Mary Arkins
Summary
Highly motivated student with interests in minimizing food waste. Experience mainly in customer service and small vegetable production.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Barista
The Art Cafe
05.2013 - 05.2022
- Cross-sold pastries and drinks from the cafe with art and jewelry from the gallery
- Presenting and promoting products well to customers
- Trained new employees
- Controlled lines with pleasant and efficient service
- Cleaned and operated espresso machines, blenders, commercial coffee brewers, coffee pots, and other equipment.
Catering Server
Smoke And Pickles
05.2017 - 08.2019
- Arranged linens and table settings according to seating plan and event theme
- Worked with chefs to help prep and present food
- Served appetizers and buffet style dinners
- Cleared dishes and glassware quickly following each course
- Aware of guests dietary restrictions and allergies
- Replenished condiments and other supplies at tables and service bars
Landscape Gardener
Treaty Rock Farm
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Used shears, pruners, and chainsaws to prune and trim hedges and shrubs.
- Removed invasive plants and noxious weeds for garden aesthetics and ecosystem health.
- Planted native and pollinator attracting flowers, shrubs and bushes
- Prepped, planted, watered and fertilized garden beds for healthy results.
Nutrition Specialist
ASMSU Preschool
01.2022 - 05.2023
- Prep/ Cook lunch for 20-30 kids
- Occasionally sit and eat lunch with kids
- Monitored specific nutritional needs
- Helped with weekly meal plans
Tea Tender
Steep Mountain Tea
01.2020 - 05.2023
- Memorize recipes and steep times for over 100 kinds of tea drinks
- Make multiple drinks needing different steep times and temperatures at one time
- Mix and weigh out loose leaf tea for customers
- Work with customers to find the right drink for them
- Consistently arrived on time and worked effectively in fast-paced environment
- Performed daily cash register opening and closing functions and generated daily sales reports
Farm Hand
Chance Farms
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Built greenhouse high tunnels using different power tools
- Operated tractors and BCS tractors
- Monitored and maintained irrigation systems to optimize water levels for plants
- Planted, cultivated and harvested vegetables
- Washed, dried and bagged salad mixes
- Trimmed, weeded and watered vegetable plants
Farm Hand
Roots Farm
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Created high nutrient soil blocks to seed plants into
- Solarize and prepare beds for transplanting
- Planted, cultivated and harvested vegetable plants
- Washing the different produce based off different hardiness levels
- Sold vegetables at local farmers market, packing produce carefully and presenting it well to customers
Education
Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT12.2023
Skills
- Organizational
- Customer service
- Flexibility
- Clean work space
- Minimizing waste
- Collaborative relationships
- Suggestive selling
Timeline
Farm Hand
Roots Farm
05.2023 - 08.2023
Farm Hand
Chance Farms
05.2022 - 09.2022
Nutrition Specialist
ASMSU Preschool
01.2022 - 05.2023
Landscape Gardener
Treaty Rock Farm
03.2020 - 08.2020
Tea Tender
Steep Mountain Tea
01.2020 - 05.2023
Catering Server
Smoke And Pickles
05.2017 - 08.2019
Barista
The Art Cafe
05.2013 - 05.2022
Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems
Montana State University