Will Tomlinson
Chester,Cheshire
Summary
Accomplished Welder Fabricator and Farmer with extensive experience in welding, fabricating. Proficient in MIG and intermediate skill in arc welding techniques on steel metal ranging from 3mm to 20mm. Demonstrates strong skills in metal fabrication, structural welding, quality control testing, and equipment maintenance. Adept at using power tools and heavy-duty workshop tools while ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations. Additionally skilled in general farm work, operating large-scale machinery, laying concrete, erecting farm buildings, and maintaining healthy livestock. Known for professionalism, reliability, time management, spatial awareness, stress tolerance, and health and safety implementation.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Welder fabricator
B&S Group
Chester, Cheshire
2024.11 - 2025.03
- Welded and fabricated structural steel and lightweight steel, ranging from 3 mm to 20 mm, using MIG welding.
- Worked from engineering drawings and my own self-made project-specific designs with a tolerance of 1 mm.
- Fabricated water tanks, which were leak tested.
- Welded and fabricated large steel beams and columns of ranging sizes, going up to 1.3 tonnes and 10 m in length.
- Used grinders, pillar and mag drills, guillotines, tap and die sets, bandsaws, plasma cutter, punches, and other workshop equipment.
- Maintained a clean and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations.
- Left due to family commitments at home
Welder fabricator, farmer
H F Tomlinson
Chester, cheshire
2022.04 - Current
- Designed, calculated, and fabricated a 140 ft by 50 ft steel building entirely myself.
- Welding, fabricating, and designing various cattle farming objects such as feed barriers and gates, as well as fixing farm machinery by re-welding or fabricating custom parts to fix and improve machinery.
- Using MIG and arc welding techniques on steel.
- Used grinders, bandsaws, plasma cutters, punches, pillar drills, mag drills, and various other equipment.
- Worked with a telehandler daily, loading and unloading various flatbed, and bulk transport lorries.
- worked and looked after cattle daily
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - agricultural engineering
Reaseheath College
Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire 2021.09 - 2023.05
GCSEs -
Bishop Heber High School
Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire 2016.09 - 2021.05
Skills
- Metal fabrication
- Structural welding
- Quality control testing
- Professionalism
- Concentration
- Spatial awareness
- Time management
- Design conceptualisation and execution
- Welding safety standards
- MIG and Arc welding
- Equipment maintenance
- Reliability
- Stress tolerance
- Health and safety implementation
Timeline
Welder fabricator
B&S Group
2024.11 - 2025.03
Welder fabricator, farmer
H F Tomlinson
2022.04 - Current
Diploma of Higher Education - agricultural engineering
Reaseheath College
2021.09 - 2023.05
GCSEs -
Bishop Heber High School
2016.09 - 2021.05