Chantel van Kessel

• Supervise and provide constructive feedback to staff throughout shift to ensure high level of customer service is always being maintained. • Overseeing and managing day to day operations including opening and closing the store, creating bank deposits, and resolving staff issues. • Flexible and adaptable to the constant change that comes with working in a fast-paced environment. • Facilitating a collaborative work environment amongst staff and management through prompt and effective • Communication regarding daily sales targets and current procedures.

• Oversee and manage the records for accounts receivable/ payables for various domestic and foreign companies. • Prepare and maintain spreadsheets and records according to organizational policy while assisting with the processing of sales invoices, debtor’s statements, and cash receipts. • Proactively complete miscellaneous tasks across all departments, in addition to routine tasks.

• Set up a long-term burn monitoring site to track successional changes in a forest environment. • Gained backcountry travel skills such as remote camping and learned how to adapt to changing environmental conditions with limited equipment. • Conducted wildlife and vegetation identification; water and macro invertebrate sampling.

• Gained firsthand field experience in soils and ecosite classification, forestry practices, navigation, aquatic ecosystems, wetlands, reclamation, and identifying a variety of wildlife. • Performed data collection, vegetation and wildlife sampling, and ecosystem health analyses. • Conducted groundwater and surface water sampling. • Collaborated with peers to conduct Environmental Assessments (Phase I and II) and Environmental Impact Assessments.