Ari Lilou

Graduate, Vocational Diploma (DEP) in Forest Management

Education

Vocational Diploma (DEP) in Forest Management

CRIFA, Centre de formation professionnelle de Coaticook (vocational training centre)

Graduated [start and completion dates to confirm]

Cégep de Sherbrooke

Arts, Literature and Communication; Liberal Arts (Histoire et civilisation)

2023-2024; 2024-2025

[which year goes with which program, and outcome, to confirm]

Experience

Internship in Forest Management

Groupement forestier coopératif St-François, Windsor

2025-2026 [internship months and tasks to confirm]

Sales Advisor

La vie en rose [city to confirm]

April 2023 to November 2023

  • Understood each customer’s needs to offer personalized service.
  • Advised customers through their buying process.
  • Built trust and a connection with customers.
  • Looked after the upkeep and appearance of the store.

Host / Server Assistant

Eggsquis [city to confirm]

August 2020 to November 2020

  • Welcomed and seated customers.
  • Cleared tables and cleaned the dining area.
  • Helped serve food and drinks.
  • Saw to customer satisfaction and experience.

Telos Machina [job title to confirm]

Web design and forestry application development

  • Current project: co-developing GIS-style maps of Quebec for automated forestry work.

[dates to confirm] [other tasks to confirm]

Summary

Passionate about forestry, loves the outdoors and is very interested in wildlife, ecology and sustainable development. Very active; enjoys a challenge and keeping fit. Curious, self-reliant and dynamic; likes to learn, solve problems and work with others. Listening skills developed in customer service.

Cards and licence

  • Manual tree fellingTraining and attestation card, CNESST
  • First aid cardRed Cross, 2025
  • Driver’s licenceClass 5

Strengths

Customer service  adaptability  ability to synthesize  bilingual [languages and level to confirm]

Creative, courteous, self-reliant, optimistic and efficient; good judgment and a good sense of priorities. Values careful, precise work.

References

Telos Machina (employer), 819-300-0091

Skills

Field work and felling

Directional felling, limbing and bucking  maintenance of manual felling equipment  skidding  pre-commercial thinning  reforestation and plantation maintenance  preparatory work for timber harvest  silviculture fundamentals  forest intervention methods  light motorized and non-motorized equipment  personal protective equipment (PPE)  maps and compass  main plants of Quebec forests  wilderness survival

Geomatics and digital tools

Geomatics  photo-identification and photorestitution  technology tools (computers, software, GPS)  computer proficiency

Inventory and measurement

Forest inventories  dendrometry  measurement of bucked and unbucked timber (public and private sectors)  quality of felled timber  participation in the inspection of timber harvest work  post-harvest inspection

Planning and regulation

Quebec forest management plan  forest road planning  organization and legislative context of forestry in Quebec  LADTFP  RADF  legal codes and instruments (MRC, provincial, federal)