John Adrian Email & Phone Number

Pismo Beach, California

Cashier and Nursery. Through customer service I gained a basic familiarity with hand tools, some power tools, and plumbing equipment/fittingsI also worked at this location between March 2002 and September 2005.

Sacramento, California Area

Collected field data for a salmon and steelhead spawning habitat restoration project. Tasks included bulk gravel sampling, saline solution tracing, upwelling/downwelling tests, tracer sampling and tracking, and teamwork. Data was recorded in standard field notebooks with date/time/project/person header in pre-determined table format and reported directly to project managers the same day while in the field. Most data written was on saline solution test results. Other data was verbally reported to project managers.

Sacramento, California Area

General office assistance included proofreading, running documents, cataloguing files, and filing, providing minor tech support on MS Windows based computers, and answering phones for the executive staff. Computer skills used were mostly with Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and configuring/personalizing Windows 7 operating system for staff.

Auburn, California

Led field monitoring of construction sites for fossils. Lab work included fossil preparation including cleaning, labeling, database entry, screen washing of sediment, detailed fine sediment scrutinization for small bones/fossils, and sometimes fossil extraction and transport.

Nipomo, Ca And La Grange, Ky

http://www.douwestudios.comDeveloped skills in TIG welding, soldering, bronze, copper, and stainless steel metal working. Tools most often used: hammers, sledge hammers, chop saws, hand grinders/buffers/wheel cutters, belt sanders, and chemical patina. This work often required a good eye for artistic and structural balance.