Experience

Raglan Country Estate

• United Kingdom
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Groundsman

  • Mar 2021 - Present



WWT (Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust)

• Grounds Warden

  • Jul 2015 - Mar 2021

  • Responsible for managing my own area of the grounds within the Slimbridge reserve• Work is varied throughout the year, my main responsibilities involve pruning, coppicing, pollarding, and other tree management.• Erection and repair of fencing, groundwork and paths in my section• Vegetation management for wildlife and aesthetics for visitors • Volunteer and group management• Visitor and public engagement• Experienced in using all of the following machinery - chainsaw, polesaw, brushcutter, wood chipper, hedge cutter, tractor trailer and PTO implements, telehandler, 360 excavator, ride on and push mower, drills, stump grinder, spraying applications • Reserve management and surveying for water vole, Odonata and bat surveys, wetland bird nests and territory monitoring, wildfowl ringing, and wildflower quadrats• Aviculture – bird care and husbandry, catches and ringing



Peter Dowle Landscaping

• Soft Landscaping and Nursery Man

  • May 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Garden design and redevelopment from plans to the finished product • Planting gold medal winning Malvern flower show gardens • General garden maintenance • Nursery management included plant health and care, repotting, propagation, customer service welcoming and selling plants to visitors. • Garden design and redevelopment from plans to the finished product • Planting gold medal winning Malvern flower show gardens • General garden maintenance • Nursery management included plant health and care, repotting, propagation, customer service welcoming and selling plants to visitors.



RSPB

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reserve Assistant Volunteer

  • Sep 2010 - Jul 2015

  • Management of nature reserves including vegetation management, tree work such as coppicing, scrub removal, bracken control, visitor centre and grounds maintenance• Species surveying including bird territory mapping and point counts, butterfly transects, wildflower quadrats • Visitor engagement • Management of nature reserves including vegetation management, tree work such as coppicing, scrub removal, bracken control, visitor centre and grounds maintenance• Species surveying including bird territory mapping and point counts, butterfly transects, wildflower quadrats • Visitor engagement



Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Ranger Volunteer

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Management of nature reserves including vegetation management, tree work such as coppicing and pollarding, scrub removal, ground improvements and public safety • Species surveying including Dormouse and small mammals, birds and wildflowers• Livestock management and grazing • Management of nature reserves including vegetation management, tree work such as coppicing and pollarding, scrub removal, ground improvements and public safety • Species surveying including Dormouse and small mammals, birds and wildflowers• Livestock management and grazing



Gloucester

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Phase 1 Habitat Surveyor

  • Jun 2013 - Sep 2013

  • Surveying the land around Gloucestershire, recording what habitat is present • Surveying the land around Gloucestershire, recording what habitat is present