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Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Auckland CBD,Auckland

Summary

  • PhD graduate in Environmental Science with focus on plant-soil-microbe interactions in the forest environment, soil formations and geology.
  • Master's in Applied Zoology and Wildlife Management
  • Experienced in management of the people and establishments.
  • Experienced building contractor, with a lot of experience in solid plastering and roofing.
  • Holder of an ZSVTS Award for the best student work of the year 2017.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

FIFO Service Attendant and Utility

Sodexo Australia
06.2023 - 12.2024
  • I started as a normal service attendant, with a classic duties and responsibilities between different departments - housekeeping, bar & retail and kitchen.
  • Very soon I've been assigned to Bar & Retail and been trained by managers to do a lot of back of the house work and became substituting manager for the department whenever it was needed and also occasionally been sent to different villages when their managers where on annual leaves or sick.
  • My responsibilities included daily care of the department varying from restocking, ordering, serving customers, training new stuff, creating rosters, preparation of the functions, coordination of tasks with other departments, daily reports, stocktakes and many others.

Cook

Gage Roads Fremantle
Fremantle, Australia
01.2023 - 05.2023
  • Main responsibilities included preparation of the dough for pizza
  • Preparation and cooking of ingredients for pizza section
  • Preparation, cooking and finishing of the pizzas on the pass
  • Everyday after-service cleaning duties
  • Other responsibilities included helping other sections when necessary with everything from prep work to meal preparations
  • Checking the delivery sheets and moving the deliveries inside the venue

Kitchen Hand/Cook

The Divers Tavern
Broome, Australia
09.2022 - 12.2022
  • Work responsibilities included preparation and cooking of the meals within all stations (larger, fryer, pizza and grill)
  • Dishwasher pit and everyday cleaning duties
  • Helping with the management of the kitchen by doing inventories, creating rosters for kitchen staff and ordering supplies
  • Training new kitchen staff

Building Contractor

Self-employed
Berlin, Germany
01.2021 - 09.2022
  • Worked within small team to achieve success on several building projects, including commercial and residential structures
  • Work duties consisted mostly of building metal constructions for drywall
  • Inserting drywall boards
  • Inserting insulation
  • Patching
  • Sanding
  • Also experienced in roofing, wood-working, painting and tiling

Harvest Grain Quality Technician

GAMA-PD
Pavlovce nad Uhom, Slovakia
02.2020 - 12.2020
  • Work duties consisted of various grain quality assessments
  • Carrying out quality tests as required such as gluten analysis, oil content analysis, nitrogen analysis, volumetric weight analysis, etc
  • Researched and logged quality performance data within database system.
  • Completed data capture forms, equipment logbooks or inventory forms to support testing procedures.

Research Assistant

Technical University in Zvolen
Zvolen, Slovakia
09.2016 - 12.2019
  • Designed, developed, and modified research experiments alongside teams of researchers in the field of soil science, soil microbiology and forestry phytology
  • Work duties consisted of soil sampling from very often quite rough terrain
  • Laboratory analysis (focused on either organic or inorganic part of soil)
  • Statistical evaluation of data (ANOVA, multidimensional statistics, multitude of post-hoc tests etc.)
  • Writing reports and scientific papers
  • Presenting results on domestic and international conferences and congresses
  • Teaching students of the university lab techniques, methodologies, soil classification and soil sampling methods
  • Development and modifications of project designs and methodological approaches

Kitchen hand/Bartender

Wadworth & Co Ltd 2022
Devizes/New Alresford, UK
  • Placed orders for necessary goods such as food, kitchen tools, and cleaning products
  • Cleaned kitchen and organized cooking utensils
  • Helped to train waitstaff and kitchen staff on proper restaurant procedures
  • Prepared some simple meals and desserts
  • Helped chef and manager with everything he needed

Education

Ph.D. - Environmental Sciences

Technical University in Zvolen
Zvolen, Slovakia
08.2019

Master of Science - Applied Zoology and Wildlife Management

Technical University in Zvolen
Zvolen, Slovakia
06.2016

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Statistica 12
  • Canoco
  • Filmora Wondershare
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Video Editing
  • Foreign language proficiency
  • Reliability and punctuality
  • Training and coaching

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 06/01/92
  • Nationality: Slovakian
  • Driving License: AM, B, B1 (C-manual AUS)

Certification

  • Soil dynamics: Organisms, Pools & Processes, University of Copenhagen, Nørregade 60, 665b København K, Denmark, 06/01/19
  • BIOLINK Training school: Soil Biodiversity in tree crops, CIHEAM - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, via Ceglie 7, V0060 3alenzano, Bari, Italy, 09/01/19
  • IELTS English Certificate, British Council Slovakia, 04/01/22
  • Acting for Screen, Perth Film School, 03/01/22, 05/01/22

Languages

English
Full Professional
Slovak
Native/ Bilingual
Czech
Full Professional
Russian
Limited

Publications

  • Differential Effects of Tree Species on Soil Microbiota 8 Years after Afforestation of Former Pastures, Gere, R., Kocis, M., Gomory, D., Gomoryova, E., Diversity, 2022, 14, https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010001
  • Soil microorganisms at the windthrow plots: the effect of post-disturbance management and the time since disturbance, Gomoryova, E., Fleischer, P., Pichler, V., Homolák, M., Gere, R., Gomory, D., iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2017, no.2, s.515521. ISSN 1971-7458. APVV-15-0176; VEGA 1/0710/17; VEGA 1/0783/15. CCC, WOS, SCOPUS
  • Changes of specific physico-chemical and biological properties of soil due to different tree species composition, Gere, R., Gomoryova, E., Soil Biodiversity and European woody agroecosystems: COST Action FP1305 BioLink Linking belowground biodiversity and ecosystem funtion in European forests. [Roma] Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), 2018,s. 131. ISBN 978-88-97655-03-9, APVV-15-0176; APVV-15-0270
  • The effect of tree species on physico-chemical and biological soil properties. Gere, R., Gomoryova, E., Kocis, M., Homolák, M., 10th - 11th September 2019, Palacké University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, 2019, 104, 978-80-244-2192-1
  • Functional diversity of soil microorganisms in natural and managed forest ecosystems: influence of forest stand age and tree species, 3rd Conference on ecology of soil microorganisms 2018, June 21, 2018, Helsinki, Finland, 2018, 112, 978-9-789-123456-7
  • Púdne mikroorganizmy ako indikátory kvality púd, Dlhodobé ekologické výskum a monitoring lesov: Súčasné poznatky a výzvy do budúcnosti, Zvolen, 2019, 94-99, 978-80-809-1234-5

Conferences And Congresses

  • Cost Action FP6: Biolink: Soil Biodiversity and European woody agroecosystems, Hotel Saray, Paseo de Enrique Tierno Galván, 8 - 18005 - Granada, Spain, 03/01/18
  • 3rd International conference: Ecology of soil microorganisms, Hall of Culture (Kulttuuritalo), Sturenkatu 8, 00560 Helsinki, Finland, 06/01/18
  • 8th congress of European Microbiologists, S9C Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 07/01/19

Honours And Awards

Award of The Association of Slovak Scientific and Technological Societies (SVTS), For the best student's scientific paper of the year 2019. Awards in years 2017-2019 (1st place in 2017 and 2019; 3rd place in 2018) in Faculty of Forestry conference at Technical University in Zvolen.

References

  • prof. Ing. Erika Gomoryova, CSc, Technical University in Zvolen, gomoryova@tuzvo.sk
  • doc. Ing. Marián Homolák, PhD, Technical University in Zvolen, homolak@tuzvo.sk
  • Ing. Mikuláš Kočiš, PhD. Technical University in Zvolen, kocis@tuzvo.sk

Timeline

FIFO Service Attendant and Utility

Sodexo Australia
06.2023 - 12.2024

Cook

Gage Roads Fremantle
01.2023 - 05.2023

Kitchen Hand/Cook

The Divers Tavern
09.2022 - 12.2022

Building Contractor

Self-employed
01.2021 - 09.2022

Harvest Grain Quality Technician

GAMA-PD
02.2020 - 12.2020

Research Assistant

Technical University in Zvolen
09.2016 - 12.2019

Kitchen hand/Bartender

Wadworth & Co Ltd 2022

Ph.D. - Environmental Sciences

Technical University in Zvolen

Master of Science - Applied Zoology and Wildlife Management

Technical University in Zvolen
Richard Gere