Joe Derek Barrios
Alamo,Texas
Summary
Familiar with following security standards, advocating for student resources and utilizing relationship-focused approaches to maximize satisfaction. Personable, amiable and open communication style paired with excellent interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Accurately and efficiently updates logs and reports. Attentive Assistant provides skilled support to facilitate operational efficiency and meet challenging requirements. Highly organized, efficiency-driven and proactive in handling simultaneous tasks with little oversight. Excellent planning, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Resident Advisor – Residents life Housing Department
Texas A&M University- Kingsville
01.2022 - Current
- Assist students' needs and actively host residential events.
- Communicate regularly with program staff (director, academic coordinator, etc.).
- Punctual for day/night and on-call shifts as a full-time student and part-time student worker.
- Provided support and guidance to residents in order to help them adjust to college life.
- Assisted with planning and implementing campus events, programs, and activities.
Wildlife Assistant
East Texas Ranch
12.2024 - 08.2024
- Help to maintain the ranch land, property, and equipment, cattle, exotics, and ensure that the ranch is operating in accordance with the goals and objectives of the ranch ownership.
- Mowing, fixing roads, spraying herbicide, planting, cleaning game animals, filling feeders, conducting animal surveys, and prepping for owner visits.
- Operate large farm tractors, skid steer, excavator, and dozers.
- Ensure that animal accommodation, isolation areas, pens, treatment rooms, and exercise facilities are maintained to strict standards of cleanliness and hygiene and in line with the Society's policies on health and safety.
- Ensured office equipment was operational, stocked with supplies and maintained in a clean condition.
- Organized and maintained filing systems for documents and records.
Biologist Technician (Sport Fishery Biological Technician)
USFWS
05.2023 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Tag recovery efforts to measure the movement, growth, post-release survival, return to sport fisheries, and the general efficacy of stocked salmon and trout in Lakes Michigan and Huron.
- Collect and record biological data, and collect samples (scales, bones, stomachs, tags, tissue).
- Assist biologist with tagging fish in automated tagging trailers for large cooperative studies with state and tribal partners.
- Entering and proofing field and lab data, and conducting summary data analysis.
- Provided advice on how best to manage wildlife resources sustainably while minimizing human-wildlife conflicts.
- Prepared detailed reports summarizing findings from field and laboratory studies.
Spotlight Survey
Laguna Atascosa
10.2022 - 11.2022
- Conducted spotlight surveys for large mammals.
- Spotlighting and identifying species from a distance.
- Survey count of individuals spotted during the route.
- Maintained a safe working environment by adhering to safety regulations.
- Checked lights, dimmers, cables and other equipment prior to performance start time.
White-tailed Deer Fawn Survival Technician
East Foundation Ranch
05.2022 - 07.2022
- Technician at the East Foundation Ranch working with White-tailed Deer Fawns.
- Capture and collared fawns from GPS-collared does equipped with vaginal implant transmitters (VITs).
- Daily monitoring doe collars, fawn collars, and VITs using radio telemetry.
- Conducted mortality investigations, sampled vegetation at birth site, and managed data.
- Tested and calibrated instruments to ensure accuracy and reliability of data.
Student Restoration Crew – Residents life Housing Department
Texas A&M University- Kingsville
05.2021 - 12.2021
- Confirmed work order and attended to issues report.
- Dormitory maintenance.
- Facilitated a smooth transition for new students, resulting in improved satisfaction ratings.
- Performed general clean-up of hazardous materials, including asbestos and lead paint.
- Assisted in the demolition of buildings and structures using hand tools, power tools, and heavy equipment.
- Inspected restoration sites to assess damage and determine necessary repairs.
- Repaired damaged walls, ceilings, floors, furniture, fixtures, and other building components as needed.
Cashier and Waiter
Ramos Catering BBQ
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Customer service and communication with customers.
- Cash handling.
- Quick measurement and calculation skills.
- Greeted customers and answered any questions they had about the store's products and services.
- Operated cash register efficiently and accurately, processed payments by cash, check, credit card, gift card or automatic debit.
- Counted money in cash drawer at the beginning of shift to ensure that amounts were correct and have sufficient change.
Volunteer with TPWD
Government Canyon State Natural Area
03.2022
- Maintaining trails, clearing brush.
- Help to maintain a designed area for native grasses, while diversifying it.
- Selectively trimming specific plant species to eliminate the overabundant growth.
- Assisted TPWD with machinery equipment to allow new species to be introduced.
- Provided assistance to staff in the daily operations of the organization.
Vulture Capture
11.2021
- Help graduate student collect data for research from vultures.
- Collected blood using the butterfly method, and collected cloacal samples.
- Clip and label the primary wing.
- Learn how to catch and handle vultures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Range and Wildlife Management
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TX12.2024
Associates degree - Interdisciplinary Studies in Art
South Texas College
12.2020
High School Diploma -
PSJA Memorial Early College High School
05.2020
Skills
- Welding
- Power tools, machinery
- Data inputting
- Multitasking Abilities
- Attention to Detail
- Problem-Solving
- Task Prioritization
- Small engine repairs
- Geospatial analysis
- Data Management
- Telemetry equipment operation
- Record keeping and data input
- Expertise in Excel
- Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Communication
- Dependable and Responsible
- Fluent in English and Spanish
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Repair and Maintenance
- Livestock management
- Land conservation
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Animal Nutrition
- Farm equipment operation
- Efficient time management
- Collaborative Teamwork
- Self Motivation
- Professionalism
Volunteer Experience
- Doctors Hospital at Renaissances, 175, 06/2017 - 06/2020
- Santa Anna Reforestation, 16, 03/2016 - 11/2019
- Food Bank/Highway Clean-up, 25, 09/2017 - 05/2019
Awards
- Texas Scholar, PSJA Memorial High School, 08/2016 - 05/2020
- Top 10%, PSJA Memorial High School, 08/2016 - 05/2020
- AG Mechanics Superior Award, 03/2020
Professionalorganizations
- Phi Theta Kappa Society, 08/2018
- DHR Health 4yr VoluTEEN summer program, 06/2016
- Resurrection Catholic Church Music, 01/2015
- AmeriCorps, 05/2023
Timeline
Wildlife Assistant
East Texas Ranch
12.2024 - 08.2024
Biologist Technician (Sport Fishery Biological Technician)
USFWS
05.2023 - 12.2023
Spotlight Survey
Laguna Atascosa
10.2022 - 11.2022
White-tailed Deer Fawn Survival Technician
East Foundation Ranch
05.2022 - 07.2022
Volunteer with TPWD
Government Canyon State Natural Area
03.2022
Resident Advisor – Residents life Housing Department
Texas A&M University- Kingsville
01.2022 - Current
Vulture Capture
11.2021
Student Restoration Crew – Residents life Housing Department
Texas A&M University- Kingsville
05.2021 - 12.2021
Cashier and Waiter
Ramos Catering BBQ
03.2020 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Science - Range and Wildlife Management
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Associates degree - Interdisciplinary Studies in Art
South Texas College
High School Diploma -
PSJA Memorial Early College High School
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