CHELSEA PENLINGTON

Professional Experience

GIS & Roads Assistant

Northumberland County, Cobourg ON (2019)

Compliance and Standards: Collection of sign and reflectivity data using ArcGIS Collector and assesment of data to comfirm compliance with current standards.

Road Surveys: Assisted with surveys and other transportation projects including collection of preliminary construction data.

Updating GPS Data: Located, collected and imported municipal infrastructure data using Trimble and ArcGIS software.

Mapping: Assisted with the creation of thematic map layers using ArcGIS software.

GIS & Data Management Assistant

Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, Kingston ON (2018)

Data Management: Organizing and maintaining land cover geodatabase.

Mapping: Editing geospatial data using ArcGIS software.

Data Verification: Used aerial photography interpretation to verify data collected through supervised classification.

Assistant Water Resources Technician

Lower Trent Conservation Authority (2017)

Equipment Maintenance: Calibrated and maintained field equipment including YSI and stream gauge equipment.

Data Collection: Collected surface and well water data for PWQMN, conducted stream flow assessments and biological monitoring of benthic invertebrates.

Public Outreach: Participated in public events, such as the Tri-Country Water Festival, teaching local students about the importance of water conservation.

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Soil Nutrient Mapping

Trent University, Peterborough ON (2019)

Teamwork and Collaboration: Worked with graduate student to develop soil nutient baseline maps for the agricultural fields at which she was conducting her research.

Data Interpolation: Soil was collected in the field and analyzed to develop a soil nutrient mapping product using kriging interpolation.

Marsh Monitoring Program

Bird Studies Canada, Belleville ON (2018)

Wildlife Monitoring: Identification of wetland bird and amphibian species by sight and sound as well as experience collecting field data using prescribed methodology.

Environmental Technologist Placement

Lower Trent Conservation, Trenton ON (2017)

Mapping: Contributed to forest cover layer using heads up digitization and aerial image interpretation to identify and classify forest stands for the Watershed Report Card.

Public Outreach: Contributed to creating and editing public outreach material for the Tree Seedling program and their bird protection initatives.

Social Media: Wrote educational blog posts on water conservation for LTC website.