Herbert Richard
Summary
Seasoned grounds professional who leads by example. Experience in maintaining cool and warm season grass to include perennial ryegrass, fescue, blue grass, and bermuda grass. Currently maintain POLYTECH School Districts 400,000+ sqft building 10+ acres of parking lots located on 97 acres.
Overview
1
1
Certification
4
4
years of post-secondary education
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Custodian
POLYTECH School District
Woodside, DE
06.2012 - Current
- Supervised daily building and grounds operations.
- Trained staff on proper cleaning techniques and safety protocols.
- Maintain inventory and order supplies for cleaning operations, and grounds operations.
- Trained staff on grounds maintenance, athletic field maintenance, snow and ice pretreating and removal
- Coordinated maintenance schedules for equipment and supplies.
- Build relationships with vendors/ select demo and recommend equipment for maintaining the grounds.
- Coordinate contractors and ensure work is completed to specs per contract
- Utilized TRI-M building management system to ensure optimal building conditions
- Maintain hvac, plumbing, electrical system as needed
Custodian
POLYTECH School District
Woodside, DE
07.2009 - 06.2012
- Maintained cleanliness of classrooms, hallways, and common areas.
- Operated cleaning equipment such as floor buffers and vacuums.
- Worked on the grounds crew mowing, lining fields, fertilizing fields, spraying fields, edging baseball and softball fields.
Custodian
Capital School District
Dover, DE
11.2008 - 07.2009
- Maintained cleanliness of classrooms, hallways, and common areas.
Education
Journey Person Electrical License - Electrical Apprenticeship
Polytech Adult Education
Woodside , De 09.2014 - 05.2018
North Caroline High School
Ridgely , Md Skills
- Turf management- aeration, topdressing fertilization, herbicide and pesticide application, seeding
- Grounds maintenance and implementing mowing, lining, tree and bush trimming and mulching schedules
- Snow and ice-to include pretreatment, post event snow and ice removal and refreeze prevention
- Safe equipment operation
- Equipment maintenance and implementing maintenance schedules/record keeping
- Diagnostic and applicable repairs to all types of equipment
- Calibration of spreaders and sprayers
- Many calculation procedures Figuring yardage for mulching, figuring rates for fertilizer application, figuring rates for pesticide and herbicide application, figuring brine for snow pretreatment, salt or calcium chloride for ice melting or refreeze prevention
- Reading and understanding labels, blueprints, contracts etc
- Staff training and team building
Certification
Nutrient management applicators license
Turf and ornamental category 03 applicator license
Journey person electric license
Accomplishments
- Diaa field maintenance award
Timeline
Journey Person Electrical License - Electrical Apprenticeship
Polytech Adult Education
09.2014 - 05.2018
Chief Custodian
POLYTECH School District
06.2012 - Current
Custodian
POLYTECH School District
07.2009 - 06.2012
Custodian
Capital School District
11.2008 - 07.2009
North Caroline High School