Education

Curtin University

Class of 2016 BSc Environmental Biology

Wildlife ACT Botswana

01.08.16 - 12.10.16 Internship

Experience

Bramford Ecological Sciences

2017 - present Environmental Biologist

Assisting in Black Cockatoo roost surveys, frog call surveys and owl call surveys for Main Roads Bindoon Bypass project.

QUBE Bulk

16.02.17- present General Hand

• 8-15 hour work days outside rain or shine and temperature extremes.
• Quality control of incoming products received from external providers
o Accurately count, ticket and measure products received.
o Inspect products for surface defects, measure and record diameters and lengths. More attention given to the higher grades.
• Practice appropriate sun smart, and manual handling behavior safely in accordance to OH&S regulations.
• Responsible for completing the weekly hygiene report to ensure the yard and office is kept to a high standard.

Wildlife Africa Conservation Team (Wildlife ACT) Botswana

01.08.16 - 12.10.16 Intern

• Implementing a new wildlife monitoring protocol in the Okavango Delta, Botswana in accordance with SAREP.
• 10 weeks (72 days) valuable field experience in wildlife monitoring situated in the Khwai Community Concession including but not limited to herbivore transects, predator spoor transects, deployment, running and maintaining a new camera trap grid survey, sorting and filing these photos into species for data analysis, installing predator ID camera traps, predation records, and recording opportunistic sightings of rare and endangered species. Assisted in teaching the new students the above processes.
• Assisted in the creation and improvement of Cheetah, Lion, Leopard and African Wild Dog identification kits using whisker and coat patterns. Along with taking clear photographs to use to ID these predators.
• Created a new Hyena ID kit.
• Enjoyed working long days (often 10-12 hours in the field) outside in the field. Practiced appropriate “sun smart behavior”.
• Worked well in a small team environment and assisted in leading the new students.
• Moderate manual handling including heavy lifting.
• Received 2 letters of recommendation from the director of the project and the lead monitor on site.

Armadale Reptile and Wildlife Park

01.02.16 - 01.07.16 Volunteer

• Wildlife handling and rehabilitation of Australian wildlife including administering oral medication to blue-tongue and bobtail lizards.
• Animal husbandry responsible for dingoes, non-venomous snakes, bobtail lizards, blue tongue lizards, dragons, frilled neck lizards, wombat, many Australian birds, fruit bats, and frogs.
• Following safe workplace practices.

Forest Lakes Pharmacy

01.02.16 - 01.02.17 Pharmacy Assistant

• Provided excellent customer service and support including advice on OTC medications and common script items. Always greeting customers with a smile
• Recommending additional products to achieve and exceed our daily sales targets.
• Trained new staff.
• Assisting the pharmacist with tasks including stock counts, receiving stock, closing the registers, manual handling heavy stock, stock rotation, as well as other daily tasks.

Kurrajong Village Curtin University Student Accommodation

01.11.13 - 01.12.15 Housing Assistant

• Provided excellent customer service and support whilst acting as a positive role model to residents by maintaining a socially acceptable code of behavior at all times including when off duty.
• Applied cultural sensitivity in everyday proceedings ensuring all residents felt welcome in the village.
• Provided factual advice to residents on rules and procedures.
• Accepted responsibility for the use of master keys to the village.
• Efficiently and professionally evacuate residents during fire evacuations following safety procedures.
• Successfully plan/co-ordinate interesting and exciting social sports and activities for each semester while effectively remaining within the budget.
• Administration duties completed to high degrees of efficiency.
• Offer extra support to residents as required and when appropriate refer students to relevant support services.
• Financial: Collect and record payments for activities.
• Maintenance: Record maintenance issues, assist residents with minor maintenance issues

Perth Zoo Exotics / Carnivores and Ungulates

19.01.15 - 23.01.15 Work Experience

• I was assigned a keeper and round for each day assisting in their everyday duties including animal husbandry, feeding, cleaning and monitoring of the ‘carnivores and ungulates’ section including the lions, tigers, otters, red pandas, rhinos, giraffes, zebras, hyenas, African painted dogs, baboons, sun bears, and meerkats.

Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre

01.01.14 - 01.08.15 Hospital team member Volunteer

• Feed and clean all animals in the hospital and breezeway /aviary, food preparation, weighing of patients, processing fruit and veg deliveries, laundry and assisting with general husbandry for the resident animals, Bilbies and hospital patients. Towards the end of my time there I was assisting with all animals; mammals including the Bilbies, birds and reptiles.
• Ensured all feed sheets printed in the morning and all paperwork completed.
• I had begun my official bird handling training but unfortunately left before I could complete the course.

Chemist Warehouse

01.06.13 - 1.11.13 Cashier, Floor staff, Dispensary Assistant

• Providing advice to customers on appropriate courses of action whilst recommending both medical and non-medicinal products to achieve and exceed our daily sales targets.
• Providing excellent customer service and handling money in a professional manner.
• Receiving new stock, restocking shelves, managing merchandising of some new stock, and assisting the pharmacist in dispensing medicine.

Community Home Care

10.01.12 - 30.11.12 Receptionist / Administrative Officer

• Productively reschedule services as required by liaising between clients and staff to come to an agreeable new service time.
• Professionally and promptly greeting clients, managing phone calls ensuring the office had a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere whilst providing a sympathetic, supportive and compassionate ear for our elderly and disabled clients.
• I implemented a new, improved and effective archiving system for client records enabling improved storage of all hardcopy client files within the office.
• Created a new record system to manage the use of CHC vehicles by staff and volunteers, enabling the manager to identify drivers responsible for particular events.
• I managed the offices banking with Commonwealth Bank and performed any mailing that was required including bulk newsletter mail outs.
• Professionally record, complete and transmit meeting minutes.
• I took over the logistics of creating and managing the “Home Maintenance” roster on SMS after my first few months at the office. This significantly improved the quality of service we were providing.
• Successfully maintained accurate, up to date statistical records of clients and services (Excel and SMS program)

Super IGA

01.01.10 - 01.01.12 Cashier, Deli Staff, Floor staff

• Provided excellent customer service as a cashier. Stock experience as floor staff, stocking shelves, merchandising and ensuring stock rotation
• Deli Staff: Food preparation, cleaning, responsibly abiding by OH&S and providing excellent customer service