Max Hoosier

Experience

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  Government of Alberta

  May 2020 - Sept 2020

  Maintenance Worker
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  Government of Alberta

  Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

  Maintenance Lead

  Maintained all facilities, trails, and campsites in William A. Switzer Provincial Park. Assisted with potable/black water treatment, hazard tree removal, lawn maintenance, and plumping issues.

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  Government of Alberta

  May 2022 - Sept 2022

  Park Recreation and Resource Officer

  Informed visitors about the Alberta Parks regulations, local natural history, and outdoor recreation at 27 Provincial Parks in the Hinton District. Maintained remote hiking trails in the foothills using chainsaws.Assisted with the collection and organization of Papilionoidea abundance data for Alberta Environment and Parks in Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park.

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  University of Alberta

  Nov 2022 - Jul 2023

  Project Assistant

  Co-led a cumulative effects analysis on moose for the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation. Conducted weekly water sampling and Eddy Covariance site maintenance. Assisted with spatial data management.

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  Forsite Consultants

  Jul 2023 - Apr 2024

  GIS Analyst

  Developed and maintained automated GIS tools for forestry companies in Alberta. Worked on projects focused on forest inventories, dataset validation, and wildfire management plans. Leveraged ESRI products, including ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, and ArcCatalog, for managing spatial datasets, and utilized Fugro software for visualizing LiDAR data.

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  Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

  May 2024 - Aug 2024

  Field Technologist

  Collected remote cameras, acoustic recording devices, and ecological data on trees, herbaceous plants, downed woody debris, lichens, soils, and ecosites in remote areas of Alberta. Accessed sampling sites using helicopters, Ford F350s, ATVs, and by foot. Identified bryophytes in a lab setting, utilizing dichotomous keys and microscopes.