Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
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Sara Simpson

Langley,BC

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Acting Park Assistant

Metro Vancouver Parks
09.2023 - Current
  • Assisting Park Operator with training and supervising staff
  • Leading safety meetings, pre jobs, tool box talks.
  • Assisting with the Traffic Management Plan
  • Providing staff with maintenance tasks and projects
  • Ensuring park regulation, compliance and safety
  • Patrolling on foot or in vehicle checking for unsafe conditions or irregularities
  • Playground Inspections
  • Maintaining trails
  • Small scale projects
  • Ensuring staff are following safety procedures
  • Assisting Operator with the Patrol Program

Park Officer/Patroller

Metro Vancouver Parks
03.2020 - 09.2023
  • Monitor and walk beach and trails for Bylaw violations such as alcohol consumption, off-leash dogs, BBQ usage, illegal fires, smoking, off trail
  • Recorded facts to prepare reports documenting incidents and activities
  • Providing information and assistance to park visitors
  • Monitor and issue warning notices and violation tickets
  • Responding to emergencies and reporting incidents
  • Checks groups in and out of reservable facilities and ensures compliance with permits
  • Providing a variety of park maintenance services such as cutting grass, cleaning park facilities, garbage collection, gardening, snow and ice removal, and trail maintenance.

Assistant Park Manager

Sea to Sky Park LTD
06.2018 - 03.2020
  • Observing and reporting activities and incidents
  • Dealing with emergencies accordingly and contacting the appropriate people
  • Establishing a work schedule for park workers
  • Respond and resolve emergency situations and conflicts
  • Plans, assigns, supervises, checks and evaluates the work performance of park workers and park patrollers
  • Resolve work-related problems or issues
  • Write daily logs and reports of all incidents
  • Inspecting and maintaining trails: Vegetation overgrowth, safety concerns
  • Maintaining campsite areas, beaches, boat launches
  • Documentation of Wildlife (bears, cougars, raccoons)
  • Maintaining park areas this includes: raking gravel, sweeping kiosk areas, maintaining garbage bins and map stands and picking up garbage from along the road side
  • Maintenance of washroom facilities, this includes: sweeping and cleaning the facilities and/or outhouses, restocking of supplies, and notifying maintenance personnel of any repairs that are required
  • Accurate record keeping in regards to duties performed and tasks to be completed.

Park Patroller Supervisor

04.2018 - 06.2018
  • Ensuring park regulation, compliance and safety
  • Dealing with emergencies accordingly and contacting the appropriate people
  • Assisting and supervising park patrollers
  • Patrol Schedule
  • Ensuring proper procedures and patrol priorities
  • Patrolling on foot or in vehicle checking for unsafe conditions or irregularities
  • Patrol the parking lot and park land areas and inform guests of park regulations such as designated camping areas, dogs on leashes, etc.

GAMING SECURITY OFFICER

GATEWAY CASINO
11.2017 - 04.2018
  • Greeted guests professionally and courteously to cultivate welcoming atmosphere while making safety top priority
  • Responded quickly to incidents and assessed active situations for security concerns
  • Enforced security policies and removed violators and unauthorized individuals from premises to maintain safe environment
  • Communicated with security team and building supervisors using two-way radios, mobile phones and other technological devices
  • Updated shift logs and produced daily reports to document security.

Park Patroller

Sea to Sky LTD
05.2017 - 09.2017
  • Ensuring park regulation, compliance and safety
  • Fee collection
  • Educating the public about BC Parks
  • Patrolling on foot or in vehicle checking picnic areas and trails to ensure safety of the public
  • Write daily logs and reports of all incidents
  • Dealing with emergencies accordingly and contacting the appropriate people.

Crew Trainer

McDonalds
04.2013 - 05.2017
  • Taught new team members correct procedures for all areas of operations
  • Trained other employees in customer service, food safety and performance requirements
  • Set positive example for team members by providing high-quality, efficient service.

Education

Diploma - Criminology

University of The Fraser Valley
Abbotsford, BC
06.2018

High School Diploma -

D.W. Poppy Secondary School
Langley, BC
06.2014

Certification

  • Occupational First Aid Level 1, 03/15/22
  • Tractor and Backhoe Safety Fundamentals Certification 2023
  • Pro Safe - Traffic Control Person (Flagging) Certification 2023
  • S100 - Wildland Fire Suppression Fundamentals Certification 2023
  • S185 - Fire Entrapment Avoidance and Survival Certification 2023

Timeline

Acting Park Assistant

Metro Vancouver Parks
09.2023 - Current

Park Officer/Patroller

Metro Vancouver Parks
03.2020 - 09.2023

Assistant Park Manager

Sea to Sky Park LTD
06.2018 - 03.2020

Park Patroller Supervisor

04.2018 - 06.2018

GAMING SECURITY OFFICER

GATEWAY CASINO
11.2017 - 04.2018

Park Patroller

Sea to Sky LTD
05.2017 - 09.2017

Crew Trainer

McDonalds
04.2013 - 05.2017

Diploma - Criminology

University of The Fraser Valley

High School Diploma -

D.W. Poppy Secondary School

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