Manager High School
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Benjamin Laborde
RR * Box ****, Doniphan, Missouri 63935-7600
********.*******@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2012 Worked as a volunteer with the US Forest Service, Mark Twain National Forest,
Eleven Point Ranger District (Doniphan, Missouri) in the recreation program.
● Operations and maintenance of developed and dispersed recreation sites, which
included campgrounds, picnic sites, an historic cabin and river accesses.
● Numerous rehabilitation/upgrade projects to improve the quality of the recreation
experience. This included construction and installation of new accessible fire rings,
lantern posts, picnic tables and grills.
Also constructed new bulletin boards and installed new informational signing.
● Bat cave project, in collaboration with Bat Conservation International, Cave
Research Foundation, and AmeriCorps: including construction and installation of two
heavy metal gates to prevent human’s disturbing for natural grey bats’ habitat.
June 2011 Worked 12 weeks at the US Forest Service, Hiawatha National Forest, Munising
Ranger District (Munising, Michigan) as a volunteer, doing an internship associated
with Jack pine silviculture and management.
● Collected different measurements and information on seedlings by doing plot
surveys in Jack pine stands.
● Utilized sampling methods in Jack pine stands on natural and artificial regenerations
to study and evaluate the quality and the level of regeneration.
● Collected different trees’ measurements and grounds’ information by doing plots in
Jack pine stands for the presence of Kirtland Warbler’s.
● Analyzed and compared the studies of the Jack pine silviculture and the presence (or
absence) of the Kirtland Warbler.
Worked 14 weeks at “Les Fromageries Occitanes” cheese factory in the packaging
May 2010
department in St Mamet, France.
● Cut, packed and weighed different kinds of local cheeses before shipping to various
customers.
Worked 1 month in at “Les Fromageries Occitanes” cheese factory at “Pâtes moles”
July 2009
manufacturing service in St Mamet, France.
● Unloaded cheeses from their tins or loaded others in boxes to stockpile in caves for
aging.
● Turned the cheeses over in caves to age it correctly.
Training period of a week at the Certified Geometers Office “Claveirol & Coudon” in
June 2007
Aurillac, France.
● Used GIS receivers and collected roads’ information and details to create maps in
GIS.
EDUCATION
September 2010 BTSA in Forest Management (equivalent to a 2 year degree) at French Forestry
College of Meymac in Corréze (Dendrometry, Mapping, Pedology, Botany).
One year of study at the University of Geology “Blaise Pascal” in Clermont-
September 2009
Ferrand (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistery, Thermodynamics).
Scientific Baccalaureate in Mathematics at “Lycée Gerbert” in Aurillac
2009
(Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
High School Certificate with mention (AB) at “Collège Gerbert” in Aurillac
2006
(Maths, History-Geography, French)
HOBBIES
● Walking, running, swimming, playing the guitar, art.
● Nature, botany and the environment.
● Fond of the United States Marine Corps, especially collecting the items and gears
used by the Marines.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
● International Driving licence
● Fluent in French and English
● Certified in Basic Wildfire Module: I100, L180, S130 and S190
REFERENCES
● Mr Bruno GRATIA, pedo-geology teacher: *****.******@********.**
● Mr Tim Baker, Supervisory Forester, Hiawatha National Forest, Munising District:
******@**.***.**, 906-***-****
● Mrs. Jane Mobley, Manpower Development Specialist, Mark Twain National Forest,
Eleven Point Ranger District: *******@**.***.**, 573-***-****
● Mr. Bill Paxton, Recreation Manager, Mark Twain National Forest, Eleven Point
Ranger District,, *******@**.***.**, 573-***-****
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