Mel Williams
Gordonsville,VA
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Crew Lead
Appalachian Conservation Corps
02.2024 - Current
- Trained employees in time management and proper ways to complete job duties.
- Monitored crew members to verify work quality and address concerns.
- Discussed daily work requirements with crew and assigned skills-based tasks to enable completion of work.
- Communicated effectively with project coordinators, crew members, and project partners to keep everyone informed.
- Completed daily and weekly paperwork as well as situational and emergency paperwork including incident reports, workers compensation, and behavioral management
- Managed a variety of projects including wet and dry masonry, guard rail construction, sign repair, historical restoration/construction, chainsaw, bench cutting, drain maintenance and installation, and corridor
Staff Crew Lead
Southeast Conservation Corps
06.2023 - 11.2023
- Trained crew members in time management and proper ways to complete job duties.
- Monitored crew members to verify work quality and address concerns.
- Discussed daily work requirements with crew and assigned skills-based tasks to enable completion of work.
- Communicated effectively project coordinators, crew members, and project partners to keep everyone informed.
- Collaborated with other crew leads to share best practices, driving continuous improvement across teams.
- Completed daily and weekly paperwork as well as situational and emergency paperwork including incident reports, workers compensation, and behavioral management
- Managed a variety of projects including constructing new tread, maintaining existing tread, corridor, fisheries projects, dry masonry, chainsaw, etc.
Americorps Crew Member
Southeast Conservation Corps
02.2023 - 05.2023
- Demonstrated strong multitasking abilities, handling multiple tasks simultaneously without compromising quality or efficiency.
- Received training to become a staff crew lead through an immersive and detailed program
- Worked primarily on creating new tread from the beginning of the process to the end, including flagging and preparing new trail, bench cutting, drain installation, corridor, and renaturalizing
- Learned effective communication styles and how to work closely with diverse people
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA11.2021
Skills
- Team Management
- Motivational Leadership
- Training and mentoring
- Task Delegation
- Chainsaw Certification
- Wilderness First-Aid Certification
- Power Tool Maintenance and Usage
- Hand Tool Maintenance and Usage
- Crosscut Saw Experience
- Wet and Dry Masonry
- Bench Cutting and Tread Maintenance
- New Construction and Historical Restoration
Certification
A-Level Limbing and Bucking Chainsaw Certification
Wilderness First Aid Certification
Timeline
Staff Crew Lead
Appalachian Conservation Corps
02.2024 - Current
Staff Crew Lead
Southeast Conservation Corps
06.2023 - 11.2023
Americorps Crew Member
Southeast Conservation Corps
02.2023 - 05.2023
A-Level Limbing and Bucking Chainsaw Certification
Wilderness First Aid Certification
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
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