Rick M.

Experience

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  Search and Rescue

  Jan 1984 - now

  Training officer, evaluator

  Previous member of two country sheriff search and rescue teams and National Park Service. Respond to missions involving lost or trapped people in mountain and desert environments, all seasons and all types of weather and in temperatures from -44 to 122 F temperatures. Conduct training classes and evaluations.

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  National Park Service

  Jun 1984 - Apr 1985

  Ranger

  What a cool job (didn't pay much as a seasonal though). Doing everything from leading nature hikes for kids to search and rescue for downed aircraft and everything in between. Before going to Mt Lassen I frostbit my toes on Denali helping a sick climber down off the mountain...that ended my NPS seasonal work as I couldn't wear shoes for 4months...kind of hard being the backcountry ranger at Lassen if I couldn't wear shoes ( :

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  Public School System

  Jan 1987 - Jun 2007

  Science Teacher

  Taught secondary Chemistry, Geology, and Physics at 5 different schools

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  Self employed

  Jan 1990 - now

  Student Mentor

  Worked both paid and as a volunteer mentoring people (mostly students) on different things...teaching, search and rescue, firefighters, students in science courses, building rockets and near space weather balloon projects.

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  San Bernardino Country Fire

  Jan 1991 - Jan 2002

  Firefighter/Engineer

  Fight fires and respond to traffic accidents and do medical aids. Inspect, maintain and repair fire engine, equipment and station, train new recruits, we were a volunteer/pcf fire station and I was the longest such person at our station; normally I responded after my teaching job in the evenings, weekends, and during the summer. Training includes EMT-1A, Pump Operator, Swift Water, Technical Rope, OES and Officer School.

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  Various

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2002

  'Dinosaur' digger

  Assist museums in fossil excavations (mostly of Cretaceous and Jurassic age fossils) and in museum lab preparation of fossils. One paid position involved emergency excavation of a sauropod found during an oil and gas pipeline excavation.

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  Friends of Amateur Rocketry

  Jan 2007 - now

  Volunteer worker. Assist people using the site for testing and launching. Photography and video of participants and their projects. Propellant manufacturing, grain and motor design, fabrication and assembly.

  • member

    Jan 2005 - now

  • SS2S rocket motor assembly supervisor

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2019
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  High Desert Aerospace

  Jun 2007 - now

  Rocket construction

  Design, manufacture, assemble, test and launch rockets and near space weather balloons for various programs.

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  Sugar Shot to Space (a volunteer project)

  Nov 2007 - now

  Director, formerly on the propellent casting and recovery team

  I mix and cast the propellent grains and assemble motor and vehicle components as needed. I also do design, fabrication and testing of needed equipment as needed.As current program director, I also do planning and materials acquisition.