Experience

Pryor & Rickett Silviculture

• United Kingdom
• Forestry and Logging
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Forest Manager

  • May 2021 - Present

  I offer and deliver bespoke lowland forestry management advice and services to landowners across the Southeast, from Kent to Hampshire, working on both private and public estates, each with their unique characteristics and specific management objectives and constraints.Day to day involves understanding, and the effective communication of, client objectives and site constraints to competent contractors in order to deliver successful projects to UKFS standards, meeting timescales, and budgets. My experience includes woodland management planning, contract management, budgeting, CCF conversion and PAWS restoration, veteran surveying and management, ash dieback assessment and removal, tree safety surveys, and woodland creation and design.



The Woodland Trust

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Site Manager

  • Jul 2019 - May 2021

  A highly varied role, I managed 23 sites, across 3 counties, to UKFS & UKWAS standards. Sites included ancient woodland, PAWS, urban fringe, woodland creation, open semi-natural habitats with high conservation value, and designated areas including SSSIs, LNR and AONBs.Key tasks include: Evaluating, preparing, and implementing management plans and site operations Conducting woodland condition and PAWS assessments Conducting annual tree safety inspections and developing ash dieback management plans Leading, promoting, and supporting public engagement Building relationships with internal teams, volunteer groups, external organisations and local stakeholders

• Assistant Site Manager

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2019



Forestry Commission

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Worker

  • Dec 2014 - Jul 2016

  Undertaking a wide range of field work in support of scientific staff within Forest Research and also contracts with external clients. Specific skills and experience includes:• The establishment and maintenance of both field and nursery experiments using a wide range of tools and equipment • Tree health surveys• Layout of experimental plots for field trials• Use of handheld GPS equipment (Garmin GPS 60CSx)• Tree planting and direct seeding• Soil sampling• Hand-held application of pesticides/herbicides• Management of GIS data



Norwich Fringe Project

• Volunteer

  • Oct 2014 - Jul 2016

  Volunteering whilst at University to gain further experience in countryside management, and specialise in woodland management. Volunteering whilst at University to gain further experience in countryside management, and specialise in woodland management.



Forestry Commission

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Recreation Volunteer

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Tasks included: • computerising the recreation inspection recording system to allow for quick interrogation• conducting a preliminary pond ecology survey, resulting in a proposed management plan• creating a digital GIS record of all the surrounding Public Rights of Way so all members of the Forestry Commission team could access PROW inspection information Tasks included: • computerising the recreation inspection recording system to allow for quick interrogation• conducting a preliminary pond ecology survey, resulting in a proposed management plan• creating a digital GIS record of all the surrounding Public Rights of Way so all members of the Forestry Commission team could access PROW inspection information



Scottish Beaver Trial

• Volunteer

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

  Tasks included:• surveying of field signs using Geographic Information Systems in the field, water quality checks• trapping beavers for health checks and tagging• collecting data on mink traps to evaluate options for increasing trapping success• updating social media pages Tasks included:• surveying of field signs using Geographic Information Systems in the field, water quality checks• trapping beavers for health checks and tagging• collecting data on mink traps to evaluate options for increasing trapping success• updating social media pages



Broads Authority

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Responsibilities included:• assisting the Environment Officer with the aquatic plant survey of the Trinity Broads• helping with SSSI condition assessments, hydro-acoustic surveys and data entry• interacting with members of the public during eventsI have a supervisor’s evaluation available on request which ended: "It has been a joy to work with Kate this summer." Responsibilities included:• assisting the Environment Officer with the aquatic plant survey of the Trinity Broads• helping with SSSI condition assessments, hydro-acoustic surveys and data entry• interacting with members of the public during eventsI have a supervisor’s evaluation available on request which ended: "It has been a joy to work with Kate this summer."



Mott MacDonald

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2011

  I arranged for a week placement during which I shadowed the Environmental Scientist (Simon Allen), learning the formality of environmental policy in development and planning. I was introduced to issues relating to species protection, particularly bats, EIAs and habitat surveys. I arranged for a week placement during which I shadowed the Environmental Scientist (Simon Allen), learning the formality of environmental policy in development and planning. I was introduced to issues relating to species protection, particularly bats, EIAs and habitat surveys.