Kelly Shaw
Cusick
Summary
Eastern Washington University graduate in Biology.
Positive and energetic personality with strong passion for outdoor environment. With well rounded experience in maintenance, including pumps, fish tanks, as well as outdoor tasks.
Overview
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Certification
Work History
Park Aide
Washington State Parks
Mt Spokane
- Assisted with park maintenance, ensuring cleanliness and safety of recreational areas.
- Provided visitor assistance, delivering information about park features and regulations.
- Operated basic landscaping tools to maintain trails and gardens effectively.
- Collaborated with team members to organize community events and educational programs.
- Trained new seasonal park aides
Aquarist
Under the Sea
Post Falls, ID
- Monitored water quality of two 5000 gallon tanks.
- Assisted in feeding schedules and diet management for diverse marine species
- Maintained aquarium systems, ensuring equipment functionality and cleanliness
- water quality tests include dissolved oxygen, alkalinity,chlorine,salinity, nitrates, co2 Levels were adjusted to meet optimal conditions for fish.
Fish Technician II
Kalispell Tribe
Cusick, WA
- Using the Forest Service Standard Inventory Procedures handbook, my team assessed streams on the Pend Orielle watershed.
- Data recorded included length, width, thalwag, bank full, slope and special cases contained in the streams.
- Orienteering with the use of maps and GPS, hiking with gear, to the mouths of the streams. Working as a Fish Tech II I was able to experience working with an excellent team, use problem solving skills daily, and demonstrate stream surveying.
- Conducted routine maintenance on aquatic systems and equipment.
Research Assistant
Eastern Washington University, Turnbull Wildlife Refuge
Cheney, WA
- My team gathered data from fish pens located on docks at three different places on Lake Roosevelt.
- Operation of boats, pressure washer, plankton net, car buoys, microscopes and periodically spectrometer were demonstrated.
- After samples were taken from pens, the macroinvertebrates were fixed and then identified by species with the use of the microscope. This data was then entered into an excel spreadsheet.
Education
B.S. - Biology option Zoology
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA01-2002
Skills
- Field experience
- Enthusiastic Team player that values safety
- Communicate effectively
- Aquatic Ecology background
- Computer, field tools, and boat operation
- Water quality
Certification
- Boat certification
- scuba dive certification
Timeline
Park Aide
Washington State Parks
Aquarist
Under the Sea
Fish Technician II
Kalispell Tribe
Research Assistant
Eastern Washington University, Turnbull Wildlife Refuge
B.S. - Biology option Zoology
Eastern Washington University