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5.0

Challenging, Interesting, Professional

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) – 303 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba – 1 July 2018

During my 7-year tenure at the Canadian Grain Commission working as Administrative Assistant to numerous Grain Research Scientists, I performed my duties in an open environment along with other co-workers who also provided support duties for the scientists.
My duties included: making international travel arrangements, obtaining visas and passports; preparing and verifying travel expense claim forms; following the Government of Canada's Travel Policy as well as the Financial Administration Act. I also typed a myriad of letters, reports, abstracts, and technical documents.
The scientists were highly-educated, i.e., PhDs and performed their duties competently. They treated all staff with dignity and respect.
It was a continuous-learning environment including International doctorates who came to the Grain Research Laboratory for different amounts of time to gain more knowledge of Canadian wheat, barley, oats and grain-seed oils.

Pros

Situated in downtown Winnipeg close to many businesses.

Cons

Outside service parking.

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5.0

Great group of people

Laboratory Technician (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 26 May 2018

A well organized group of intelligent and hard working scientific minds. Easy to work with and discuss different opinions. Great location at the heart of the down town.

Pros

great location

Cons

bad temperature regulation in the building

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5.0

Productive workplace where tasks are enjoyable to do

Grain Sanitation Assistant (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 16 May 2018

Preparing grain samples for analyses and inspecting grain samples and grain elevators for infestation. Reporting the infestations to the grain elevators.

Pros

Getting to see small towns around the province

Cons

Have to stay at computer for long periods at times

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5.0

Wonderful People

Human Resources Assistant (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 13 April 2018

A great place to work! Everyone is very friendly and great to work with. As someone with no Human Resources background, I was able to learn a lot. Management is great and approachable.

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5.0

Fun jokes and easy going work atmosphere

Grain Inspector Supervisor (Former Employee) – Vancouver, BC – 26 August 2017

follow work regulations
safety protocols
enjoyable co workers
available room to learn and progress in knowledge of job
cons advancement in job limited to space available

Pros

breaks were always available

Cons

sometimes becoming a overtime hound was a easy trap

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4.0

Contato com desenvolvimento de métodos

Estagiária em Engenharia de Alimentos (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, Canadá – 7 December 2016

Possibilidade de desenvolvimento de diferentes métodos para estudo de assuntos relacionados a grãos oleoginosos.

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4.0

Good place to work, goodbenefits

Administrateur des systèmes informatiques (Former Employee) – Montréal, QC – 6 May 2016

Technical support, Remote desk support, Monitoring servers, server patches, make sure the servers are up and running fine, take care of clien machines
Learned a lot from headquarter staff about handling servers, vmware stuff, switches and routers stuff
The hardest part is receiving call any time at night.
The most enjoyable part is you are always on the bit, up to date with technology

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4.0

Great staff but sadly government controlled

IT Support (Former Employee) – Vancouver, BC – 7 February 2015

You're in good hands with the staff here, and there are plenty of opportunities for both student employment and growth. Along with fair pay and opportunities for employment after Student Co-ops are done.

However, be wary that anything can change in a heart-beat due to the CGC being an arms-length Government Corporation.

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4.0

No longer exists

Industry Services Assistant (Former Employee) – Thunder Bay, ON – 27 August 2014

No longer exists as CGC was taken over by private industry. Great people working with a lot of knowledge.

Pros

No longer exists

Cons

No longer exists

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5.0

Active Laboratory with research and testing done on Oilseeds

Oilseeds Laboratory Technician (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 9 July 2013

Overall my summer co-op position with the Canadian Grains Commission was very educating and a great work experience in the science/laboratory field. All management and co-workers were very friendly and willing to lend a helping hand to a new student in the facility. Between managing a project and working along side chemists on research projects I was kept busy throughout the day. The hardest part was learning to use new instruments or equipment, but once I was comfortable I enjoyed the work and reward of understanding how to use these instruments. I learned how to develop new methods, use new instruments and quality control in the workspace. I thoroughly enjoyed my placement at The Canadian Grains Commission for the summer of 2012.

Pros

Great position to gain general knowledge of Canadian Grains.

Cons

Only a summer co-op position.

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