CanadaGap Auditor Organic Inspector On-Farm Pesticide Safety TrainingImplementation and updating of Agricultural Food Safety programsAgricultural Food Safety audit preparation

• Nursery plant care including hybridizing, propagating, potting, watering, grafting and florist deliveries• Landscape maintenance• Beekeeping including queen rearing, extracting honey• Sales - including credit card, debit and cash transactions• Customer service: in person, by email, fax and phone• Resolving customer complaints• Received and processed orders from customers in person, by email and phone• Problem solving• Managing confidential information• Procurement and supply management• Responsible for website design and maintenance using FrontPage and currently learning Word Press• Industry specific presentations using PowerPoint• General bookkeeping using Simply Accounting• Applied for and received government grants of up to 50,000 dollars• Coordinated events including bus tours and open gardens• Participated in garden shows including design, set up, tear down and procured sales• Designed the annual printed catalogue• Filing• Completed the Environmental Farm Plan which is used to apply for government agricultural grants

• Inspection of Fruit• Supervised employees in the Quality Assurance Laboratory, Apple Packing & Juice Production plants• Trained employees in Health & Safety, Food Safety and Quality Assurance• Health & Safety monthly inspections• Food Safety inspections

• Implemented and managed the Food Safety Program• Managed the Health and Safety Program in both the manufacturing and agricultural environment including transport trucks, forklifts and tractors• Coordinated and supervised the Quality Assurance / Quality Control• Liaised with inspectors, auditors, growers• Accompanied government inspectors for monthly inspections and auditors for annual Food Safety audits• Recruited, hired, reprimanded and dismissed employees• Wrote, implemented and enforced policies and procedures• Trained employees in Health & Safety, Food Safety, Quality Assurance and Pesticide Safety• Responsible for all annual audits (CanadaGap and GlobalGAP)• Collected soil samples for analysis in preparation of fertilizer application• Customer service in person, by email, fax and phone• Sales of apples to the public• Resolving customer complaints• Communicated with growers, businesses, government agencies, auditors, inspectors and major grocer store chains• Supervised the packing plant and orchard• Supervised the sanitation program• Internal daily, weekly, monthly and annual inspections (Food Safety and Health & Safety)• Problem Solving in Health & Safety, Food Safety and Human Resources• Managed confidential information in Health & Safety, Food Safety and Human Resources • Employee orientation for employees in both the orchard and apple packing plant• Conflict Resolution in Human Resources• Responsible for procurement and supply management• Applied for and received agricultural government grants of up to $50,000• Kept accurate records for both the orchard and packing plant (Health & Safety, Food Safety, Human Resources and Quality Assurance)• Completed the Environmental Farm Plan needed to apply for Agricultural Government Grants