Duluth, Minnesota, United States
I am pursuing opportunities to progress my professional career in Parks. I have ambitions to promote and innovate our nation's parklands by finding a sustainable balance in preserving healthy ecosystems while promoting visitation and leisure opportunities. As a recent graduate in Recreation and Parks Management, I am actively gaining knowledge and skills to pursue my passion for connecting the public with their natural environments.
Supports visitor experience on city parks and trails through maintaining clean, safe, and accessible venues for recreation. Implements technical maintenance activities in urban forestry, horticulture, turfgrass, landscaping and amenity repair. Performs lead activities for seasonal and temporary workers through training and guidance on daily roles. Provides recommendations for leadership on daily logistics, important maintenance projects, and essential department improvements. Operates a variety of light and heavy equipment including skid loaders, front-end loaders, tandem-axle dump trucks, Class A truck-trailer combinations, tractors, Ventracs, tool cats, UTVs, log trucks, aerial bucket trucks, stump grinders and wood chippers. Operates power equipment including chainsaws, weedwhips, power cutters, pole pruners, snow blowers and leaf blowers.
Facilities and grounds maintenance worker for regional parks and trails with Dakota County Parks. Supported visitor experience through promoting clean, safe, and accessible facilities for individuals to pursue outdoor leisure activities and connect with the natural environment. Performed lead work for seasonal and temporary staff in turfgrass and custodial maintenance through directing daily logistics and task assignments and providing tools and supplies necessary for task implementation. Provided recommendations to department supervisor for daily needs for staffing, supplies and equipment to meet visitor expectation. Performed custodial tasks in park facilities for public use and rentals, including mopping and sweeping floors, cleaning windows, cleaning bathrooms, restocking supplies, setting table arrangements for weddings, cleaning pavilions, cleaning up vandalism and performing minor repairs. Performed snow removal and salting with light equipment on trails and around park facilities. Blown out irrigation lines in preparation for winter. Mowed grass and mulched leaves with zero-turn riding mowers and wide area mowers. Installed permanent trash bins anchored to concrete slabs. Replaced park signs. Supervised park seasonal workers in maintenance tasks.
Performed grounds maintenance tasks on city parks, facilities and other city properties. Removed trees and cleaned up storm-damaged vegetation using chainsaws and wood chippers. Maintained, repaired and prepared ballfields for games using a Sand Pro and a field chalker. Administered preventive pesticide treatment in ash trees using Arborjet chemical injectors. Installed windscreens in various tennis and pickleball courts. Supervised Institutional Community Working Crews in natural resource projects. Trimmed turfgrass with zero-turn riding mowers and weed whips. Maintained community gardens through weeding and planting bulbs. Operated heavy equipment including front-end loaders, skid steers, Class B dump trucks, tractors, tool cats and trackless vehicles.
· Installed a variety of interior wood finishes in residential buildings including doors, baseboard, window and door casing and jambs, shoe and quarter-rounds, and scribe molding · Worked on a daily basis with a variety of hand and power tool uses including miter saw, circular saw, oscillating tool, power drills, table saw, jig saw, coping saw, air compressor and nail guns · Consistently worked 50-hour weeks
· Assisted district staff in a variety of hands-on field work in ecological restoration and water resource monitoring · Implemented invasive weed control methods in forests, wetlands and prairies using chainsaws, brush saws, chemical applicators and weed pulling · Collected water quality data and samples from lakes, streams and wetlands in Anoka county · Gained experience installing, utilizing and troubleshooting a variety of water sampling equipment · Calculated lake and stream water level elevations utilizing a theodolite and grade rod · Frequently maintained and repaired field equipment including work trucks, ATV, boats, outboard motors, chainsaws, weed whips and hand tools · Frequently worked long hours doing physical labor in rough terrain and adverse weather conditions