Chris Steer Email & Phone Number

Christchurch, NZ

Wellington Region, New Zealand

In this role I worked in the Indigenous Forestry Team as a Forestry Analyst/Officer. The Indigenous Forestry Team administers Part 3A of the Forests Act, and the purpose of this Part is to promote the sustainable forest management of indigenous forest land.The forest management side of the job was ecology based, and involved gathering field data to.

Wellington Region, New Zealand

In my time with Fisheries I became warranted as a Fishery Officer. I was based in Wellington, where my role was to promote and enforce compliance in relation to recreational, customary and commercial fishing. A large part of the role was dealing with illegal and often black market fishing operations, which often meant dealing with aggressive and dangerous.

Wellington Region, New Zealand

In this role I worked as an adviser for the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme. The Programme aims to prevent the spread of these tree pests and to progressively remove them from much of the land already invaded. As adviser, my role was largely involved in stakeholder communication and engagement, and to develop and collate operational control.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

This role involved the monitoring of pest mammal species (possums, rats, mice and stoats) in the Aorangi forest in South Wairarapa. It is part of an ongoing project that is run by the university to explore the effects of 1080 poison on biodiversity. Field work, which included long day hikes in the Aorangi forest. On these hikes we set up, and then.

Echuca, Victoria, Australia

Milking a herd of around 800 cows, twice per day. This included gathering and releasing the herd before and after milking. Assisting with calving, and rearing new calves. General farmyard maintenance, which included maintaining cleanliness and restocking feeders.

Torquay, England, United Kingdom

Working with children and youth aged between 6 and 18 years old whilst on their school holiday. This included being the ‘group leader’ for groups sized 10-30. Running activities for the children and youth, which included archery, mountain biking, orienteering and many more, and being a lifeguard in a team of two in a 50 person capacity pool.

Takaka, Tasman, New Zealand

*Role whilst at school in summers of 2012 to 2017.General orchard maintenance, including pruning, girdling, quality control and fruit harvesting. Grafting the gold kiwifruit variety onto the original green variety root stock. All-weather work.