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Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

• Performed required tasks while working on construction and restoration projects, including: identifying potential work hazards, installing and dismantling a variety of erosion control devices, installing a silt curtain, building and installing a bridge, building a post and paddle fence, tree planting• Familiar with a range of construction tools including: skid steer, quick cut saw, chainsaw, brush trimmer, water pump, automatic post pounder, hand auger, basic hand tools• Proficient use of a laser level, and able to create, transpose and set grade based on site plans• Read, interpret and apply construction site plans to the required job

Mississauga, Ontario

I taught martial arts (TaeKwonDo) to a variety of age groups (mainly children). They are taught confidence, and how to live an active lifestyle.I organized and oversaw tournaments which had 250 competitors. I was responsible for participant scheduling, purchasing and renting of materials, setting up the event, and managing the staff and volunteers during the event.I have organized the belt grading for over 300 students, which includes: scheduling tests based on size and skill of the student, making sure all new belts are available and sized correctly, reorganizing the times to fit availability.I have taught personal self-defense courses to secondary school and college students.

Seo-Gu, Daejeon, Korea

- Taught students ranging in age from 6-13 years- Taught students with a significant difference in English skills ranging from ‘No English’ to ‘Simple-Fluent’- Involved with curriculum development and alteration- Wrote multiple textbooks to use in a range of classes

St. Thomas, Ontario

- Coordinate and implement the water quality monitoring program including the PWQMN, BIOMAP and Electrofishing programs. This includes preparation and maintenance of sampling equipment, organization of the schedule, recording field notes, completing sample application forms, and interpreting the results.- In charge of the KCCA PGMN program which includes preparation of sampling equipment, coordination with the MOE, organization of information and interpretation of results.- Chair of the Ontario Low Water Response Team which includes preparing, interpreting and sending out monthly reports on precipitation and stream flow information to the Water Response Team members- Responsible for the Flood Monitoring and Forecasting program which includes coordinating public safety announcements, Dam inspection/ maintenance, and flood damage assessments- Municipal Drain Classification experience working with local municipalities and DFO officials- Prepared a variety of funding applications ranging from employment requests to retaining wall reconstruction (applications were successful). - Preparing reports for the Board of Representatives and public including the annual report and Watershed Report Card- Maintaining and operating the Water Conservation and Flood Forecasting programs under a specific budget- Creation and implementation of a variety of public programs including elementary school presentations and the Spills Response Workshop- Trained and directed the Environmental Monitoring Technician

London, Ontario

- Backpack Electrofished streams for species composition and relocation purposes- Benthic Macroinvertibrate sampled using OBBN protocol- Analyzed benthic samples to Family level Taxonomy- Significant use of a YSI water quality unit- Water sampled multiple sites in both streams, reservoirs and wells- Turtle (Species at Risk) survey, nest and egg count experience

St. Thomas, Ontario

- Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network (PGMN) well monitoring, sampling, maintenance and purging- Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network (PWQMN) stream monitoring, sampling and analysis- Benthic Macroinvertibrate sampled using BIOMAP protocol- Collected, prepared and analyzed data for the creation of a Watershed Report card- GPS work using a Trimble GeoXT with ArcPad- GPS Located, Identified and Photographed assets- Imputed points and tied photos into ESRI ArcMap GIS- Creation and organization of multiple data layers and images

Certificate, Project Management

Honours Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Environmental Geoscience

Activities and Societies: Intramural: Volleyball, Soccer I also was a Laboratory Demonstrator for a first year Earth Science course.