Education

• Forestry Technician
  
• Fish and Wildlife Technician
• Private Security Certificat

• Arbormaster Training Canada Certifications:
  • Tree Climbing, Fall Protection & Work Positioning.
  • High Angle Tree Removal.
• Certified Chain-Saw Operator with:
  • Ontario Training and Adjustment Board.
  • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.  (OMNR)
• Pruning Course with the Alfred College and the University of Guelph.
  
• Forestry Exterminator License with the Ontario Pesticides Act.
  
• Certified Tree Marker with OMNR.
  
• Certified as a Project Wild, Focus on Forests and Fish Ways Leader with OMNR.
  
• Certified S100 and S200, Forest Firefighter with OMNR.
  
• Certificate of Proficiency in Radio with the Department of Communications.
  
• All Terrain Vehicle Training Course with the Canada Safety Council.
  
• Certified PADI Open Water Scuba Diver

Relevant Experience

• Work Site Supervisor for the development of Richelieu and Hamilton islands in Hawkesbury.
  
• Teacher at La Cité Collégiale for the following courses:
  • Wildlife Identification.
  • Forestry Insects and Diseased.
  • Forestry Hand tools and Equipments.
  • Forest Fire Sciences.
• Horticulture Specialist for Greenspace Ltd in Ottawa.
  
• Crew Chief for the Ice Storm Relief Program in Prescott & Russell.  Assigned to maple bushes, farmlands and the Larose Forest.
  
• Horse Team Driver since 2000 at the Bean Town Ranch in Wendover.
  
• Forest Fire-fighter for the OMNR, Haliburton Fire Headquarters.
• Armed guard for value protection company in Ottawa; Brink’s Canada LTD.
  
• Plantation Supervisor on different ecological sites for student's program.

Volunteer and Wildlife Projects

• Ornithology participant for the yearly Christmas Bird Count.
  
• Participant with the Re-introduction Project of the Ontario Wild Turkey in Prescott & Russell.
• Participant in Bat surveys at the Voyager Provincial Park.
  
• Participant in the Monitoring Bird Surveys.
  
• Preparation of ecological study sites in the Voyager Provincial Park.
  
• Bibliographic and scientific research on multiple wildlife inhabitants.
  
• Created and conducted ornithology workshops for groups.
  
• Trail Nature Guide with groups of kids and adults.
  
• Constructed and installed multiple birds houses and bats roosting boxes.
• Yearly participant with the Ontario Nest Records Scheme for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.