Candice Larkan

Responsibilities include:

• Delivery of community presentations to educate public about waste disposal in Canberra with emphasis on the garden organics service
• Delivery of waste-related incursions for children at Early Learning Centres (Ages 2-5)
• Bin inspections and bin tagging primarily to check for contamination in the green waste and FOGO service in Canberra, but also for recycling services in other council areas (e.g. Hawkesbury City Council NSW and Bathurst Regional Council NSW)
• Follow-up in-person visits to residences who were found to have contaminated their green waste or FOGO bins to educate them on proper waste disposal
• Use of graphic design software Corel Draw to create materials to distribute to public, e.g. flyers, activity booklets for schools, posters
• Waste auditing - this included physically sorting through landfill or recycling loads to collect data on the different categories of waste present. This data would then be sent off to relevant councils for reporting purposes.
• Consistent use of Excel for data entry and analysis

Responsibilities included:

• Point of Sale (POS) operation, responding to customer queries in person and over the phone, refilling LPG gas bottles for customers, preparation of Click and Collect orders, stock handling and maintenance of store cleanliness.

Responsibilities included:

• Animal husbandry tasks for black soldier fly such as aeration of feeder trays, feeding, egg collection, neonate seeding and sifting of pupae and frass
• Ensuring optimal conditions within grow room, dark room, incubator, and aviaries, such as temperature, humidity, and air flow
• Data collection and recording to monitor production
• Daily problem solving to improve production overtime
• Regular cleaning to ensure healthy facilities for both people and insects
• Regular manual handling

Responsibilities included:

• Coordinating briefing requests, engaging with subject matter, and compiling media summaries
• Participating in the Graduate Development Program with peers by participating in group projects and professional development activities

Responsibilities included:

• Manual weed removal, revegetation of sites, use of light machinery (e.g brush-cutters, leaf blowers) and plant identification

Responsibilities included:

• Point of sale operation, answering phone calls, cash handling, returns/exchanges and maintaining stock levels
• Providing customer satisfaction by resolving queries/complaints and having a knowledge of the products sold
• Regular manual handling

Responsibilities included:

• Harvest of chickpeas from seed trays, soil weighing and experiment preparation

Responsibilities included:

• Ticket sales, directing customers around the park, cash handling, answering phone calls and letterbox drops of notices

Responsibilities included:

• Making pizzas in peak periods, answering phone calls and taking orders, resolving customer complaints, delivery driving and maintaining store cleanliness

Responsibilities included:

• Making pizzas in peak periods, answering phone calls and taking orders, resolving customer complaints, delivery driving and maintaining store cleanliness