Peter W Flint
Landscape Designer

DOB: 11 August, 1982
- pwflint@duck.com
- IG: @pwflint
- GitHub: @pwflint
Design and Landscape Experience
KALEIOPE Environmental Design - Raleigh, NC
Proprietor & Design Lead
Local business devoted to regenerative landscape design and management.
Summer 2021 to present
Currin Outdoor Living - Raleigh, NC
Designer
Supporting Creative Manager in all aspects of design/sales.
- Pre-qualification, site consultation, analysis, analog and digital drafting.
- Estimates
- Coordination with subcontractors, vendors and clients.
Winter, Spring 2021
NC State University - Raleigh, NC
Masters Candidate
- Track III-Landscape Architecture.
2018 to 2020
NC State University - Raleigh, NC
College of Design, Graduate Operations Assistant
- Responsible for preventative maintenance and improvements in all College facilities
- Assist students with project completion
- Materials and storage management
January 2019 to December 2020
Bee Downtown - Durham, NC
Apprentice Bee-keeper
- Responsible for construction and maintenance of apiary equipment for display on corporate campuses
- Assisting head bee-keeper in hive care
- Harvesting honey.
Summer 2019
Sunrise Ranch - Loveland, CO
Ranch-hand
- Support role in 300 acres of holistic land management and 6-acre organic garden.
- Livestock care, mainly cattle.
- Landscape maintenance.
Spring, Summer 2013
Reko Patagonia - La Mallín Ahogado, Rio Negro, Argentina
Volunteer
- Support role in several build projects
- Cooking
- Land management
- Woodlot management
- Household chores.
Fall 2012 - Winter 2013
Design Skill Set
- Intermediate to advanced drafting and modeling in Vectorworks 2021.
- Intermediate graphic illustration in Affinity Suite.
- Proficient in Adobe Suite.
- Proficient CAD drafting in Autodesk
- Familiarity with landscape performance tools and holistic soil testing.
- Proficient in ArcGIS and QGIS.
- Analog drafting and illustration.
- Watercolor sketching.
- Programming basics in R, SQL, AppleScript, Python
Affiliations
- Emerging Professional, Association of Professional Landscape Designers
- Member, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Seafaring Experience
Oliver Hazard Perry - Newport, RI
Second Mate
Responsible to Captain in all matters pertaining to the outfitting and sea-readiness of newly certified ocean-going vessel.
- Voyage planning
- Safety systems
- Navigation procedures
- OICNW
Off-shore passages. New England, Cuba, Bermuda.
Winter & Spring 2017
Pride of Baltimore II - Baltimore, MD
Chief Mate
Responsible to Captain in all matters pertaining to ship’s operation.
- OICNW.
- In charge of NOAA VOS weather reports.
- Offshore passages, daysails, dockside attraction.
Daysails & offshore passages. Chesapeake Bay, Canadian Maritimes, Great Lakes.
Winter, Spring, Summer 2016
Deckhand/Asst Engineer
- RFPNW
- NOAA VOS weather reporter
Daysails & offshore passages. Chesapeake Bay, New England, Canadian Maritimes, St. Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes.
Winter 2008 - Summer 2009
Wilderness Discoverer - Juneau, AK
2nd Mate/Licensed Deckhand
- OICNW
- Small boat operations
- Passenger safety/security
Expedition-based passenger cruises. Southeast Alaska.
Winter - Fall 2015
Sørlandet - Kristiansand, Norway
Boatswain
Responsible to Chief Mate in all matters related to deck department.
- Rigging care and maintenance
- Supervision of ABs
- Instruction of trainees
Blue water voyages. North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea.
Summer 2011 - Spring 2013
Søren Larsen - Avatiu, Cook Islands
Boatswain
Responsible to Chief Mate in all matters pertaining to the deck department
- RFPNW
- Care and maintenance of rigging, spars, and hull.
Blue water voyages. New Zealand, Western South Pacific.
Spring, Summer 2011
Roseway - St. Croix, USVI
First Mate
Responsible to the Captain in all matters aboard ship.
- OICNW
- Director of maintenance
Daysails, offshore passages. New England, Canadian Maritimes, St. Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes, US Virgin Islands.
Winter 2010 - Winter 2011
Bounty - Greenport, NY
Able-Bodied Seafarer
- RFPNW
- Rigging maintenance
East Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea
Fall 2007 - Winter 2008
Timberwind - Rockport, ME
Deckhand
- Outfitting
- Daily operations
Inland passenger cruises. Penobscot Bay, ME.
Spring, Summer, Fall 2007
Ocean Star - Road Harbor, BVI
Trainee
Offshore passages. BVI, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands.
Fall 2005
Boatbuilding and Shipyard Experience
Corwith Cramer - Woods Hole, MA
Carpenter
Responsible to Captain for carpentry tasks associated with major re-fit. Major projects include re-caulking teak decks, re-building bunk shelving, repairing mooring hardware, cap-rails, and interior defects.
Astilleros de Mallorca, Mallorca, ESP
Fall 2016
Mystic - Mystic, CT
Chief Mate
Responsible to Captain in mast removal for emergency rig inspection. Supervision of sailing crew in overall fit out. General oversight of yard-managed projects. OICNW during delivery down to USVI.
Fairhaven Shipyard, Fairhaven, MA
Fall 2014-Winter 2015
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding - Port Hadlock, WA
Student
Professional instruction in all skills related to wooden boat building, including drafting and lofting.
- Construction of Gillett Beachcomber and Atkin Flipper skiffs.
- Construction of backbone, transom and frame-up on 36’ Chamberlin motor-sailor.
Fall 2013 - Fall 2014
Sørlandet - Kristiansand, NO
Rig Foreman
Responsible to yard foreman for the complete re-assembly of a fully-rigged ship post re-fit.
- Coordinate with shipyard for scheduling use of heavy equipment
- Supervise all major installations
- Coordinate with Captain and Officers for placement of idle crew in re-installing electronics, safety checks, etc.
Desan Shipyard, Tuzla, Turkey
Summer 2012
Roseway - St. Croix, USVI
Foreman
Management of novice crew for routine shipyard maintenance as well as major projects:
- Replace all standing rigging
- Replace M.E. exhaust manifold
- Replace fore crosstrees.
Gloucester Marine Railway, Gloucester, MA
Fall 2010
Caledonia - Halifax, NS
Re-Fit Crew
- Installation of overheads
- Packing transits
- General fit-out projects during dry-dock period
Colonna Shipyard, Norfolk, VA
Winter 2008
Other Work/Volunteer Experience
Langston Enterprises - Number Nine, AR
Press Operator
- Monitor and trouble-shoot automated bale-pressing, binding, and bagging machinery in large-scale cotton gin.
- Maintain accurate, real-time record of bale weights for growers, supplier, and customers.
- First stage quality control.
- Fire-fighting.
Fall 2016
SUWS of the Carolinas - Old Fort, NC
Field Instructor
- Monitor safety of at-risk youth in Pisgah National Forest.
- Facilitate therapeutic goals as outlined by a licensed social worker.
- Provide instruction in primitive living skills.
- Foster “leave-no-trace” ethics.
Summer 2009
Maritime Credentials And Certificates
- OICNW, Oceans, limited to 3000 GT (STCW II/1)**
- Master, 100-ton Aux/Sail, Near Coastal (STCW II/3)
- Able Seafarer-Deck
- PSC/Lifeboatman
- Medical Certificate (STCW A-I/9), valid through 2018
- Advanced Firefighting
- Radar Observer Unlimited
- Medical Care Provider
- ECDIS
- Human Element Leadership and Management
- Bridge Resource Management
- TWIC
- PADI Rescue Diver
Education
Master in Landscape Architecture
North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC: Landscape Architecture, 2020
Bachelor of Arts
Rhodes College - Memphis, TN: Philosophy, Education, 2006
Associate of Occupational Studies
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding - Port Hadlock, WA: Traditional Large Craft, Yacht Interiors and Joinery, 2014
Skill Set
- Traditional and modern ship rigging
- Boatbuilding fundamentals. Curved and circular carpentry
- Crane, aerial boom-lift, heavy lifting operations
- Marlinspike seamanship, including fancywork
- Marine finishing, including epoxy paints and varnish
- Basic electricity and plumbing
- Coastal, celestial navigation
- Basic meteorology and forecasting
- Voyage outfitting and planning
- Basic welding, thermal cutting, tool-making, and blacksmithing
- Underwater boat maintenance and repair
- Drafting, lofting, technical drawing, and design fundamentals
- Proficient Spanish. Basic Swahili
- Proficient in Word-Processing and Spreadsheet programs, including Word and Excel
- Proficient in On-board Maintenance programs such as Wheelhouse and TM Master.
Business Website:
KALEIOPE Environmental Design