Running a charity that aims to buy suitable land and create/restore permanently protected native woodlands for environmental & public benefit.

• Communicating and advising on new grants and options for silvoarable & silvopasture• Visiting and helping farmers understand & utilise trees and their products to diversify their business and facilitate ecosystem services

• Visiting, advising & supporting farmers and landowners on all aspects of woodland creation in line with UKFS• Arranging & speaking at events e.g. farm cluster meetings and agricultural shows• Processing EWCO and WCPG• Inspecting woodland creation schemes post-planting

• Making decisions and negotiating on TPO tree work applications and Section 211 notices • Responding to legal violations relating to work on trees • Hazard assessments and responding to customers concerned about dangerous trees • Tree amenity assessment • Supporting planning specialists on arboricultural matters

• Leading BS5837 surveys, reporting and producing associated plans• Providing on-site arboricultural advice on small and large projects including East-West Rail• Supervising utilities works near trees for companies including Thames Water, Clancy and Cadent gas, in accordance with industry standards (NJUG, BS3998, BS5837, TPO regulations).

• Leading BS5837 surveys, writing arboricultural method statements & impact assessments. • Providing on-site arboricultural and ecological advice on projects including NSIPs like HS2, often in collaboration with broader multidisciplinary teams.

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Designed and co-ordinated environmental construction projects including contaminated land and water remediation. Led on ecology, directing all pre-commencement EPS translocation, before moving on to build a plant to treat 100,000m3 of Zn, Cd, & pesticide contaminated leachate at EA Special Site #1 (a former chemical works & landfill in Surrey).Managed other development projects including landfill remediation, a quarry restoration, noise bunds, slurry lagoons.Office work:• Review of specialist consultant reports (highways, ecology, planning, geotechnical, etc.)• Planning project management• Water chemistry analysis• European Protected Species licencing• CAD for contour/landscape drawings• Public speaking• Researching new projects Site work:• Water treatment/chemistry testing• Ecology mitigation work; translocation; surveys• Construction • Co-ordinating earthworks contractors

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Site-based chemical and bacterial analysis of commercial water systems, HVAC, swimming pools.

Worked full-time during university holidays practicing ornithology, wetland, mixed woodland and grassland scrub management and practical skills. Work included sluice water level control, livestock management, surveying, tree felling, site and machinery maintenance. Also involved in the effort to reconstruct a segment of the River Arun’s bank after heavy flooding caused its collapse.

Travelled to Portugal and worked with Iberian Wolves with volunteers and specialists. Was tasked with taming a wild wolf over 4 weeks to prepare it for sedation before an operation. Also carried out feeding and medication preparation, fire prevention checks, forest management using a variety of tools and machinery.