Gavin Sellors
Summary
Dedicated Worker and Team Member.
Reliable worker with solid background meeting and exceeding expectations in fast-paced professional settings. Can efficiently execute physically and mentally demanding tasks by learning quickly, remaining positive under pressure and collaborating with team members to innovate solutions. Capable of providing excellent customer service and using managerial skills to boost overall workplace experience.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Field Crew Member
Blossom and Bine (Hops and Flower Farm)
Santa Rosa, CA
06.2023 - 10.2024
- Engaged customers at flower stand, enthusiastically answering questions and recommending bouquets to effect sales.
- Operated weed-wacker, push mower and golf cart safely and effectively.
- Carefully and efficiently trained hundreds of hops vines per day to ensure maximum growth and yield.
- Harvested over 175 flowers per hour while maintaining quality standards at or above those set by management.
- Programmed, monitored and repaired leaks in irrigation system to ensure maximum hydration, resulting in constant crop vitality during the height of Summer.
Field Crew Member
Singing Frogs Farm
Sebastopol, CA
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Enthusiastically engaged customers and answered questions to increase interest in farmer's market stand.
- Arranged displays, handled transactions and managed cash box at farmer's market stand.
- Strategized with coworkers to determine optimal production plans and made unique contributions to highly experienced, skilled and efficient crew.
- Independently watered entire farm on a routine basis to ensure thriving crops through the height of Summer.
- Seeded, transplanted, weeded and harvested a wide variety of vegetables in fast-paced, complex work environment.
Farm Intern
The Red Hot Green Chili Place
Deming, NM
02.2021 - 03.2021
- Seeded and transplanted more than 400 starts in open air beds and greenhouses.
- Collected eggs from, fed and watered 12 chickens + 2 roosters.
- Slaughtered rooster and participated in entire process of preparing rooster to be cooked.
- Gained firsthand knowledge of processes used in regenerative systems.
- Recognized by management for exceptional work ethic, communication abilities and positive attitude.
- Maneuvered tractor, including with trailer attached, around turns and in reverse.
Farm Intern
Olga Farm
Coudersport, PA
12.2020 - 01.2021
- Arranged displays, organized products and strategized the marketing of farm goods to the public in the farm store.
- Constructed three new hugelkultur beds for the Spring, including by dragging logs and brush over more than 200 yards in snowy, below freezing conditions.
- Used hand tools, ladders and other equipment to carry out infrastructure projects, routinely lifting 50+ lbs throughout the process.
Farm Intern
Many Hands Organic Farm
Barre, MA
09.2020 - 10.2020
- Worked constantly to improve personal capabilities, increasing personal amount of crops harvested and packed per day by 25% over the course of internship while simultaneously decreasing quality control error margin.
- Fed, watered and cared for 50 chickens, 50 turkeys and 5 pigs.
- Seeded, transplanted, weeded and harvested a wide variety of vegetables.
- Washed and packed produce to be marketed, routinely lifting 50+ lbs.
- Gained firsthand knowledge of processes used in Organic, no-till systems.
- Learned basic tractor-driving skills.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Theater Arts
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA05-2025
The University of Vermont
Burlington, VTHigh School Diploma -
Summerfield Waldorf School
Santa Rosa, CA06.2020
Soil Advocate Training
Kiss The Ground
08.2019
Skills
- Engaging customers enthusiastically and communicating with them to attend to their wants and needs
- Effectuating transactions and managing cashbox
- Enhancing overall workplace performance by collaborating effectively with teammates and thriving amidst adverse circumstances
- Motivating myself to independently manage multiple tasks in a time efficient manner
- Harvesting, washing and packing vegetables to meet and exceed standards for speed and quality
Timeline
Field Crew Member
Blossom and Bine (Hops and Flower Farm)
06.2023 - 10.2024
Field Crew Member
Singing Frogs Farm
06.2022 - 08.2022
Farm Intern
The Red Hot Green Chili Place
02.2021 - 03.2021
Farm Intern
Olga Farm
12.2020 - 01.2021
Farm Intern
Many Hands Organic Farm
09.2020 - 10.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Theater Arts
Santa Rosa Junior College
The University of Vermont
High School Diploma -
Summerfield Waldorf School
Soil Advocate Training
Kiss The Ground
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