Natural Resources Manager
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: CHARLES KWAME DARKO (JNR)
ADDRESS: P. O. Box SK 594 Sakumono Estates, Ghana
MOBILE: +233*********, +233*********
E-MAIL: ad5dcz@r.postjobfree.com
NATIONALITY: Ghanaian
DATE OF BIRTH: 23
rd
October, 1982
LANGUAGE: English
PROFILE
Hardworking and development professional officer who is eager to advance to a management level. Self-motivated and disciplined at handling and managing multidimensional, complex activities. Has analytical abilities, recognizing problems to evaluate alternatives and implementing solutions. During the past ten (10) years, I have worked with senior management staffs for company and institutional development. Knowledge in Microsoft office applications
(Microsoft word, Microsoft excel, Microsoft access and Microsoft power point). EDUCATION
• MSc. Natural Resources Management
Presbyterian University College Ghana Akropong Campus (2020 – 2021)
(Impact of Illegal Fishing on the Artisanal Fisheries of Tema, Ghana)
• BSc. (Environmental and Natural Resources Management) Presbyterian University College Ghana. Akropong Campus (2013 – 2016)
(Assessment of Ecological Effect of Fishing Aggregating Devices in the Tuna Fisheries of Ghana.)
• DIPLOMA (Natural Resource Management)
Faculty of Forest Resources Technology, KNUST. Sunyani Campus. Currently University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR). Sunyani (2004 – 2007) WORK EXPERIENCE
September 2022 to Date: Fisheries Manager – Fisheries Commission (Fisheries Scientific Survey Division).
• Collate data on programs and activities of the Commission.
• Undertake data collection activities on fisheries research activities.
• Supervises fisheries research data entry activities on land.
• Collects data for the preparation of annual budget of the Division
• Collects data for the preparation of annual and other periodic reports of the Division.
September 2017 to August 2022: Assistant Fisheries Research Manager – Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (Fisheries Scientific Survey Division).
•Assisting in analyses of catch data from Tuna, semi – industrial and artisanal sectors of the fish sock assessment section.
•Collection, entry, processing and analyses for tuna catch.
• Sampling activities of tuna species from tuna vessels at the port.
• Assisting in supervising the data collection activities in the coastal sampling sites for the artisanal sector.
• Training of at sea observers and also field data collectors in the artisanal sector for the coastal sampling sites.
May 2010 to July 2017 Technical Officer – Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (Fisheries Scientific and Survey Division):
• Fisheries observer on board tuna vessels.
• Analyzing fishing activities of tuna fishing vessel data for Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) Project through the Electronic Vessel Monitoring System as a land- based observer.
• Data collection, entry, processing and analyses for tuna catch.
• Sampling of tuna species from tuna vessels at the port.
November 2009 – May 2010 Headman trainee - Ghana Rubber Estates Limited (GREL) Worked at the Disease Technique and Control Department.
• Supervised workers during treatment of plants infested with fumes disease, mistletoes, etc.
• Supervised workers to undertake census exercises for mature and immature trees and uprooting of diseased trees.
• Supervised workers to design hungers and springs for the mature rubber trees that are ready for tapping.
• Marking of workers daily time cards.
November 2007 – August 2008; Intern at Samartex Timber and Plywood Company.
• Supervised workers at Samartex Agro Forestry Nursery Plantation at Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve
• Supervised workers on road construction activities, building and reconstruction of Bridges and culverts.
• Assisted the Bush Manager as a Hauling and Felling Clerk. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
● 13th – 24
th
November 2023. Fish for Development Project. Stock Assessment Training Workshop in Norway at the Institute of Marine Research Center, Bergen – Norway.
● 17
th
– 28
th
October 2022. Fish for Development Project. Stock Assessment Training Workshop in Norway at the Institute of Marine Research Center, Bergen – Norway.
● 28
th
– 30
th
April 2021. FCWC FIRMS CECAF Workshop. Capacity building on data collection and management to the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) members. Akosombo/ Volta Hotel.
● 26
th
– 30
th
October 2020. FCWC and FAO FIRMS Project. “Training on fishery statistical data and fisheries status data for the FCWC region and its member countries. Regional data collection workshop, online.
● 14
th
– 17
th
October 2019. FAO/GGGI Workshop on the Best Practices to prevent and Reduce Abandoned, Lost or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG) Dakar – Senegal.
● 18
th
- 23
rd
November 2018. Fisheries Management training at the University of Cape Coast
(UCC), organized by the Centre for Coastal management (CCM), Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
● 24
th
- 29
th
June 2018. Training of enumerators on the Open Data Kit (ODK) data collection smartphone application, at Elmina – Ghana.
● 15
th
- 19
th
February 2016. Participant in a workshop on fisheries data collection and processing methods by USAID under the Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP).
● 19
th
- 23
rd
October 2015. A participant in the Electronic Monitoring System training programme organized under the ABNJ (Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction) project by the Fisheries Commission at Tema, Ghana.
● 11
th
- 21
st
May 2015. Training on observer data collection for tropical tuna purse – seine fishery training organized by the World Wildlife Fund, Ghana.
● 16
th
– June 20
th
2014. Participant in the training, on the improvement of fisheries data collection by International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) in Ghana.
REFEREES
● Prof. Edward D. Wiafe
School of Natural and Environmental Science
University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana Mobile: (+233) 020*******
Email address: ad5dcz@r.postjobfree.com
● Abena Serwah Asante
Deputy Director
Fisheries Commission, Ghana
Mobile: (+233) 020*******
Email Address: ad5dcz@r.postjobfree.com
● Dr Stephen Omari
Dean of Students
Institute of Local Government Studies, Legon - Ghana Mobile: (+233) 024*******
Email Address: ad5dcz@r.postjobfree.com
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