Kate Ackerly

About Me

I am a mature Drafter/Designer with a fairly diverse set of experiences in my career.
I've spent the better part of the last two decades as a switch hitter, so much that I am equally comfortable with MicroStation and AutoCAD. I'm a fair hand drafter, and have a nodding acquaintance with ArcInfo.

I've been married since 1986 to a fine man, who is my partner, my friend, my support staff and co-conspirator.

I'm looking for a job to retire from, after several years of chasing my tail on the temp-to-hire circuit.

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.

Work Experience

Oct 2008 - Jan 2009

overland park, KS (US)

Engineering Technician - Electrical
Black & Veatch through Graphton Staffing
* Used MicroStation XM, V8, Jupiter and AutoCAD 2005 and 2007.
* Worked with electrical and security systems.
Jun 2006 - Apr 2008

tulsa, OK (US)

Land Mapping Designer
Willbros Engineering through Nesco
* 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)

Distribution Information System Operator (Electrical Utility Mapping)
Progress Energy Corporation through Bartech
* 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)

GIS Specialist
Sharp County Assessor's Office
* 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)

Volunteer, T.E.A.M.S. and general help
Fun & Friends Senior Citizen's Center
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)

Generation Plant Electrical and Structural Drafter/Designer
PG&E National Energy Group through Prime
* 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)

Drafter
Various Engineering Firms
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)

Mapping Technician
Kansas City Power & Light
* 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)

Drafter - Designer
Brungardt, Honomichl and Co. through Aerotek
* MicroStation 95.
* AT&T standards,
* Mapped fiber optic cable routes in California, Oregon, Virginia and North Carolina.
Aug 1994 - Oct 1994

ankeny, IA (US)

Adjunct Instructor
Des Moines Area Community College
* Assisted teaching beginning drafting course.
Aug 1993 - Aug 1994

des moines, IA (US)

Drafter
Johnson, Brickell & Mulchahey
* 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)

Drafter
Terracon Environmental Consultants
* AutoCAD r10 - r12
* Environmental remediation drawings
* Water way studies
May 1977 - Dec 1989

kansas city, MO (US)

General Labor
Various
Feast or famine, jobs or lay-offs. Metal working, printing, mail rooms, retail, dish washing, sign painting. What ever job I could get.
Worked mostly in the Kansas City, Missouri area, but also worked in Nebraska & Kansas.

Education

1990 - 1991
Associate's - Surveying and Civil Drafting
Southeast Community College, Milford, NE
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
Other - Geology
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
4 S Credits Physical Geology,
4 S Credits Historical Geology,
3 S Credits Western Civilization,
1980 - 1980
Other - Earth Science
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
(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
Other - Art
Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
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,

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