Experience

Diamond Tree Care & Consulting Inc.

• Canada
• Landscaping Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ground Crew Specialist

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Accountable for the overall assessment and safe removal of trees at both commercial and residential client sites ensuring adherence and compliance with Health and Safety rules and regulations. Highlights:• Establish a safe work zone for the onsite arborist and pedestrians to ensure compliance with Safety regulations policies and practices. In addition use protective equipment (PPE) i.e. hard hat, safety glasses, ear protection, gloves, and chainsaw pants to prevent workplace incidents and injuries. • Utilize heavy equipment within operating standards (i.e. chainsaw, ATV-quad, trailer, tractor) to perform duties and responsibilities of careful tree removal, trimming and planting. • Assist with Arborist with addressing branches, trees and brush removal and transfer to the Chipping machine for the production of mulch and to contribute to a clean customer site. • Ensure equipment is ready for use by maintaining i.e. clean chainsaw, fuel chainsaw, fuel trucks which will prevent delays and meet service delivery expectations.• Collaborate with a team of professionals to deliver the best customer service experience that contributes to increased brand reputation and business development through referrals.• Provide roadside traffic control for highway tree/brush removal projects ensuring safety for workers and traffic is a primary focus. Utilize road signs, radios in roadside jobsite setup to execute the safe removal of hazardous trees for municipalities/townships.



Owens Corning

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Creel Operator - Forming Department

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 2016

  As a skilled trades professional in multifunction disciplines i.e. Creel, Bushing, Winding and Wet Chop Operations met and exceeded the company service level commitments of various fiberglass products. Highlights of accomplishments below: • Trained and oriented new employees and co-workers regarding operational and safety policies and procedures to prevent workplace injury and adherence to the Health and Safety regulations.• Appointed to Emergency Response Team (ERT) to provide 1st responder support for employees when workplace incidents occurred. Ensured employees were attended to until Paramedics arrived. • Provided daily/monthly preventative maintenance for multifunctional machines/equipment through hand tools and cleaners that ensured continuous operation to minimize production impacts. Reduced waste and cost reduction. • Participated in all Continuous Improvement planning teams by identifying and implementing solutions/new processes to improve daily operations ongoing which led to cost reduction and increased productivity. This was accomplished by changing out production machinery, utilizing a paging system to notify maintenance regarding machinery maintenance requirements which additionally resulted in minimal impacts to people, waste reduction and safety.



Polycon Industries

• India
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Line Operator

  • 1994 - 1996

  As a production assembly line operator, fully training in WHMIS, provided facility control and pro-active industrial cleaning of work environment to ensure safe operation and minimal production interruption.Performing daily operations on the production assembly line with special attention to quality control and inspection of products to ensure adherence to product excellence, safety and brand reputation. As a production assembly line operator, fully training in WHMIS, provided facility control and pro-active industrial cleaning of work environment to ensure safe operation and minimal production interruption.Performing daily operations on the production assembly line with special attention to quality control and inspection of products to ensure adherence to product excellence, safety and brand reputation.



Glengarry Industries

• Assembly Line Operator

  • 1992 - 1994

  As a skills Assembly Line Operator performed daily operations on the production assembly line. Primarily provided packaging of the finished company product to ready for shipping. As a skills Assembly Line Operator performed daily operations on the production assembly line. Primarily provided packaging of the finished company product to ready for shipping.