Hugo Verdonk

• Provided maintenance and composite repairs to the rowing shells ensuring our squad of 120+ boys always had functioning equipment
• U15 squad lead coach during the competition season and coaching the whole shed during the winter season
• Maintained and repaired outboards
• Completed stocktakes and liaised with suppliers for ordering of equipment
• Responsible for safely towing boat trailers to and from regattas including long haul trips to Sydney and Tasmania
• Set up boats and rigging configurations and guided athletes in learning maintenance and rigging skills independently
• Launched and retrieved motorboats before and after each session ensuring efficient sessions for the athletes
• Maintained the property and facilities including regular grounds work (mowing, waterblasting, general upkeep)

• Quality Checked the boats before completion, ensuring all work was completed to a high standard.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Paid attention to detail while completing assignments

• Monitored and enhanced performance
• Provided maintenance on and off water to make sure the boats could be used during training sessions
• Communicated and collaborated with the with coaching team
• Built relationships with athletes to create an environment that they enjoyed
• Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.

• Restored and refinished various boat types, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Restored oars, repainting blades and shafts, fixing shaft damage
• Provided fast and professional repairs to boats while working around training schedules

• Over two seasons as the AUT coach our team saw success and started to build a positive culture that the athletes want to be a part of
• Coached athletes of varying experience levels
• Organised crew combinations for both training and competitions
• Communicated with the squad to work around their university timetables
• Worked with the university to ensure everything from their side was met in terms of health and safety regulations

• Learned invaluable skills of the boatbuilding trade from a master and perfectionist
• Maintained fleets of skiffs from clubs all across Auckland
• Delivered boats to and from the clubs
• Restored written off boats to an as-new condition, there isn't much damage I can't fix
• Spray painted and blended paint of many different colors
• kept any weight addition to an absolute minimal

In this position I have worked as part of a team and had experience in a wide range of trades providing maintenance to people's properties

• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.

This was a volunteer position on a ship in Vanuatu, The ship provided medical aid to isolated villages that otherwise have no access to health care. A large part of my role was driving the tender boat, ferrying passengers, medical equipment, crew and patients too and from the ship.