Michael Craig
Olympia,WA
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Seasonal Parks Maintenance Worker
Olympia Parks, Arts & Recreation
03.2024 - Current
- Trail maintenance such as brushing, re-surfacing, railing and boardwalk repair, and use of associated equipment in all types of weather
- Landscape maintenance such as mowing, weeding, edging, and pruning
- Operated a variety of tools and machinery
- Preserved natural habitats through careful landscaping, pruning, and removal of invasive species
- Maintained gardening tools by replacing blades and fluids
- Removed tree stumps, roots and debris for cohesive landscape appearance
- Trimmed greenery, shrubs, and hedges to maintain uniform appearance
Grower
Hawaiian Sunshine Nursery
07.2019 - 01.2024
- Maintained and grew high quality wholesale plants
- Inspect plants for diseases and monitor plant growth
- Ensure work sites are sanitized to prevent spread plant disease
- Distribute nutrients, apply fertilizer, and apply pesticides
- Programmed irrigation clocks and mixed plant feed
- Determine schedule for applying growth regulator when required for forced bloom
- Monitor electrical conductivity level of water used for watering plants
- Perform repairs and utilized construction skills to maintain site facilities
Plant nursery worker
Peoria Gardens
02.2015 - 06.2019
- Supervised an order pulling crew and pulled orders for retail
- Zone leader of perennials
- Fertilized, watered, arranged, and trimmed plants
- Produced cuttings, propagated, transplanted, and tagged plants
- Installed drip lines for plants and kept watering records
- Identified diseased plants
- Extensive lifting and moving of stock
- Maintained city hanging baskets
Manager
Northwest Snowboards
01.2005 - 12.2014
- Dealt directly with representatives as a buyer
- Assembled and repaired snowboards and skateboards
- In charge of product orders and inventory
- Trained and managed new employees
- Took care of money deposits
- Planned store events
- In charge of store layout
- Skills
- Over 9 years of plant nursery experience specializing in perennials, tropical foliage, and bromeliads
- Plant species identification
- Plant pest identification, plant disease identification
- Operate tractors and forklifts
Timeline
Seasonal Parks Maintenance Worker
Olympia Parks, Arts & Recreation
03.2024 - Current
Grower
Hawaiian Sunshine Nursery
07.2019 - 01.2024
Plant nursery worker
Peoria Gardens
02.2015 - 06.2019
Manager
Northwest Snowboards
01.2005 - 12.2014