Bill Tauskela
Adamsville,NB
Summary
Punctual Laborer skilled at supporting different operations. Trained in safely loading and unloading materials and cleaning and preparing worksites. Physically fit and agile individual comfortable operating job-related machinery and lifting heavy loads.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Owner
The Yardener
Hamilton, Ontario
01.2001 - Current
- At our largest point was responsible for cutting over 400 residential lawns every week with multiple employees in multiple cities
- Single-handedly all managed by myself
- Route planning, Client relations, Employee affairs, Sales, Problem solving, Power sweeping parking lots, Turf management, Tree cutting / pruning, Fertilizer and weed control, Snow plowing / salting, Heavy equipment, bobcats, skid steer, excavator, backhoe, dump trailer, Lawn - Leaf - Snow
Skilled Laborer (Part Time)
Trillium Hill Contracting
Oakville, Ontario
03.2006 - 12.2011
- Constructed more than 200 high-end landscapes with an average $50,000 budget
- Interlock stone, Waterfalls, Retaining walls
Business Owner
The William Group
Hamilton, Ontario
01.2003 - 05.2008
- Performed general contracting, renovations, as well as landscaping for both residential and commercial clients
- Continually introduced new areas of the business with great success
- Performed all contracting in accordance with the Ontario building code including plumbing, electrical, insulation and framing installations
- Custom bathrooms and basements were the focus
- Have researched all the areas of running a business, and personally performed them
- Performed all matters of bookkeeping
- Managed employee affairs.
Education
General Arts and Science / Business Administration -
Mohawk College
Hamilton, Ontario04.2000
High school Secondary Graduate -
Sherwood Secondary School
Hamilton, Ontario01.1996
Skills
- Route planning
- Client relations
- Sales
- Problem solving
- Tree cutting / pruning
- Fertilizer and weed control
- Snow plowing / salting
- Heavy equipment, bobcats, skid steer, excavator, backhoe, dump trailer
- Lawn - Leaf - Snow
- Full knowledge of woodworking machines including planers, jointers, saws, sawmills and the lathe
- WHMIS 2015
- Defensive Driving
- Forklift Operator Safety
- Hydro vac and Facility Verification
- Bookkeeping practices
- Class DZ drivers license (Class3) with perfect record and 25 years driving landscaping trailers
- Proficient with various computer programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and the use of the Internet including website design and video editing
Certification
- WHMIS 2015
- Bear Awareness
- Defensive Driving
- Forklift Operator Safety
- Landscape exterminator
- Locating and Marking
- Hydro vac and Facility Verification
- Bookkeeping practices
- Class DZ drivers license (Class3) with perfect record and 25 years driving landscaping trailers.
Businessventures
- Bill Pickle – Sold several hundred jars of my famous pickles.
- Tauskela Woodworks – Turned a hobby into several years of selling various woodworking projects. Sold at many famous events including Niagara on the lake’s “Art at the pumphouse” and Hamilton’s “Super Crawl” with the focus being the world-famous St Jacobs market.
- Full knowledge of woodworking machines including planers, jointers, saws, sawmills and the lathe.
Hobbies and Interests
- Enjoy auto mechanics, woodworking, welding, and anything to do with living off the grid.
- Am proficient with various computer programs such as Microsoft word, Excel and the use of the Internet including web site design and video editing.
- Music lover with a wide range of interests from rock to classical and jazz.
- Avid maker of pickles with my own recipe.
- Musket, my dog of 10 years.
Timeline
Skilled Laborer (Part Time)
Trillium Hill Contracting
03.2006 - 12.2011
Business Owner
The William Group
01.2003 - 05.2008
Business Owner
The Yardener
01.2001 - Current
General Arts and Science / Business Administration -
Mohawk College
High school Secondary Graduate -
Sherwood Secondary School
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