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Tanya Fajardo

Vallejo,CA

Summary

Recent graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, specializing in Construction Safety. Backed by a solid foundation of safety principles developed through a military career and subsequent roles, combined with hands-on exposure to construction environments. Adept at recognizing jobsite hazards and promoting a culture of safety. Highly motivated, mission-driven, and ready to bring a strong work ethic and a proactive mindset to a safety-focused role. Seeking an entry-level position in the safety field to contribute to the well-being of workers, and the success of safety programs.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Mail Carrier

USPS
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Delivers letters, documents, and parcels to businesses and homes.
  • Planned routes on foot or truck, collects all outgoing mail along routes.
  • Sorts mail, including packages according to delivery sequence.
  • Answers questions about USPS company policies from customers along our routes.
  • Operates postal equipment provides change of address form and other forms for customers.

Customer Service Representative

U-Haul
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Assist customers inside the U-Haul center by educating them on our products and services.
  • Answering questions and preparing rental invoices.
  • Used a smartphone-based U-scan to manage rentals and inventory.
  • Move all trucks, and make sure all trucks are clean and sanitized for each rental.
  • Operated a variety of machinery and tools safely and efficiently.
  • Hooked up trailers and assisted customers in all safety procedures with trucks and trailers.
  • Vehicle transport.

Manager

Lucky’s Market
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Monitoring the daily operations of the front and back of house of the kitchen/deli delegating task to staff.
  • Supervising the food orders and services, maintaining adequate stock inventory.
  • Responsible for department inventory slicing meat and cutting techniques for meat.
  • Overseeing and operating all deli equipment according to safety guideline, cleaning and sanitizing deli equipment and food surfaces.

Property Manager

Fast and Easy
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Overseeing operations in the facility that offered storage rentals, ensuring the storage units are clean and that security systems are functioning.
  • Interaction with customers and sell products.
  • Also, a customer Representative for u haul as we also rented U-Haul trucks on our property, preparing rental invoices and keeping our U-Haul trucks clean and ready to rent.
  • Established policies regarding tenant relations and enforcement of rules and regulations within the properties.
  • Ensured that all rent payments were collected on time by following up with delinquent tenants.

Bartender/ While Attending School

The Loft
  • Company Overview: A small Casual-fine dining Restaurant with a top chef and served craft cocktails.
  • Worked in main dining room bar to our speakeasy, our special at bar was our Old fashioned and our Cherry Old Fashioned.
  • A small Casual-fine dining Restaurant with a top chef and served craft cocktails.
  • Bartending Job While in fulltime school.

Event Staff

Delta Breeze Event Center/Travis Airforce Base
  • Working to put together and run command promotions for one hundred to three hundred people.
  • I worked during the holidays with command holiday parties of three hundred or more.
  • My job was to set up ballrooms for events, bartend at many of these events, and also work with our team to break down these events.
  • Part-time, seasonal job.

Aviation Operations Specialist

Army

Military Experience

AVIATION OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (OCTOBER 07 2008 – OCTOBER 07 2012)

Army- Combat Aviation Brigade (Marshall Airfield- Fort Riley, Kansas)

My Military Career includes, Flight Operations (ensuring the safe keeping of individual personal records and tracking of multi-million-dollar aircraft and safety of individual pilots), Plans (Planning and coordinating of all current and future unit events and missions) Responsible for 1+ million dollars of equipment. Generating reports using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Outlook. Various leadership positions throughout military career. Aircraft designations, weather, DOD Flight Information Publications, aeronautical charts, airfield operations, overdue aircraft procedures, flight plans, flight orders, SOI, flight records, automated flight records, type a memo, MARKS, SINCGARS, automated net control device (ANCD), aviation mission planning system (AMPS), AN/VRC-100, information system security (ISS), situation map, tactical communications, and tactical equipment. NOTE: Have-Quick radio (VRC-240), Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2): - process local and cross-country flight clearances, plan flight schedules and air crew assignments, coordinate flight plans, keep flight logs on incoming and outgoing flights, alert crash crews of emergencies, safeguard classified materials, interpret and post weather reports, and maintain individual flight records and functional files.

Army Reserves/Heavy Equipment Operator

Army

Operate all wheel vehicles and equipment over varied terrain and roadways, manage load, unload and safety of personnel being transported, Oversee and check proper loading and unloading of cargo on vehicles and trailers, employ convoy defense techniques, Identify, correct or report all vehicle deficiencies, Prepare vehicles for movement/shipment by air, rail or vessel.

Military equipment has PMCS charts used to go over every detail needed or noted to ensure the proper function of every mechanical item or non-mechanical surface. A PMCS check is required before, during, and after a piece of equipment or vehicle is used. Checks are also done at weekly, monthly, semi-annual, annual, or bi-annual intervals, depending on the specific part PMCS check every time equipment is used may reduce the number of failures. This reduces the number of injuries during training exercises, improve effectiveness in combat, and increase the operator's ability to implement their equipment.

Education

B.S. - Occupational Safety and Health, Construction Safety

Columbia Southern University
05-2025

Army (Aviation Operations)
01.2016

A.S. - General Studies

Barton Community College
01.2012

Skills

  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Problem Solving
  • Equipment Management
  • Personnel Management
  • Mission Tracking
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Information Management
  • Time Management
  • Operations Management
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Operational Planning & Coordination
  • Microsoft Word
  • Communication Skills
  • Heavy vehicle operator
  • Hazard assessment
  • Customer service
  • Supply management
  • Documentation & recordkeeping
  • Weather tolerance
  • Self motivation
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Adaptability

Graduation

Columbia Southern University, 05/01/25

Timeline

Mail Carrier

USPS
01.2021 - 01.2022

Customer Service Representative

U-Haul
01.2019 - 01.2021

Manager

Lucky’s Market
01.2018 - 01.2019

Property Manager

Fast and Easy
01.2015 - 01.2017

Bartender/ While Attending School

The Loft

Event Staff

Delta Breeze Event Center/Travis Airforce Base

Aviation Operations Specialist

Army

Army Reserves/Heavy Equipment Operator

Army

B.S. - Occupational Safety and Health, Construction Safety

Columbia Southern University

Army (Aviation Operations)

A.S. - General Studies

Barton Community College