Experience

TRIUMF

• Canada
• Research Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Cyclotron Operator

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  My primary duty is to run the cyclotron and beamlines which provide the experimenters with a relativistic proton beam for use in their experiments. This can be as simple as sitting and watching the machine run when everything is working nominally to starting up and tuning the beam through the cyclotron and beamlines to optimize its delivery. There are up to ten thousand separate devices and parameters which need to be monitored, turned on or adjusted in order to get the cyclotron up and running and tuning the cyclotron and beamlines can involve adjusting some or all of them. If something goes wrong with the cyclotron tune it can degrade the performance of the machine without stopping the beam. Finding the one device which is responsible for this is often not trivial and even if no devices fail the cyclotron tune can drift from optimum because of the number of devices involved and the fact that anything from outside temperature to cooling water pressure to power supply output can affect its performance. We monitor the tune from the main control room and adjust it if necessary. Since operators are on site 24/7 I can also be called on to do any number of other duties. These can range from fixing just about anything including toilets, computers, power supplies and water leaks. We are responsible for the entire TRIUMF site during off hours.



E-Comm 9-1-1 | Emergency Communications for British Columbia Incorporated

• Canada
• Public Safety
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Dispatcher/Emergency Calltaker

  • Apr 2002 - Aug 2009

  Responsibilities included: -Triage incoming 911 calls from the public, obtain relevant information regarding the nature of the emergency and relay this in a timely fashion to emergency dispatchers via a computer aided dispatch system. -Liaise directly with police officers on the road via radio broadcast, including organization and direction of an appropriate response to high priority emergencies which can involve more than one police agency. -Hands on training on the call floor of new emergency call takers.



British Columbia Ambulance Service

• Public Safety
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Paramedic

  • Aug 1999 - Mar 2004

  Responsibilities included: -Administration of emergency pre-hospital care to a variety of sick and injured patients in a wide variety of environments, including several medication protocols and use of a defibrillator. -Transportation of sick and injured patients to a hospital in a variety of weather and traffic conditions, which included use of emergency lights and sirens. Responsibilities included: -Administration of emergency pre-hospital care to a variety of sick and injured patients in a wide variety of environments, including several medication protocols and use of a defibrillator. -Transportation of sick and injured patients to a hospital in a variety of weather and traffic conditions, which included use of emergency lights and sirens.