Aaron Sims
Hayward,CA
Summary
Proactive Conservation Crew Supervisor with extensive experience in team leadership and project management. Proven success in enhancing crew performance through targeted training, safety protocol enforcement, and specialized equipment operation. Bringing strong skills in performance evaluation, mentorship, and maintaining optimal trail conditions to advance conservation efforts.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Conservation Crew Supervisor
Civicorps Schools
10.2021 - Current
- Develop and delivered life skills and job training to coremembers, focusing on communication, time management, punctuality, teamwork], improving both personal and professional growth.
- Provide ongoing training and mentorship to new crew members, enhancing overall team performance.
- Evaluate crew performance regularly against established metrics, providing constructive feedback to enhance individual skillsets.
- Lead and instruct friday workshops for coremembers, focusing on chainsaw and brush cutter certifications.
- Operate and maintain a variety of outdoor power equipment, including chainsaws, pole saws, hedgers, and brush cutters, ensuring optimal performance and safety.
- Reduced safety incidents by conducting thorough safety briefings and enforcing strict adherence to safety protocols.
- Supervise and lead a specialized trail crew while providing proper power and hand tools training.
- Supervise and lead a specialized crew in performing corridor clearance and routine trail maintenance, ensuring optimal trail conditions and safety standards.
- Enhanced trail accessibility by constructing and maintaining bridges, steps, and drainage systems.
- Utilized hand tools such as shovels, picks, axes, loppers, and saws for various trail maintenance tasks.
- Supported wildfire management efforts through fuel reduction projects in high-risk areas near trails.
Meat Department Clerk
Lucky Supermarket
08.2011 - 10.2021
- Packaged meat products securely using appropriate wrapping materials to ensure freshness during transport home from store by customers.
- Wrapped, weighed and filled product with efficiency to manage high volume of customers.
- Followed proper safety, handling, and cross-contamination procedures.
- Collaborated with team members to efficiently complete daily tasks, improving overall department productivity.
- Trained new staff members on proper sanitation procedures, cutting techniques, and customer service skills, resulting in an efficient and cohesive team environment.
- Unloaded merchandise and stocked cases with new merchandise.
- Restocked products based on available inventories and customer demands.
- Developed a comprehensive understanding of various cuts of meat, enabling accurate recommendations to customers based on their preferences.
- Contributed to the achievement of sales goals through effective merchandising strategies that drew attention to featured items or promotions.
- Rotated products to sell before expiration dates, prevent waste and keep food safety in check.
- Maintained a clean and organized meat department workspace, ensuring product quality and safety for consumers.
Education
High School Diploma -
Oakland Technical High School
Oakland, CA06-2011
Skills
- Team leadership
- Project management
- Safety protocols
- Performance evaluation
- Training sessions
- Worksite supervision
- Time management
- On-site training
- Team building
- Daily reports
- Job site management
- Safety training
- Conflict resolution
- Equipment maintenance
- Communication skills
- Employee mentorship
- Customer Service
- Driving with trailer
- Computer Skills
- Friendly, Positive Attitude
- Hand and power tools use
- Fuel Reduction
- Tree pruning
- Trail maintenance
Certification
- Chainsaw 1 [Civicorps] [October, 2021]
- Chipper [Civicorps] [October 2021]
- BrushCutter [Civicorps] [February, 2022]
- CPR/First Aid [Civicorps] [December 2024]
- Forklift Certification [March, 2022]
- Community Emergency Response Training (Cert) [April, 2022]
- Epinephrine [September, 2022]
- Wilderness First Aid [October, 2023]
- Plant Identification [Cal-IPC] [February, 2022]
- Habitat Stewardship [December, 2021]
- OSHA 10 [March, 2023]
- Intermediate Trails Program: Maintenance and Management training [April, 2023]
- Stop The Bleed Training [February, 2024]
- Introduction to incident command [ICS - 100]
- Introduction to the national incident management system [ICS- 700]
- S-130 Firefighter training
- S-190 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
Timeline
Conservation Crew Supervisor
Civicorps Schools
10.2021 - Current
Meat Department Clerk
Lucky Supermarket
08.2011 - 10.2021
- Chainsaw 1 [Civicorps] [October, 2021]
- Chipper [Civicorps] [October 2021]
- BrushCutter [Civicorps] [February, 2022]
- CPR/First Aid [Civicorps] [December 2024]
- Forklift Certification [March, 2022]
- Community Emergency Response Training (Cert) [April, 2022]
- Epinephrine [September, 2022]
- Wilderness First Aid [October, 2023]
- Plant Identification [Cal-IPC] [February, 2022]
- Habitat Stewardship [December, 2021]
- OSHA 10 [March, 2023]
- Intermediate Trails Program: Maintenance and Management training [April, 2023]
- Stop The Bleed Training [February, 2024]
- Introduction to incident command [ICS - 100]
- Introduction to the national incident management system [ICS- 700]
- S-130 Firefighter training
- S-190 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
High School Diploma -
Oakland Technical High School
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