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Wayne Rankin

Atwater,Ca

Summary

Currently I am a Vegetation Management Inspector with over 4 years of experience in the field. Traveled extensively to fulfill multiple contracts, including Routine Local Maintenance, CEMA, Outage Investigations, Concord Tree Inventory, Fire Response Team, Butte Mountain Fire, Data Management & More. Specialized in identifying, assessing, and documenting hazardous trees that posed a risk of contact with PG&E Utilities. Currently Acting SVMI for Los Padres Routine Local Maintenance contract for American Tree Medics.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Vegetation Management Inspector

American Tree Medics Inc
02.2017 - Current
  • Company Overview: American Tree Medics provides clients with teams of arborist, foresters, environmental specialist to conducts tree surveys, forest inventories, hazard tree identification projects and vegetation management programs.
  • As a Vegatation Management Inspector my responsibilities consist of Patrolling, identifying, and prescribing required tree pruning and tree/ brush removal work needed to facilitate compliance to meet all regulatory requirements of PG&E Vegetation Management standards and procedures. Notifying and informing home owners of any tree pruning and tree/brush removals associated with their property

Consulting Utility Forester

ACRT Inc
06.2015 - 11.2016
  • Company Overview: ACRT Inc is a leading independent utility vegetation management consulting company that prevents and resolves utility challenges by assessing and monitoring utility systems for vegetation liabilities, storm preparation and consulting with utility project managers on planning
  • As an Utility Forester I was sent to multiple locations to assess the hazardous trees for removal along distribution lines.
  • Cema patrol: Assessing Dead or dying trees affected by drought and bark beetle. Prescribe tree work such as prune/ or removal of any trees with potential to strike PG&E facilities for failure.
  • Participated in the Butte Mountain Fire Response Team in Calaveraz County. Prescribing Tree Removals for any fire damaged vegetation causes by the fire.

Fire Safety and Prevention Technician

Terra Firma/ Fire Safe Council Contract
11.2010 - 12.2014
  • Company Overview: Terra Firma Fire Safe Council is a non-profit, grant funded organization that helped inform that public on minimum clearances for fire safety
  • My job as a Fire Safety and Prevention Technician was to inform the public on fire prevention safety
  • Our main clients were the elderly and disabled home owners
  • As a part of fire prevention, I would make100 ft clearance of brush and debris to protect their homes.

Skills

  • Proficienct with OneVM: Lemure & Field Service
  • ArcGIS
  • Field Maps
  • Ability to identify local trees and knowledge of growth rates
  • Ability to work in rugged terrain and inclement weather
  • Ability to read and follow maps
  • Creativity: possesses ability to develop and present new ideas and better ways of doing things
  • Dependability: is reliable and has the ability to do required jobs
  • Independence: possesses the ability to work independently
  • Job knowledge: possesses sufficient skill and knowledge to perform all aspects of the job
  • Positive attitude: displays optimism about the work to be done and demonstrates a positive attitude towards customers, peers, and the company
  • Work comparability: performs work that is comparable to other employees with the same length of service in the same position

Affiliations

References:

Andrew Flynn

Eocene

Contract Vegatation Program Manager

Phone number: (805) 835-9569.


Tyler Lott

American Tree Medics

Routine Contract Area Manager

(805) 400-8174.


Angel Higareda

Former Co-worker American Tree Medics

(209) 756-8119.

Timeline

Vegetation Management Inspector

American Tree Medics Inc
02.2017 - Current

Consulting Utility Forester

ACRT Inc
06.2015 - 11.2016

Fire Safety and Prevention Technician

Terra Firma/ Fire Safe Council Contract
11.2010 - 12.2014

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