Jessica Dikken

Experience

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  Splashpoint Leisure Centre

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2017

  Lifeguard

  Ensuring high quality cleaning and safety of customers.

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  Grove Lodge Veterinary Group

  Jan 2014 - Sept 2016

  Veterinary Assistant

  Assisted veterinary nurses with routine examinations, care and laboratory procedures. I delivered high quality customer service as I was often dealing with stressed customers and animals. I learnt the importance of prioritisation and took a lead role in rehabilitating wild animals, my abilities and patience with the wildlife were noted by staff.

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  The Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects

  May 2015 - Jun 2015

  Research Assistant

  I worked Sussex University’s Bee Research unit for three weeks, amongst other things my work included field surveys, waggle-dance observations, excel database management and input and pollen analysis.

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  ARCHELON

  Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Research Assistant

  I volunteered as a research assistant for a month alongside a team of turtle conservationists in Greece. This enabled me to develop a range of research skills including my recording abilities (both qualitative and quantitative data), monitoring abilities (recognising certain behaviours), understanding databases and confidence in presentation skills.

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  Reading Borough Council

  Feb 2016 - Jan 2022

  Leisure attendant

  Friendly and confident interaction with customers using my well developed interpersonal skills.

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  Palmer Park Sports Stadium

  Mar 2018 - Jan 2022

  Front Desk Receptionist

  Handling money in a professional manner and answering queries with confidence. The ability to proficiently record data was vital in such a fast-paced environment.

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  Impulse Leisure

  Oct 2019 - Feb 2020

  Lifeguard

  Ensuring customers are comfortable and safe at all times.

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  Lancing College

  Oct 2019 - Aug 2021

  Catering Assistant

  Working with enthusiasm and good manner as well as ensuring high quality proficient service.

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  Evolutio Care Innovations Limited

  Jan 2020 - May 2020

  Referral processor and data entry clerk

  Proficient and accurate data entry

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  Tesco

  Apr 2020 - Jan 2021

  Warehouse Operative

  Ensuring accurate deliveries and honing my time management skills.

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  Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT)

  Sept 2020 - Jan 2022

  Wildlife and ecology trainee

  Responsible for various surveying techniques as well as working with the public to help conserve nature parks through education and awareness. Surveys carried out include: Badger Baiting, trapping, assisting in vaccinations and marking before release; bird surveys; GCN bottle trapping, eDNA, torching and egg searching; habitat rapid assessments; harvest mouse nest surveys; reptile checks; soil sampling; setting up Dormouse footprint tunnels; Watervole surveys.

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  Right at Home UK

  Dec 2020 - Jan 2022

  Domiciliary carer

  Working with compassion to ensure high quality of life for those I care for.

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  Doughnut Time UK

  Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

  Team member

  Fast paced team work to enable the busy periods to run smoothly.

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  Southern Ecological Solutions (SES)

  Aug 2021 - Oct 2021

  Seasonal assistant ecologist

  Carrying out dawn re-entry and dusk emergence bat surveys in both trees and buildings.

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  ACRES WILD WOODLANDS LIMITED

  Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  Tree Health Surveyor

  Surveyed oak trees in an area defined by ArcGIS field maps app for Oak Processionary Moth (OPM), the data was recorded on the Survey123 app. I often approached and liaised with a variety of land owners in order to gain permission to survey on their land and when acting as the lead surveyor I phoned/emailed ahead to be granted access. I also made sure to engage with the public in order to educate them about OPM. Here I developed my winter tree identification and also exercised a flexible approach to working as the survey site changed daily. Show less

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  Pitt Farm

  Apr 2022 - May 2022

  Lambing assistant

  I assisted Pitt Farm during lambing season, during my time I worked with ewes, lambs and the ram, moving them between fields, ear tagging, tail banding, logging births and health, putting the ewes through the race to clip their wool, building pens for mother's and lambs, setting up electric fencing and assisting in lambing when necessary.

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  Future Nature WTC

  Jan 2023 - now

  Assistant ecologist