Hamish Sutton Email & Phone Number

Christchurch, Nz

Christchurch

Working in the Environmental Information Operations field team collecting and maintaining hydrology and climate data sets as well as supporting scientists with all field based tasks as required. Tasks- flow gauging open channel waterways- creating and maintaining rating curves and flow records- design, installation and servicing surface water, groundwater and water quality monitoring stations- design, installation and servicing climate stations- managing data telemetry systems- water quality monitoring including aquatic invertebrate sampling- data entry, QA/QC and reporting- collection of GIS datasets including benthic and UAV areal surveying- skippering and deck hand of small research vessels- staff management

Tropicana Gold Mine And Eastern Goldfields

Supporting the geologists, geotechnicians and senior field staff in all environmental and heritage related exploration activities.Tasks- flora, fauna, safety, environmental and heritage ground inspections and reports (EIN's)- Declared Rear Flora (DRF) flora identification- fauna habitat and heritage values identification- GIS data management- POW (Program of Work) applications- creating and updating procedures and site inductions

West Angelas Mine

Supporting the geologists and senior field staff in all exploration activities.Tasks- sampling, pick up and dispatching of drill samples- instillation and management of water bores- rehabilitation of drill pads- operating and maintaining 4x4's including light truck- stock taking drill supplies

West, Central And East Pilbara

Supporting the geologists and senior field staff in all exploration activities.Tasks- gridding and surveying drilling activities and access to steep terrain- managing clearing of drill lines and pads - rehabilitation of drilling activities- clean up and reporting of environmental hazards- sampling, pick up and dispatching of drill samples- GIS data collection- data management, entry and reporting- staff training- operating and maintaining 4x4's- stock taking drill supplies

Lincoln, Canterbury

Summer position working as an Ecosystem Health Monitoring Officer on projects including- State of the Environment (SOE) monitoring- low flow catchment assessments- fish passage assessments- periphyton analysis- water quality samplingTasks- aquatic invertebrate and water quality sampling- stream health and fish passage assessments- freshwater invertebrate species identification- data entry, validation and QA/QC of sample programs- GIS data collection- field trip and staff management- reporting

Christchurch

Same as the above position.

Christchurch

Same as the above position

Otago, Canterbury And Marlborough

This work was conducted as part of the ARGOS (Agricultural Research Group on Sustainability) program. ARGOS has a mandate to examine the environmental, social and economic sustainability of New Zealand farming systems. Tasks - managing multi-day remote field trips- consultation with farm owners- setting up and maintaining sampling locations- identifying and assessing grassland plant species- species collection and sample preservation - data recording, management and reporting

Christchurch

Summer position as a park ranger assisting the full time rangers over the busy summer season.Tasks- mountain bike and walking track maintenance- rubbish collection- beach grooming- fencing- irrigation- building- weed control/pruning using chainsaw. line trimmer and chemical methods- catching and relocating birds using mist nets- maintenance of stoat trap lines- reporting

Christchurch

Same as the above position.

Bachelor Of Science, Biology And Geography

Biology - Freshwater and terrestrial ecology - Conservation. Geography - Weather Systems - Coastal studies - Geomorphology.

Post Graduate Diploma In Resource Studies

- Freshwater ecology and resource management - GIS analysis and cartography - Advanced environmental monitoring and management.

Diploma Of Field Hydrology

- Field hydrology - Data management