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Levon Morton

Mt Macedon,Australia

Summary

Dynamic team leader with extensive experience within the industry. Excelling with client relations and communication. Proven ability to motivate teams while ensuring compliance with safety standards. Skilled in stone work and heavy machinery operation, delivering high-quality projects that enhance outdoor spaces. Understanding and adapting to plans and designs.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Team Leader

Tom Lever Gardens
Macedon Ranges, VIC
01.2023 - Current
  • Leading a small team. Providing knowledge and safety to all employees. Motivating other team members and understanding individuals' needs.
  • Overseeing the correct operation of tools and equipment. Understanding of the current workplace health and safety guidelines.
  • Liaising with clients, assisting with quoting, measuring, and providing estimates on the right product and volume.
  • Construct and carry out all aspects of landscaping and gardening.

Business Owner

KELEV Gardening and Landscaping
Macedon Ranges, Vic
06.2020 - 01.2023
  • Liaising with clients on landscaping projects and maintenance of established gardens.
  • Invoicing, quoting, and measuring.
  • All aspects of landscaping include paving, retaining walls (stone, timber, blocks), construction of driveways and paths, Corten steel edging, turf installation and seeding, and concreting and formwork.
  • All aspects of gardening: hedging, pruning, planting, mulching, tree work, disease control, spraying, and fertilizing.

Team Leader

Lichen Trees
Macedon Ranges, Vic
01.2018 - 06.2020
  • Team Leader: Consulting with clients, and distributing tasks to a small team of employees.
  • Landscaping: stone retaining walls and stairs, garden edging. Boulder walls and garden foundations. Designing garden layouts and finishing.
  • Gardening: Hedging, mowing, mulching, brush cutting, pruning, planting, and weed control.
  • Arborist Duties: Groundsman, chainsaw, and chipping.

Stonemason

Victorian Rock Work
Woodend, Vic
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • Landscaping: Installation of large bluestone flat walls and boulder combinations. Dry river creek beds, sawn bluestone stairs and paving. Shaping stone garden ornaments, such as fire pits and bird baths.
  • Operations: Excavator and skid steer. Heavy rigid tipper.

Submariner

Royal Australian Navy
Australia
03.1998 - 07.2012
  • Maintained operational and administrative aspects of submarine's computer and control mechanisms used for underwater surveillance and scientific data collection.
  • Analyzed acoustic signatures, monitored for initial detection, classification and localization of threat surface and subsurface contacts while maintaining and supervising personnel.
  • Knowledge of Hydraulics and electrics. Fire fighting, first aid and Occupational health and safety.

Education

High School Diploma -

Ballarat High School
Ballarat, Vic
12.1997

Skills

  • HR Licence
  • Excavator and Skid Steer
  • Landscaping
  • Landscape design
  • General Gardening/Hedging
  • Stone work
  • Carpentry
  • Tools and equipment maintenance

Timeline

Team Leader

Tom Lever Gardens
01.2023 - Current

Business Owner

KELEV Gardening and Landscaping
06.2020 - 01.2023

Team Leader

Lichen Trees
01.2018 - 06.2020

Stonemason

Victorian Rock Work
01.2015 - 01.2018

Submariner

Royal Australian Navy
03.1998 - 07.2012

High School Diploma -

Ballarat High School
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