Katie Bush
Safety and Irrigation Manager at Para Space Landscaping Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Kimi Chan
Katie has been a real pleasure to work with. She is a natural team player, is quick to learn and thoughtful in all she does.
Kimi Chan
Katie has been a real pleasure to work with. She is a natural team player, is quick to learn and thoughtful in all she does.
Kimi Chan
Katie has been a real pleasure to work with. She is a natural team player, is quick to learn and thoughtful in all she does.
Kimi Chan
Katie has been a real pleasure to work with. She is a natural team player, is quick to learn and thoughtful in all she does.
Experience
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Para Space Landscaping Inc.
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Canada
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Safety and Irrigation Manager
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Apr 2016 - Present
• Key role in qualifying Para Space as a COR (Certificate of Recognition) certified company that meets and exceeds industry standards for safety • Manage WSBC Claims in a fast paced environment with the goal to safely and efficiently return to employees to work • Ensure OHS legislation is practically applied in the workplace of 160 employees in a best practice approach • Spearheaded ergonomics program and coordinated with WSBC researchers to implement controls based off of data • Proficient in job demands analysis, ergonomic risk assessments and accident investigations • Develop and conduct safety audits to assess risks and develop risk mitigation procedures • Directly oversee 6 irrigation technicians to service a demanding client base Show less
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Kinesiologist
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Jul 2013 - Apr 2016
• Running the WorkSafe OR1 program to provide durable and safe return to work for clients • Increasing my interpersonal and organizational skills by dealing with a large and dynamic client caseload including WSBC, ICBC, private, long and short term disability clients • Proficient in job demands analysis, work specific rehabilitation, developing GRTW plans and professional report writing • Running the WorkSafe OR1 program to provide durable and safe return to work for clients • Increasing my interpersonal and organizational skills by dealing with a large and dynamic client caseload including WSBC, ICBC, private, long and short term disability clients • Proficient in job demands analysis, work specific rehabilitation, developing GRTW plans and professional report writing
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Reactive Injury Management
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Canada
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Kinesiologist
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Aug 2011 - Jul 2013
• Provided active rehabilitation programs to ICBC and private clients • Displayed the ability to build and maintain client and stakeholder relationships with an honest and caring approach • Developed skills in prescribing functional and corrective rehabilitation exercise • Ability to empathize with clients to help them manage pain symptoms while functionally progressing • Provided active rehabilitation programs to ICBC and private clients • Displayed the ability to build and maintain client and stakeholder relationships with an honest and caring approach • Developed skills in prescribing functional and corrective rehabilitation exercise • Ability to empathize with clients to help them manage pain symptoms while functionally progressing
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Orthopaedic bracefitter
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Feb 2010 - Aug 2011
•Provide customers and healthcare professionals with orthopaedic braces and sports medicine products •Obtained Yellow Belt certification in Lean production •Provide customers and healthcare professionals with orthopaedic braces and sports medicine products •Obtained Yellow Belt certification in Lean production
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LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Ergonomic Consultant
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Sep 2008 - Dec 2008
• Carried out an ergonomic evaluation of a Phlebotomy site • Created a report with engineering and administrative solutions recommendations for LifeLabs company • Video analysis and assessment of critical tasks • Developed and analyzed 30 user surveys • Enhanced computer skills through extensive use of SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences), Microsoft Excel and Word • Worked independently with little supervision • Carried out an ergonomic evaluation of a Phlebotomy site • Created a report with engineering and administrative solutions recommendations for LifeLabs company • Video analysis and assessment of critical tasks • Developed and analyzed 30 user surveys • Enhanced computer skills through extensive use of SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences), Microsoft Excel and Word • Worked independently with little supervision
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Ergonomic Evaluator
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Sep 2008 - Dec 2008
•Part of a team evaluating Canada Post envelope sorters Provided an extensive literature review on measurement techniques of reach envelopes •Analyzed data from subject reach trials to identify injury risk and areas of worker discomfort •Developed a report critiquing the techniques used during the assessment and giving alternative techniques that could have been used to assess reach envelopes •Part of a team evaluating Canada Post envelope sorters Provided an extensive literature review on measurement techniques of reach envelopes •Analyzed data from subject reach trials to identify injury risk and areas of worker discomfort •Developed a report critiquing the techniques used during the assessment and giving alternative techniques that could have been used to assess reach envelopes
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Education
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British Columbia Institute of Technology / BCIT
Occupational Health and Safety -
Simon Fraser University
Bachelar Science, Kinesiology, Ergonomics and Human Factors