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Cody Langston

Address: *** ******** **., *******, *****

Phone: 512-***-**** (cell)

Email: ****.********@**.****.*** (work)

Email: ********.**@*****.*** (personal)

OBJECTIVE : Seeking a position to utilize both my education and experience with Environmental soil science.

EDUCATION

University of Texas at Tyler Master of Business Administration, December 2014

Concentration: Quality Management

Fort Valley State University

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, May 2009

Concentration: Plant Science

WORK EXPERIENCE

12/04/2011 – Current

USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Rosenberg, TX

Soil Scientist GS-0470-09

• Generated interpretations and reports from lab results.

• Evaluated data samples before running chemical lab procedures.

• Extensively revised 100,000 acres of soil mapping by collecting soil samples in South East Texas. (MLRA 150A and 152B)

• Independently created lab spreadsheet to record lab analysis with internal calculations for interpretations to enhance quality and develop uniform reports.

• Updated national database with accurate lab results.

10/23/2011 - 12/04/2011

USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Rosenberg, TX

Soil Scientist GS-0470-07

• Generated reports from web based geodatabase on analysis collected from FY 2011 soil samples.

• Ran Lab procedures for soil samples in order to determine soil chemistry of samples.

• Extensively revised 11,800 acres of soil mapping in Liberty County Texas.

• Provided landowners with lab results from soil testing to support soil sampling and recommend land usage based on these results.

09/26/2010 - 10/23/2011

USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Bryan, TX

Soil Scientist GS-0470-07

• Collected and analyzed 27 soil samples in southeastern Oklahoma, southeastern Texas, and south central Texas for the nationwide study (Rapid Assessment of U.S. Soil Carbon for Climate Change and Conservation Planning) to evaluate the differences in soil carbon associated with differing soil properties, agricultural management systems, ecosystems, and land uses and apply these differences to improving existing decision support tools, and to develop a scientific based and statistically valid baseline inventory of soil carbon stocks for the United States.

• Revised ArcMap projects to reflect progress of Rapid Assessment of U.S. Soil Carbon project geospatially.

• Set up and conducted land judging contests for high school students in McLennan and Austin County Texas in order to enhance soil knowledge for conservation purposes.

• Extensively revised 125,488 acres of soil mapping in Gonzales, Caldwell, and Bastrop Counties in Texas.

07/04/2010 - 09/26/2010

USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Robstown, TX

Soil Scientist GS-0470-07

• Became familiar with concept and basics of data entry and information retrieval using NASIS (National Soil Information System) and able to perform simple correlation and data entry tasks and generate reports.

• Collected Geospatial data for selected counties in MLRA 83(Rio Grande Plain).

• Collected and analyzed lab data from 26 different soil Map Units mapped in McMullen County Texas in order to complete one of the last initial soil survey’s in Texas for the National Cooperative Soil Survey.

07/05/2009 - 07/04/2010

USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Robstown, TX

Soil Scientist GS-0470-05

• Independently mapped 22,022 acres for the initial soil survey for McMullen County Texas.

• Responsible for downloading and saving spatial and tabular data from Soil Data Mart for NRCS usage.

• Utilized Official Soil Series site on numerous occasions in order to collect type location on soils mapped in both Zapata and McMullen County in Texas.

• Assisted coworkers with transects, soil pedon descriptions, and inputting data into national database.

• Worked with ArcMap and completed Digital Soil Survey Data Editing and Management Course.

• Correlated typical soil pedon GPS locations with the ArcMap data base.

• Attended SWCD (Soil Water Conservation District) meetings in Nueces County in Texas.

• Worked with Resource Soil Scientist on land judging and teaching 8th grade students about soil and their chemical and physical properties on field day.

• Completed 10-hr Occupational Safety and Health Training Course in Construction Safety & Health (OSHA).

• Revised 4 different Official Soil Descriptions for soils located in Major Land and Resource Area 83 (Rio Grande Plain).

• Input soil pedon descriptions for the Big Bend National Park Soil Survey.

05/11/2008 - 08/30/2008

USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Marianna, FL

Summer Internship Student Temporary Employee Program

Soil Trainee (Soil Conservation) GS-499-04

• Assisted area soil scientist with wetland delineations.

• Conducted surveys, layouts, and stake predetermined sites

• Assembled data and descriptive information covering farms, ranches, and other land units; identified cropland, hay-land, woodland, and other land use to determine field size for mapping.

• Explained and or demonstrated to landowners or contractors, methods of installing practices such as contour cultivation, drainage practices, or irrigation practices.

• Follow up the work with landowners by checking progress of conservation practices under construction, resolving minor problems, and refer difficult questions to higher grade employees.

• Prepared and maintained various records and reports required.

• Utilized NRCS software that assisted in the documentation and management of conservation plans and technical assistance provided by service center.

• Provided assistance in the design, development, and maintenance of administrative procedures to assume the delivery of NRCS programs are successfully carried out

• Became proficient in operating agricultural equipment including tractors, bulldozers, and a wide variety of attached implements such as cultivators, discs, and plows.

• Duties required the ability to perform independently, while learning when and how to resolve exceptions and special problems or to make adaptations in the sequencing of interrelated tasks.

05/28/2007 - 08/10/2007

Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, GA

Lab Technician/Assistant

• Responsible for assisting assigned professor of Soil Science with various projects such as pH tests on contaminated soils on Super Fund Site (Woolfork Chemical Contamination Site) and field maintenance

• Prepared the Soil Science lab for distillations, pH, soil texture, and particle size determination experiments and analysis.

SKILLS

Technical:

• ArcMap, AcrCatalog, GPS devices, National Soils Information Systems, Web Soil Survey, Soil Data Mart, Remote Sensing,Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Power Point.

Interpersonal:

• Ability to develop, manage, coordinate, complete and report projects.

• Ability to work in teams as well as independently.

• Task and goal orientated driven by a strong work ethic.

• Eager to learn new skills through training as well as self-taught.

• Attentive to details and procedure.

• Understand and practice the importance of thorough documentation and organization.

• Ability to communicate effectively and concisely to coworkers, user groups and students.

• Enjoy outreach and public speaking events.

• Adaptable and flexible of the demands of various work environments.

• Customer service orientated.

ACTIVITIES

*University of Texas at Tyler member of National Society of Leadership and Success (Since September 2013)

*North Harris YMCA Volunteer Coach for Soccer, Football, and Basketball (September 2012 – August 2013)

*D. Bradley McWilliams at Cypress Creek YMCA volunteer basketball coach (June 2015-current)

*Fort Valley State University Agri-Demic Forum (Member: 2004-2009, Secretary 2007-2008, President 2008-2009)

Awards

*USDA-NRCS Individual Spot award from USDA-NRCS (2010, 2012, and 2013)

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