Roan Montgomery
Chico,CA
Summary
Team-oriented General Labor Worker always ready to take on any assignment. Operates machinery and equipment safely in support of team needs. Physically fit, hardworking and great at changing gears quickly to handle new tasks.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Emergency Response
California Conservation Corps
Clear Lake CA, Grizzly Flats CA
12.2020 - 11.2023
- Straw Wattle, Silt Sock, and Silt fence installation
- Loaded and unloaded supplies using proper safety procedures to avoid injuries
- Maintained workplace cleanliness around equipment to enhance safety and productivity and upheld high standards of productivity and quality in all areas of operation
- Worked hard to learn all required tasks quickly and maximize performance
- Kept inventory of tools and supplies to ensure the prevention of loss and damage
- Fire Camp Support
- Dispersed hydration and lunches at the Refrigeration Unit
- Assisted with issuing gear and completing appropriate documentation in the Supply Unit
- Maintained camp cleanliness and constructed structures with the Facilities Unit
- Worked in the Kitchen Unit and helped prepare meals for fire personnel
- Informed and educated local community members about fire prevention and safety.
- Built emergency infrastructure and maintained clean work environment during emergency response
- Oakland Vaccination Site Support, Oakland CA
- Inventory/palletizing management for distribution to emergency personnel
- Covid prevention management
- Water distribution
- Pallet jack operation
- Waste management/disposal
- (Sanitation/waste management disposal)
- Participated in on-call schedule to respond to requests for assistance after hours and on weekends or holidays.
Corpsmember / Trail Worker / Tool Specialist
California Conservation Corps
Chico, CA - South Lake Tahoe, CA, CA
12.2020 - 11.2023
- Worked to remove forest fire fuels, brushing, and falling trees with the use of chainsaws
- Experience roping trees using various knots to pull trees down in certain situations
- Experienced with bucking and limbing paying close attention to tension and binds
- Successfully operates woodchipper to chip fallen bucked, limbed, and stacked brush
- Ensured all worksites are kept clean and hazard free
- Ensured and performed quality controls occasionally to maximize work foreman satisfaction
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in a fast-paced environment
- Participated in team building activities to enhance work relationships
- Worked closely with C feller and learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity
- Used hand saws and power equipment to remove unwanted and diseased trees
- Maintained public and private lands for optimal use and implemented fire safety prevention strategies to protect homes, businesses, and individuals
- Upkept daily maintenance on all power tools used for keeping our tools in ideal shape
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
Backcountry Trail Crew
California Conservation Corps
Klamath National Forests CA, CA
04.2022 - 09.2022
- Dedicated living and working out of tents for five and a half months on a trail crew of 13 people for six months
- navigation through the Klamath National Forest using a map and compass
- Able up to 15 miles daily with up to 60 lbs
- Can hike with a steady pace of up to three or four miles per hour
- successfully cleared log jams using cross cut and appropriate hand tools.
- Performed trail maintenance clearing brush and debris from trails.
- Cleared, repaired, and constructed causeways, swales, and water bars using necessary hand tools.
- Constructed single-tier Rockwall and check steps
- Worked to remove forest fire fuels, brushing and falling trees through efficient and safe use of chainsaws.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in a fast-paced environment
- Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships
- Learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity
- Used hand saws and power equipment to remove unwanted and diseased trees
- Maintained public and private lands for optimal use and implemented fire safety prevention strategies to protect homes, businesses and individuals.
- Installed signage along trails for public use and safety awareness.
- Conducted safety inspections on trails to assess their condition and identify potential hazards.
- Worked collaboratively with fellow crew members to complete projects efficiently and safely.
- Operated chainsaws and crosscuts safely while cutting down trees blocking public access routes.
- Inspected tools regularly for proper functioning prior to use.
- Repaired eroded sections of trails by constructing rock steps or water bars.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Understood and followed oral and written directions.
Education
Highschool Diploma -
Fair View High School
Some College (No Degree) - Forestry
Lake Tahoe Community College
1 College Dr, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150Skills
- Hand tools: McLeod, pulaski, double jack, single jack, pitchfork, loppers, square shovel, round tip shovel, r-5 shovel, leaf rake, rpm, rock bar, steel rake, titan post driver, post hole digger, felling axe
- Power tools: Chainsaw, pole saw, pneumatic drill, automatic titan post driver, earth auger, hedger, weedeater, leaf blower, wand drill
- Heavy equipment: Morbark chipper operation
- Tool Maintenance: Quality check on tools we use daily, rehandling tools, and sharpening tools
- Equipment maintenance: Check equipment used regularly and kept maintained when necessary
- Emergency Flood Fighter
- Fire Trained
- The ability to stay calm under pressure
- Ability to lift heavy weights up 70lbs, & stand for long period of time
- Successfully multitask/can catch on quick to new projects
- Always outgoing
- Inventory Stocking
- Work Site Mainte
- Equipment Maintenance
- Cleaning
- Materials Loading
- Equipment Operation
- Heavy Machinery Operation
- Preventive Maintenance
- Loading and Unloading Procedures
- Traffic Control
- Restocking Skills
- Maintenance Understanding
- Supply Management
- Safety and Compliance
- Crew Support
Certificates And Training
- Emergency responder
- Primitive hand tool orientation
- Sexual harassment prevention
- Discrimination & Harassment Prevention
- Career development
- Wilderness first aid/CPR
- Technical swift water rope rescue
- Workplace safety
- Injury & heat illness prevention
- Alcohol & drug awareness
- Conservation awareness
- Maintenance Employee Safety Orientation (MESO)
- Redcross CPR/AED first aid
- Current S-212 training and C-212
- Wilderness First Aid Certified - May 2022
- Epinephrine Administration Certified - May 2022
- Swiftwater Rescue Certified - May 2022
- Fire trained - Aug 2023
Volunteer Experience
- Kirshner's WildLife Sanctuary, Assist with cage cleaning and animal feeding - 2021
- Comanche Creek Greenway, Assist with removing Johnson Grass to increase biodiversity with a round-tip shovel - 2021
- Book Family Farm, Assist with fence repair for cattle and hay bale stacking - 2021
- CAL FIRE, Assist with Defensible Space Inspection, essential to improve an individual's home chance of surviving wildfires and packet making of pertinent information regarding defensible space - 2021
- Chico VELO Trail Maintenance, Assist with the prevention of water on trails and vision hazard clearing with loppers - 2021
References
- Tamara Skaggs, Conservationist 1, California Conservation Corps, (530) 545-0091, Tamara.skaggs@ccc.ca.gov
- Greg Bishoff, Conservationists 1, California Conservation Corps, (707) 239-6793, Greg.bishoff@ccc.ca.gov
- Yana Beeler, Corpsmember Development Specialists, California Conservation Corps, (530) 513-3521, Yana.beeler@ccc.ca.gov
Timeline
Backcountry Trail Crew
California Conservation Corps
04.2022 - 09.2022
Emergency Response
California Conservation Corps
12.2020 - 11.2023
Corpsmember / Trail Worker / Tool Specialist
California Conservation Corps
12.2020 - 11.2023
Highschool Diploma -
Fair View High School
Some College (No Degree) - Forestry
Lake Tahoe Community College
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