TRAINING
AA
degree and technical certificates in Forest Management & Engineering
from College of the Redwoods, Eureka, Ca.
Completion
of 140 hours of ESRI GIS online & instructor-led training and
an additional 40 hours of GIS & GPS private vendor training.
Completion
of 140 hour NHLA hardwood tree, log, & lumber grading course presented
by Thompson Consulting, Branscomb, Ca.
Completion
of two courses in log scaling and the Bell-Iles advanced cruising
workshop in Corvalis, Or.
RELATED
SKILLS
Professional
software: ESRI ArcInfo and ArcPad, AutoCAD, Trimble Pathfinder &
Trimble Business Center Office and Terra Snyc, and Traverse PC.
Mapping
equipment, including the Ranger data collectors, the Lasertech Impulse
hypsometer and Mapstar, Trimble Geo-series & the ProXH mapping
grade GPS instruments, and the Trimble 5700, R7, R8 survey-grade GPS
instruments.
Sawmilling
equipment, including- Lucas portable sawmills and forklifts.
RELATED
EXPERIENCE
13
years providing timber cruising, GPS data collection, GIS mapmaking,
and hardwood grading services for individual clients as TSI, including
participating in a project in Siberia advising a large Russian Lumber
Company on hardwood log and lumber grading.
2 years
as a engineer technician employee, providing mapping, survey, and
technical training services for Vandenberg AF base.
2 seasons
employed by the Forest Service doing various work, including fire
firefighting and hardwood tree falling.
2 years employed as a survey technician, assisting land surveyors
establishing property lines and setting cadastral corners.
1 season employed by SEC, of Sedona AZ, as a subcontract timber cruiser.
Established and cruised Forest Service CFI plots on the Inyo National
Forest.
11 years employed as a salaried forestry technician for Pacific Lumber
Company, of Scotia, CA. Performed a wide range of tasks, including
timber cruising, timber marking, wildlife surveys, and timber harvest
plan preparation.
6 years owned & operated a Lucas portable sawmill, doing both
construction and specialty sawmilling on site for small quantitiy
log owners.