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Social Media Manager

Location:

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Posted:

May 05, 2020

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CURRICULUM VITAE OF MULALO SIMPHIWE PHIDZA

PERSONAL DETAILS

Surname

: Phidza

Names

: Mulalo Simphiwe

ID Number

: 931***-****-***

Gender

: Female

Date of Birth

: ****-**-**

Marital Status

: Single

Physical Address

: 3257 Tshiendeulu Street,

Tshiawelo

Johannesburg

South Africa

Postal Address

P.O 3257 Tshiendeulu street

Extension 2, Tshiawelo

1818

Home Language

: Tshivenda

First Language

: English

Other Languages

: IsiZulu, Sepedi, Xitsonga

Nationality

: South African

Drivers License

: Code 10

Criminal Offence

: None

Health

: Good

Religion

: Christian

Contact No

: +1-321-***-****

Email Address

adc3fi@r.postjobfree.com

COMPETENCIES

•Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills

•Passion for animals and the environment as a whole

•Ability to work under pressure and to work in a team and independently

•Ability to do physical labor and work outdoors

•Knowledge of customer care and office etiquette

•Effective skills and knowledge in conservation maintenance activities

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Secondary

: Shayandima Secondary School

Grade 12 (2011)

Tertiary

: Tshwane University of Technology

Course

: Nature Conservation

Qualification obtained

National Diploma: Nature Conservation (2015)

Major Subjects

: Plant studies

Animal studies

Conservation ecology

Resource management

Conservation communication

SPECIALISED COURSES

Trade Name

: AIM TRAINING ACADEMY.

Method of Assessment

: Full course in the Law and Firearms.

Achievements

: Declared competent in Unit Standards.

Trade Name

: With Intent: Self-Leadership Training

Method of Assessment

: Recognition of attendance and participation in

Kloofendal Nature Reserve.

WIAH 1stphase self-leadership training at

VOLUNTARILY IN-SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Name of Reserve : Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve

Tasks undertaken:

Environmental development and monitoring

•Alien vegetation control

•Erosion control

•Game fence patrol and maintenance

•Vegetation monitoring

•Conducting Environmental education talks and walks, guiding of tourist, hiking and monitoring trails and bush walks

•Waste management supervision and control

•Litter control

Wildlife and reserve management

•Research in monitoring activities that can be done at the reserve

•Conducting a fence and bush patrol

•Compiling a weld management by conducting vegetation surveys

•Garden maintenance and development

Game monitoring

•Game recommendations (feeding categories and ratios, suitable game species and game number)

•Water provision for game, monitoring game number and condition

Legal aspects of legal enforcement

•Patrols and preventative actions against poaching and illegal imposture in the reserve and obtaining evidence

Technical aspects

•Erection and maintenance of game fencing

•Roads construction, mechanical maintenance of equipment within the reserve

•Drinking water holes monitoring

•Erosion structures

Name of place : Johannesburg Zoo

Tasks undertaken:

Feeding Husbandry and Animal Enrichment: Working within the Aquarian and with Reptiles Maintain a high standard of animal husbandry within the enclosures

●To collect food from animal kitchen to the sections/enclosures and feed the animals the correct food and amount as listed on the diet sheet

Environmental Education

•Assist in conservation projects such as the Frog conservation projects, wattle conservation, Ground hornbill conservation

•Assist in environmental education talks, play and walks

•Animal awareness, peer education, tour guide talk and environmental education

•Facilitate and plan out a Treasure hunt and a camp

•Conduct a miniSASS operation and treatment

Cleaning of Enclosures

•To check that the footbath is in place, clean and check that filtration/circulation systems are running properly

•Order materials and equipment’s needed on the section and job card request

•Perform water test and maintain optimal water quality

•Daily animal observation and recording of observations, reporting in any abnormal behavior or incidents to the keeper

•Provide behavioral enrichment for the animals in the care

•Construction of enrichment structures and platforms, jungle gyms

Name of reserve : Kloofendal Nature Reserve

Tasks Undertaken:

Manage day to day conservation maintenance activities and of EPWP program

•Assist in motivating, training and managing EPWP program

•Coordinating problem plant and alien plant control programmes

•Fence maintenance, patrolling, tree and road clearing

•Trail maintenance and erosion rehabilitation

Fire management

•Cutting fire break traces and burning fire breaks and block burning

Implement indigenous tree planting projects and execute vegetation demarcation using GPS

•Patrolling around the reserve using a GPS specifically just to indicate where this type of problem plant is located which is the Seriphium plumosum whereby we were marking the area as around the boundaries and in the reserve where the problem plant is located

Conservation administration office work

•Doing administrative work as we were checking out the tools and loose gear which are at the main store room, Amphitheatre and the office cabinet we were counting the quantity of each tool, the status and writing comment as whether the tool is enough and good. Editing rightful pictures in terms of evidence pictures of what has been done at the reserve throughout the month

•Facilitating the SHEQ checklist and tool box talk to the management, compile the SHEQ monthly meetings

•Conduct an Environmental education talk, treasure hunt and an adventurous camp out

Monitor and patrol bird sanctuaries, ridges and koppies

•Monitoring activities around the given place

•Law enforcement investigation of wildlife damage if given, poaching and snare traps hidden.

•Burning down the vagrants made homes which were inside the reeds hidden in there as they were polluting the place and causing a disturbance to the natural area for the birds that fly around and make home there

Name of place : Morning Sun Nature Reserve

Tasks undertaken:

Reserve Management: Morning Sun Nature Reserve

•Work with Working for Fire doing a perimeter cut along the fence,rock packing along the fence where there’s opening and looking for snare traps along the fence

•Guiding the guest to hiking trails and walks with a knowledge of explaining more nature to them

•Eradication of the Black wattle along the river stream using mechanical and chemical methods

Lodge Management: Mashovhela Bush Lodge

•Hosting duties

•Conducting guided walks and drives guiding the guests

•Reception duties with invoice payments procedures

Name of place : Latest Sightings

Social Media Updater:

Tasks undertaken:

Updating throughout all social media platforms, that includes WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Latest sightings App and websites

Update any and all sightings or information that perceive to be relevant or interesting

to the followers and to be posted to all social media platforms in the correct format

Keep attention to detail in terms of followers must perceive a flow of communication and competence in tracking sightings

Take part in customer support service-answering questions however they come in via the social platforms

Assisting with searching Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for any sightings in both the Kruger National Park and Pilanesberg and communicating with the people and sharing their content on our platforms also have also been given the task of creating travelling routes in the Kruger National Park for the Latest Sightings e-Guide which is issued every month.

Name of place Walt Disney World

Cultural Representative: Savanna Guide Educator

Engage all guest with formal and informal topics such as conservation and culture including also my heritage, my country and the continent of Africa

Deliver a presentation on an educational basis of my culture and the wildlife of Africa ( That includes storytelling and speaking on a microphone)

Initiating conversations by inviting a group of small r a large group of people by informing and educating them and inspiring as well

Leading a variety of cultural and animal activities for guest of all ages, that includes toddlers, pre-school, teens, young adults, adults and elders and with that adjusting conversation content to a variety of age levels

Create happiness through my stories, immersive experience and a connection

Ensure the safety of all guest as a priority and being courteous by providing personalized service

REFERENCES

Lindsey Sihau

Position: Disney Animal, Science and Environment Education Manager

Email: adc3fi@r.postjobfree.com

Cell No: +1-407-***-****

Rochelle M Strassner

Position: Disney Animal, Science and Environment Education Coordinator

Email: adc3fi@r.postjobfree.com

Cell No: +1-407-***-****

Nadav Ossendryver