1. JESSICA HIRONS
DOB: 03/06/1981
Full, clean Driving Licence
Non Smoker
Address
13 Parc Enys, Cury,
Cornwall, TR12 7BL
Telephone: (01326) 240471
Mobile: 07850112504
email: jesmh12@hotmail.com
HAVING COMPLETED A FOUNDATION DEGREE IN MARINE SCIENCE, I AM CURRENTLY ABOUT TO COMPLELE MY
FINAL YEAR OF A BSC IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (PREDICTED GRADE = 1ST
). BEING
EXCEPTIONALLY PASSIONNATE ABOUT THE SEA I ALSO VOLUNTEER WITH VARIOUS MARINE CONSERVATION
CHARITIES. RECENTLY I GAINED 6 MONTHS MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
SECTOR AND AM A DYNAMIC TEAM PLAYER. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A AERONAUTICAL SALES
PROFFESSIONAL AND AS SUPERYACHT CREW AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Company Position Held Duties Dates
United
Response
Acting Practice
Manager
Lead Senior
Support Worker
Senior Support
Worker
Managing personal budgets and ensuring all accounts and
documentation are in order for regular audit. Meetings with
Social Workers an families and making decisions for individuals
best interests. Effective team management including regular
meetings, apprasals and observations. Dealing with staff
sickness, holiday and greivances, and also keeping the team
motivated and morale high.
Day to day management of rotas, staff competencies and care
plans. Ensuring medication was administered correctly and
recorded. Meal planning for individuals and ensuring all aspects
of care are done in the most person centred way possible to
suit each individual.
Supporting individuals with learning and physical disabilities
with day to day living both at home and within the community.
Working as part of a dynamic and busy team.
18/11/2014
–
27/03/2015
10/08/2014
–
18/11/2014
03/01/2014
–
10/08/2014
Percival
Aviation
First Great
Western
Face 2 Face
Fundraising
Sales Co-ordinator
Travel Advisor
Charity Fundraiser
Co-ordinating the sales, marketing and certification of top
end aeronautical interior products. Communicating at a high
level with our clients and directors, often within a board room
environment. Targeting sales at new and existing customers
both on the telephone and face to face. Prioritising orders on
the production line and maintaining a high standard of
database, administration and sales order management with
some project management. Use of a Microsoft package and
inhouse sales and production software.
Public transport specialist within the South West of the UK.
Taking calls and planning journeys for individuals wishing to
travel by bus and train. Use of a highly advanced computer
mapping program to plan the most suitable journey.
Canvasing for various charities to spread awareness and
recruit members of the general public to pledge monthly
donations. I achieved high targets and gained recognition for
doing so within the company.
08/2006
–
08/2004
2001 – 2003
2001 – 2000

2. EARLY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Between 1998 and 2001 I worked as professional super yacht crew in the UK, Antigua and America. I crewed on a
variety of large sailing and motor vessels as deck crew and a member of the hospitality teams. In addition to extensively
sailing around Islands in the Caribbean I also completed one Transatlantic crossing and other long distance ocean
passages of 2000 miles or more. I found this experience allowed me to develop extremely high standards for safety,
communication and customer service within an unpredictable, high pressure environment.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
Marine Discovery Volunteer Crew Present – 03/04/2015
 Assist in sailing the boat, crewing duties including hoisting and setting sails, helming, helping to dock the boat, any
safety procedures required.
 Spotting Wildlife such as dolphins, seals and sea birds and being confident and knowledgeable to give information
to customers about the species.
Rame Peninsular Beach Care Trustee Present – 04/2013
 RPBC is a beach cleaning charity in Cornwall, we have successfully launched projects such as The Great Cornish Bottle
Top Chain (over a km of bottle tops collected from around Cornwall) and inspired local artists to create works from
Marine litter to help ingage the public and communities.
 As a trustee I sit on their committee attending meetings and volunteer time into projects.
British Divers Marine Life Medic Present – 04/2012
 Attend live strandings and distressed marine mammals, conducting basic first aid in addition to assisting vet in
more complex procedures.
 Refloating stranded cetaceans and assessing their overall condition.
 Monitoring, assessing and capturing young seal pups which require medical treatment and rehabilitation.
Cornwall Seal Group: Volunteer Present – 05/2012
 Take part in Atlantic Grey Seal Photo Identification Projects throughout Cornwall
 Maintaining and updating Cornwall Seal Groups sightings database.
 Assist in fundraising events for the charity
Key Achievement – Setting up a Falmouth Seal Photo ID project, bringing conservation and education together to address
and take ownership of certain anthropogenic pressures, i.e. Marine litter.
ORCA: Marine mammal observer Present – 03/2011
 Surveying for marine mammals on board a moving vessel.
 Identifying species of Marine mammal.
 Recording data
Cornwall Wildlife Trust: Marine Stranding’s
Network, Seaquest and ‘Your Shore’ Volunteer
Present – 01/ 2011
 Attending stranding’s of live/dead marine mammals and surveying remains/ identifying species.
 Surveying the coastline around Cornwall for Basking Sharks using a set methodology.
 Assisting Marine Conservation Officers at events, manning displays and running activities such as plankton
trawling or rockpooling.
Helford Marine Conservation Group : Members Committee and
Community Conservation Volunteer
03/2012 – 01/2014
 Meeting quarterly to discuss and implement HMCG activity.
 Volunteering and running events within the HMCG such as a kayak clean and giving talks and presentations.
Cornish Seal Sanctuary Present – 09/2012
 Assist Animal Care Team in the rescue, rehabilitation and release of Atlantic Grey Seals.
 Conduct general medical procedures such as monitoring temperatures, distributing medication and
cleaning/assessing wounds.
 General hospital and Sanctuary duties including animal husbandary, enclosure upkeep and cleaning, and
supervising new volunteers.
 Volunteering and running events within the HMCG such as a kayak clean and giving talks and presentations.
Volunteer breastfeeding and anti-natal support worker 04/2009 – 06/2006
 Assisting Health Visitors and Midwives in the running of weekly support groups for new and expectant mothers.
 Advising and supporting new and expectant mothers with breastfeeding and any other arising issues.
 Signposting accordingly.

3. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
 BTEC ND Marine Leisure Falmouth Marine School Merit 1998
 FdSc Marine Science Falmouth Marine School Distinction/
1st
Class
2012
 BSc Environmetal Resource
Management
Plymouth
University/Cornwall College
Expected =
1st
Class
2016
QUALIFICATIONS
 Royal Yachting
Association
Day Skipper (theory and
practical) (8000 miles +)
1998
 Royal Yachting
Association
 Royal Yachting
Association
 Royal Yachting
Association
 PADI
 British Lifesaving
Association
Saftey Boat Driver
Sea Survival
VHF radio lisence
Advanced Scuba Diver
(600+ dives)
First Aid
1997
1997
1998
1999
2014
PERSONAL STATEMENT
The Oceans have been a part of my life from a very young age; I grew up in a small fishing village in Cornwall where
watersports were a main occupation. As a child we lived on our family yacht each summer exploring new counties and
coastlines. I still spend a lot of my time on, in or near the water with my own children or while volunteering for various
projects and charities. I enjoy walking around the coast and have explored much of Cornwall’s famous coastal path,
especially around the Lizard, where I live. In 2013 I raised £3000 for Grey Seal Conservation by walking the full 300
miles from Bude to Cremyll in 20 consecutive days. I am planning to repeat this in August but complete it in 11 days
which is around a marathon a day. I enjoy scuba diving, swimming and kayaking and am interested in many other
water based activities. Living in Cornwall is very important to me and I feel it is equally important to pay something back
by volunteering, which is something I not only enjoy but is also a way of understanding the complexities of our
environment and working with like-minded people. I am naturally drawn to public communication and have used
creative strategies to not only run a number of well organised events but also capture the attention of the media. I feel
passionate about reaching out to our communities and engaging them in new ways which can make a difference,
educating and promoting the various organisations for which I am representing. An example being a kayak clean on
the River Helford which was made available to the wider community by working with various local businesses. My
Foundation Degree project also focused on working with a number of local organisations to fulfill a number of
conservation targets and gain recognition for those involved. This work won me the ‘Higher Education Student of the
Year Award’ for Cornwall College and was presented by Plymouth University at my graduation. They also acknowledged
the significant media attention and public engagement work the project attracted by presenting me with a student star
award for innovation. In this final year at university I have covered modules such as GIS, Environmental Investigation
and Environmental Economics all of which provide a handy set of additional skills. With my past employment in sales,
my diverse skill set and ability to work within a team and independantly I hope you will consider me for employment.
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