William Dowdy

Email: abo805@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Screven

State: GA

Zip: 31560

Country: USA

Phone: 912-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Forester with 20 years experience. Areas of expertise include managing timberland, prescribing silvicultural treatments, prescribed burning, performing timber inventories, administering contracts, collecting forest research data, preparing timber sales, teaching forestry classes and programs, utilizing Microsoft programs. Some experience with ArcMap and ArcGis.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Auburn University, Auburn AL 1/2001 to 6/1990 (Forest Management)

Job History / Details:

Summary

Forester with 20 years experience. Areas of expertise include managing timberland, prescribing silvicultural treatments, prescribed burning, performing timber inventories, administering contracts, collecting forest research data, preparing timber sales, teaching forestry classes and programs, utilizing Microsoft programs. Some experience with ArcMap and ArcGis.

Skills

Experience

February 2003 to Current

Georgia Forestry Commission Jesup, Georgia

FIA Forester

Duties:

Collecting data on FIA research plots for the USFS

Performing felled tree studies

Performing ozone studies

Entering collected field data into an Allegro field computer

Attending annual trainings for updates to data collection methods

Collecting landowner information at courthouses

Collecting GPS coordinates for research plot locations

Identifying invasive plant species

Identifying tree pests and diseases

Completing arduous pack test annually

Assisting in prescribed burning and wildfires

Assisting with timber inventories and mapping on Dixon Memorial State Forest

Training:

Completed the 40 hour Georgia Basic Wildland Firefighter training

Completed (ICS 100) Introduction to the Incident Command System

Completed (S-130) Firefighter Training

Completed (S-190) Introduction to Fire Behavior

Completed (L-180) Human Factors on the Fireline

Completed Forest Health Monitoring Data Collection - Crowns

Completed ATV Safety Training

January 2000 to February 2003

Albany Technical College Blakely, Georgia

Instructor - Forest Technology Program (Associate Degree)

Duties:

Assisting in marketing the program through radio, billboard and television ads

Marketing the program by talking to local forestry business leaders

Recruiting students by promoting the program to high school classes using displays at Career days, and by participating in Forestry Field Day competitions

Advising students on classes and career options

Developing lesson plans and tests

Teaching the entire Forest Technology Curriculum including: Forest Safety and Orientation, Forest Soils, Dendrology, Forest Protection, Forest Products, Surveying and Mapping I and II, Forest Measurements I and II, Silviculture, Forest Management, and Wildlife Management. Other courses include: General Mathematics, and Interpersonal Relations

Training students in the field including: map reading, compass and pacing, prism cruising, fixed plot cruising, strip cruising, insect and disease identification, dendrology, basic GPS applications, and basic surveying

Managing the Forest Technology Program budget

Ordering and managing program equipment

Managing student files and records

Acquiring internships for students

Assisting students in obtaining interviews for employment

Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Terraserver, and Topozone

Basic knowledge of the Corvallis MC-5 GPS, PC-GPS 3.6 Forester's Tool Kit, Arcview, GIS, and Microsoft FrontPage

Training:

Completed Phase I and II of the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education Instructor Training Institute

Attended a Corvallis MicroTechnology, Inc. GPS/GIS Level I End-User Training Seminar

October 1990 to December 1998

Jefferson Smurfit Corporation Fernandina Beach, FL

District Forester

Duties:

Cruised timber sales using prism, fixed plot, and strip cruise methods in north Florida

Marked poles on open market timber sales

Checked logging operations for BMP compliance

Analyzed wood flow problems at the Jacksonville mill woodyard

Aided in timber security operations such as: setting up surveillance cameras and tracking specific loads through load identification information

Supervised site preparation, planting, herbicide, and fertilization applications on company land in the St. Augustine district

Prepared budgets, arranged bidding, prepared and executed contracts for site preparation and planting

Prescribed site preparation methods for the St. Augustine district

Performed 5 and 15 year inventory cruises

Coordinated sludge hauling and sludge application on company land and mapped sludge applications

Mapped blocks by stand type and timber type

Assisted in site preparation and prescribed burns

Assisted in managing equipment operations and fighting the Florida wildfires of 1998 on company lands

Marked seed trees on company land lease agreements

Performed limited soil mapping

Executed contracts and managed billboard leases, radio tower leases, bee yard leases, myrtle stick cutting leases, palmetto cutting leases, and hunting club leases

Paid and managed office bills and other expenses in the district

Collected and processed all lease payments

Processed paperwork for the payment of contractors working in the district

Conducted safety meetings

Training:

Taught an Alcohol and Substance Abuse Awareness Program as applied to company policy

Completed a "Managing for Continuous Improvement" course

Completed a "Timber Security" seminar

Completed a Four-Wheeler Safety course

Completed a "Silviculture Best Management Practices" course

Education and Training

1990 Auburn University Auburn, Alabama

Bachelor of Science Forest Management

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