Quality Control Engineer
Resume:
TABITHA SCOTT
Canton, NC ****6
***************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE: Safety/Health Specialist
EDUCATION
Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC
B.S. Environmental Health December 2008
Minor: English
GPA 3. 329/4.00 Overall/ 3.27 /4.00 in Major
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE/COURSEWORK:
Internship:
Mountain Environmental Group Canton, NC
Intern May-July 2008
• Assisted with emergency response to fuel spills
• Helped conduct asbestos, lead, and radon (2-day) assessments
• Conducted Phase I Environmental Site assessments alongside an Engineer
• Organized MSDS sheets associated with clean up of a Brownfield site and identified the transportation
classifications from the sheets for chemicals found on site
• Photographed explosion risks during consultation for proper disposal of old chemicals from a lab
• Labeled and wrote manifests for transportation of hazardous waste
• Assisted with HazCat Chemical characterization of unknown chemicals
• Assisted with completion of reports of progress on hazardous waste cleanup
• Calculated the surface area of a location while beginning a storm water management plan
Coursework includes:
Water Quality Control Food Protection and Safety
Environmental Toxicology Air Quality Control
Industrial Hygiene Environmental Regulation and Law
Principles in Epidemiology Biosafety and Bioterrorism
Environmental Geology Organic/ Biochemistry
Aquatic Chemistry Human Physiology
Etiology Human Biology
Disease Vectors
Experience associated with coursework:
Air sampling in the painting studios of the Art Department of Western Carolina University; writing an
Exposure Control Plan for Bloodborne Pathogens for Western Carolina University; Inspections of the
cafeteria of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Brown Cafeteria, and Dodson
Cafeteria; created an emergency response/management plan in the event of a bioterrorism attack; assisted
in the beginning stages of assembling information for a web-catalogue of mosquitoes and their associated
pathogens; gathered a collection of disease vectors; assisted in a survey of the disease vectors (primarily
mosquitoes) for Jackson County; assisted in air sampling as associated with formaldehyde levels in the air
of Western Carolina University’s cadaver lab; performed an independent indoor air quality survey in the
study rooms of Hunter Library on Western Carolina University’s Cullowhee campus with two other
students; and categorized the health of Cullowhee Creek and the sector of the Pigeon River that runs
through Canton Recreational Park.
Instrumentation knowledge:
HACH Spectrophotometer Personal Air Sampling Pump/Integrated Sampling
Collection of macroinvertabrates (water quality) pH meter
Temperature Meter Dissolved Oxygen Meter
Digital Titrator Gram Staining
Colorimetric Detector Tubes Assembling 37mm cassettes
Passive Dosimeters Calibration of High Volume Pump
Gilibrator Rad7 Radon Detector
Miran Portable IR Spectrophotometer Hand Auger
DryCal Calibrator Chlor-and-Soil Onsite PCB Chemical test kit
Smoke Tubes
Conference:
American Industrial Hygiene Association October 2008
Carolinas Section Rock Hill, SC
Attended the Conference and presented on the Environmental Health Curriculum at Western Carolina
University and my internship in industrial hygiene.
Completed a Professional Development Course on Risk Assessment.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
CNA I, Silver Bluff Village, Canton, NC, May 2005- Present (Assisting residents with basic daily care
needs)
Cashier, Burger King, Canton, NC, March 2002-May 2005 (Food preparation, cleanliness, and money
handling)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher,
EHS Manager Software, Microsoft Outlook, Sage Timberline Accounting Software, Windows Vista
ACTIVITIES & HONORS
Dean’s List (Spring 2005, Fall 2008)
Student Marshall for Commencement (August 2006, December 2006, May 2007)
Student Member of AIHA
Active Sister of Sigma Alpha Omega Christian Sorority, Inc. from Fall of 2005 to Fall of 2007
(upon attaining Early Alumni status)
Paddle Committee Chair of Alpha Pledge Class of Sigma Alpha Omega Christian Sorority (Fall
2005)
Social Committee Chair (Spring and Fall 2006)
Secretary of the Interested Ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha (Fall 2006)
Vice President of Sigma Alpha Omega Christian Sorority, Inc. (Spring and Fall of 2007)
Vice President of La Voz Latina (August 2006 to May 2007)
Environmental Health Club
Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Committee (Fall 2006)
Member of Pi Gamma Mu Honor Fraternity (since Spring of 2006)
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