TRAINING

AA degree and technical certificates in Forest Management & Engineering from College of the Redwoods, Eureka, Ca.

Completion of 120 hours of ESRI GIS online & instructor-led training and an additional 40 hours of GIS & GPS private vendor training.

Completion of 120 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, Trimble Pathfinder Office and Terra Snyc, Traverse PC, and the microsoft suite of programs.

Forestry equipment, including the HP PDA, MC-V, Ranger, & Allegro CX data collectors, the Lasertech Impulse hypsometer and Mapstar, Trimble Geo-series & the ProXH mapping grade GPS instruments, the Trimble 5700 RTK & Trimmark radio surveying-grade GPS instruments, cruising equipment, and chainsaws.

Sawmilling equipment, including- Lucas portable sawmills and forklifts.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

11 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 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.