Jacob Hoverman

Experience

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  National Park Service

  May 2009 - Jan 2012

  Resource Protection Ranger

  Worked to ensure all visitors of the park were aware of the resource protection policies of the park, inform and guide visitors, and enforce laws when necessary. This frequently involved providing information regarding the park's resources and the facilities the Park Service had on site, as well as conveying the National Park Service's reasons for having regulations on visitor activities.

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  HMR Enterprises

  Jan 2012 - Nov 2013

  Greenhouse and Farm Manager

  I managed a 7000 square foot greenhouse that contained herbs, vegetables, fruit, and roses year round. The greenhouse was used (along with a 600 sqft vegetable garden) to supply food for the property owner, and grow roses for the purpose of making rose oil. I also managed production of a variety of herbs (primarily peppermint) for the purpose of making essential oils. I ran the on-site distillery that processed the herbs to make the extracts. I also cared for any decorative landscape plants, house plants, and monitored the health of the forested areas of the property. I interacted with another company owned by the farm owner (Intelligent Nutrients) to propagate mint plants for sale in their stores.I managed both a seasonal crew consisting primarily of temp. help and high school students on the farm, and a crew of adult professionals on the grounds crew. My duties involved delegating work, scheduling chores, and teaching crew members good management practices on the farm and how to operate within the company. Show less

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  Alex's Lawn and Turf LLC

  Dec 2013 - Dec 2017

  General Manager - Hort Specialist

  Daily scheduling of regular lawn maintenance services including fertilizer and weed control applications, mowing, and aeration, as well as enhancement services and landscape projects including hardscapes, mulching, shrub trimming, and planting.Designing small landscape projects, enhancements, and providing solutions for problems with landscape features.Managing personnel, including all steps of the hiring process, training, assigning, discipline and firing.Supervising all crews to ensure quality work.Working with customers to resolve issues with scheduling, services, or ongoing problems with their properties.Installing and implementing a new software program that combined job costing, scheduling, CRM, and timeclock. Training foremen to use this program on their tablets.Managing all marketing materials for the Lawn and Small Landscapes Division including capturing video or taking photos, creating flyers and newsletters, and organizing delivery, as well as working on the website when necessary.Light IT work.Supervising the mechanics and assigning priority to equipment and machinery in need of repair.Providing bids for regular maintenance work as well as small landscape improvements. Show less

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  Balsam Lake Pro Lawn Inc

  Apr 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Operations and Hort Specialist

    Apr 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Horticulture Specialist

    Apr 2018 - Sept 2019
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  Prairie Restorations, Inc.

  Sept 2019 - now

  Site Manager