John Liddle

Experience

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  RCAF/Canadian Forces Air Operations

  Jan 1966 - Jan 1991

  Warrant Officer (Retired as)

  Trained as an aircraft technician and through various trade, administrative and leadership courses, achieved the rank of Warrant Officer responsible for a maintenance/inspection crew.

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  Ball Engineering

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1992

  Crane Inspector

  Using NDT, was responsible inspecting various types of cranes for structural integrity in accordance with specific standards.

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  RTD QUALITY SERVICES

  Mar 1992 - Apr 1993

  Technician/Inspector

  At RTD, I was employed as an equipment maintenance technician and as an NDT Inspector primarily performing ultrasonic weld inspections on large diameter new pipeline construction.

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  CAE/Spar Aviation

  Apr 1993 - Mar 2000

  Technical Writer

  Produced aircraft maintenance reports and part of a group producing aircraft operating and technical manuals to customer's requirements

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  FGG Inspections, Inc.

  Apr 2001 - Oct 2011

  Senior Technician

  Inspect aircraft, welded structure in fabrication shops, scheduled and unscheduled inspection of welded equipment, heat exchangers, railway tank cars, performed internal audits and maintained and updated company procedures as required.

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  Alberta Aviation Museum

  Feb 2012 - now

  Head Librarian

  Supervise volunteer staff, catalogue assets, ensure assets are available for research, work with other museum departments.Curator of military uniforms, aircrew flying kit and flying helmets.