Climbing Crew Lead
Cascade Canopy Tree Care · Portland, OR
Apr, 2021
Lead a 4-person climbing and rigging crew completing removals and pruning on 1,100+ residential, commercial, and municipal trees per year.
Write rigging plans for crane-assisted removals over homes, power drops, and occupied structures, with zero property-damage claims since 2021.
Trained and mentored 6 climbers in SRT/MRT systems, aerial rescue, and friction-device rigging; 4 promoted to lead climber.
Run daily ANSI Z133 tailgate safety briefings and job hazard analyses, sustaining zero lost-time incidents across the crew for 5 consecutive years.
Cut storm-callout response time to under 2 hours and manage a crew book generating $480K in annual revenue through accurate client estimates.
Arborist / Climber
Willamette Urban Forestry Contractors · Salem, OR
Jun, 2018 · Mar, 2021
Climbed and pruned trees on a 3,200-tree municipal street-tree maintenance contract for the City of Salem, finishing each annual cycle on schedule.
Performed structural and clearance pruning per ANSI A300 standards on young and mature street trees, reducing sidewalk and sign-conflict complaints by 35%.
Installed 60+ dynamic and static cabling and bracing systems on high-value heritage oaks and maples to reduce failure risk.
Delivered plant health care treatments including trunk injections for 400+ ash and elm trees under emerald ash borer and Dutch elm disease programs.
Updated GIS tree inventory records (species, DBH, condition, work history) for 2,500+ trees using tablet-based field collection.
Ground Worker → Line Clearance Trainee
Pacific Line Clearance Services · Eugene, OR
May, 2016 · May, 2018
Operated 12-inch chippers and stump grinders safely on 500+ job sites, maintaining a clean equipment incident record.
Set up MUTCD-compliant traffic control and work zones on arterial roads for utility crews of 3–6 workers.
Promoted to line clearance trainee in 2017; trimmed vegetation near energized distribution lines under direct qualified line-clearance arborist supervision.
Completed daily pre-trip inspections on bucket trucks, chippers, and trailers, flagging defects that prevented 10+ potential breakdowns.