Susan Calvin
Canfield,Ohio
Summary
Experienced food service professional with strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Skilled in kitchen operations, food preparation, and customer service, ensuring high standards and adaptability to changing needs. Reliable and flexible, capable of leading teams and delivering consistent, quality outcomes.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Veterinary Technican
Salem Veterinary Clinic
Salem, Ohio
06.2022 - Current
- Part-time
- Administered medications and vaccinations to patients, ensuring compliance with veterinary protocols.
- Assisted veterinarians during examinations and surgical procedures, enhancing patient care quality.
- Monitored anesthesia levels during surgeries, maintaining patient safety and stability throughout procedures.
- Educated pet owners on post-operative care and preventive health measures, fostering client relationships.
- Implemented streamlined record-keeping processes using veterinary management software for improved efficiency.
- Mentored junior technicians in clinical skills and best practices, promoting team development and knowledge sharing.
Lead Food Service Worker
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
11.2021 - Current
- Supervised daily food service operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Prepare hot and cold food recipes, clean and cut fresh fruit and vegetables, wash dishes, operate dishwasher, build sandwiches and salads for retail. Bake and decorate cookies.
- Trained and mentored Student workers on food preparation techniques and service standards.
- Developed efficient workflows to enhance productivity in high-volume environments.
- Maintained high standards of quality control through meticulous attention to recipe execution and presentation aesthetics on every dish.
Certified Personal Trainer
Fitness Together
07.2018 - 12.2019
- Certified Personal Trainer: Designed and executed individual and small group fitness exercise programs, tailored to individual customers’ needs and goals. Provided personal training while maintaining high positive energy for a pleasant yet challenging experience. Processed payments and was trusted to open and close the studio daily.
- Part-time
Police clerk and Mayor’s Court clerk
Canfield Police
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Police clerk and Mayor’s Court clerk: Preparing police and court files and documents. Record case dispositions, and court orders. Worked directly with the public to create payment schedules and receive and document payment of court fees. Answered telephones and worked in person with the public to process traffic violation payments.
- Part-time
Registered Veterinary Technician
Fairfield Animal Hospital
01.2000 - 01.2011
- Full-time
- Developed training materials for new staff on equipment usage and safety protocols to enhance operational standards.
- Led initiatives to improve inventory management systems, reducing waste and optimizing resource utilization.
- Performed laboratory tasks such as blood draws and sample analysis efficiently within a fast-paced clinical setting.
- Collaborated with the veterinary team, contributing to a positive work environment and seamless coordination of patient care.
- Maintained detailed patient records, allowing for efficient communication between team members and streamlined care processes.
- Triaged incoming patients to determine treatment needs and urgency of care.
- Provided exceptional customer service both face-to-face interactions with clients as well as phone inquiries.
- Handled emergency situations with a calm demeanor, providing critical support to veterinarians during life-saving interventions.
- Managed inventory of medical supplies to maintain adequate stock levels while minimizing waste.
- Trained new hires on clinic protocols, ensuring consistent quality of care across the veterinary team.
General Labor
Fresh Mark
01.1994 - 01.2000
- General Labor: Worked in several departments throughout the plant. Job duties included preparing raw and cooked meat products, packing and boxing meat products, and cleaning and preparing machinery for daily USDA inspection.
- Full-time midnight shift
Manager
G's Pizza
01.1991 - 01.1994
- Manager position: Managed the day-to-day operation. Complete cleaning of the store, daily food preparation, washing dishes, ordering product from distributors, making dough, making sauce, making pizza, running multiple ovens and deep fryer, managing all cash flow in the business with processing payments, answering phones, training employees, preparing work schedules, keeping accurate records.
- Full-time
Food server
Denny's Restaurant
01.1989 - 01.1992
- Food server and provided additional kitchen line cook assistance when needed.
- Part-time
Education
Associate of Applied Science - RVT
DEVTP Cedar Valley College
Dallas, Texas01-2004
Graduate -
Leetonia High School
01.1992
Skills
- Meal preparation
- Sanitation procedures
- Food presentation
- Food safety compliance
Certification
- Associates Degree in Applied Science 2004
- Certified Spin Instructor 2015
- CPR certified 2016 to current
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer 2018
- Ohio RVT License No 09597
- ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification No 23086331 exp 1/6/2028
Timeline
Registered Veterinary Technican
Salem Veterinary Clinic
06.2022 - Current
Lead Food Service Worker
Kent State University
11.2021 - Current
Certified Personal Trainer
Fitness Together
07.2018 - 12.2019
Police clerk and Mayor’s Court clerk
Canfield Police
01.2012 - 01.2014
Registered Veterinary Technician
Fairfield Animal Hospital
01.2000 - 01.2011
General Labor
Fresh Mark
01.1994 - 01.2000
Manager
G's Pizza
01.1991 - 01.1994
Food server
Denny's Restaurant
01.1989 - 01.1992
Associate of Applied Science - RVT
DEVTP Cedar Valley College
Graduate -
Leetonia High School