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Fermin Barbosa

Davis,CA

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Harvest Intern

UC Davis Teaching Winery
07.2023 - 12.2023
  • Juice/must and wine sampling for lab analysis/data collection and transfers via racking
  • Chemical and nutrient additions to juice, must and wines
  • Inoculation of juice/must at multiple scales (kegs, tanks, barrels)
  • Monitored fermentations across multiple lots and volumes
  • Harvested small vineyard blocks and operated crush equipment (bladder/pneumatic press, crusher/destemmer, incline, hopper, must pump)
  • Cleaning and sanitation of lab equipment, crush equipment, etc.

Peer Advisor

Viticulture and Enology Department
09.2021 - 05.2023
  • Meet individually with students reviewing four-year plans/schedules and refer students to other campus departments as needed
  • Advise on course planning; course prerequisites; faculty expectations; classes and options for study in the major; careers and graduate programs; major-related
  • Provide staff, faculty and department chair with a student perspective and input on advising and curriculum
  • Help facilitate event prep within the advising office.

Vineyard Intern

UC Davis Teaching Vineyards
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Calculated Coefficient of Uniformity (CU) of the drip irrigation systems, assisted in executing/scheduling weekly irrigation, assisted in nutrient fertigation and chemigation
  • Monitored stem water potential (SWP) using soil moisture and shade readings
  • Sampled fruit for crop yield estimates
  • Helped picking crew harvest and deliver fruit to the winery.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Viticulture & Enology

University of California Davis
Davis, CA
06.2024

Skills

  • Excel
  • Word
  • Access

Working knowledge of:

  • Grapevine pruning, pruning disease prevention
  • Canopy management
  • Scouting symptoms of disease/pests
  • Fermentation Monitoring
  • Sanitation Procedures

Leadership Experience

UC Davis Student Farm, Davis, CA, Co-vineyard manager

  • Pruning (cane & spur)
  • Trellis and irrigation management
  • Maintenance of canopy floor (weeding and mulching)

DEVO, Davis, CA, Vineyard management officer

  • Shoot thinning
  • Harvesting
  • Cover crop/floor management
  • Pruning
  • Trellis and irrigation management
  • Help coordinate events for student to gain vineyard experience

Awards

  • Jim Wolpert Scholarship, 2022
  • Theopolis Diversity Fund, 2023

Timeline

Harvest Intern

UC Davis Teaching Winery
07.2023 - 12.2023

Vineyard Intern

UC Davis Teaching Vineyards
05.2022 - 08.2022

Peer Advisor

Viticulture and Enology Department
09.2021 - 05.2023

Bachelor of Science - Viticulture & Enology

University of California Davis

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