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Kate Ackerly

Located in thayer, MO (US)
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Work Category:
Engineering
Currently working on...
Working for a living, getting caught up a little bit right now, but living none-the-less.
About Me
Skills:
Understanding of Public Land Survey System, State Plane Coordinate System, U.S.G.S. and N.O.A.A.
Drafting skills with MicroStation (up to v8), AutoCAD (up to r2005), ArcMap (v8.x to v9.0), and Hand Drafting
Graphic Artist especially in water color, ink, pencil.
Graphic Arts programs: Adobe PhotoDeluxe 1.1, Corell Painter Essentials 2.0, MGI PhotoSuite 8.1, SmoothDraw NX, Paint.NET.
Microsoft Software: Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Movie Maker.
My Groups
Work Experience
  • 2008 - present
    overland park, KS (US)
    Black & Veatch through Graphton Staffing
    Engineering Technician - Electrical
    Using MicroStation V8, Jupiter and AutoCAD 2005.
    Working with electrical and security systems right now.
  • Apr 2008 - Oct 2008
    thayer, MO (US)
    Home
    Drafter - Designer taking time out
    After a few years of contracting hundreds of miles from home, I took time off to be with my family.
  • Jun 2006 - Apr 2008
    tulsa, OK (US)
    Willbros Engineering through Nesco
    Land Mapping Designer
    * MicroStation Jupiter & V8, and AutoCAD 2005.
    * Researched Property Platts and Land Descriptions.
    * Mapped petroleum pipeline routes crossing several states.
    * Designed Index Maps.
    * Drafted Right-Of-Way drawings.
    * Drafted Crossing Permit drawings.
    * Performed Quality Control.
  • Nov 2005 - Mar 2006
    raleigh, NC (US)
    Progress Energy Corporation through Bartech
    Distribution Information System Operator (Electrical Utility Mapping)
    Used Framme on Intergraph to edit, place, and update Progress Energy's electrical distribution system features in North Carolina.
  • Aug 2003 - Nov 2005
    ash flat, AR (US)
    Sharp County Assessor's Office
    GIS Specialist
    * ArcInfo, ArcMap v.8.x - v.9.0
    * Researched Property Platts and Legal Land Descriptions to create a Cadastral Map of Sharp County, Arkansas.
    * Reported progress, and updated data, on this map to a State Coordinator on a monthly basis.
    * Coordinated efforts with 911, Sheriff's Office, County Department of Roads, and Local Homeland Security Officers.
  • Aug 2002 - Jul 2003
    thayer, MO (US)
    Fun & Friends Senior Citizen's Center
    Volunteer, T.E.A.M.S. and general help
    John & I left Massachusetts to help my parents out when my father's health started failing. It took a year to get past the "You're Over Qualified" stuff. Volunteering all started out because my husband and I just acted out of common courtesy, while accompanying my parents to the Senior Citizen's Center, and someone called us "volunteers".
    * Filling coffee cups.
    * Making coffee.
    * Carrying trays.
    * Helping with bulletin boards and other fun projects.
    * Help with Christmas Float.
    * T.E.A.M.S. volunteer. We taught senior citizens how to use the internet and e-mail.
  • Aug 2000 - Jul 2002
    foxboro, MA (US)
    PG&E National Energy Group through Prime
    Generation Plant Electrical and Structural Drafter/Designer
    * MicroStation 95 through v.7.
    * AutoCAD R.13 through R2000i
    * GTX (raster companion to AutoCAD.)
    * Design improvements to existing and new generation plants throughout the nation.
    * Cable Routing, Schematics, Civil & Structural Design, Plan & Profile, Elevations and Hydrology.
    * In charge of complete update of working drawings of Bristol Power Plant near Seekonk, MA. On this job alone I can say I have worked on every kind of drawing involved in a Generation Plant.
    * Designed 750K cable route, from Generator to Switching Station, through Manchester Street Station, in Providence, RI.
  • Jun 1999 - Jul 2000
    fall river, MA (US)
    Various Engineering Firms
    Drafter
    Civil Engineering Concepts in Tiverton, RI, Peter Kiewitt in Milford, MA, Naragansett Engineering in Portsmouth, RI, Northeast Engineering in Middletown, RI
    * AutoCAD r13 - r15, Land Desktop, MicroStation SE
    * Legal Descriptions
    * Land Disputes
    * Commercial and Residential Development
    * Ocean Front Development
    * Environmental Studies
    * Incorporated NOAA and USGS survey information with local surveys.
    * Hydrology
    * Soil Studies
    * Construction plans and permits
    * Fiber Optic Route
  • Apr 1996 - May 1999
    kansas city, MO (US)
    Kansas City Power & Light
    Mapping Technician
    * Hand Drafting (Ink on linen)
    * MicroStation 95
    * AutoCAD 12 and 13
    * I/Ras-B (raster companion to MicroStation)
    * AMFM (Automated Mapping and Facilities Management - Intergraph)
    * had 2nd level authority on Document Management System
    * Mapped Distribution and Transmission Routes of KCP&L's system.
    * Drew up schematics and plans of substations and generation plants
    * Drawing edits per engineers' instructions or per field changes.
    * Supervised temporary personnel and summer intern students.
    * Wrote a number of documents on in-house standards and instructions on how to use customized programs.
  • Apr 1995 - Mar 1996
    overland park, KS (US)
    Brungardt, Honomichl and Co. through Aerotek
    Drafter - Designer
    * MicroStation 95.
    * AT&T standards,
    * Mapped fiber optic cable routes in California, Oregon, Virginia and North Carolina.
  • Aug 1994 - Oct 1994
    ankeny, IA (US)
    Des Moines Area Community College
    Adjunct Instructor
    Attempted to assist teaching beginning drafting course.
  • Aug 1993 - Aug 1994
    des moines, IA (US)
    Johnson, Brickell & Mulchahey
    Drafter
    * MicroStation 4.x
    * Highway design, espcially U.S. Highway 71 in Caroll County, Iowa. (Plan, Profile, elevations, dirt work, utilities, right-of-ways, signage, routing plans for traffic during construction, bridges, water ways, highway lines, etc.)
    * Traffic Studies for commercial development
    * Designed the company's last hand drafted documents, drainage plans for Garden City, Kansas.
  • Aug 1991 - Jul 1993
    omaha, NE (US)
    Terracon Environmental Consultants
    Drafter
    * AutoCAD r10 - r12
    * Environmental remediation drawings
    * Water way studies
Education
  • 1990 - 1991
    Southeast Community College, Milford, NE
    Associate's - Surveying and Civil Drafting
    31.5 Q Credits Surveying (I-V),
    22.0 Q Credits Civil Drafting (I-IV),
    10.0 Q Credits Computer Aided Drafting (Intro, Applied, Advanced),
    10.0 Q Credits Coopertive Education (Internship), *Survey crew member, Nebraska Department of Roads.
    5.0 Q Credits Mathematics, *Emphasis on Trigonometry.
    5.0 Q Credits Written Communication,
    3.5 Q Credits Highway Plan Reading,
    3.5 Q Credits Introduction to Computers,
    3.5 Q Credits Public Lands & Boundaries,
    2.0 Q Credits State Plane Coordinate System,
    2.0 Q Credits Drafting Fundamentals,
    2.0 Q Credits Earthwork Inspection,
    2.0 Q Credits Concrete Inspection,
    2.0 Q Credits Post Cooperative Education (Post-Internship),
    1.5 Q Credits Construction Materials,
    1.0 Q Credits Pre-Cooperative Education (Pre-Internship),
    3.35 GPA
    Graduated June 11, 1991.
  • 1981 - 1981
    University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
    No Degree - Geology
    4 S Credits Physical Geology,
    4 S Credits Historical Geology,
    3 S Credits Western Civilization,
  • 1980 - 1980
    Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
    No Degree - Earth Science
    (Credits converted from quarter system to semester system)
    2.7 S Credits Earth & It's Geologic Environment,
    3.3 S Credits Minerology & Petrology,
    2.7 S Credits Intro to Physical Geography,
    2.7 S Credits Change and the English Language,
    2.7 S Credits Science & Science Fiction,
    2.0 S Credits Jewelry and Design
  • 1977 - 1979
    Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
    No Degree - Art
    3 S Credits Principles of Art Education,
    7 S Credits Drawing,
    3 S Credits Life Drawing,
    3 S Credits Color and Design,
    5 S Credits Oil & Acrylic Painting,
    3 S Credits Jewelry,
    3 S Credits Ceramics,
    6 S Credits Composition,
    3 S Credits Fundamentals of Oral Communication,
    3 S Credits Introduction to Fiction,
    3 S Credits Themes & Issues - World Literature,
    3 S Credits American Civ. Since 1865,
    3 S Credits European History to 1715,
    3 S Credits Hum. Ancient World,
    3 S Credits General Anthropology,
    3 S Credits Introduction to Math Thought,
    4 S Credits Basic Applied Mathematics,
    2 S Credits Using Computers,
    1 S Credit Archery and Fencing,
    1 S Credit Archery,
    1 S Credit Casting and Angling,
    1 S Credit Swimming,
    1 S Credit Applied Guitar Class,