Mirko Riekkinen
Animal care assistant at Fjord&Bælt- Claim this Profile
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English Professional working proficiency
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Finnish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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Open Water Diver + Dry suit specialty
PADIJan, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Hygiene proficiency certificate
Finnish Food Authority | Ruokavirasto | LivsmedelsverketJan, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Driver's license
Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom / Transport- och kommunikationsverket TraficomJan, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Fjord&Bælt
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Denmark
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Animal care assistant
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Jan 2022 - Present
Full-time internship assisting in daily husbandry of 3 harbor porpoises, 4 harbor seals, 3 grey seals, and 2 common murres. Tasks include: • Preparing daily diets for the animals • Maintaining high standards of hygiene in the food preparing areas and in and around animal habitats • Fish breakout and sorting according to the best practice standards for marine mammals • Observing breathing rates and behaviors • Participating in training sessions, maintaining established behaviors Show less
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Research Aide
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Apr 2021 - Present
Assisting in the logistics and data-analysis in a pilot study finding new research techniques on equine welfare and positive affective states. Assisting in the logistics and data-analysis in a pilot study finding new research techniques on equine welfare and positive affective states.
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SEA LIFE Helsinki
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Finland
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Leisure, Travel & Tourism
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1 - 100 Employee
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Cashier/Educator
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Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Connecting our guests to the underwater environment and it's inhabitants as an educator, working front of the house as a cashier. Routines include public speaking in two languages. My goal has been internalizing information on the ambassador species at display and engaging the public on topical environmental issues affecting their relatives in the wild. Connecting our guests to the underwater environment and it's inhabitants as an educator, working front of the house as a cashier. Routines include public speaking in two languages. My goal has been internalizing information on the ambassador species at display and engaging the public on topical environmental issues affecting their relatives in the wild.
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Dressyyri OY
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Porvoo, Uusimaa, Finland
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Stablehand
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Apr 2017 - Sep 2020
Responsible for the daily husbandry of horses on family farm. Aimed for optimal welfare. • Daily mucking, rugging, feeding, turnouts. • Trained and upkept basic behaviours with operant conditioning using positive reinforcement to ease husbandry - targeting, lifting hooves, stationing, moving in and out. • Constantly evaluated the health and welfare trends that the horses were showing. Keen eye on behavioral changes. Provided foraging enrichment into stalls and turnout pens. Responsible for the daily husbandry of horses on family farm. Aimed for optimal welfare. • Daily mucking, rugging, feeding, turnouts. • Trained and upkept basic behaviours with operant conditioning using positive reinforcement to ease husbandry - targeting, lifting hooves, stationing, moving in and out. • Constantly evaluated the health and welfare trends that the horses were showing. Keen eye on behavioral changes. Provided foraging enrichment into stalls and turnout pens.
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Hevosopisto
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Finland
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Spectator Sports
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1 - 100 Employee
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Youth instructor
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Dec 2018 - Jun 2019
Fixed-time contract covering maternity leave. Planned and instructed a weekly children's club on ponies. Taught trough play and interactions with the animals. Aimed to promote gentle and positive human-animal interactions with an emphasis on education on the natural behaviors and needs of the horses. Fixed-time contract covering maternity leave. Planned and instructed a weekly children's club on ponies. Taught trough play and interactions with the animals. Aimed to promote gentle and positive human-animal interactions with an emphasis on education on the natural behaviors and needs of the horses.
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Stall Mattas
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Sipoo, Uusimaa, Finland
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Groom
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2014 - Dec 2018
Assisted in the daily husbandry at the stable. • Mucking out stalls • Turnouts • Scheduled feedings, using an ATV and trailer. • During summers, aided in instructing 4H - courses, haymaking, and delivering water to distant pastures. Assisted in the daily husbandry at the stable. • Mucking out stalls • Turnouts • Scheduled feedings, using an ATV and trailer. • During summers, aided in instructing 4H - courses, haymaking, and delivering water to distant pastures.
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Education
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2019 - 2022
University of Helsinki
Bachelor's degree, Environmental Science
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