Overview
Work History
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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
Michael Craig