Mason Vandertoorn

** ******* *****, *********, ** B4N 1H2

adod4p@r.postjobfree.com

902-***-****

Objective: Seeking part time to full time work in a permanent position within a landscaping company Education:

Graduated from Northumberland regional high school in June of 2017

Completed one year of an undergraduate degree at Mount Saint Vincent University in the academic year 2017-2018.

Graduated from NSCC (Kingstec Campus) in Horticulture and Landscaping technology in 2021.

Enrolled in Dalhousie Agricultural College’s Landscape Architect program

Skill sets- personal attributes: capable of handling client/ customer interactions in a polite, concise, and helpful manner, task-oriented, positive attitude, dedicated to completing tasks and improving the over-all work atmosphere

Job-related skills: can read an architectural scale, trained on safe work procedures for multiple power tools and hand tools, experience in laying flagstone, brick pavers, and blasted granite

Transferable/ professional skills: can follow and assemble basic paving plans, able to work with clients to reach a feasible end goal, punctual, capable of sharing ideas within a group or team while also considering others, self-motivated for solo work

Employment history

Tim Hortons (Pictou Rotary) May 2015- Dec 2015, team member. Trained on drive-thru, front cash, customer service, food prep, and dining area clean up

West river Greenhouses (West River) Mar 2016- Aug 2016, seasonal team member. Trained in plant care, customer service, greenhouse maintenance, and after hours clean up.

Coles Book Store (Highland Square Mall) Nov 2016-Jan 2017, seasonal customer experience representative. Trained on customer service, store maintenance, loss prevention, cashier duties, and closing duties.

American Eagle Outfitters (Halifax Shopping Center) Oct 2017- Dec 2017, seasonal customer service and stock. Trained on night-shift re-stocking of the store, customer service, fitting room duties, cashier duties, loss prevention, and closing shift duties.

Pizza Girls (Bedford) Feb 2018- Aug 2019, front cash and kitchen duties. Trained on front cash, customer service, phone service, kitchen duties, cleaning, food prep.

Mad Marketing /TNI (Halifax) Oct 2018-Aug 2019, Client Outreach. Trained as a professional fundraiser via door-to-door canvassing for global charitable organizations (such as the Red Cross and the World Wildlife Fund) monthly donor programs.

Coles Book Store (New Minas) November 2019- present, customer experience representative. Trained on creating stock displays, customer service, and organizational skills for shelving books.

Kent fields (Kentville) may 2020-may-2021, landscape maintenance work for residential and commercial plant material

Interests/ volunteering

Conservational efforts and ecological action

Shoreline cleanups hosted by the world wildlife fund

References available upon request

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