical
MicroStation (3+ years)
AutoCAD (4+ years)
C & G Survey / Earthwork (4 years)
DraftWorks
SiteWorks
EMXS Earthwork
HP / Calcomp Plotters
MS Windows_95

Illustration
3D Studio
Freehand 5
Freelance Graphics
Animator Studio
Photostyler
Composer
Gallery Effects
KPT Filters

Web Design
Netscape / Explorer
MS FrontPage
HTMLed32 Pro
WS_ FTP

1997: Volunteer Work (Amherst Community Access Site) Amherst N.S
(Illustrations / photo editing) for web pages.

1997: Consultant (Strait Crossing Inc.) Borden P.E.I.
Illustrations for operation manuals.

1993-96: Senior Draftsman (Strait Crossing Inc. ) Borden P.E.I.
(Work Methods / Design Dept.)
Drafting, Technical Illustration, 3D Modelling & Website Design.

1989-93: Senior CAD Operator / Technician (Locus Surveys Ltd.) Kensington P.E.I.
Drafting, office calculations, field work & scanning

1987- 89: Field Survey Technician (Wallace, MacDonald and Lively) Bedford N.S.
Party Chief, Rodman & Inspector.

1986- 87: Land Survey Technician (Dept. of Energy Mines and Resources) Amherst N.S.
Manual drafting, office calculations & field surveying.

1992: Competed one week course on Geographic Information Systems at Holland Collage.
1986: Graduated from 2 Year Survey Technician Course at The Nova Scotia Lands Survey Institute.
1984: Graduated from Amherst Regional High School