Brenda Lee Carson
Stevensville, ON
***************@*****.***
Work Experience
Aug - Present Turnaround / Field Safety Representative
Alberta
* Safety Tech - daily tailgate & safety meetings with permit
holders, contractors & operations management team; air trailer
& bottle cart operation; rigging in/out lines & hoses; working
with men under air & at heights; horizontal & vertical (winch
& tripod) confined space entry watch; spark watch; risk
assessment / completing FLRA's for every job; lock out / tag
out
* Tech Shack - inspecting & cleaning equipment, SABA's & SCBA's
2011 - 2013 Titan Roofing Inc.
Calgary, Alberta
Office Administrator
* H.R. - on-boarding & orientation packages; performance
assessments; mentoring & training; staff & safety meetings;
enforcing company policy; WCB claims
* Supervisor - day to day business operations; personnel; sales
& customer relations; booking jobs & dispatching; estimating;
travel coordinator for out of town work; weekly & quarterly
summary reports
* Administrative - delinquent accounts officer; account
reconciliation; bookkeeping; purchasing; job costing; issuing
PO's; payroll including benefits; inventory control; A/R &
A/P; data base management
* Safety Auditor, Advisor & Inspector - internal company
auditor; statistical analysis; ensuring OH & S compliance;
health & safety training; job site, office / shop, PPE &
equipment inspector; creating, amending, implementing and
ensuring compliance of company policies & procedures; incident
investigations; regular toolbox meetings; enforcing and
monitoring "zero tolerance" drug & alcohol policy; vehicle
maintenance coordinator & vehicle log book inspector
2006 - 2011 Beach Therapy Vacations Playa del
Carmen, M xico
Office Manager
* Interior design & property management
* QC / QA manager - ongoing & final inspection of all job sites
* A/P & A/R; payroll; PO's; daily business operations
* Sales presentations / business development; estimating;
purchasing
* Travel coordinator - booking airport transfers & tours
* Supervisor - all day to day business & personnel
1996 - 2006 University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Centre for Mouse Genomics
Embryonic Stem Cell/ Targeted Mutagenesis Facility
Director ESTM / Transgenic Facilities
2001 - 2006
* Business development - power point presentations
* Recruit & train lab personnel
* QA & QC - Laboratory safety procedure development
* Collaborative consultant for the facility
* Supervise daily lab operations for the Transgenic Facility
Transgenic Lab Manager / Technician 1996 - 2006
* Prepare report summaries & data sheets for the Director
* Manage lab operations & personnel of the Transgenic Facility
* Hire, schedule, delegate, supervise & evaluate lab & casual
personnel
* Perform payroll, purchasing, invoicing & record-keeping
activities
* Develop & maintain business relations with industry
professionals
* Recruit, train & supervise practicum students from across
Canada
* Conduct classroom teaching seminars & lab tours for
practicum students, venture capitalists & visiting
lecturers
* Ensure adherence to lab compliances & procedures
Technical Skills
* Excel, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Outlook & Accounting
Software
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Volunteer
2007 - 2011
1999-2006
Education
2013
2011
1992 - 1994
Humanitarian Venues Quintana Roo, M xico
. Hurricane relief fund raiser for Chetumal, Q.R.
. Pre-op / post-op for VIDAS spay/neuter clinics in Playa del Carmen
. Yearly fund raiser for 2 schools in Chumpon, Q.R.
. Cat adoption, spay/neuter, vaccinations in Playa
Motivational Seminars Calgary, Alberta
Motivational Speaker
. Conduct motivational & personal development seminars
. Graduation keynote speaker at Bow Valley College
. Guest speaker for AIDS Calgary promoting awareness of HIV
H2S Alive
Confined Space Safety Awareness
OSSA - ROP
TDG
Standard First Aid & CPR (Red Cross)
Fire Extinguisher Proficiency Course, 3-D Fire Extinguishers
Alberta Construction Safety Association
Safety Auditor
Calgary, Alberta
CSTS - Construction Safety Training System
Prime Contractor Course
Leadership for Safety Excellence
Fall Protection Planning
WHMIS Train-the-Trainer
Principles of Health & Safety Management
Thompson Rivers University
Animal Health Technology Diploma Kamloops, British Columbia