About
I am Alicia Colquhoun a 21-year-old, strong, hardworking, intelligent, fast learning worker seeking employment in Zermatt, Switzerland for the winter season 2024/2025.
I can demonstrate a track record of resilience and commitment to employers who have taken me on, meeting demanding deadlines and working in challenging environments with cheery good humour, a ‘can do’ attitude and a team spirited approach.
Dual passport holder (UK and Ireland), EU citizen resident in Ireland.
House-keeping and aqua-spa worker experience working for a leading, multi award winning, internationally renowned hotel (Kelly’s of Rosslare).
CASI I Snowboard Instructor (2 winter season veteran in British Columbia, Canada).
Full, clean driving licence (C1), test passed in the UK in 2019.
Childcare experience and experience working as a care assistant in an old peoples’ home.
Two season veteran tree planter in Alberta and Northern Ontario, Canada living and working in remote logging camps.
Educated to 18 in the UK, with ‘A’ Levels in English Literature and Art (A, B) and BTec in Drama (Distinction*)
Languages – English, fluent
In my four periods of seasonal work (2 x Canadian winters as a Snowboard Instructor, 2 x Canadian summers as a tree planter) I have completed all seasons to the very end and as per my employer’s needs and my employers have invited me back on all occasions to work on team again.
Personal achievements beyond work. I am a very keen hiker and completed the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022 (2,675 miles Mexico-Canada).
I have also hiked extensively in Banff/Lake Louise, Canada and aim to complete the Appalachian Trail in summer 2025 (Eastern seaboard USA).
I am a keen SCUBA DIVER, qualified to Rescue diver standard and have successfully passed Emergency First Responder Training including CPR. I was an Army Cadet for two years (2016-2018) and trained in Army First Aid, fieldcraft skills and navigation.
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