Construction Professional (Ground-up & MEP ) Trades Q: What type of job are you looking for? A: Construction Management: (Ground-up, hands-on) incld, footing, steel, blockwork), electrical, plumbing, HVAC with climate controls. Q: What nationality are you? A: Vincentian ( St.Vincent and the Grenadines) Q: What languages do you speak (and at what level)? A: English only (fluently) Q: What country or area are you looking to work in and why? A: Haiti! Largely ignored by most of the countires of the Western Hemisphere and rich in history, Haitis reconstruction can also be a prelude to future developing nations of more modern construction methods, and will love to share some of the knowledge learned aborad the help build a better construction industry for a future Haiti, my request for employment is also dovetails with the lack of construction work in the US. Q: What countries have you worked in? A: United States: New York, California & las Vegas, on multiple ranges of projects, prisons, hospitals, school, office complexes, clean rooms, central plants, Casinos, condos, apartments etc. Q: What countries do you have a visa to work in? A: United States Q: What field do you currently work in? A: Umemployed Q: What fields have you worked in before? A: Commercial Construction, MEP, LABORATORY FURNITURE, Q: What qualifications do you hold? A: College credits in HVAC designs, construction management, surveying, plumbing, electrical, electronics, estimating, climate controls Q: Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? A: Good question because I am a victing of both. I think you need both due to the fact that the work hand in hand, most of my experience was gained from the field and I always knew how items were being install in the field and was very efficent at doing that portion of the work. It was only when I had the time to go and start attending college class I recognized why it was being installed the way it was in the field that makes having both knowledge is very important, But! now I am at a disadvanteage of not having a degree, although I have a proper understanding most employers now want to know that some form of dedication was applied to school work not remembering the same amount or even more had to be applied to learning your craft in the field. I must say it did make for my classes being easier for practical excercises in the class rooms. Good question! Q: Describe the benefits of working with others A: You get to have several inputs into how to approach a task, but you have the final decision if that's the case and it all your responsibility Q: Describe the benefits of working alone A: Since you have sole responsibility for a task you think about the impact if you make the worng or wright decision, and the task may take less time. Q: Tell us a short story about your life A: I migrated to the United States in 1992, with my family from the caribbean Island of St. Vincent, and with the knowledge gained from my school there entered the construction field in HVAC installations, completed various college courses. I have travelled across the continent in the summer 2006 with one of my two daughters to explore the beautiful landscapes. Recently I have travelled back to my home country where I worked am the MEP Construction Manager for Buccament bay resort and have just completed the conversion of a home to an apartment complex. I have returned back to the state where I first migraged to N.Y, in the process of sending my daughter off the college come September for which I am proud, my current status is one of unemployed pending your call for employment. King Regards Colin Gordon | 
