Alexander Dayes

Previous experience:

BSc (Hons) Environmental Conservation - Sheffield Hallam University

Job Title: Managing Director

Company experience: 13 years with IWSL, surveying, designing and implementing a very large range of non-native invasive weed remediation schemes across many industries. Practical qualification are: Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS), Basis Site Skills Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS), Forward Tipping Dumper Network Rail, Personal Track Safety Qualified (AC&DC) City & Guilds NPTC Pesticides License – PA1, PA6A, PA6AW, PA6D Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management (IEEM), Phase 1 Habitat Survey Qualified Bury College – Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Level 3 Award in Leadership & Management Skills AutoCAD 2000 – 2017 trained, BASIS Qualified, SSSTS, SMSTS.

Favourite part of your job: Designing, implementing and completing a complicated Invasive Weed remediation strategy successfully. Then being able to stand back look at the end product and say “we did that”.

Least favourite part of your job: Being stuck in traffic, in particular the M62!

Interests away from work: Cross-country mountain biking, fly-fishing and walking.

Favourite line from a film: "Like a glove" Ace Ventura.

If I could be anywhere right now I'd be: Fly fishing on a warm summers evening.