Craig Nelson, CESCP, CESW, CECM

Experience

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  US Navy Special Services

  May 1964 - Sept 1964

  Water Safety Instructor & Lifeguard

  Teach Red Cross certified beginner and intermediate swimming courses. General duties as lifeguard.

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  Shelly Swigart

  Jan 1965 - Apr 1965

  Land Surveyor and Cartographer

  Surveying 50,000 hectares of land and mapping springs, rivers, potential roadways and building sites, and establishing boundaries. This job included survival and self-sufficiency in an area totally devoid of permanent habitation for more than 120 km in any direction.

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  U.S Navy

  Apr 1965 - Apr 1971

  Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class / Deep Sea Diver 2nd Class

  All aspects of ship preservation, rigging, cargo, deck machinery and ship handling, small boat operation (hawser handler, LCM-6, whale boat, etc.), ship handling (boatswain's mate of the watch, junior officer of the watch), leadership (watch section leader, division leading petty officer), underway high line cargo, fuel and water transfer.All aspects of underwater salvage, recovery, welding, hull maintenance, propellor remove/install, etc.

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  U.S. Navy Reserve

  Feb 1977 - Sept 2006

  Salvage Diver 2nd Class and Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist. My classifier rate is CECM (Master Chief Construction Electrician). Upon retirement, served a total of 30 years 7 months. A wide variety of assignments and responsibilities that included detachment leading petty officer, assistant company commander, company chief, project manager, battalion and regimental training chief, detachment officer in charge. When activated for Operation Joint Forge, served as SFOR NCO in Charge of General Construction for Bosnia and Croatia and Senior Enlisted Advisor for Navy Personnel - Balkans. Supervised construction projects totalling more than half a million dollars. When activated for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, served as Assistant Officer in Charge and Senior Enlisted Advisor of Camp Morrell, Al Saleem, Kuwait consisting of a 700-bed transient camp, hundreds of pieces of heavy equipment, tactical movement of stores and equipment in and out of camp both with Kuwait and shipments into and out of Iraq. Construction and improvements for both the camp and other military installations in Kuwait. Chief Manpower Planner for one million dollar SEAL training facility in Kodiak, Alaska. Company Chief (3 yrs) and Asst Company Commander (2 yrs) for battalion camp maintenance company of 120+ personnel. Show less

  • Master Chief Utilities Constructionman

    Apr 1965 - Sept 2006

  • Construction Electrician 2nd Class

    Feb 1977 - Feb 1979
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  Megger (nee AVO International, Multi-Amp)

  May 1982 - Apr 2003

  International Sales Applications Engineer

  Applications specialist, 2 yrs; int'l sales applications engr, 10 yrs; calibration & repair mgr, 3 yrs; senior service specialist, 1 yr; high current product specialist, 2 yrs; manufacturing engineering mgr, 2 yrs.

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  AVO MULTI-AMP CORPORATION

  May 1982 - Sept 1991

  Application Engineer

  Multi-Amp joined with Biddle and Megger in 1993 to form AVO International. I am listing Multi-Amp as an employer in order to connect with other former employees of the original company. The corporation assumed the Megger name when that division took over in September 1992.

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  Technical Diagnostic Services

  Sept 2003 - Jun 2009

  Calibration & Repair Manager

  Calibration, service and repair for inventory of 5000+ pieces of electrical and process test equipment and instruments. Assistant QA Manager. Electrical training instructor for substation maintenance, circuit breaker testing, power factor, hipot & megohmmeter insulation testing, electrical print reading.

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  Canada Training Group

  Jul 2009 - Sept 2010

  Senior Power Systems Consultant & Technical Trainer

  Company offers a wide variety of training and consulting services. My specialties were course development (PowerPoints and hard copy), building training aids and advising customers on courses of instruction that included arc flash safety, low voltage and high voltage safety, low and medium voltage circuit breaker maintenance and testing (primary and secondary injection), and power system equipment maintenance and testing including transformers, motors, switchgear, cables and much more. Instructor for electrical safety and trade-related training courses. Show less

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  NextEra Energy Resources

  Oct 2010 - Nov 2010

  Production Technician II - Forney Power Plant

  All aspects of combined cycle, jet turbine/steam heat recovery power plant operation and maintenance. Multi-craft position including instrumentation and controls, electrical, mechanical and operational. Duties included boiler water chemistry testing, and system maintenance and support; jet turbine start-up and shutdown; jet turbine, steam turbine, and generator systems testing and maintenance; and operation and maintenance of jet turbine wash system.

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  Shermco Industries

  Dec 2010 - Apr 2016

  Senior Training Specialist

  Course development and instruction including arc flash safety, low and medium voltage circuit breaker maintenance, operation and control; substation maintenance, electrical print reading, motor maintenance and testing, and other power systems and equipment operation and maintenance subjects. Also presenter at trade shows, conferences, conventions and seminars. Currently working on increasing knowledge base to acquire various certifications and credentials in the electrical maintenance and testing, and arc flash safety subject areas. Show less

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  JM Test Systems, Inc.

  Apr 2016 - now

  Senior Electrical Training Specialist

  Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional (CESCP), Certified Electrical Safety Worker (CESW), master electrician, master chief construction electrician (CECM), many other certifications, education and training. Teach electrical safety and technical applications courses including high voltage insulation testing, substation maintenance, circuit breaker testing and maintenance, and many other electrical testing and maintenance disciplines. Provide technical and applications support for sales force and customers for a wide range of test and measurement equipment for the power, process and manufacturing industries. This includes products by numerous leading manufacturers of test equipment and instruments, and test equipment, test benches and other products manufactured by JMT. Also participate in product design, training programs, calibration, service and repair, marketing, technical writing and other areas where I am able to make a contribution based on my background and experience in the industry. Provide product operation and application training for customers and JMT sales force. Show less

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  Texas Technical Training Services, LLC dba T3 Services(sm)

  Mar 2025 - now

  Electrical Safety & Technical Skills Training Specialist

  Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional (CESCP), Certified Electrical Safety Worker (CESW), master electrician, master chief construction electrician (CECM), many other certifications, education and training. Teach electrical safety and technical applications courses including high voltage insulation testing, substation maintenance, circuit breaker testing and maintenance, and many other electrical testing and maintenance disciplines. Also possess writing and composing skills to include technical writing, procedures, standards and instruction manuals, and provide services in other areas where I am able to make a contribution based on my background and experience in the industry. Show less