Sales Assistant (June 2024 - Present)
Joe Browns / The Climbers Shop.
Carrying out a variety of jobs using rope access.
Responsibilities and Experience
- Providing quality and honest information to customers about technical outdoor equipment so they can make the right purchase.
- Providing Customer Service.
- Operating the cash register.
- Maintaining a tidy and professional shop floor.
IRATA Rope Access Technician (November 2019 – Present)
Self Employed Individual.
Carrying out a variety of jobs using rope access.
Responsibilities and Experience
- Safely rigging and operating rope access systems in various urban and industrial settings
- Building maintenance, confined spaces (medium risk), cleaning, installations, building inspections, vegetation removal.
- Adhering to risk assessments and conducting dynamic risk assessments for myself and my colleagues.
Field Biologist (December 2022 – May 2023)
Macaw Recovery Network, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica.
Monitoring and managing the wild population of great green macaws (Ara Ambiguus) in northern Costa Rica.
Responsibilities and Experience
- Assessing and managing risks to myself and my team members in a remote tropical environment. (High temperatures, dangerous animals, and remoteness)
- Rigging and operating rope systems for accessing parrot nests in tree canopies.
- Visually inspecting great green macaw nests and chicks
- Installing camera traps and passive acoustic monitoring devices in trees across hundreds of miles of rainforest, farms, and national parks.
- Collecting DNA samples from, and Fitting telemetry devices to, upwards of twenty parrot chicks
Snow Remover (December 2020 – March 2021)
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Golden, BC.
Maintaining a safe outdoor environment for staff and guests.
Responsibilities and Experience
- Removing of snow from fire exits, walkways, and roofs
- Operating and maintaining heavy machinery
- Safely building anchors and operating rope access systems in severe winter conditions
Field Technician (January – April 2020)
Adamantium Consulting, Golden, BC.
Assisting a PhD research project at Calgary University – Effects Of Human Activities And Natural Processes On Wolverine Reproduction And Connectivity.
Roles and Experience
- Risk assessment and management at many high consequence sample sites (extreme temperatures and remoteness)
- Accurately and efficiently collecting data
- Constructing and maintaining baited camera trap sampling stations
- Organizing and maintaining field equipment
- Safely travelling to and from sample sites (ski touring, driving in winter conditions and by helicopter)
Parrot Conservation Volunteer (June – December 2017)
Echo Foundation, Rincon, Bonaire.
Carrying out an island wide nest monitoring program of the yellow shouldered amazon parrot (Amazonas barbadensis), on the island of Bonaire.
Roles and Experience
- Using natural anchors such as trees and rocks to create safe rope access systems for reaching parrot nest cavities in cliff faces
- Assessing and managing risks in a hazardous environment (extreme temperatures, uneven and steep approaches to cliffs and rigging sites, and bees)
- Organizing and maintaining field equipment
- Adhering to preplanned schedules/working locations, risk assessments and procedures.
Outdoor Education Instructor (2014 – 2019)
Self Employed, Various Locations, Wales.
Leading young people and adults in a range of outdoor activites, predominantly hiking, caving and climbing.
Responsibilities and Experience
- Building positive experiences to inspire an admiration for nature and the outdoors in young people and adults
- Assess and manage risks to myself, my team and students/customers in a variety of environments and scenarios (mountain walking, rock climbing and caving)
