Emmanuel Todd
Summary
I have a long history working with animals in many different settings. My animal care experience and knowledge is far beyond my age. Im hardworking to an extreme few can fathom, and dedicated to ensuring the best possible welfare for all animals under my care. I learn quickly and adapt well to change. I am highly versatile with a wide variety of skillsets. I believe these reasons make me a great candidate for the job.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Conservation Education Specialist : Animal Care
Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium
07.2021 - Current
- Provide daily care, husbandry and maintenance needed to provide good animal welfare to all animals in care.
- Give out medications as prescribed by vet to animals, and fill out medication sheets.
- Clean all enclosures thoroughly in a very time efficient manor, to provide a suitable habitat the means/exceeds AZA, ZAA and USDA standards.
- Training animals including Macaws, Binturong, owls, Fennec foxes, Tamandua, Sloth, Mallard, and tortoises and more, successfully.
- Writing up training plans and evaluating and readjusting training plans as needed to best fit individual and situation.
- Create and give out enrichment that is species specific and evaluate animals engagement with enrichment.
- Prepare and feed out diets.
- Preform routine nail trims, and assist vet/others with medical procedures.
- Provided care to binturong, kinkajous, fennec foxes, tamandua, armadillos, sloth, macaws, owls, kestrels, and many other small mammals, birds, and reptiles.
- Train interns, and new staff members how to provide such husbandry, training and handle techniques.
- Communicate with other staff members efficiently both verbally, and over written records to ensure best care possible is being provided to animals.
- Present animals to crowds exceeding 200 people at Xafari amphitheatre in an exciting engaging manor.
- Take animals on outreach programs to teach at schools, summer schools, Libraries, and assisted living senior centers.
Conservation Education Specialist : Teacher
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
04.2021 - 02.2024
- Teach KidScience, Zoo U, Junior Conservationist and Zoo Camp Classes
- Create lesson plans that get students engaged, and inspired to make an impact in conservation.
- Teach KidScience students about behavior studies, ethograms, and data collection using the scientific method.
- Inspire critical thinking and engage with students about their thoughts, ideas, and questions.
- Teach students about a wide variety of environmental topics, and classes on many Families/Genera of animals.
- Helped to establish and found the Junior Conservationist program.
- Created a whole class from scratch on exhibit design and had students implement their own designs for reptiles in the education department.
- Assessed individual student needs to create lesson plans addressing academic strengths and interests of students, while inspiring development, and growth of environmental knowledge.
- Support for students with special needs, adapting teaching approaches to meet their own unique learning needs.
- Assist students with crafts, projects and data collection.
- Supervise students while on tours on and off zoo grounds.
- Ability to be highly versatile and teach students even under difficult/unexpected situations.
Sales Associate
Elmer's Aquarium
06.2018 - Current
- Educate new customers on the fundamentals of aquarium keeping, and how to achieve success in the aquarium hobby.
- Maintained and designed all freshwater display tanks to a pristine standard for a period of 2 years
- Maintained entire store saltwater departments and quarantine systems maintenance for a period of over 2 years.
- Scrape algae, clean sponge filters and ensuring presentation of freshwater aquariums
- Medicated fish in quarantine system as needed to ensure health of fish.
- Fed fish a nutrient rich diet.
- Assist in major store renovations including construction projects, Building aquarium racks, plumbing racks and demolition projects
- Receive, acclimate and and release new orders of fish, snails, shrimp, frogs and plants.
- Receive, acclimate and and release new orders of fish, snails, shrimp, frogs and plants.
- Assist customers with setting up new aquarium systems
- Test customers water to find the source of problems in their aquariums, and give suggestions on how these issues can be fixed.
- Built relationships with customers to establish repeat business.
- Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal.
- Discuss ideas on what product to stock or not to stock with management.
- Handled cash and card transactions efficiently, while ensuring accuracy in financial exchanges.
- Go out on roadwork team on big aquarium installations, aquarium moves or aquarium maintenance service as needed.
- Deal with all customers with highest respect and attentiveness despite their emotional disposition.
- Teach and train other staff on fish to establish constancy of common knowledge across store staff.
- Communicate with other staff efficiently.
Animal Care Volunteer
Humane Animal Rescue Pittsburgh
02.2017 - Current
- Ensure animal enclosures are clean to ensure optimal animal welfare. Clean these enclosures in a thorough yet time efficient manor.
- Monitor any injuries on animals and communicate anything seen to staff rehabilitators.
- Weigh animals to ensure they are not loosing weight, and to ensure babies are developing at a normal rate.
- Successfully move/shift animals from one enclosure to another as needed.
- Prepare and feed out nutrient rich diets that adhere to guidelines provided.
- Cutting up meat/safe carcasses to provide meat for raptor, fox and coyote diets.
- Feed/Tube feed baby birds, opossums, squirrels and rabbits.
- Set up enclosures as needed for any that may happen to come in.
- Create engaging, safe enrichment for education ambassador animals.
- Assist staff with some patient intakes and releases.
- Restock kitchen, clean and organize kitchen, wash dishes, and wash laundry.
- Preforming any other odd jobs that may be needed.
Landscaper
Diamond Cut Landscaping Services
03.2020 - 07.2020
- Maintained grounds by mowing lawns in a precise yet efficient manor.
- edging lawns, trimming hedges, weeding gardens, leaf removal, tree trimming and removal and clean-up projects.
- Preformed mulching and rock laying projects
- Trimmed grasses, shrubs, and hedges to maintain uniform appearance.
- Communicating well with other coworkers to divide up work.
Waiter
Garden City Bingo
12.2017 - 03.2020
- Took orders and put them in as customers requested them.
- Assisted in food preparation
- Delivered food to customers in a quick and timely yet safe fashion in a crowded area.
- Managed extremely high volume of customers during peak hours, maintaining prompt and efficient service.
- Utilized strong multitasking skills to manage dozens of tables simultaneously while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
- Setup and cleaned up kitchen supplies and stock.
Zoo Teen Volunteer
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
06.2017 - 08.2019
- Assisted the alpaca, goat, deer, and kangaroo yard attendants with their jobs and daily tasks.
- Cleaned animal enclosure thoroughly in the burrow building.
- Cleaned animal enclosure thoroughly in the education complex.
- Presented small animals including Pythons, Boa Constrictors, Screech owls, guinea pigs, Bearded dragons and others to the public at touch tables.
- Assisted other zooteens with animal handling.
KidScience Assistant Teacher Volunteer
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
09.2016 - 04.2021
- Assisted primary teachers with supervising students
- Passing out papers, sharpening pencils, organizing and maintaining all teacher supplies.
- Assist students with ethogram and behavior study data collection.
- Assist students with arts and crafts.
- Present education ambassador animals for students.
- (Volunteer years, see "Conservation Education Specialist: Teacher " for staff years.)
Education
Associate of Science - Biology
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PA12-2026
High School Diploma -
Penn Hills High School
309 Collins Drive, Penn Hills PA06-2021
Skills
- Hardworking
- Efficient
- Attentive to detail
- Passionate
- Kind and Respectful
- Open Minded
- Knowledgeable
- Excellent Time Management Skills
- Problem Solver
- Obedient
Affiliations
- Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania member
- Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society Member
- Ohio Cichlid Association Member
- Council of Three Rivers American Indian Council
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Choctaw
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working
Cherokee
Limited Working
Interests
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Birding
- Fishing
Timeline
Conservation Education Specialist : Animal Care
Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium
07.2021 - Current
Conservation Education Specialist : Teacher
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
04.2021 - 02.2024
Landscaper
Diamond Cut Landscaping Services
03.2020 - 07.2020
Sales Associate
Elmer's Aquarium
06.2018 - Current
Waiter
Garden City Bingo
12.2017 - 03.2020
Zoo Teen Volunteer
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
06.2017 - 08.2019
Animal Care Volunteer
Humane Animal Rescue Pittsburgh
02.2017 - Current
KidScience Assistant Teacher Volunteer
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
09.2016 - 04.2021
Associate of Science - Biology
Community College of Allegheny County
High School Diploma -
Penn Hills High School
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