Dean Trester
Hartford, CT *****
*************@*****.***
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Groundskeeper
CEDAR HILL CEMETERY-Connecticut
October 2023 to Present
I take care of the grounds
Maintenance Worker
The Open Hearth Association-Hartford, CT
July 2017 to Present
General cleaning of office areas
Line Cook
Chili's-Newington, CT
February 2017 to July 2017
Zone 3 salad bar station - preparing seafood, tacos, salads, burgers and more - basically, everything on the line comes through this station for preparation, plating and presentation; on Sundays and Mondays I pulled double station and prepped (bulk, not to order) all the signature Chili's dishes: baby-back ribs, chicken (shredded, etc - portion control packaging), sauces, dips, from-scratch pickles and more; twice weekly, I unloaded all incoming tractor-trailers, stocked/rotated walk-in and managed inventory control for the restaurant
Produce Preparator
Sardillis Produce and Dairy Company-Hartford, CT
October 2016 to February 2017
Responsible for hand preparation of fruits and vegetables, pre-packaging; this was contract work for area college food service providers and grocery stores (Big Y); also operated palette jack and forklift to pull cases of product to set up the production area
Cook
State of CT
2014 to 2016
High-volume cafeteria style cooking; breakfast and lunch shifts Cook
Fornos Brick Oven Pizza & Restaurant-Brookfield, CT 2012 to 2014
Responsible for preparation of all menu items in a small, two-man kitchen; stove top, oven, fry station, cold salad station; all aspects of prep as well as line cooking to order Cook
Planet Pizza-Danbury, CT
2009 to 2012
Made pizzas from scratch: forming dough, opening pies, developed a scratch pizza sauce still used by the pizzeria
Sales Associate
Stew Leonard's-Danbury, CT
2007 to 2008
Responsible for direct sales of seafood-based products through sharing of samples on the store floor Education
Associates in Medical Coding and Billing
Penn Foster College
Skills
• Cooking
• Heavy lifting
• Forklift
• Equipment repair
• Power tools
• Materials handling
• Communication skills
• Lawn care
• Sales
• Landscaping
• Outdoor work
• Maintenance
• Management
• Hospitality
• Mechanical knowledge
• Manufacturing