Keoni Yoshioka
Hilo,HI
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Tree Trimmer/Heavy truck driver
County of Hawaii
11.2022 - Current
- Duties included:
- - Use and maintain a bucket truck to trim, prune, and remove trees
- - Use and maintenance of gas-powered chainsaws from stihl MS250 to stihl MS880, pole saws, power pruners, and blowers
- - Use of Bandit chipper, skid steer, and dump trucks to remove green waste from the working area
- - Inspection of coconut trees for crown rot, holes in trunks of trees, dead trees, and Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB)
- - Trimming of coconut tree fronds and seed pods using a machete
- - Removal of dead or hazardous coconut trees
- - Use of traditional notching techniques to remove trees
- - Proper pruning cuts on trees to prevent epicormic growth, and promote healthy and strong growth
- - Inspection of trees for cracked or broken limbs, dead branches and dead trees
- - Trimming limbs of trees encroaching on county buildings, parking areas, and roadways
- - Removal of dead and hazardous limbs on trees
- - Removal of dead, invasive, and hazardous trees posing a hazard to people, county buildings, and parking areas
- - Use of throwball to set a rope for a tagline
- - Use of ropes as tagline to pull trees over
- - Use of ropes to lower branches safely to the ground to prevent damage to the surrounding area
- 95% of time spent performing this work
Working Supervisor
Backyard Monkey
07.2019 - 11.2022
- - Coordinate personnel and equipment needed for daily jobs
- - Give employee reviews on good and improvable working habits
- - Communicate with boss on daily work productivity
- - Train new employees of the proper use of tools, equipment, machinery, and PPE use
- - Supervision of 3-6 employees on job sites
- - Communicate with customers to ensure work is properly done according to work contract
- - Communicate with customers on reoccurring maintenance of trees, hedges, and shrubs
- - Plan with boss and customer to improve the health and care of trees, shrubs, palms, and landscape
- - Maintain a safe working environment and proper use of PPE
- - Maintain a motivated and team-oriented work environment to maximize work productivity, as well as team morale
- - Have a pre-work meeting at every job site to ensure an understanding of the work scope and proper planning to finish the job.
- - Walk through every job site with the customer to ensure the customer is satisfied with the work before leaving the job site
- - Maintain inventory of work equipment and tools
- - Coordinate maintenance and cleaning of working equipment, tools, vehicles and trailers
- 100% of time spent performing this work
Bucket operator and driver
Backyard Monkey
01.2018 - 11.2022
- - Drive and maintenance of a Bucket Truck
- - Use and maintenance of hand saws, gas-powered stihl chainsaws from stihl 201tc to stihl 880, and fiberglass insulated hydraulic pole saw for work around high voltage powerlines.
- - Inspecting of trees and shrubs to prevent disease and pest
- - Spraying of insecticides and fungicides to protect trees and shrubs from disease and pest
- - Inspection of coconut trees for crown rot, holes in trunks of trees, dead trees, and Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB)
- - Inspection of trees for cracked or broken limbs, dead branches and dead trees
- - Use of traditional notching techniques to remove trees
- - Proper pruning cuts on trees to prevent epicormic growth, and promote healthy and strong growth
- - Trimming and removing of trees in residential areas, roadway clearing, and powerline clearing
- - Use of ropes and pulleys to lower branches to the ground safely to prevent damage to surrounding areas
- - Climb spikes and ropes are used to ascend and descend trees.
- - Use of throw balls to access trees via rope or tagline to pull trees over
- - Use of Kubota skid steer and Kubota excavator
- - Use of bandit chippers
- - Use of vermeer stumpgrinder
- 100% of time spent performing this work
Education
High School Diploma -
Skills
- Hand pruning tools
- Tree trimming and cutting branches
- Chainsaw operation
- Job site safety
- Communication with customers and public
Timeline
Tree Trimmer/Heavy truck driver
County of Hawaii
11.2022 - Current
Working Supervisor
Backyard Monkey
07.2019 - 11.2022
Bucket operator and driver
Backyard Monkey
01.2018 - 11.2022