Kenneth Lowe

30 years experience

LICENSES, EDUCATION & CERTIFICATES
Interprovincial Millwright Certificate of Qualification
Adult Education Certificate,
Mechanical Assigned Maintenance Training, (Hamilton Board of Education, 3-year program)
Mechanical Repairman Certificate, Stelco Hilton Works Hamilton, 3-year Program
Pressure Pipe Welding Certificate, Mountain School of Welding, Hamilton Ontario
Industrial Maintenance Welding Certificate, WeldTech Services, Oakville Ontario
Post Secondary Instructor Certificate, Clarke College, Belleville Ontario
In-Service Teacher Training Certificate, St. Clair College, Windsor Ontario
Secondary School Graduation Diploma, Parkside High School, Dundas, Ontario
Rigging Train-the-Trainer, RIGG-T, Education Program: Construction Safety Association of Ontario
Construction Health & Safety Basic, Education Program: Construction Safety Association of Ontario
Lift Truck Safety Course, George A. Wright, Belleville Ontario
Lift Truck Operator Certificate, T.J. Lipton Inc. Belleville Ontario
Health and Safety W.H.M.I.S. Training Certificate, Belleville Ontario
P.L.C. Training (Omron) T. J. Lipton Inc., Belleville Ontario
St. John Ambulance and CPR Certificate, Belleville, Ontario

QUALIFICATIONS:
Maintenance Machining: Lathe, Mill, Drill Press, Surface Grinder, and Bandsaw
Mechanical Installations, Fabrication and repairs (Mixers, Conveyors, Packaging equipment)
Fabrication: Shear, Brake Press, Rolls, Iron Worker and Welding
Trouble Shooting: conveyors, pumps, drives, reduction units
Preventative and Predictive maintenance
Piping: Hydraulics and Pneumatics

Welding:
Stick, TIG, MIG, Spray, (Stainless, Cast Iron, Aluminium and Steel)
Oxy/Acetylene, Air Arc, Cutting & Brazing and Plasma

· WORK EXPERIENCE

Canadian Pacific Railway, Scarborough Ontario
Taught Welding Training (Stick, Tig, Mig, Oxy/Acetylene, Cutting & Brazing, Plasma, basic Metallurgy)

Moa, Cuba- Nickel & Cobalt Mine
Taught Mechanical and Safety Training, basic Blueprint Reading, 2 levels of Fabrication

Hydro One Inc.
Designed an Entrance Exam/Evaluation, for new hires

University of Toronto,
Machine Shop. (Evening and weekends classes)

City of Toronto, Technicians,
Designed and taught Mechanical Course

Gamma Foundries, Richmond Hill, Ontario
Designed and taught, Drafting & Blue Print Reading

CHT Steel Company (Stelco),
Designed 200 questions – Skilled Trades Exam/Evaluation for new hires

General Mills, Trenton Ontario
Maintained various types of packaging equipment and their process

World�s Finest Chocolate, Campbellford Ontario
Machine installations, start up, troubleshooting and maintaining equipment

Mechanical/Welding Training Instructor: Clarke College, Belleville Ontario
Taught Safety, Preventative and Predicative Maintenance, Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Drafting & Blue Print Reading.

Mechanical/Welding Instructor: Howe Sound, and Castlegar, Pulp &Paper Mills, British Columbia
Developed the training curriculum for both Industrial Maintenance and Welding.
In charge of the design and set-up of their training facility. This program stressed hands-on experience.
The welding program designed was for on the job training, helping develop marketable welding skills.

Mechanical Training Instructor: Celgar Pulp Company Ltd., Castlegar, British Columbia
Set-up training facility & designed Introductory Mechanical cross-trades program.

Procter & Gamble Plants: Mechanical Training Instructor:
Mechelen, Belgium:
Advanced Mechanical Training; Responsible for development and classroom instruction of the Industrial Mechanical Program, Safety, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Preventative Maintenance and Conveyors. The agenda stressed theory and hands on experience.
Augusta, Georgia USA:
Designed, fabricated, and installed Training Units. Responsible for set-up of Mechanical Training program and classroom teaching, Safety, Dial & Laser Alignment, Preventative Maintenance, Conveyors, and Hands-on Training activities through the Training Units.
Brockville, Ontario:
Designed, fabricated, and installed 13 Training Units. Responsible for pricing, development of Maintenance Training, Classroom instruction, Theory, Safety, Preventative Maintenance, Conveyors and Hands-on Training activities through the Training Units. (30 new hires for 4 weeks, 3 sessions). Also provided up grading to the mechanical personnel.
Belleville, Ontario:
Designed, fabricated, and installed Specialized Training Units.

Loyalist College, Belleville Ontario
Professor: Mechanical Techniques, teaching Industrial Maintenance, Welding and Machine Shop

George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto Ontario
Full Time Professor: Teaching basic, intermediate, and advanced Millwright Apprentices.
Electrical and Welding {Stick, MIG, TIG}

Welding Instructor: Loyalist College, Belleville Ontario
Night School Welding Course: (five consecutive years)
The course was designed to provide individuals with an opportunity to develop basic to advanced skills. Responsible for the development of curriculum, classroom instruction, and shop/lab activities. Welding safety practices are also stressed.

Welding Instructor: Clarke College, Belleville Ontario
Welding Courses in Brockville and Napanee Ontario
Responsible for pricing of materials, contacting suppliers, delivery and installation, all curriculum content, written tests and documentation, shop/lab activities. Welding stations involved a variety of techniques and processes. The agenda stressed hands on experience gained from extensive practice. This program was designed to simulate a �real world� on the job atmosphere, helping develop marketable welding skills.