Graham Oakes

15 b Norman Drive Derry, NH 03038 Available to Relocate in NewEngland Cell: (603) 548-1341 Gmoakes@plymouth.edu

Retail/Commercial experience
Organizational skills and work proficiency. Ability to lead by example in a multitude of work related tasks and obstacles. Technically skilledcross-platform expertise in a diverse variety of retail, commercial, and custom cutting tasks. Ability to learn, train, and multitask. Experience in managing, operating, and facilitating meat cutting projects of every size. Key Competencies Customer Interaction skills Extensive power tool experience from bandsaws, grinders, and slicers to fleshing wheels and axial bone saws Extensive weights, systems, and measures experience Heavy lifting, and physical fitness Extensive whole animal processing experience Inventory Management and ordering

Education
Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH B.S. in Environmental Science, Dec. 2011 Awards: Student Achievement Award, Sustainable energy in recycling, Mar. 2010 Volunteerism: Plymouth Senior Center, Kitchen work and food prep Feb-May 2009. PSU Eco house Sustainable structures project, Sept-Dec. 2011

Work Experience
Butcher, 2007 to Present BROTHERS BUTCHER, Nashua, NH Responsible for daily operations in retail and custom cutting. Experience Daily cutting of retail meats including, but not limited to Sirloin, Delmonico, Strip, Porterhouse, Fillet Mignon, Cap, Flank, and Cowboy steaks as well as bone in and boneless pork chops. Trimming, cutting, and vacuum marinating up to 1800lbs of peeled flap meat daily, as well as whole and chicken breasts. Grinding beef, pork, and poultry. Cutting, trimming, and tying up to 1000 lbs of beef, lamb and pork roasts daily, including frenched roasts and crown roasts. Slicing deli meats and meat packaging and wrapping. Custom customer orders and cut to order throughout all areas of meat. Prep of specialty items including but not limited to Stuffed chickens, Al Capone roasts, Rolled roasts, Butterflied roasts, steaks, and chops, Pepper steaks, Chicken, steak, and lamb skewers, Prep. of seasoned and flavored burger.

Graham Oakes

Blade sharpening/Honing, Saw repair, and Proper sanitation.

Meat Cutter, 2005 to present Screaming Wolf Wild Game Processing, Chester, NH Custom cutting and smoking of wild game and domestics in a fast paced service based business. Experience Checking and documenting White tail deer, Bear, Elk, Red deer, Fallow deer, Moose, Russian boar, and domestic Hogs, Cows, and sheep. Skinning, Quartering, Deboning, Cutting, Trimming, and Vacuum packaging all of the above. Responsible for up to 400 whole animals per year. Responsible for custom cuts including but not limited to Steaks, chops, roasts, stew, tenderloins, ribs, and burger. Preparation, grinding, mixing, and stuffing of a variety of custom sausages into natural links and bulk packaging. Preparation, brining, curing, and smoking of specialty cuts including slab bacon, Canada bacon, Jowl bacon and Smoked shoulder with both hot, and cold smoking. Experienced hide handler. Extensive heavy lifting and cleaning/sanitation experience. Known for speed and accuracy of knife skills as well as customer service and people/speaking skills.

Graham Oakes