James Asbury

• Coordinating daily tasks according to priorities and plans as well as making necessary changes due to weather, supply, delivery, and personnel
• Delegating individual responsibilities and projects to crew members and contractors
• Recruiting, training, managing, and mentoring employees and contractors
• Providing adequate resources and staffing to meet project schedules, laws, regulations, best practices, and safety needs
• Emphasizing safe use of tools, machinery, and equipment while providing training on safety gear, helmets, and procedures
• Developing and managing project budgets and quality standards for all sites
• Resolving conflicts and/ or miscommunications quickly and amicably
• Regularly reporting project status to supervisors
• Operating various heavy machinery and trucks
• Communicating directly with property owners and speaking with customers to assess their exact wants and needs within their budget capabilities
• Quickly identify plant and tree species while being able to prescribe the best treatment for healthy future growth
• I also hold the responsibility of handing all large removals and trimming jobs, ie
• Crane jobs, community work, full house landscape installs, etc
• Problem solving equipment issues and repair on site
• Working with GPS and other location apps/devices to locate job sites and mark potential jobsite hazards
• Operating a variety of online applications to properly plan, create, execute, and bill work orders.

• Trimmed and/or removed trees by climbing with the aid of climbing line, powered trimmer lift truck as well as working from the ground using gasoline and hand-powered saws, pruner, etc
• Cut branches/trunk sections and drop or lowering them to the ground with lines
• Used chain saws to assistance with felling trees or trimming trunks as well as cutting logs into manageable pieces
• Sprayed stumps and brush with hand-spraying equipment to prevent further growth
• Loaded and unloaded trucks with logs, stumps, brush, and debris and/or fed brush into a woodchipper
• Repaired slight damage to lawns, fences, and walkways caused by fallen debris from trimming
• Serviced gasoline, hand-powered tools, and other equipment
• Relayed hand-signals, directing traffic, driving, and operating trucks and equipment as assigned and keeping trucks and work areas clear and orderly
• Performed other related work, as assigned by superiors such as training new employees, etc
• Safeguarded employees and the public from hazards in and around work areas
• Trained to perform tree and bucket rescue
• Assumed responsibility for the inspection and proper working conditions of tools, truck, and other work equipment
• Maintained good housekeeping on trucks and at work locations
• Worked around hazardous equipment
• Worked near energized power lines and in all temperatures and weather and will be exposed to nature i.e., irritating plants and biting or stinging insects, and dust
• Worked around excessive noise from machines, chain saw, woodchipper and other equipment, with hearing protection
• Worked on unlevel terrain and around fallen limbs
• Work performed at varying heights above ground while secured.

• Provided physical security for the Radford Army Ammunition Plant which might be susceptible to theft, fire, sabotage, or unauthorized entry
• Responded as directed in the event of incidents affecting security integrity of facilities
• Patrolled/protected facilities by foot and/or vehicle to detect or prevent illegal/unauthorized activities
• Provided security protection for all government property, classified material, and personnel within assigned areas of responsibility to prevent unauthorized access, theft, or intentional destruction
• Reported/responded to unusual or emergency situations using the appropriate degree of physical force and/or weaponry as the situation dictates
• Remained alert for potential security, property, or safety concerns and initiated the appropriate actions
• Controlled ingress/egress into and/or out of posted/controlled security areas
• Performed security duties as directed e.g
• Respond to situations that may require the use of physical and/or deadly force
• Performed security tasks to include but not limited to the enforcement of all applicable rules and regulations concerning trespass or demonstrations, exclusion of prohibited articles and/or contraband
• Prevented/reported all violations of security and safety rules and regulations
• Responded to protective alarm signals or other unusual/suspicious activities
• Maintained a working knowledge of all security and guard orders, written and oral, pertaining to the assigned duties
• Maintained proficiency with all assigned weapons by achieving the required qualifying scores in the designated courses of fire and the level of fitness required to safely pass annual qualification tests and carry out duties
• Remained proficient in the care, maintenance, operation, disassembly, and assembly of all duty weapons as applicable
• Performed other duties as assigned.

Trimmed and/or removed trees by climbing with the aid of a climbing line, a powered trimmer lift truck, as well as working from the ground using gasoline and hand-powered saws, a pruner, etc.

Cut branches/trunk sections and drop or lower them to the ground with lines.

Used chain saws to assist with felling trees or trimming trunks, as well as cutting logs into manageable pieces.

· Sprayed stumps and brush with hand-spraying equipment to prevent further growth.

· Loaded and unloaded trucks with logs, stumps, brush, and debris and/or fed brush into a woodchipper.

· Repaired slight damage to lawns, fences, and walkways caused by fallen debris from trimming.

· Serviced gasoline, hand-powered tools, and other equipment.

· Relayed hand-signals, directing traffic, driving, and operating trucks and equipment as assigned and keeping trucks and work areas clear and orderly.

· Performed other related work, as assigned by superiors such as training new employees, etc.

· Safeguarded employees and the public from hazards in and around work areas.

· Trained to perform tree and bucket rescue.

· Assumed responsibility for the inspection and proper working conditions of tools, truck, and other work equipment.

· Maintained good housekeeping on trucks and at work locations.

· Worked around hazardous equipment.

· Worked near energized power lines and in all temperatures and weather and will be exposed to nature i.e., irritating plants and biting or stinging insects, and dust.

· Worked around excessive noise from machines, chain saw, woodchipper and other equipment, with hearing protection.

· Worked on unlevel terrain and around fallen limbs.

· Work performed at varying heights above ground while secured.