Andrew Powrie Email & Phone Number

Buffalo, Ny

East Aurora, Ny

Ann Arbor

• Promoted to Level II Technician November 2014• Act as ‘Staff Member on Duty’ one day a week handling any urgent issue that may arise: injured patron, complaint, lost child• Cross-departmental technician working under both the Director of Exhibits and the Director of Facilities• Involved in all levels of exhibit design: brainstorming, content development, research on materials and building supplies, physical building of exhibit, installation of finished product; maintain and repair all active exhibits on Museum floor• Involved in all levels of facility operations: turning on and off the Museum (including exhibits), general maintenance (replacing lightbulbs, paint touch-up, cleaning, etc), assistance with general contractor work (building walls, tiling, plumbing, electrical work, etc)Assists during Museum events and anywhere else when needed

Ann Arbor, Mi

• Front desk: greeted patrons; cashiered; assisted with all general questions and complaints (called Staff Member on Duty when necessary); balanced cash drawer; priced new stock; restocked store when needed; kept displays clean; helped set-up displays• Started assisting Director of Facilities April 2013; was promoted to fulltime November 2013• Facilities: set-up Museum exhibits for public use; performed routine maintenance around Museum (mostly cleaning); assisted Director on big projects when needed

Ann Arbor

• Designed and built all raised garden beds, as well as other decorative garden installations (trellises, window boxes, arched pergolas, etc)Lead crews in raised garden construction.• Plan logistics for garden material

Georgetown, Guyana

• Developed a digital catalog database for on-line access; taught archival principles to staff; developed controlled classifications and vocabulary for catalog database; wrote and edited cataloged item descriptions.

Royal Oak, Mi

• Installation of plants into offices, lobbies, and public spaces.• Driver of plant delivery van.

Cameroon

•Managed the office of Green Care, a local Cameroonian Non-Governmental Organization; organized and developed an environmental and agricultural library for Green Care; taught environmental education in Cameroon schools

Scotts, Mi

• Assisted with the reconstruction of an 1840’s timber frame barn

Hickory Corners, Mi

Kalamazoo, Mi

• Processed Kalamazoo Nature Center 150 linear foot collection for the Western Michigan University Archives.