Andrés

Information de voyage

Actuellement, je suis

Les activités qui m'intéressent :

-DIY building with traditional methods/natural materials.
-Farming.
-Gardening.
-Farm animals healthcare.
-Guesthouse management.
-Fishing.
-Medicinal plants.
-Community lifestyle.

Description

Hello!

You might be about to meet an easy going, curious and adventurous jungle guy that is exploring different ways of living around world.

After finishing my studies and working for a big company for almost 3 years, I realized that I wanted to do something different with my life; sitting in front of a computer all day is not for me.

Now, I want to dedicate my time to projects that I find meaningful and from which I will be able to grow a diverse set of skills that I'm interested on, such as:

- DIY building with traditional methods and natural materials.
- Agriculture.
- Food production (wine, dairy, honey, and bread).
- Farm animals healthcare.
- Guesthouse management.
- Fishing.
- Sailing.
- Medicinal plants.

I like when the work I do has a sense of community, promote a sustainability, and has an ecological approach of doing things. I believe that being conscious about the “here and now” while connecting with people and nature is the way I want to approach the work I do for you.

I'm a hard-worker, and actively ENJOY doing physical tasks and getting dirty. It's specially fun to me to be outdoors, but household, cleaning, and organizing tasks while listening to some good old “musica de plancha” (ironing music) or Cumbia also makes me happy.

Centres d’intérêt

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Courant

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
I want to comunicate with you! And of course, the best way to do it would be by learning your language. If you are also curious about the tounges I already know, I can help you learn too.

Trouver un partenaire de langue

Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

Ça m'intéresse :  

Éco-projets

Jardinage

Bricolage et projets de construction

S’occuper des animaux

Aider dans une ferme

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J'ai des connaissances :  

Tenir compagnie à une pers. âgée

Aider à la maison

Entretien général

Aide informatique / Internet

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Je peux apprendre aux autres :  

Langues

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

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FARMING/GARDENING:
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- Weed clearing from gardens and vineyards using a hoe or my hands.
- Clearing leaves, stones and branches from gardens.
- Watering big extensions of land with crops or gardens.
- Shoveling holes for trash, crops, canals or bathrooms.
- Cutting branches from trees using a saw.
- Finding, carrying and cutting wood for fire.
- Collecting vegetables and fruits (eg. apples, cacao, lemons, onions).
- Planting grape cuttings and maintenance.

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CONSTRUCTION:
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- Basic knowledge of construction tools (eg. drills, saws, hammers).
- Painted entire rooms.
- Sanding experience.
- Made mud stairs using stones and wood on a cliff.
- Pasted bathroom floor and ceramic walls.
- Helped to weld an iron hay feeder using an electric welding machine.
- Made the foundation for a wall using stones and cement.
- Experience on preparing and mixing cement for construction (with/without concrete mixer).
- Worked in a construction site carrying wheel barrels with stones/sand down a cliff.
- Fixed metal fences and doors with wires and stones.
- Installed metal doors and fences for small animal enclosures.
- Helped to construct a structure to hold feeders on a buffalo's enclosure.
- Made a canal to dispose of mud and feces on a buffalo's enclosure.

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COOKING:
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Bartender/Mixologist (2016-2020)
- Preparation of classic cocktails (eg. piña colada, daiquiri, martini, negroni).
- Shots preparation (eg. pitufo, chiliguaro, miguelito, stroke).
- Drinks preparation (eg. rum and coke, gin and tonic, cacitran, jack and coke).
- Creation of new cocktails for the menu.
- Personalization of cocktails on demand.
- Inventory management (spirits and ingredients).
- POS system (payments, returns).
- Training and supervision of new barmans.
- Dealt with difficult clients in a fast pace environment.

Cooking Skills
- Classic Costa Rican dishes (eg. olla de carne, chiles rellenos, picadillo, empanadas).
- Costa Rican desserts (eg. arroz con leche, lemon pie, postre rosado).
- I have cooked with wood for 80+ people in the forest.
- Meat grilling (fish is my specialty).
- Baked banana bread and cookies.

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GUESTHOUSE/CUSTOMER CARE EXPERIENCE
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Volunteer at Blue Door Hostel (Nov 2023- Dec 2023)
- Check in/Check out procedures.
- Ensured that booking spreadsheet was accurate to reflect availability online.
- Daily laundry of bedding, pillows, duvets and towels.
- Daily bed preparation.
- Welcoming and on-boarding guests to the hostel (rules, schedules, areas and services).
- Handling guest payments with card or cash.
- Management of booking web pages: Booking.com and Hostelworld.

Volunteer at Shanti Hostel (Dec 2023 - Jan 2024)
- Welcoming and on-boarding guests to the hostel (rules, schedules, areas and services).
- Check in/Check out procedures (night only).
- Management of payments with cash.

HR assistant (Jul 2020-Jun 2023)
- Answer employee’s queries related to time management, payroll, life cycle, health benefits, work events and employment.
- Review various types of company policies and follow standardized processes to achieve resolutions.
- Escalate cases depending on their urgency or difficulty.
- Work on escalating issues via chat or phone.
- In-depth investigation and analysis of data from multiple systems, which requires understanding and application of the company policies to solve the issue.

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ARTS/CRAFTS
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Acting
-During high-school I had the opportunity to write and direct two plays: one related to Don Quijote of La Mancha where I also played as Don Quijote. The second play was about to nature conservation and I worked with children from third grade.

Audiovisual production
- Made a short stop motion film called Happy Pills which was later featured in the 2020 Shnit Costa Rica short film festival.
- Made a short film and played as Don Quijote for a university class.
- Completed a course for writing scripts and another one on the basics on how to use a camera.

Announcer experience:
- Helped a friend with an animated educational commercial by making the voice of a dolphin.
- Recorded the voice for 2 commercials for my studies related to cat food and a restaurant.
- Finished a technical degree and became a licensed announcer in Costa Rica.

Dancing:
- Learned how to dance American Swing for 2 years.
- Took basic lessons on Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Bachata, Swing criollo, classic Bolero and Bolero criollo.

Music:
- Currently learning how to play the transverse flute.
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ANIMAL CARE
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Volunteer at Ovchar Fromagerie (March 2023 - present)
- Milking goats and cows manually.
- Food preparation for the animals by mixing different types of grains.
- Feeding of pigs, buffaloes, goats, a bull and sometimes cows.
- Hay feeding animals.
- Animal enclosure and barn cleaning.
- Ensure of the well-being of animals: report weird behaviors or health problems.
- Manual hay collection from fields.
- Herding of a small group of goats and cows.
- Manually feeding baby goats.

Family farm
- Gave food to chickens and collected their eggs.
- Cleaned animal enclosures.

Pets: fishes, turtles, and dogs.
- Maintenance of their respective house (fishbowl, enclosure, garden).
- Provided food and water and took care of their waste.

Cat sitting 2021-2023
- Cleaning of their sandbox.
- Made sure that they didn’t escape through the balcony.
- Gave large doses of love and smushes every day.

Âge

29

Autres infos...

I used to be a fencer (sword fighter) and practiced with my country's national team for 5 years.

Informations complémentaires

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  Fumeur

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  Permis de conduire

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  Allergies
  No

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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  I am open to eat everything you offer me.