JIM LLOYD

Summary

Jim Lloyd is a reliable DZ truck driver, boom truck, equipment operator and yard/shop coordinator, currently employed by Cooper Equipment Rentals, Pump & Power Division, seeking work near Innisfil or Barrie.

Having been a foreman, Jim is familiar with workflows and documentation and has an appreciation for process and policy. He is also an independent thinker, skilled at planning, troubleshooting and problem solving. Jim is safety-minded and proficient using a variety of machinery, listed below.

Jim is excellent in tight spaces, both with the truck and when using equipment. (Able to get a forklift unstuck in almost all conditions.)

DISCLOSURE: CVOR includes September 2023 conviction for having an insecure load.

Unbroken streak since 2023, making the monthly internal company “safety champion” list of drivers who achieve and maintain a 97% score or higher in telematic tracking.

Telematics: Onboard technology which collects, transmits and analyzes data related to the driver’s behaviour and the vehicle’s operation.

Cross trained and promoted to boom truck operator in November 2024.

Relevant Skills

Cross trained by Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) in November 2024 (achieved 90% in testing) and promoted to boom truck operator.

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Graduated with honours from Humber College, Class “D” Commercial Driver Training Program, Humber Transportation Training Centre, March 2023. Completed in-truck training and testing in a standard transmission straight truck.

Current training includes TDG (transfer of dangerous goods), electronic logging, work place safety and WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System).
 
Extensive experience following workflow documentation.
 
Skilled equipment operator, proficient using:

• DZ Straight Truck                        

• DZ Boom Truck                            

• Forklift 

• Telehandler  

• Skid steer

• Front-end loader

• Overhead crane

• Milling machinery         

• Drill press, lathe     

Work Experience

Current Employment

DZ driver, equipment operator
Cooper Equipment Rentals, Pump & Power Division, March 2023–present

Delivery driver, equipment operator

Cooper Equipment Rentals, Pump Division, December 2019–March 2023

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Specialty training: TDG, IHSA Mobile Crane Operator 0-8 Ton.

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Skills required:

• Navigating (and reversing on) Ontario roads, driving DZ 25’ and 16’ flatbed trucks, usually with 15’–20’ trailers carrying up to 10,000 lbs attached.

• Using machinery to maneuver exceptionally large, often irregular and complex loads, including pumps, industrial generators and 50’-long pipe.

• Operating in tight spaces and difficult conditions.

• Spatial awareness to effectively load and unload transport and delivery trucks. (Jim enjoys making effective use of space.)

Previous Employment

Prior to joining Cooper in 2019, Jim was a CNC machine operator with three years of experience working as a tool and die CNC machinist and more than 20 years of experience as a CNC operator cutting dimensional stonework for new homes, restoration and landscaping.

CNC operator

Beta-Tech, September 2016–November 2019

Specialty training: Use of Kao Ming, Wele, First and Doosan CNC milling machines.

Relevant training: Overhead crane operation, forklift operation, basic EDGECAM.

Stonecutter, shop foreman

Betz Cut Stone, 1989–September 2016

2005–September 2016, shop foreman

1989–September 2016, stone cutter, saw operator, landscape stone manufacturing

1988–1989, general yard labour

Specialty training: Use of Terzago saws, CNC machines for dimensional stone cutting and CNC milling.

Relevant training: Forklift operation, skid steer operation, fall training, WHMIS, first aid/CPR and overhead crane operation.

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References available on request.