Cerian Smith

Experience

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  Primary Care Trust Mandatory Training Centre

  Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

  Admin Assistant

  Admin duties, taking phone and email bookings, making cancellations, responding to correspondence, printing documents and certificates for posting

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  Swansea University

  Aug 2010 - Sept 2013

  Modules in Environment Assessment and Management, Geographical Information Systems with training is use of ArcGIS, Remote Sensing applications with training in ENVI, Literature review term papers, Core Science Skills and Ecosystems with a three day field course on Ancient woodlands including upland sessile oak woodland, lowland pedunculate oak-maple-dog's mercury woodland and conifer plantation. Meeting and greeting prospective students and their parents, taking guided tours, manning the information fair stand to answers queries and questions

  • MSC Environmental Biology student

    Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  • Student Ambassador

    Aug 2010 - Apr 2013
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  Swansea University Conservation Ecology Society

  Sept 2011 - Jul 2012

  Secretary

  Secretary duties, taking meeting minutes, maintaining membership lists, chasing up membership money, inviting academics and wildlife groups (Bat Conservation Trust, RSPB, Dr Dan Forman), taking groups on volunteering trips with CCW on the Gower where we assisted with litter picks, digging dip holes to monitor the water table, cleared basking banks for reptiles, cleared birch and scrub to prevent succession of dune to woodland.

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  Herefordshire Biological Records Centre

  Aug 2012 - Sept 2012

  Volunteer

  Inputting 50 years worth of micromoth data into a customised database from sites of interest all around Herefordshire

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  British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)

  Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

  BTO Student Ambassador for Wales

  One of 4 student ambassadors for Wales, taking students on a WeBS survey, BTO Winter Thrush Surveys, a ringing demonstration at Kenfig NNR with the warden and local ringers, inviting in Kelvin Jones for a talk and providing published research materials as well as supporting the University's Conservation Ecology Society

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  Sustrans Greener Greenways Project

  Oct 2013 - Nov 2013

  Volunteer Phase 1 surveyor
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  CSA Environmental

  Feb 2014 - now

  Particular expertise with extended phase 1 habitat surveys, EcIA and protected species surveys. Having worked on dozens of residential development schemes, including large sites, I have gained valuable experience of Ecological Impact Assessment, management plans and mitigation strategies. With an increasing knowledge of planning and development, I'm able to play an increasing role in project management and delivery. undertaking Phase 1 habitat surveys and leading Phase 2 protected species surveys, writing PEAs, EcIAs, CSH/BREEAM assessment reports, LEMPs, mitigation strategies etc completing watching briefs for nesting birds, reptiles and GCN

  • Principal Ecologist

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Senior Ecologist

    Nov 2017 - Oct 2022

  • Ecologist

    Feb 2014 - Nov 2017