Bernard Bolden
Merced,CA
Summary
Focused professional with 2.5+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of customer communications, order processing, and service delivery. Aiming to leverage my skills to successfully fill the anything availiable role at your company.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
IHSS Care Provider
IHSS Adult Services Program
Merced, CA
08.2024 - Current
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and safety.
- Administered medication following prescribed schedules and protocols.
- Communicated effectively with clients to assess needs and preferences.
- Maintained accurate records of care services provided and client progress.
Painter, Maintenance
Saints of Paint
Atwater
05.2023 - 02.2024
- Applied protective coatings and finishes to various surfaces, ensuring quality standards were met.
- Prepared work areas by cleaning, sanding, and priming surfaces before painting projects commenced.
- Assisted in selecting appropriate materials and tools for specific painting tasks to enhance efficiency.
- Maintained equipment by performing routine inspections and minor repairs to ensure optimal performance.
Sales Associate
Manzanita Dispensary
Merced
2020 - 2023
- Assisted customers in product selection, enhancing overall shopping experience.
- Processed transactions efficiently using point-of-sale systems to ensure accurate sales records.
- Maintained organized merchandise displays, contributing to improved store aesthetics and customer engagement.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve daily sales targets and maintain store performance.
CARE PROVIDER
Johnnie Tate
newman, CA
06.2017 - 01.2019
- Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.
- Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
- Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.
- Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness.
- Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
- Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
- Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.
- Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
- Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
- Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
LANDSCAPER
bright view landscaping
pleasanton, CA
11.2017 - 05.2018
- Operate vehicles and powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws.
- Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
- Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
- Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
- Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
- Gather and remove litter.
- Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.
- Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features.
- Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
- Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.
- Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
- Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
PACKAGE HANDLER
ups
san jose, CA
11.2017 - 05.2018
- Examine contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment.
- Determine shipping method for materials, using knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates.
- Deliver or route materials to departments, using work devices, such as handtruck, conveyor, or sorting bins.
- Pack, seal, label, and affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using work devices such as hand tools, power tools, and postage meter.
- Compare shipping routes or methods to determine which have the least environmental impact.
Education
Graduate Certificate - HVAC
Modesto IOT
Modesto, CA04.2025
Completed coursework towards bachelors - kinesiology
UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY
leavenworth, KS01.2013
Skills
- Emotional support
- Grooming assistance
- Physical mobility support
- Compassionate caregiving
- Laundry services
- Transportation assistance
- Nutrition monitoring
Timeline
IHSS Care Provider
IHSS Adult Services Program
08.2024 - Current
Painter, Maintenance
Saints of Paint
05.2023 - 02.2024
LANDSCAPER
bright view landscaping
11.2017 - 05.2018
PACKAGE HANDLER
ups
11.2017 - 05.2018
CARE PROVIDER
Johnnie Tate
06.2017 - 01.2019
Completed coursework towards bachelors - kinesiology
UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY
Sales Associate
Manzanita Dispensary
2020 - 2023
Graduate Certificate - HVAC
Modesto IOT