Blair Hawkins' Résumé

Charlottesville, Virginia

BlairHawkins.net

House Sitting
House Sitting Oct. 3 – Dec. 24, 2019.
Terminated early because renovation dust & disturbance spread to entire house. Duties were mostly leaves & yardwork & occupy the space. I verified that I am able to receive income through PayPal who charge 3% to transfer to my bank in about a day. So if you hire me, you can pay me online. Much photographic documentation.
House Sitting Sep. 21, 2018 – Jul. 9, 2019.
Log Book. Narrative summary. 17 pictures. 12-year-old cat Hero.
Contact me voice or text (434)305-4295.

Temp Worker since October 31, 2018.
Request me (434)202-7845 @ Labor Max Staffing, Charlottesville, Virginia. 930 Olympia Drive, Ste. 102. (Pantops)
Assignments.

Best job fit. Stuff envelopes, feed & catch publications from conveyor belt, assemble packing boxes, collate books. 11-day assignment Oct. 31 – Nov. 16.
Fashion Square Mall for 2 days right before Thanksgiving. Clean parking lot, distribute poinsettias throughout the mall, assemble furniture, paint planters, odd jobs.
Help move furniture, personal, antique & donation items. Company handles estates when a loved one passes away. Jobs in Charlottesville, Waynesboro, Lake Monticello, Louisa County. 35 workdays between Dec. 6 and Apr. 27.
Construction cleanup. On 2 occasions.

Hidden In Plain Sight: History of Charlottesville & August 12, 2017 Riot
Color E-book $1.99 Amazon — B&W Paperback $9.99 Lulu
The President's study manual for the history of Charlottesville, Virginia. What events lead up to the August 12 Riot? City Council votes to remove two confederate monuments Lee and Jackson on February 6. Six months later is the riot. Timeline counts down to the day of infamy. The political environment following the riot is discussed.
Unrest was predicted a hundred years ago when the City Council adopted a segregationist system that goes under many names in many cities: At-Large, Direct Democracy, City Manager, business-like Commission government, corporate governing board. It was resisted here by 2 mayors and a lawsuit. Once implemented, the political opposition disappears from government.
In spirit the pure democracy has never been legal in the United States. The 15th Amendment addresses the voting rights of American citizens in the states. The 1965 Voting Rights Act addresses the cities and the problems caused by Direct Democracy, installed in the early 1900s in response to immigration and political participation of minorities. The law is trickling down through the Department of Justice. But it hasn't arrived in Charlottesville yet, the national "Capital of Resistance" on January 31, 2017.
The book has 12 chapters. The first three are for the President. The remaining chapters address controversial local history, similar to issues every community deals with. It so happens that Charlottesville has it all in abundance. School desegregation. Urban renewal and public housing on steroids. Economic and ethnic cleansing. YMCA's checkered past. A fondly remembered Madam of an opulent brothel. Rise and fall of Kmart and the Blue Light Special. The final two chapters deal with city-county relations. The shared water and sewer system. And the shared city-county border that keeps changing.
Charlottesville is a powder keg building up pressure since the Segregationist Progressives took over. Is your town on the brink of bursting into flames? Will your community leaders toss their hands in the air and say.... "We have no idea what caused the riot. That's how out of touch we are." Compare your town with Charlottesville to see if there's any hope for you.
Read the Free Sample & first 6 images.

Blair's Magazine Of Lost History

Professional Goal

Become a Project Manager

77-week Photo Work Journal of Asbestos Abatement Projects.
Calendar is added Week 71 for March 2017.
Project Management Institute, Member Since April 2, 2017.
2015 Sep. 26. Daily Work Journal is created to demonstrate aptitude for Project Management. Photographic database of the Asbestos Department. Quick reference to Safety Data Sheets and other resources. Smart phone can zoom any photo or calendar. A Google search button is how I link to previous work at this location or project name.
2016 Sep. 15. Project Management Fundamentals. 3-day Course at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Week 48 covers the class.
Study the PMBOK Project Management Book Of Knowledge. 47 processes across the 5 phases. Initiate. Plan. Execute. Control. Close.
2017 Fall Semester. Take the 4-day Boot Camp to prepare for the test to be a CAPM Certified Assistant Project Manager.

Experience

Asbestos Worker

2010 June 7 to 2017 April 16. University of Virginia. The strangest, most dangerous job I've ever had.
Environmental Remediation to include Asbestos, Lead Paint, and Mold/Mildew.
Initial 40-hour Supervisor Course, Annual 8-hour Refresher Course. Requires technical, scientific aptitude.
Since 2009 five cash bonuses total $1,000.
2014 May 27. Applied to be Supervisor. 20-point Plan to Modernize Asbestos Department.
2015 Sep. 26. Created Daily Work Journal to help move out of this department.
Stigma of Asbestos

Stigma is a negative stereotype.
You will knowingly create an invisible poison for a paycheck because that's the history of the asbestos industry.
You're now an untouchable trapped in this job. Only a desperate loser would accept this deadend job anyway.

Stigma of College

Highly Qualified = Over Qualified = Not Qualified.
You have no common sense, no hands-on experience, all book learning.
You'll get a better job and move on, but we want you to stay forever. It's okay for others to get a better job and move on.
I am trapped between 2 stigmas.

Over-Qualified enabled these accomplishments.

Self-motivated. More mature. Only person to buy ratchet straps, bungee cords, soap since I've been in this department. Volunteer to make the workplace more user-friendly.
Able to see that policy to treat flexible schedule as fixed schedule, accounting for hours not worked during the week offset by weekend hours, takes Leave when there's Overtime. When I came here, management was blaming the worker for using up the Leave before the end of the year. All this overtime and your leave was disappearing. (Update April 4, 2017 best in calendar view.)
Able to see a step of a procedure is being neglected. I can't say anything because I'm not the boss and I have college stigma. So I have to quietly take the initiative. For example, I saw that filters for air handlers were not being changed. So I started taking a picture each time I change the filters to emphasize the protocol.
Able to see the stigma, the negative stereotype, that inspires unequal treatment. For example, management will get a temperature shutdown for plumbers, electricians, etc. but sometimes want the asbestos workers to go into the heat, wearing hot protective gear, exerting extreme physical labor. Historically slaves did this work.
Able to see that isolation and negative nature of the work were adding psychological stress. So I started the work journal, a creative endeavor to fight the stigma.

Brick Mason

2009 July 10. Hired as a Temp by University of Virginia as bricklayer's helper. When management saw my skills and accomplishments, they gave me a pay raise. After the 9-month term, I interviewed for full-time but was not hired. The asbestos department offered me a job.
2006-08 Empire Granite. Most of my masonry career has been historic restoration.

Large stone house in Keswick with stone arches 12-inch thick.
Repoint Juvenile & Domestic Courthouse, Elks Lodge 1904.
Repair, repoint Jessup House.
Supervise 8 helpers in 2 years. Four were average, three got raises, one was let go.

2004-05 Landmark Masonry. "Patios, walkways, retaining walls, stone panels, repair, repointing, and the occasional Zen Garden."
1980s Worked construction during the summers while in college.
1989 Pursue construction career in masonry.

Meteorologist

1994-97 National Weather Service Forecast Office and Doppler Radar at Cleveland, Ohio.
Technical writer. Short-term forecasts, radar summaries, yearly summaries, tutorials, website.
Performance awards, bonus, small computer programs to communicate between Mainframe and PC.
The greatest compliments came at trade shows. Listeners to shortwave NOAA Weather Radio said I was their favorite.
This was my white collar opportunity. Eventually rotating shift work and bureaucratic culture influenced me to return to Charlottesville and take care of my dying father. I had already completed the apprenticeship to become a mason. By working outdoors, I became an expert forecaster.

Education

B.S. Meteorology 1993

1981 University of Virginia. First Summer Foreign Language Institute in the German program.
1982 Charlottesville High School Diploma. French Club President.
1982-83 Georgetown University. Russian Language Major. First ROTC class. Dropped out because I only had a loan for the first year.
1983-85 Active Duty US Army. Army paid off my student loan.
1985-88 North Carolina State University. 3-year ROTC Scholarship. Dean's List 3 Semesters. Dean's permission for heavy course load. Tutored English, French, Russian, Earth Science. Academic Advisor said I didn't have enough approved electives though I had more than a semester extra than needed for the degree. I appealed but it stood.
1989-92 So I had to take more classes at PVCC.
1993 May 8. Bachelor of Science of Meteorology. Computer Science Minor. NC State University.
Additional classes over the years at Cleveland State University and back at Piedmont.

Leadership

Military Service

1983 First ROTC class. Begin active duty. MOS 96B Interrogator with basic Arabic. ROTC scholarship at NC State.
1988 May 7. Commission as Second Lieutenant in US Army. Infantry Officer Basic Course autumn at Fort Benning, Georgia.
1997 Feb. 28. Honorable Discharge from the Reserves.

Civic Participation

Candidate for Charlottesville City Council in 2000.
The Pamphlets 2001 to 2002 were produced with Microsoft Word.
Candidate for House of Delegates 57th in 2003. Archive of first 5 years of Eminent Domain campaign.
School Board candidate in 2005. Platform: Universal Free Lunch. More writing. Every class is a vocational class.
Blair's Blog 2006 to 2015. News and Commentary.
Public Housing, Urban Renewal Archives.

BlairHawkins.net

	House Sitting House Sitting Oct. 3 – Dec. 24, 2019. Terminated early because renovation dust & disturbance spread to entire house. Duties were mostly leaves & yardwork & occupy the space. I verified that I am able to receive income through PayPal who charge 3% to transfer to my bank in about a day. So if you hire me, you can pay me online. Much photographic documentation. House Sitting Sep. 21, 2018 – Jul. 9, 2019. Log Book. Narrative summary. 17 pictures. 12-year-old cat Hero. Contact me voice or text (434)305-4295.
	Temp Worker since October 31, 2018. Request me (434)202-7845 @ Labor Max Staffing, Charlottesville, Virginia. 930 Olympia Drive, Ste. 102. (Pantops) Assignments. Best job fit. Stuff envelopes, feed & catch publications from conveyor belt, assemble packing boxes, collate books. 11-day assignment Oct. 31 – Nov. 16. Fashion Square Mall for 2 days right before Thanksgiving. Clean parking lot, distribute poinsettias throughout the mall, assemble furniture, paint planters, odd jobs. Help move furniture, personal, antique & donation items. Company handles estates when a loved one passes away. Jobs in Charlottesville, Waynesboro, Lake Monticello, Louisa County. 35 workdays between Dec. 6 and Apr. 27. Construction cleanup. On 2 occasions.
	Hidden In Plain Sight: History of Charlottesville & August 12, 2017 Riot Color E-book $1.99 Amazon — B&W Paperback $9.99 Lulu The President's study manual for the history of Charlottesville, Virginia. What events lead up to the August 12 Riot? City Council votes to remove two confederate monuments Lee and Jackson on February 6. Six months later is the riot. Timeline counts down to the day of infamy. The political environment following the riot is discussed. Unrest was predicted a hundred years ago when the City Council adopted a segregationist system that goes under many names in many cities: At-Large, Direct Democracy, City Manager, business-like Commission government, corporate governing board. It was resisted here by 2 mayors and a lawsuit. Once implemented, the political opposition disappears from government. In spirit the pure democracy has never been legal in the United States. The 15th Amendment addresses the voting rights of American citizens in the states. The 1965 Voting Rights Act addresses the cities and the problems caused by Direct Democracy, installed in the early 1900s in response to immigration and political participation of minorities. The law is trickling down through the Department of Justice. But it hasn't arrived in Charlottesville yet, the national "Capital of Resistance" on January 31, 2017. The book has 12 chapters. The first three are for the President. The remaining chapters address controversial local history, similar to issues every community deals with. It so happens that Charlottesville has it all in abundance. School desegregation. Urban renewal and public housing on steroids. Economic and ethnic cleansing. YMCA's checkered past. A fondly remembered Madam of an opulent brothel. Rise and fall of Kmart and the Blue Light Special. The final two chapters deal with city-county relations. The shared water and sewer system. And the shared city-county border that keeps changing. Charlottesville is a powder keg building up pressure since the Segregationist Progressives took over. Is your town on the brink of bursting into flames? Will your community leaders toss their hands in the air and say.... "We have no idea what caused the riot. That's how out of touch we are." Compare your town with Charlottesville to see if there's any hope for you. Read the Free Sample & first 6 images.
	Blair's Magazine Of Lost History
Professional Goal	Become a Project Manager 77-week Photo Work Journal of Asbestos Abatement Projects. Calendar is added Week 71 for March 2017. Project Management Institute, Member Since April 2, 2017. 2015 Sep. 26. Daily Work Journal is created to demonstrate aptitude for Project Management. Photographic database of the Asbestos Department. Quick reference to Safety Data Sheets and other resources. Smart phone can zoom any photo or calendar. A Google search button is how I link to previous work at this location or project name. 2016 Sep. 15. Project Management Fundamentals. 3-day Course at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Week 48 covers the class. Study the PMBOK Project Management Book Of Knowledge. 47 processes across the 5 phases. Initiate. Plan. Execute. Control. Close. 2017 Fall Semester. Take the 4-day Boot Camp to prepare for the test to be a CAPM Certified Assistant Project Manager.
Experience	Asbestos Worker 2010 June 7 to 2017 April 16. University of Virginia. The strangest, most dangerous job I've ever had. Environmental Remediation to include Asbestos, Lead Paint, and Mold/Mildew. Initial 40-hour Supervisor Course, Annual 8-hour Refresher Course. Requires technical, scientific aptitude. Since 2009 five cash bonuses total $1,000. 2014 May 27. Applied to be Supervisor. 20-point Plan to Modernize Asbestos Department. 2015 Sep. 26. Created Daily Work Journal to help move out of this department. Stigma of Asbestos Stigma is a negative stereotype. You will knowingly create an invisible poison for a paycheck because that's the history of the asbestos industry. You're now an untouchable trapped in this job. Only a desperate loser would accept this deadend job anyway. Stigma of College Highly Qualified = Over Qualified = Not Qualified. You have no common sense, no hands-on experience, all book learning. You'll get a better job and move on, but we want you to stay forever. It's okay for others to get a better job and move on. I am trapped between 2 stigmas. Over-Qualified enabled these accomplishments. Self-motivated. More mature. Only person to buy ratchet straps, bungee cords, soap since I've been in this department. Volunteer to make the workplace more user-friendly. Able to see that policy to treat flexible schedule as fixed schedule, accounting for hours not worked during the week offset by weekend hours, takes Leave when there's Overtime. When I came here, management was blaming the worker for using up the Leave before the end of the year. All this overtime and your leave was disappearing. (Update April 4, 2017 best in calendar view.) Able to see a step of a procedure is being neglected. I can't say anything because I'm not the boss and I have college stigma. So I have to quietly take the initiative. For example, I saw that filters for air handlers were not being changed. So I started taking a picture each time I change the filters to emphasize the protocol. Able to see the stigma, the negative stereotype, that inspires unequal treatment. For example, management will get a temperature shutdown for plumbers, electricians, etc. but sometimes want the asbestos workers to go into the heat, wearing hot protective gear, exerting extreme physical labor. Historically slaves did this work. Able to see that isolation and negative nature of the work were adding psychological stress. So I started the work journal, a creative endeavor to fight the stigma.
	Brick Mason 2009 July 10. Hired as a Temp by University of Virginia as bricklayer's helper. When management saw my skills and accomplishments, they gave me a pay raise. After the 9-month term, I interviewed for full-time but was not hired. The asbestos department offered me a job. 2006-08 Empire Granite. Most of my masonry career has been historic restoration. Large stone house in Keswick with stone arches 12-inch thick. Repoint Juvenile & Domestic Courthouse, Elks Lodge 1904. Repair, repoint Jessup House. Supervise 8 helpers in 2 years. Four were average, three got raises, one was let go. 2004-05 Landmark Masonry. "Patios, walkways, retaining walls, stone panels, repair, repointing, and the occasional Zen Garden." 1980s Worked construction during the summers while in college. 1989 Pursue construction career in masonry.
	Meteorologist 1994-97 National Weather Service Forecast Office and Doppler Radar at Cleveland, Ohio. Technical writer. Short-term forecasts, radar summaries, yearly summaries, tutorials, website. Performance awards, bonus, small computer programs to communicate between Mainframe and PC. The greatest compliments came at trade shows. Listeners to shortwave NOAA Weather Radio said I was their favorite. This was my white collar opportunity. Eventually rotating shift work and bureaucratic culture influenced me to return to Charlottesville and take care of my dying father. I had already completed the apprenticeship to become a mason. By working outdoors, I became an expert forecaster.
Education	B.S. Meteorology 1993 1981 University of Virginia. First Summer Foreign Language Institute in the German program. 1982 Charlottesville High School Diploma. French Club President. 1982-83 Georgetown University. Russian Language Major. First ROTC class. Dropped out because I only had a loan for the first year. 1983-85 Active Duty US Army. Army paid off my student loan. 1985-88 North Carolina State University. 3-year ROTC Scholarship. Dean's List 3 Semesters. Dean's permission for heavy course load. Tutored English, French, Russian, Earth Science. Academic Advisor said I didn't have enough approved electives though I had more than a semester extra than needed for the degree. I appealed but it stood. 1989-92 So I had to take more classes at PVCC. 1993 May 8. Bachelor of Science of Meteorology. Computer Science Minor. NC State University. Additional classes over the years at Cleveland State University and back at Piedmont.
Leadership	Military Service 1983 First ROTC class. Begin active duty. MOS 96B Interrogator with basic Arabic. ROTC scholarship at NC State. 1988 May 7. Commission as Second Lieutenant in US Army. Infantry Officer Basic Course autumn at Fort Benning, Georgia. 1997 Feb. 28. Honorable Discharge from the Reserves. Civic Participation Candidate for Charlottesville City Council in 2000. The Pamphlets 2001 to 2002 were produced with Microsoft Word. Candidate for House of Delegates 57th in 2003. Archive of first 5 years of Eminent Domain campaign. School Board candidate in 2005. Platform: Universal Free Lunch. More writing. Every class is a vocational class. Blair's Blog 2006 to 2015. News and Commentary. Public Housing, Urban Renewal Archives.
	BlairHawkins.net