Devon Norton
Ottawa,ON
Summary
Hired at TD place stadium as my first job, Started In 2023 as a traffic safety representative. Mastered skills to maintain the safety of guests during our events. Worked my way to Team Leader after first 4 months I started my employment. Got my full license and got myself a car, Switched departments going to operations crew from parking to earn forklift and heavy equipment training. Understood how events and and venues were prepared behind the scenes and eventually working my way to operations Team Leader. Got my secondary employment as ice crew for Richcraft Sensplex in 2025 and worked my way up to a Zamboni driver after earning my training. Understood how ice is maintained and how Zambonis work and gained the trust to learn multiple machines.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Crew
TD place Stadium
Ottawa, ON
01.2026 - Current
- Worked on setting up events such as CFL football, FIFA World Cup Tour, OHL Hockey, and Many more Containing thousands of guests
- Collaborated with vendors to obtain materials needed for day-to-day operations
- Work on setting up stages, courts, hockey rinks and anything in between in preparation of big and smaller events
- Loaded and unloaded materials using forklifts and other heavy machinery as needed including tools for everyday needs
Traffic Safety Representative
TD Place stadium
Ottawa, ON
03.2023 - 12.2025
- Working along side different departments, management, teams, first responders for safe transportation into venues.
- Manage a high capacity garages working with tight traffic and high pressured traffic situations
- Crowd management and control of guests entering and exiting major venues and events with capacitys of up to 15,000 to 25,000 guests
- Team leader position earned from working along side management and other team leaders and supervisors
- Monitored crowd behaviour to ensure safety of guests during events.
- Maintained records of all safety incidents, training programs, inspections.
- Managed daily traffic routing and scheduling for efficient operations.
Ice crew
Capital sports entertainment group
Ottawa
01.2025 - Current
- Zamboni driver
- Maintain ice rinks to regulatory ice standards for tournaments, events and personal ice bookings
- Closing duties such as maintaining clean dressing rooms as standard for ice maintenance and cleaning
- Community involvement, we work along a lot of guests and teams and players and we are available for any assistance on or off the ice
Education
Grade 12 -
Canterbury Highschool
Ottawa, ON06.2024
Skills
- Traffic Controller
- Incident response
- Guest service
- Forklift trained
- Event preparation
- City worker
- Ice maintainer
- Full G license
- Cleaner
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Operations Crew
TD place Stadium
01.2026 - Current
Ice crew
Capital sports entertainment group
01.2025 - Current
Traffic Safety Representative
TD Place stadium
03.2023 - 12.2025
Grade 12 -
Canterbury Highschool