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My Work Experience Record
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1966:
Errand Boy hour under US Air Force, Pacific Command, Department of
Defense assigned to a Fighter Squadron at Kadena AFB,
Okinawa. I had to get a Social Security card identification
number for employment. Worked part time doing light clerical
work in a medals and citations office, domestic duties like washing
cups and ashtrays for fighter pilots, and some incineration duty of
disposing sensitive material under armed guards. Worked part
time 4 hours per day due to my being a minor in age, five days per week
for the summer at $0.50 per.
1968-70:
Grocery Sacker for Fairchild AFB Commissary, Fairchild AFB, Washington
99011. I had a Military Dependent Identification Card that
allowed me on Fairchild AFB and worked part-time after school and
weekends sacking groceries for tips that varied from $0.25 to $1.00 per
loaded cart(s).
1970-71:
Military Student under USAF, Department of Defense by Congressional
appointment at the USAF Academy Preparatory School, USAF Academy,
Colorado 80840. I had to be investigated by both Federal and
Military bureau investigators for Top Secret clearance and go through
Basic Training at Lackland AFB, Texas prior to going to the Academy.
Assigned to Red Squadron, promoted to squadron sergeant, and honor
guard leader. Full time student studying mathematics, literature,
English composition, military sciences, and physical training. Varsity
NCAA wrestling and Wing wrestling champion (118LB) at $2.00 per hour
with room, board, and uniform allowance.
1971-72:
Dishwasher and Assistant Cook for Fairchild AFB Officers Club,
Fairchild AFB, Washington 99011. I had to get a food handler’s permit.
Worked part-time as a dishwasher and promoted to a full time assistant
and breakfast bar cook. I assisted the chef in cutting, preparing,
mixing, baking, boiling, steaming, frying, basting, icing, carving,
decorating all kinds of foods and pastries. I learned how to
cook for a banquet of 100s of people with the chef from $2.00 to $3.50
per hour, hours varied, 40-50 hours per week.
1972:
Farm Laborer for local farms in the Medical Lake and Cheney community
for summer employment, hours varied from part time to full time work
and work duties also varied from fence installation, cleaning pens,
milking goats/cows, shearing sheep, slaughtering fowl, butchering and
cutting meat, moving irrigation lines, plowing, disking, harrowing,
seeding, spraying, harvesting, baling hay, delivering hay/wheat by haul
truck, operated tractor, auger, and drill for $1.50-2.50 per hour.
1972-73:
Student Custodian under State of Washington for Eastern Washington
University, Showalter Hall, Personnel Office, Cheney, Washington
99004. Worked 4 hours per day, five days per week doing
custodial duties at Martin Hall and Campus School cleaning, vacuuming,
sweeping, waxing, buffing, sanitizing, classrooms, offices, bathrooms,
windows, doorways, and halls at $3.00 per hour.
1973:
Mine Laborer for Bunker Hill Mine, Gulf Resources, Kellogg, Idaho. I
join the United Mine Workers Union, take a physical examination, and
get a Mining Safety and Health Administration Certification in surface
mining for employment. Worked full time 8 hours per day, five
days per for summer employment in yard crew cleaning sludge tanks and
at the zinc plant as a zinc plate stripper at $3.57 per hour.
1973-74:
Service Station Attendant for Mike Byrd, owner of Mike Byrd’s
Thunderbird Station, S1309 Geiger Blvd, Geiger Heights,
Washington. Worked part time 4 hours per day and weekends
pumping gas, filling propane bottles, changing oil, selling auto parts,
doing minor auto tune-ups, tire repair or replacements, and
opening/closing station at $4.00 per hour.
1974:
Well Driller’s Helper for Columbia Basin Drilling for Dick Morarity,
owner, Moses Lake, Washington full time 45-50 hours per week for summer
employment. Work on cable tool and rotary drill rig
maintenance, roughneck, welding/grinding pipe, pipe fitting,
installation of water pumps, and truck driving for $4.00 per hour.
1975:
Ranch Hand for several farms in the Cheney and Medical Lake community
for summer employment full time for 40-50 hours per week installing
irrigation ditches and ponds, drain fields, and septic tanks that was
inspected by Spokane County permit inspectors at $4.00 to $5.00 per
hour.
1975-76:
Real Estate Salesman for Sherwood and Roberts Realty, Indiana Avenue
Office, Spokane, Washington full time for fall and winter employment by
commission sales under a licensed real estate broker. I had
to learn about real estate practices in the State of Washington and
study for the Real Estate Salesman Test toward a license.
1976-77:
Custodian II for six months temporary full-time work under State of
Washington for Eastern Washington University, Personnel Office,
Showalter Hall, Cheney, Washington 99004. Assigned under Fred
Gramps and Morris Ribitt at Patterson Hall assigning and working with
student custodians to maintain the building for daily usage cleaning,
vacuuming, sweeping, waxing, buffing, sanitizing, classrooms, offices,
bathrooms, windows, doorways, and halls. at $647 per month or about
$4.00 per hour with benefits.
1977:
Cash Register Clerk for 7-11, 3409 N Argonne Rd, Millwood, Washington
99212 at night shift full-time as cashier, stocker, and custodian for
store at $3.75 per hour.
1977:
Utility Technician II for six months temporary full-time work under the
State of Washington for Spokane Community College, District 17,
Personnel Office, N2000 Greene Street, Spokane, Washington 99207
assigned to Jim Ward at Community College Maintenance Building and
worked with various trades doing electrical, plumbing, carpentry,
painting, spraying, finishing, and used street sweeper, tractor,
forklift, 3ton truck, and weed sprayer at $701 per month or about $4.50
per hour with benefits.
1978:
Technician II for six months temporary full-time work under Spokane
County for Spokane County Engineers, Spokane County Courthouse,
Personnel Office, W1116 Broadway, Spokane, Washington 99201 assigned to
Vernon Smyles as pen and ink drafter and plotter for road project
design and cost estimates along with all county road condition
inventory survey for estimating future maintenance, replacement, or
resurfacing at $803 per month or $5.00 per hour with benefits.
1979:
Placer gold dredge mine operator for Elden Dutson, Everett, Washington
owner Selma Point Claim in the Liberty Mining District, Liberty,
Kittitas County, Washington for seasonal employment suction dredging
60-70 hours per week, 6 days per week on percentage of gold recovery on
Swauk Creek near Baker Creek, Washington.
1979-81:
Grocery Night Stocker and Building Maintenance for Public Warehouse
Market, Box 14558, Spokane, Washington 99203 assigned to Airway Heights
Branch under Keith Weller and David White stocking grocery shelves with
can and packaged foods for public sales and cleaning store including
rest rooms and floors, windows, and entrances for the next business day
open. Worked full time 45-50 hours, five staggered nights
shift days per week at $5.25 per hour.
1981-91:
Gem and Mineral Dealer, owner NW Gems-N-Minerals, PO Box 751, Medical
Lake, Washington 99022 obtained Washington State Business license for
all phases of retail jewelry manufacturing including design and casting
in metals, lapidary and faceting gemstones, mining of minerals and
gemstones, grading for resale or replacement, and retailing/wholesaling
with much of my sells done in Arizona and California. I received my
Jewelry Retailing Certificate from the Gemological Society of America,
1660 Stewart St, Santa Monic, California 90405 and studied pearl,
diamonds, and colored stones for replacement value. I learn how to cast
metal and grind/cut/polish stones from the Spokane Community College,
Spokane, Washington 99207 by Chuck Roadruck. I often traded
my skills and products for other types of minerals and gemstones to
increase my own inventory. I also received my Mineral and
Gemstone Wholesale Certificate from the Gemstone Dealers and Lapidary
Suppliers Association, PO Box 2391, Tucson, Arizona 85702.
1985-86:
Handy Man in the Medial Lake, Cheney, and Spokane community doing minor
replacement or remodeling work with two part-time assistant helpers,
work includes demolition, removal, re-wiring and plumbing, new outlet,
fixtures, and insulating, carpentry, plastering, and painting for about
40 to 50 hours per week, five days per week at $8.00 per hour.
1986-88:
Secretary-Treasurer for Calispell Industrial Minerals Corporation, W813
Cliff Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99204. Duties are to represent the
company in business transactions with other companies, government
agencies; write geologic and exploration, and development reports of
company’s interest. Salary is based on royalties from mineral
sales.
1986-88:
Senior Geologist and Sales Agent for Pend Oreille Silica Corporation,
PO Box 134, Granite Creek Marine Route, Bayview, Idaho 83803. Duties
include mapping and exploration, geochemical surveying and prospecting,
report writing and presentations to potential buyers, investors,
co-ventures, and government agencies. I also helped with the company’s
environmental impact statement and delineating potential ore body for
claims staking. I also helped with their core drilling to
prove their reserves and estimate the value of the ore body from
data. Salary was based on royalties from sales of minerals
and metals recovered that buyers or processing companies paid.
1987-88:
Vice-President and Registered Agent for Calispell Resources
Corporation, PO Box 751, Medical Lake, Washington 99022.
Duties are to represent the company in business transactions with other
companies, government agencies, general contractors, and venture
capitalists; deliver presentations, company annual and quarterly
reports, and filing of corporate functions; and to write corporate
prospectus. Salary is based on royalties from sales of
mineral products, metals, and compounds.
1987:
Laboratory Technician for John Treclen, owner of Treclen Laboratory,
N1403 Greene St, Spokane, Washington 99207 for part-time summer
employment working as a sampler preparer sorting, categorizing and
labeling incoming samples for heat drying, jaw crushing, milling,
pulverizing, splitting, and bagging samples for fire assaying tests at
working 25 to 35 hours per week at $5.00 hours per hour.
1988:
Sampler and Driller’s Helper for Cactus Gold Mining Co, Star Rt. 1, Box
52W, Mojave, California 93501. I had to join the United Mine
Workers Union, take a physical examination, and get a Mining Safety and
Health Administration Certification in blasting, surface, and
underground mines for employment. I collected samples on an
open pit mining site and chip samples from underground tunnels that I
bagged and delivered to mine’s assaying laboratory full time, 50 to 60
hours per week at $8.40 per hour.
1989-91:
Engineering Technician II for the City of Spokane, 808 W. Spokane Falls
Blvd, Spokane, Washington 99201 for Public Works Department under Brad
Blegen, PE and Jerry Sinclair, PE. I had to take a physical
examination, drug test, and join the American Federation of State,
County, and City Municipal Employees union for employment. I did
computer aided drafting with Autocad and Softdesk where I took
surveying data to design capital construction projects under the
direction of an engineer and made estimated bid list quantities by
Lotus and Excel software for spreadsheets. I also did As-Builts of
finished projects and updated the city roads & utilities data
base along with new construction assessment value on property owners
within the project limits for taxation purposes. I worked
full time, 40 hours per week and started at $8.40 and ended at $10.50
per hour with benefits.
1991:
I qualified to take the WA ST Professional Engineering in Training
test, take the City of Spokane’s Associate’s Engineers, Engineering
Technician III, and Public Works Inspector’s tests and I passed the
Public Works Inspector’s test.
1991-92:
Public Works Inspector for the City of Spokane, 808 W. Spokane Falls
Blvd, Spokane, Washington 99201 for Field Engineers at Normandie Street
Complex under Angelo Bomben, PE and James Laughtland, PE. I
had to have a valid driver’s license and demonstrate that I have the
physical condition to perform tasks and was assigned to Dean Kabanuk,
Field Engineer’s team where I inspected asphalt plants, foundry metal
and concrete precast companies for quality control that I stamped for
acceptance under city and industrial standards; I did soil,
concrete, and asphalt sampling and testing with Washington State
Department of Transportation and AASHTO approved methods and devices; I
did high and low pressure air testing of installed wastewater and
water pipe, connections, and manholes for leaks with ASTM
approved methods; I tested soil, gravel, and asphalt compaction for
density, and moisture content for acceptance on road projects with a
nuclear surface gauge; I took tickets and proof of sources of
materials being brought to a project to verify approved materials that
can be used on projects; I monitored temperature of paved hot
asphalt mix and hot inlayed road striping and symbols for
acceptance; I assisted and helped with my team’s survey
crew; I measured bid item quantities on each project and
recorded progress with As-Built drawing; I wrote daily reports for each
project I inspected; I submitted tests, samples, and ticket sources for
each project I inspected with each report I wrote; and I worked under
and with a Public Works Lead Inspector. I worked full time,
40-50 hours per week and started at $12.50 and ended at $13.50 per hour
with benefits.
1992:
I passed the City of Spokane’s Engineering Technician III, Bridge
Inspector, and Public Works Journey Level Inspector’s tests.
1992-98:
Public Works Journey Level Inspector for the City of Spokane, 808 W.
Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, Washington 99201 for Field Engineers at
Normandie Street Complex under Angelo Bomben, PE and Malcolm Bowie, PE.
I was still under Dean Kabanuk’ team, worked alone on my own projects
unsupervised, and given more complex public works construction projects
such as major arterial projects, large building complexes, airport
fields & hangers, and bridges. I also spent a year
inspecting private contractors’ project under the City of Spokane
permit and contracts to verify materials, methods, and quality
control. I did similar work as I did when a Public Work
Inspector along with marking removal of structures on a public or
private construction project under contract or permit. I
worked with the public, owner, contractors, sub-contractors,
developers, private engineers and architects, Federal, WA ST, and
Spokane County representatives of various agencies including
archeologists, Native Americans, and insurance company investigators
that were involved in the projects I was responsible for. I also was
elected to be the union shop steward to represent employees who had
grievances or had infractions. I worked full time, 40-60 hours per week
and started at $14.40 per hour and ended at $17.50 per hour with
benefits.
1998:
I passed the City of Spokane’s Engineering Technician III and Public
Works Lead Inspector’s tests.
1998-2016:
Public Works Lead Inspector for the City of Spokane, 808 W. Spokane
Falls Blvd, Spokane, Washington 99201 for Field Engineers at Normandie
Street Complex under Elden Brown, PE and Malcolm Bowie, PE from 1998 to
2006 and Ken Brown, PE and Joel Graf, PE from 2006 to 2016. I
worked under Field Engineers Bill Giffin from 1998 to 2000 capital
projects, Barry DeLong from 2000 to 2004 private projects, Gilbert Hart
from 2004 to 2009 private projects, Steve Sather from 2009 to 2012
capital projects, and John Hogberg from 2012 to 2016 capital
projects. I continued to do the same duties that I had as a
Public Works Inspector and Public Works Journey Level Inspector except
I trained new inspectors to qualify for their next tier in the
inspector series. I was given more responsibilities where
sensitive projects required a liaison between local government
officials, city and private engineers, private architects, private
owners and developers, other higher government agencies, other city
departments’ inspectors or agents, general contractors,
sub-contractors, material suppliers, and the public for continuity and
instruction. I was the one that had to make the projects meet
deadlines, settle disputes, and make alterations to approved plans when
a problem occurs to keep the project flowing. In 2008, I
resigned by position as union shop steward due to the work load upon me
and I also passed the City of Spokane’s Field Engineer’s test and turn
down the job to stay where I am, where I felt I would learn more
applicable engineering in the field than in an office. Some
of my projects include Spokane Airport Control Tower; major
government and private facilities like National Guard Armory, Veteran’s
Administration building, Gonzaga University’s Martin Stadium and
Athletic Facility, Joe Albi Stadium, USPS Building, Spokane Airport
parking lot and car rental building, Spokane Falls and Spokane
Community College science, music, and library buildings, Mukogowa
University, Spokane Convention Center, Spokane Trade Center, Spokane
Inter Modal Building, Spokane Combined Emergency Building, several
Walmarts and Shopco developments, Cyrus O’Leary Pies plant, BF Goodrich
tire and brakes plant, and a multi theater building. I worked
with electrical, plumbing, and other technical city employees and
private contractors. I also inspected many major housing
developments from the ground to finished product under city
permit. I also did concrete intersection inspection and
bridge deck refurbishing inspecting. I also inspected
drainage ponds, swales, and park trails/paths in sensitive wetland
areas and archeological sites. I also inspected major trunk
sewer and storm lines that required pump stations. I worked
full time, 40-80 hours per week and on emergency call and started at
$19.25 per hour and ended at $32.50 per hour.
2014:
Cryptocurrency Producer, self-employed. I produce
cryptocurrencies from equipment that I build and program
myself. I am not selling what I produce and hoarding
cryptocurrency to have ownership rights of their blockchains that will
be the next computer technology advancement to create new software
programs and to store data securely that is slowly being developed as
more people learn how to program the blockchain to replace personal
computers. I am in this group learning new programming
language to write my own software programs to run in my own blockchain.
2016:
Futures Commodity Trader, self-employed. I have traded the
futures market since 1979 part time during the non-construction months
when work was light and freezing temperature stops work. I
now can trade full time and my broker is RJ O’Brien in
Chicago. .
John
W. Aiken Campaign Committee, PO
Box 250, Medical Lake, Washington 99022-0250
© 2020 John W Aiken Campaign Committee
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