Blair Orr

Blair Orr

Reporter Photographer Darkroom Tech

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  • About me

    Always Looking, Always Curious, Always Enthusiastic. I'm your average blind sales/service, truck driving, freelance feature writing, artsy, outside sales individual.

  • Education

    • Extreme Professional Driver Training

      2013 - 2013
      Tractor Trailer Driving

      • ICBC Certified Air Brake instruction . • Service Regulations (Log Books). • Tire chaining and winter driving preparation. • Class 1 Basic training. • 80 hours Mountain driving.

    • UBC Sauder School of Business

      2007 - 2007
      Licensed Real Estate Prifessional Real Estate
    • Okanagan College

      2011 - 2011
      Certification Geographical Information Systems

      *Using ESRI ArcMap, SQL Server and Visual Studio .net, built municipal infrastructure management application allowing users to geographically locate, identify and maintain activity profile of civic infrastructure pieces such as fire hydrants.

    • Lethbridge College

      1981 - 1983
      Journalism Diploma Print Journalism, Photography
  • Experience

    • Vernon Daily News

      Jan 1978 - Jan 1979
      Reporter Photographer Darkroom Tech

      As a reporter, I generated hard and feature news stories by covering council meetings, attending local sporting and cultural events, responding to police, fire and court information and by interviewing persons of interest both local and abroad.I supported these stories with photographs as well as photographed sports and cultural events to create stand alone photographic news.As darkroom technician, I was responsible for the processing of all photographs run in the Vernon Daily News.

    • Oasis/WestCoast Beauty Co./JOICO Haircare

      Mar 1988 - May 2006
      Training/Professional Development

      Oasis/WestCoast Beauty, JOICO CanadaProfessional Sales Trainer/Facilitator 1989-2006I developed and led professional sales training modules for Territory Managers on behalf of my Brand Manager. The material was practical and motivational in nature and based on relationship and convictional sales techniques developed by myself and others. Additionally, I was part of a team which developed one and two day educational and motivational events for our client partners and their staffs. Programming was continually adjusted curriculum based on client needs and budgetary constraints Show less

    • Oasis Beauty Co/JOICO Haircare

      Aug 1988 - May 2006
      Territory Manager/Outside Sales/Facilitator/Sales Trainer

      Outside Sales/Territory ManagementI traveled extensively and maintained regular, scheduled calls on 100+ accounts per month.During these calls, I created and maintained inventory systems, created orders, up sold, invoiced, maintained relationships with clients, their employees and consumers. I was responsible for coordinating all education sales training in schools, business accounts and salespeople. This included doing presentations and scheduling travel, accommodation and bookings for other educators. I maintained both client and upstream business relationships with honesty and integrity for long-term territorial success. I was also responsible for maintaining Accounts Receivable aging within guidelines and insuring the orderly collection of late payments. Show less

    • Canadian Aviator Magazine

      Feb 2006 - Jul 2010
      Freelance Feature Writer/Photographer

      Write aviation magazine feature articles based on: Interviews and independent researchProvide photojournalism to support and enhance feature pieceTravel as required

    • Century 21

      Nov 2007 - Apr 2011
      Real Estate Professional

      As a Licenced Realtor, I was responsible for all aspects of Real Estate marketing and sales transactions.

    • TerraLogic Exploration Inc.

      Feb 2012 - Jun 2012
      Field Database Manager

      GISRemote Database Specialist.March-June 2012TerraLogic Exploration, Inchttp://www.terralogicexploration.com/s/Home.aspField Database Manager• Ensured field crews collected geologic and geochemical data utilizing TerraLogic Exploration’s data model and standard operating procedures• Maintained TerraLogic’s digital field data collection system and worked with various geologic/geochemical databases to ensure data integrity• Produced intermittent reports for project manager and various daily geologic/geochemical map products, including daily field maps for crew• Conducted general geotechnical duties such as soil sampling, silt sampling, trenching, prospecting and drill core logging preparation • Oversaw sample shipments to analytic laboratories and monitored chain of custody • Set up and maintained various field computers and hardware• Downloaded various data loggers such as DGPS, GPS, Scintolometers, etc. • Implemented geochemical QAQC protocolsAssistant Database Administrator/GIS Technician• Prepared various portable devices for field data capture• Prepared various queries and macros within Microsoft Access• Assisted with scripts and manipulated forms for Palm Pilots using Pendragon Forms• Manipulated Microsoft Access databases and assisted in database reconstruction and planning• Geoprocessed and digitized historical data and migrated newly spatially referenced material into various geochemical/geological databases and mapping products• Created dynamic maps including base, geochemical, analytical and geological data Show less

    • Bulldog Energy Group

      Oct 2015 - May 2021
      Vac Truck Operator

      My responsibilities include the safe, efficient operation of a tri-drive vacuum truck providing services to the pipeline construction industry. Careful attention to truck operations, prime contractor needs, documentation, safety best practice protocols and teamwork are all required to ensure a job well done.Other duties have included providing water hauling services to SAGD drilling operations for Husky Energy.

    • West-Can Carpet One Floor & Home

      Oct 2021 - Sept 2022
      Sales Staff

      Maintained, operated embedded window covering business. Sales, service, departmental management.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • BC Class 1/Air Driving License

      ICBC
    • WHIMIS

    • Petroleum Safety Training

      Enform
      Sept 2012
    • Level 1 Occupational First Aid/CPR

      St. John Ambulance Canada | Ambulance Saint-Jean
      Jun 2019
    • Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

      MyTEFL
      Jun 2019