Thomas Gilks

RR#3

Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia B0S 1M0

(902) 584-3699

SKILLS

- Can work efficiently in the DOS, UNIX, VMS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems

- Familiar with ACAD, C&G, MTREX and COGO.

- Up to date tickets in WHMIS, H2S, ATV safety, and First Aid courses.

- Experienced with power saws

- Able to make most minor adjustments on theodolites

- Musical; plays guitar, bass, piano and harmonica

- Can work with Cakewalk recording software

EMPLOYMENT

Laid out points for drill holes and geophones. Used MTREX software to calculate closures.

Worked with a new software that used GPS and GIS systems to register organic waste bins to land parcels.

-Placed flags in ground to mark drill holes and geophone placements

-Compiled chaining notes for line crew and drillers.

-Downloaded MC V data collector to computer and imported data into MTREX

-Supervised helipad creation

-Compiled line width summaries

-Worked with Drill pushes and party managers to discuss quickest and easiest ways of shooting lines

- Wrote forestry inventory program for Ontario Government.

- Worked with PCI to mosaic parts of North York, Ontario.

EDUCATION

- 400+ hours of field work.

- Courses in GPS, Surveying, Fieldwork, Mapping, Mathematics, Communications,

- Fieldwork consisted of topographic surveys, road and curve layout, subdivision layout, leveling etc.