David Gibson

Work Experience

• Mason & Hanger, Silas Mason Company - Pantex Plant

  1973-1977 | Apprentice Toolmaker

  Nuclear Weapons Assembly plant. Served 8,000 hour apprenticeship. Great education.

• Chevron Phillips

  1977-1978 | Machinist

  I didn't realize how much state tax there was in Oklahoma. Wow! Must get back to Texas.

• Asarco

  1978-1981 | Maintenance Machinist

  Amarillo Copper Refinery

• Diversified Industrial Service Company

  1978-1982 | Precision Machinist

  Drilling rig parts manufacturing.

• A&A Drilling

  1982-1985 | Production Manager/ Project Manager

  Aircraft Parts

• Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

  1985-1988 | Foreman, Machining

  Supervised machining activities.

• Colman Mfg. Co.

  1988-2013 | President/Owner

  Produced business machine repair parts, everything from typewriter parts to large postal sorter repair parts. Started as a design/manufacturing engineer and purchased the company in 1995.

• Amarillo ISD

  2013-Present | Precision Machining Instructor

  I teach Precision Machining and Advanced Precision Machining providing students with articulated credit, dual credit and NIMS credentials.

Education

• Amarillo College Technical Education

  1974-1978