●MICHAEL OWEN BALL

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Leduc Alberta T9E 8R9

Email: ad4i9v@r.postjobfree.com

Telephone: 306-***-****

Objective: Employment as A Transit Operator

SUMMARY OF SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES

●Dedicated, hardworking, amiable and loyal

●Very good Research and Analytical skills / always searching for new information

●Confident and effective Public Speaking skills

●Excellent organizational, time management and prioritizing abilities

●SWASM – Southwest Asia Service Medal for deploying to the Persian Gulf

●CD1 – Canadian Forces Decoration for 22 Years Unblemished Military Service

CAREER EXPERIENCE

School Bus Driver Living Skies School Division 202 Unity SK

BC Transit

Transit Operator Jul 2007 – Jun 2022

●Transports customers in Community Transit Service areas as assigned, in accordance with BC Transit policies, observing all traffic laws and safety rules, and adhering to time schedules.

●Courteously and professionally interacts with customers, including loading mobility devices and escorting customers to and from curb side as required, answering inquiries en route, making general announcements of assistance to customers, issuing transfers, collecting correct fares and ensuring valid passes are presented, and arranging for passenger pick-up and drop-off as required.

●Completes a variety of vehicle and incident reports as required. Carries out emergency/accident procedures when required.

Select Mortgage Corp / Mortgage Consultant Oct 2004 – Feb 2008

Canadian Navy July 1983 – December 2006

Canadian Navy/ Employment Coordinator (May 2005 – Dec 2006)

●Finding temporary meaningful employment for military personnel who are injured, ill or awaiting training courses

●Maintaining a database of up to 210 personnel

Canadian Navy/Information Holdings Manager (Apr 2004 – May 2005)

●Responsible for up to 20 staff members

●Allocate daily duties and tasks

●Report to Officer in Charge Maritime Ops Center

●Deal with personnel issues / schedules etc

●Responsible for all training in the section

●Coordinate activities within the Maritime Operations Center

●Maintain and develop Web pages

Canadian Navy/Senior Radar Operator (Jun 2002 – Apr 2004)

●Responsible for up to 15 staff members

●Liaise with all sections including maintainers re: equipment servicing and repair

●Ship’s custodian for all the ship’s confidential books, records and software

●Duty Watch Coordinator for 25 people

●Responsible for security, administration, and ceremonial arrangements as 2nd in charge of the combat department consisting of 50 people

●Inform Ottawa of operational problems with software used

●Evidence Coordinator Persian Gulf, Collected and compiled boarding partying information forwarded it to command for analysis

●Conducted duties of the Training Coordinator during absences/Assisted in setting up refresher training courses

Canadian Navy/Standards Petty Officer Fleet School Esquimalt (Jan 1999 – Jun 2002)

●Course development

●Exam invigilation

●Member of review boards for exam failures

●Maintain course archives

●Exam development

●Course Content and Instructor Monitoring

HMCS Calgary Senior NCIOP (Nov 96 – Jan 99)

Victoria BC

Maritime Forces 2nd Staff Officer (Surface Operations) (Aug 95 – Nov 96)

Pacific Headquarters

Victoria BC

HMCS Regina Operations Room Supervisor (Aug 93 – Aug 95)

Victoria BC

HMCS Vancouver Radar Tracking Supervisor (Jun 92 – Aug 93)

Victoria BC

Fleet School Radar Instructor (Dec 89 – Jun 92)

Victoria BC

HMCS Annapolis Radar Tracking Supervisor (Jul 89 – Dec 89)

HMCS Terra Nova

Victoria BC

HMCS Yukon Radar Operator (Jul 84 – Jul 89)

HMCS Kootenay

HMCS Mackezie

Victoria BC

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

University of British Columbia Real Estate Salesperson and (Sep 2004)

Correspondence Sub Mortgage Broker

Pre-Licensing Course

Camosun College English 150, Algebra 11, (May 1981)

Victoria, BC Chemistry 11

High School Graduate Grade 12 (Jun 1980)

Esquimalt High (Dogwood Certificate)

Victoria BC

Additional Courses / Skills

Sandler Sales Training Sales Training Bootcamp (Sep-Dec 2006)

MBABC Mortgage Broker Applied Information Course (May 2005)

Microdev Training XML, XHTML, JAVASCRIPT (Oct/Sep 2004)

LCC MS Frontpage (Jun 2004)

Polar Bear Corp Learning HTML (Mar 2004)

SHL Learning Technologies Word Power Point (May 1998)

Canadian Navy ICS 100 (Jun 2004)

WHIMS (Feb 2006)

NBC Prediction Analysis (Dec 2003)

NBC Instructor (Nov 2002)

Middle Management Training (Nov 1999)

Course Development (Jun 1999)

Harassment Investigator (Mar 1999)

Harassment Awareness Training (Feb 1998)

Senior Leadership Course (Mar 1997)

Other Professional levels of Training including: Safety Management, Emergency Procedures & Earthquake preparedness, Crowd control, Bomb Search, Defensive Driving, High Altitude Indoctrination, Ejection Seat Training, Fire Fighting, Fire Safety, Physical and Electronic Security and professional levels of Administration /Human Resources Management Resolving Work place conflict. Weapons and Fire Arm Proficiency and Safety, Class 2 BC Driver’s License, with Air Brake Endorsement

Computer Skills Windows 2000, XP, Word, Power Point, Front page, Access, Outlook,

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT MY ABILITIES

[Michael] Ball’s performance was outstanding. Extremely talented … and one of the hardest working Petty Officers that I have had the pleasure to serve with… He has been instrumental in REGINA’s successes over the past year and in the remarkable development of his very junior section…” Cdr Truelove Commanding Officer

I take great pleasure in forwarding this Letter of Appreciation for your outstanding performance…Your ambassadorship and superior professional performance were the key factors in all aspects of operations at sea…Without your outstanding assistance the safe coordination of submarine operations in the Pacific Northwest would have been significantly more difficult for my staff. Your“ “can-do” attitude and ability … has had a positive effect on the morale of the Pacific Submarine Force. “Thank you for a job well done”… Rear Admiral Sullivan Commander Subgroup Nine Silverdale WA

References available upon request

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