Matthew McCarthy

70 Wyoming Avenue

Malden, MA 02148

Ph: 7813229102
Email: matt_mccarthy57@hotmail.com

Summary             Creative, energetic, motivated self-starter who adapts easily as a team member and individual contributor.  Excellent problem solver who stays cool under pressure. 

Work                    Hut Warden / Backcountry Ranger (4 seasons of six months)

Experience           Mount Aspiring National Park

Department of Conservation, Glenorchy, New Zealand

Hut Warden (Backcountry Ranger) in Mount Aspiring National Park representing the Department of Conservation in a professional manner while monitoring visitors actions and safety, responding to emergencies, basic Search and Rescue duties, maintaining walking tracks, huts, structures and other facilities as required.
Conduct patrols in the backcountry in adverse conditions for 15+ days at a time using map and compass as needed.
Provide accurate information, advice and assistance to the public on weather, tracks, safety, facilities, and conservation and wildlife management issues.
Utilize hand tools to do carpentry and plumbing to repair and maintain huts, signs, and other structures.
Utilize various hand tools to maintain and repair tracks including shovels, picks, crow bars, pulaskis, mattocks, rakes, hand saws, loppers, axes and various other tools.
Monitor visitors impacts and monitoring endangered wildlife.
Monitor and check visitors’ compliance with concessions, permits and licenses.
Respond to SAR and emergency medical situations via HF and VHF radio.
Ensure that all health and safety, fire and other applicable regulations and rules relating to visitor use(Leave no Trace) of the huts and campgrounds are met.
Assist helicopters with loading and unloading of supplies and passengers.
Managing large groups of people at a time.

Handle negative comments in a professional manner.

Working dates:
10/15/06 to 4/29/07
10/13/07 to 5/1/08
10/15/08 to 5/1/09
10/12/09 to 4/30/10

Job Related Training:

Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Med. Associates, expires May 2012

NZ First Aid Certificate - expires 10/2011

Industrial Abseiling and Rope Rescue Course completed 11/09

10/09 to present   Volunteer Wakatipu Search and Rescue, Queenstown, NZ

                                Mantracking training

10/09 to present   Volunteer Wakatipu Bush Fire Fighter, Queenstown, NZ

Protection of Personal Safety in Vegetation Fires completed 11/ 09

7/09 to 10/09       Volunteer Field Crew Member

                                Montana Conservation Corps

Found and maintained snow courses for the Natural Resource Conservation Service throughout Western Montana.

Used map, compass, and GPS units to find snow courses located on and off trails sometimes navigating through thick brush.

Hiked up to 16 miles over rough terrain, carrying chainsaws and other equipment above 9000 feet.
Used chainsaws, brush cutters, bow saws, pole saws, pulaskis, shovels, picks and other various hand tools to maintain sites.
Front-country camped for up to 10 days at a time in bear country.

7/05 to 9/06          CAD Technician

Baxter Design Group, Queenstown, New Zealand                     

                                Developed working drawings for large subdivision masterplans.

3/03 to 11/04       HVAC Engineer (Building Services)

Bard, Rao, Athanas Consulting Engineers Inc., Boston, MA, USA

Created engineering plans using engineering standards for construction of HVAC systems.

6/00 to 3/03          Mechanical Engineer

Jacobs Engineering, Boston, MA, USA

                                Assisted with mechanical engineering and design services for mechanical ventilation systems for Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project;

Education             Bachelor of Science with Distinction, Mechanical Engineering, May 2000

                                Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA   

Technical/            HF and VHF radios, map and compass work, excellent on computer, MS Office

Skills     

Outdoor                USA: New England - All sorts of various hikes, snowboarding (in VT, NH,  

Experience           ME, CO and UT), cross country skiing, snowshoeing, surfing and canoeing.
Olympic NP - 7 day hike via alpine passes in snow - Hurr. Ridge to Staircase.
Yellowstone NP (bear country) - 3 day hike in mammoth area.
Grand Teton NP (bear country) - Day hike in Granite Canyon.
Grand Canyon NP - 3 day hike to CO river via New Hance Trail.
New Zealand - Numerous(60+) demanding hikes self supported from 3-10 days thru beaches, swamps, subtropical forests, and alpine passes. Numerous 'off track' hikes using map and compass in NZ staying in backcountry huts and/or camping.  Ice axe and crampons used.
Slovakia / Poland - Tatras NP - 5 day hike via alpine peaks.
Slovenia - Triglav NP - 5 day hike via alpine peaks.
Sweden - Valadalin Nature Reserve - 5 day hike.
Croatia, Thailand, and Austria - Various day hikes .

Other Pursuits     Rock-climbing, soccer, snowboarding, cross country skiing, canoed the Allagash River

                                in Maine(100 miles), former collegiate wrestler - 10 years experience. Captain of wrestling team in high school and college and captain of soccer team in high school.

References for Matthew McCarthy

Email: matt_mccarthy57@hotmail.com

Blair Hickey

Head Ranger

Department of Conservation

Glenorchy, New Zealand

Phone: 011 64 3 442 6776

Willie McBeth

Huts Ranger

Department of Conservation

Glenorchy, New Zealand

Email: wmcbeth@doc.govt.nz

Phone: 011 64 3 442 6776

Doug Meyer

Search and Rescue

Teton Sheriff

Jackson, Wyoming, USA

Email: dmeyer@tetonsheriff.org

Phone:  307 732 7131