Shomari Boulet

30Hours/Week

November 3rd, 2020 -October 2021

Non-federal/$14,000 per year

In this position, I worked in a personal assistant kind of position for my uncle, doing various things for him, from sending and sorting emails to scanning documents for tax purposes, going to his business and labeling, packing, and shipping small packages, working in his warehouse labeling and sorting heavy packages, all the way to just helping him around his home with small tasks or bigger projects.

• Managed office supplies inventory and placed orders when necessary - ran general errands to help with daily tasks such as ordering items, going to the store to pick up or return something, or gathering updated login and password information, enabling employer to focus on more pressing duties
• Maintained confidential files related to personnel records or other sensitive information - it was part of my job to keep passwords to emails and accounts to have access and manage different accounts when needed to
• Assisted with special projects as needed by researching topics, organizing data, and summarizing the findings back to him.
• Scanned documents into electronic format for storage in a secure database system - I scanned in receipts and other financial papers for tax and other legal and security measures.
• Organized email inbox and answered emails and sent emails on his behalf, the emails being sent included questions about where important documents were being kept or on new documents that needed to be sent in to his subordinates - It was my job to filter out non important emails, keep the inbox clear and let it be known to him when an important email came up
• Going to warehouse to check orders and verify, drop off packages as usps and ship packages daily - This means verifying his business orders then printing out labeling and driving packages to the Post office for it to be shipped.
• Sort out warehouse packages organize spaces and put new orders boxes in their correct positions - Working in his business warehouse I was moving and labeling small and large packages for order and storage.
• Looked over home while away, included feeding and taking care of dogs, taking care of plants, take care of mail - While he was away I not only did professional tasks but also domestic task as simple as remembering to feed and walk his dogs.

This role shows that im able to pay attention to detail and stay focused even multiple tasks at hand, with and enabled me be able to think on my own and make decisions and work independently.

30Hours/ Week

November 11th, 2021 - Present

Non-federal/$22,300 per year

This position carries responsibilities, including overseeing opening and closing procedures, maintaining organization, enforcing rules, ensuring cleanliness and upkeep, and providing emergency assistance. These duties are important for the smooth and safe operation of the park.

Opening and Closing

In the mornings it was my job to open and close depending on the day, so this consisted of opening the main gate first, then the side entrance gate. Then heading over to the bathrooms and opening both the women's and men’s bathrooms, and finally heading over to the back gate entrance to open up that gate as well.

When closing, the job consists of cleaning the outdoor bathrooms and then closing and locking them. After going around the park and making sure people at the pack leave on time, then closing the grass field gates, making sure the locker rooms are locked and cleaned, locking the grandstand gates & doors, locking the back and side gate entrances, and then opening the shed up to lock up the golf cart for the day. Following that, the next thing to do is head over to the front building, ensure all the doors are locked, check off the closing checklist to ensure everything is done, then clock out and lock up the main gate of entry when leaving.

Enforcing Rules

Another important part of the recreational aide’s position was enforcing the park rules and ensuring people were aware of and following them. When events were taking place, it was our job to make sure people were parking in the correct spots and to direct cars in the right direction; this included hand signals to the direction to head in and specific street directions to direct them to our south parking lot. It was also our job during events to stand by the gates to make sure the lots didn’t get overfilled and to make sure the right people who needed to get in got in. Another thing we had to make sure of was the renters and the vendors were abiding by the rules, such as staying in their correct areas, treating our equipment with care, keeping the area as clean as they can, and making sure their guests do the same. For field use rules, if it was a club or a larger group of people, it was our job to see that they had the correct permits to use the field. If it was our private field, it was not only our job to check permits but to make sure general use of that field was prohibited; this meant telling people to stay off the field and letting them know it was closed. We also had to let every dog owner know that their dogs needed to be at the front area of our park or on a leash at all times and were not allowed on the grass fields. In addition, it was our job to let people know they couldn’t smoke and drink alcohol at our park. Other rules we had to enforce included making sure the use of tents and inflatables were allowed in the right areas and approved of, making sure there was no loud absurd music playing, if people were napping, they were doing it in the correct area, no destructive or disorderly conduct was happening, no weapons or firework type of materials were at play, and no motorbikes and or scooters were driving around the walkways.

Maintaining Cleanliness

Another part of the position was to maintain the cleanliness of the park. This part consisted of driving the golf cart around the park, going to each trash can, clearing out any full or almost full bags, then replacing the bins with a clean bag and driving the trash to either the front parking lot or the back parking lot dumpster to dump. Another task was picking up miscellaneous trash and litter throughout the day that was left around the playground area, the gym, the grass fields, the walkways, the front and back parking lots, and the pavilions using a stick pick and a bucket. Toward the end of the day, it was also my job to make sure the bathrooms were cleaned, so this included getting gloves and wiping down the mirrors, spraying the sinks and the toilets with disinfectant wiping them clean, sweeping the floors, then getting the mop bucket, filling it with a cleaning agent and moping the floors clean. This includes both the men's and women’s indoor and outdoor bathrooms. This would also be done to the locker rooms as needed.

Organization

When it came to events or renters, it was our job to verify the correct amount of tables, tents, and or chairs that got put out and were in their correct spot, and when the event was over, to verify the same amount of them got put back in their correct places. Also, when it came to incidents for things like stolen items, broken into cars, or accidents with people getting hurt, it was our job to fill out an incident report with details of the incident and a police case number if the police were involved.

Upkeep of Park

When it comes to maintaining the park, periodically we had tasks to do for upkeep. It was our job to get mulch and lay them around the trees neatly and cut off the sucker branches of the trees. Also, cutting down bushes then clearing the leaves left from the bushes using a rake, putting them into a garbage bag, and throwing them away. Then clearing litter and trash from around both the south and front parking lots. Finally, clearing sand from parking spaces using shovels, and disposing of excess sand in the dumpster.

Hurricane Emergency Team For three years in a row, with Florida getting hurricane warnings, we were called to work overtime to be a part of the hurricane emergency team, where we had to pass out bags of sand to locals of the area who needed sand for their homes. So each year, two truckloads of sand were dumped into our south parking lot, where we had to use shovels and bags to fill up hundreds of bags each year with sand and give to locals. This consisted of one person getting the bags and opening them up and the other person shoveling the sand into each bag. This emergency procedure lasted about a week each year.

Experience Summary

My experience at this job over the last three years has not only sharpened, but shows my capability of being able to enforce rules through directing traffic and manning gates during events to making sure civilians and even renters following the park rules and treat the park and the equipment with respect. This role has also enabled me to be able to make my own evaluated decisions in multiple situations from working weekends with no manager, as those were his days off, and the merit of those decision can be seen through my consistent time in this position.

Supervisor Name: Drolin Celestin

Supervisor Contact Number: 786-380-5258

30Hours/ Week

October 10th, 2023 - January 1st,2024

Non-federal/$32,000 per year

In this position as a UPS package handler, my job as a part of the shipping powerhouse company, depending on the day, was to either unload bags of packages onto a moving belt, scan and stack packages into a trailer truck, and or move packages to their correct stations. This role involved heavy manual work which I’m not shy of.

Unloading Packages onto Moving Belt

As part of the shipping warehouse system, my main role was to unload the bags full of packages that got taken off the trucks in the morning onto the moving belt that flowed all around the warehouse from top to bottom. So, as the bags full of packages were coming toward my section of the warehouse, it was mine and my section's job to unzip the bags and lift them to unload all the packages onto the belt as they were coming continuously throughout the shift. It was also our job to fold the bags into each other, filling one bag with 10 bags each and tossing them over the railing behind us onto the tray below us. These days, when I was stationed here, I was doing those two things repeatedly throughout the shift until the last 10-15 minutes, where we would then go down to the tray level below us get a cart, and stack the bags from the tray into the cart and take them to the bagging section to refill their bag stock by lifting the bags from the cart onto their railings until clock out time or until finished.

Scanning and Stacking Packages in Truck

For days when I was sectioned in with the truck loading team, it was my responsibility to use the scanner to scan the packages to certify they made it into the truck. Then, I loaded the packages into the truck by stacking them neatly, orderly, and in a Tetris-like way to ensure they fit and did not get damaged in the truck. So what this looked like for me was a line of packages flowing down into the truck on a metal slide, and I was not only scanning but reading each label to make sure the package belonged to that specific truck. If the package didn’t belong I would then move it off the slide and out the truck for it to be taken to the correct area, then continue my role in scanning, checking each label, and stacking boxes neatly but swiftly into the trucks until the shift time was finished.

Moving Packages to Correct Station

On other days, my role in the warehouse was to use their metal platform truck, go to the package station, lift and load packages onto the metal platform, and then take the packages on the platform to their correct designated transport station. So what this looked like for me was moving the metal platform truck to the packages area, locking down the platform in place, then reading the label on each package before lifting and loading it onto the platform to take specific packages to the right section. After loading the platform with packages, I would unlock it and move each package to the correct area, take it off the platform, leave it in its designated area, and do this for each package until the platform is empty. Then I would take the platform back to the package station and do it over again for the next section and repeat the sections as new packages would get placed at the package station until the shift was finished.

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40Hours/Week

Feb, 15th, 2024 - Present

Non-federal/$31,200 per year

As a badge printer, my job was to collect the right materials and print the specific designs on the badge requested by the customer to the customer. This position's responsibilities included navigating the order queue, using Photoshop and Excel, editing CAD software, gathering the right materials, operating a printer, and general cleaning.

Navigating the Order Queue

The first thing I am tasked with daily is logging in to the company’s order queue portal and navigating to the production queue to see the list of orders that need to be completed. It is my job to complete each order and ensure that all the orders on the list are completed. After picking an order, I must look at the details of it such as the badge size, the color, the type of material, and the type of design sent in by the customer before starting the printing process. Following that, the next thing I had to do was go to the files that were sent in, download them, and, depending on the file, open the CAD file that was sent in in our editing software or go directly into Photoshop with the design first.

Using Photoshop and Excel

With Photoshop, it was our job to take the design sent in, clear the background color, clean up other colors left in between the design, carefully crop and select the design to copy then to be pasted into our CAD software or export the full design as a png file to then be imported into the CAD software to be edited and aligned for printing.

For the information being placed on the badges, Microsoft Excel was used as the bridge to import the names and titles more efficiently. So, with Excel, it was part of our job to read information left on the Excel file and type in names and titles in the correct columns, then copy and paste it to a text document so it could then be transferred to the badges in the correct order and in the right amount.

Editing CAD Software

After opening the CAD software and file, our job was to take one of our premade badge outlines, make sure it was the correct badge line size, lay out the badge outline to the correct number of badges, and import a set of guidelines along the center of all the badges. Depending on the design, the next step is to import or paste the design file from Photoshop into the CAD file and align the design along the guidelines to center it. It was also our job with some designs to create a text line from scratch and line it up with the design text line. To make it easier to import names and titles on the badge design. Once the designs and names and titles of the badges were laid out, it then get’s sent to the printer to be printed.

With other designs, the proccess differs. This process includes opening the CAD file and already having a premade corrupted badge design. So here I had to copy and paste the badge design on a new file, center the badge on the page layout, get and copy/paste the badge premade outline, and center it with the badge design. Then edit the badge design with the software tools to make it clear when printed. The next step was to lay out the correct number of badges with the correct names and titles on each, then send the layout to the printer to be printed.

Gathering Materials

The next thing I had to do was gather the right materials. This meant getting either the plastic or metal material from the material shelves and taking it to either the metal manual cutter or the automated plastic cutter to cut it to the correct size for the order. For example, if the order was 50 2x3” metal silver badges, my job was to get the silver metal sheet from the shelves, take it over to the metal cutter, and chop 50 2x3” pieces of metal. If an order contained plastic badges, I would take a plastic sheet over to the automated plastic cutting machine. For example, if an order contains 150 1x3” gold badges, I would take a sheet of plastic gold to the plastic cutter, lay it out under the automated cutter, then select 1x3” cutouts on the jobs menu and start the job and have it cut out the badges in their correct sizes.

Operating the Printer

After gathering the right materials the next thing that had to be done was printing the correct size badge outlines on the printer sheet. This proccess involved opening the CAD software on the computer, selecting the correct size badge outlines, and sending them to the printer software. Then, on the actual printer, send the printer sheet “home” to be in the correct position to be printed on. Following that in the printer software, selecting it to be printed and waiting for it to finish. The next step was to bring them back to the print station and precisely lay them out on the printer sheet in between the badge outlines, then send the printer sheet to the “home” position to have the designs ready to be printed on the badges. Finally, the last step was to go back to the edited design CAD file and send it to the printer software, select print in the printer software, and have the design printed on the badge.

After it was printed, I would then give the completed badges over to the assembly section to have them do their part in getting the badges to the customer, and I would then move on to the next order and go through the process over again till the work days end.

General Cleaning

Another aspect of the job is maintaining the workplace and its utilities, so printer maintenance, bathroom cleaning, and station wipe-down were done weekly. Printer maintenance included oiling the tracks and the print headlining, refilling the ink bottles, changing the paper filter, and dumping and cleaning out the plastic filter. For bathroom cleaning every week, it was one person's job to mop and wipe down all the surfaces of the bathroom; this responsibility would rotate from person to person each week. Finally, at the end of each week, we would take disinfectant wipes and wipe down out printing and cutting station.