Colin Dicks
Ottawa
Summary
Dedicated Warehouse team member skilled in operating equipment, prioritizing tasks and carrying out fast-paced work to meet team goals. Strong understanding of OSHA standards and optimal safety guidelines. Hard worker consistently arrives early and stays late to get deadline-oriented jobs complete. Organized and dependable at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Warehouse Worker
Sysco Ottawa
09.2023 - Current
- Loaded, unloaded, and moved material to and from storage and production areas.
- Built pallets and loads for partial and mixed pallets, wrapped finished pallets and staged pallets and loads into truck when ready for shipment.
- Received products using frequency scanners, unloaded shipments from trucks and fulfilled and organized orders to streamline customer delivery processes.
- Drove carts, dollies, hand trucks, mobile power-propelled trucks and other moving equipment to move large quantities of merchandise.
BOH Line Cook
Zaks Diner
04.2022 - 08.2023
- Ensured consistent taste and quality by adhering to standardized recipes and carefully measuring ingredients.
- Consistently met high volume demands while maintaining impeccable quality control standards for all dishes prepared.
- Utilized strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities simultaneously under pressure during busy shifts.
Security Guard
Commissionaires Ottawa
09.2020 - 04.2022
- Answered alarms, investigated disturbances and contacted law enforcement personnel to escalate crises.
- Watched different facility areas from central location via different CCTV feeds, obtaining maximum coverage of important areas.
- Permitted entry with escort for approved persons into secure locations.
- Regulated vehicle and pedestrian traffic upon entry onto building grounds through electronic gates.
- Secured personal and company goods against robbery, vandalism and illegal entry.
- Provided basic first aid and CPR to individuals in need of medical care until arrival of emergency medical personnel.
- Monitored alarm systems to detect any unauthorized entries into protected areas.
Pizza Cook/Napolitan
fratelli
04.2021 - 08.2021
- Operated pizza oven and other kitchen equipment safely to protect team members from harm and equipment from damage.
- Used pizza cutter to slice pizzas according to size and customer specifications.
- Prepared raw materials for cooking by cutting vegetables and preparing dough.
- Upheld optimal staff and customer protections by monitoring food handling, cleaning and sanitation protocols.
- Prepared dough from scratch using old world recipe and added toppings, cheese and sauce for unique pies.
- Maintained well-stocked stations with supplies and spices for maximum productivity.
- Collaborated with servers to collect information about specific customer desires and dietary needs.
- Prepared ingredients ahead of time to promote efficiency in dish garnishing.
Kitchen manager/ pizza cook
Anthony
01.2015 - 01.2020
- S pizza 1218 Wellington street, Developed organizational skills through stocking and preparation of ingredients
- Provided customer service to ensure a satisfactory experience
- Prepare, assemble, and cook customer orders to particular desires to guarantee maximum satisfaction
- Maintain kitchen ingredient inventory and fulfill orders per kitchen's weekly need
- Motivate other kitchen staff to properly achieve customers' orders in a timely and neat manner
- Daily staff scheduling and delegating kitchen tasks for the day
- Regularly checked all food items to ensure adequacy and quality at all times
- Maintained a clean and safe work environment
- Responsible for training new kitchen staff
- Created new menu items.
Order Picker / Warehouseperson
Metro, Drake Employment Agency
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Operate low lift in performance of order filling duties when required
- On a daily basis inspect for minor maintenance on the equipment
- Conduct physical inventories as required
- Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work area
- Conduct operations in a manner that promotes safety
- Strong attention to detail, and to retain accuracy in numbers
- Review orders
- Heavy lifting
- Multi temperature warehouses
- Meet quotas and targets
Installer/Helper
Georgia Carpets, Kemptville, On
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Fasten metal treads across door openings or where carpet meets flooring to hold carpet in place
- Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron
- Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer
- Stretch carpet to align with walls and ensure a smooth surface, and press carpet in place over tack strips or use staples, tape, tacks or glue to hold carpet in place
- Inspect the surface to be covered to determine its condition, and correct any imperfections that might show through carpet or cause carpet to wear unevenly
- Attention to detail and quality control
- Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting
- Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed
- Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed
- Move furniture from area to be carpeted and remove old carpet and padding
- Cut carpet padding to size and install padding, following prescribed method
- Cut and bind material
- Dealing with clients in their homes in a professional manner
- Reliable, punctual, efficient
Education
High School Diploma -
Osgoode H.S
Metcalfe, ON06.1997
Skills
- Self-Motivated and Disciplined
- Problem-Solving
- Organization and Time Management
- Maintenance and Repair
Certification
Food safe course
CPR/AED
Licensed forklift operator - 2023 to present
Timeline
Warehouse Worker
Sysco Ottawa
09.2023 - Current
BOH Line Cook
Zaks Diner
04.2022 - 08.2023
Pizza Cook/Napolitan
fratelli
04.2021 - 08.2021
Security Guard
Commissionaires Ottawa
09.2020 - 04.2022
Kitchen manager/ pizza cook
Anthony
01.2015 - 01.2020
Order Picker / Warehouseperson
Metro, Drake Employment Agency
01.2013 - 01.2015
Installer/Helper
Georgia Carpets, Kemptville, On
01.2010 - 01.2013
High School Diploma -
Osgoode H.S
Food safe course
CPR/AED
Licensed forklift operator - 2023 to present
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