Ryan Shoars
603 Sunset St
Buffalo, MN 55313
Cell/Home: (612) 508-8516
Email: [Send email using form at bottom]
Objective
Obtain a position in Wind Industry                            02/23/2009

Abilities
•	Excellent knowledge of Construction Site Safety Policies
•	Experience communicating with OSHA officials
•	Excellent knowledge of power tools and their proper use
•	Read blue prints
•	High attention to detail 
•	Great knowledge of Crane hand signals
•	Manage budgets for all supplies, equipment, and salaries.
•	AC/DC electrical knowledge
•	Very good mechanical skills
•	Ability to travel world wide and/or relocate
•	Very fast learning ability
•	Emergency First aid Certified
•	Confined space Certified	
•	Fall arrest/Self rescue Certified
Experience

Aug 2008 – Jan 2009
Lead Carpenter – Select Carpentry and Components, Inc. (Formerly Timberland
Lumber Company) 

•	Read blue prints
•	Administer on site Safety Meetings and training
•	Participate in all (pre, mid, and post) construction meetings 
•	Manage daily construction activities
•	Manage labor budgets
•	Manage materials deliveries as appropriate for construction phase
•	Coordinate with all other trades involved
•	Oversee building of quality produced structures (Quality Assurance)

Mar 2008 – Aug 2008
Blade Technician – Composotech Structures, Inc.

•	Fiberglass repair on wind turbine blades (on site)
•	Climb towers as needed for repairs
•	Attend daily safety meetings
•	Clipper Wind Energy sites – Endeavor, Iowa and Jeffers, MN
•	Vestas Site – Tug Hill Loweville, NY
•	Confined Space certified
•	Emergency First Aid certified
•	Fall arrest/self rescue certified

Feb 2007 – Feb 2008
Installation Supervisor/ Assembly – Staging Concepts, Inc.

•	Read blue prints 
•	Attend daily Safety meetings 
•	Coordinate with sub-contractors 
•	Travel world wide
•	Assembly of all mechanical staging components 
•	Perform Quality Assurance inspections

2006 –Feb 2007
Journeyman Carpenter – Select Carpentry and Components, Inc. (formerly
Timberland Lumber Company)
•	Read blue prints
•	Attend daily safety meetings
•	Teach apprentice carpenters via hands on training
•	Assist job site foreman
•	Produce Quality built structures 
2000-2006
Project Manager / Foreman – Timberland Lumber Company and Framing Systems, Inc.
•	Read blue prints 
•	Participate in all (pre, mid, and post) construction meetings
•	Administer daily Safety meetings and training
•	Manage daily construction activities
•	Manage labor budgets
•	Manage materials budgets and delivery
•	Oversee scheduling on assigned projects
•	Coordinate with all other trades involved
•	Quality Assurance Inspections
1998-2000
Shoars Carpentry – Owner/Sub-Contractor
•	Single Family Remodeling
•	Single Family Additions (Framing, Insulation, Sheetrock, Wood Flooring, Trim,
Siding, and Roofing)
1996-1998
Nutzmann Bros Construction - Apprentice
•	Single Family Remodeling
•	Single Family Additions (Framing, Insulation, Sheetrock, Wood Flooring, Trim,
Siding, and Roofing)
Education/ Certifications

Currently taking OSHA 500 certification
OSHA 10 and 30 certified
Confined Space Certified	
Fall Arrest / Self Rescue Certified
Emergency First Aid Certified
Tower Rescue trained
7000 hours/52 skill blocks completed at L J Shosten Union Carpenter Training
Center
Graduated/Diploma East Senior High School Duluth, MN 

Military

US Army – 1992 thru 1994 (active duty) Infantry Paratrooper, E4/Specialist
US Army Reserve -1994 thru 1996 - Army Medic, E5/Sgt
Honorable Discharge