SOCS Work Placement

The event was held by the CEO- Catholic education office and it was called ‘Teen Matters’ and was all to do with sexuality and relationships. Throughout the day there were 3 speakers speaking to over 2000 students which was more then 20 schools which attended the day. My roll in the event was to usher people. Helping them to find their seats. During the breaks of the event, i also helped people find their way in and out of the venue and assisted them with and questions they had and when they wanted to find the toilets. At the end of the event we stood outside the venue helping schools find their buses in an orderly way. What I learnt during my day at work placement was how to control large groups of people and to get them from one place to another in a fast and safe manner. Some problems which i was faced with was rude students, i overcame this by ignoring them and continuing to do the job in which i was required to undertake. The employability skills in which i gained while undertaking work placement includes: listening to and following instructions that were given to me, communication with fellow workers to get jobs done quickly and efficiently.

Hours: 8am-3pm (7 hours)

Work Placement Journal: Visual Impact- Day Five

1) Day 5: 6th May 2011

9.30am-5pm (7.5 hrs)

2)

a) Uniform = 5

b) Punctuality = 5

C) Initiative = 4

D) Cooperation = 5

F)Work Standard = 5

3) On my last day of work placement i was required to spend the day scanning visitors that had attended the expo scanning their information and entering them in the draw to win an ipad. This involved me walking up to people and engaging in conversation and asking them as to weather they would like to go in the draw or not and telling them what they had to do. As the expo finished at 4pm on the last day and we were required to stay until 5 so we were part of the pump out of the show. This meant that we had to wear our fluro vests and had to make sure that all the exhibitors were wearing fluro vests as a safety requirement.

4) Tools used:

Scanner

5) The employability skills in which i gained from my last day of work placement were developing my communication skills further and the ways in which are acceptable when approaching and interacting with people.

6) The difficulties i was faced with included selecting the required people in which would be appropriate to approach and making sure i say the correct things and being polite and nice towards people in the expo.

7) What i enjoyed most about work placement today was being able to work with everyone and gaining new skills in which could help me in the future when working and looking for jobs.

Work Placement Journal: Visual Impact- Day Four

1) Day 4: 5th May 2011

9.30am-5pm (7.5 hrs)

2)

a) Uniform = 5

b) Punctuality = 5

C) Initiative = 4

D) Cooperation = 5

F)Work Standard = 4

3) On our second last day of work placement my tasks all day was to restock the show bag table as it was getting near the end of the expo, some of the bags were starting to run out or get low, but no matter what our supervisor wanted the table to continuously be full of bags. Some of the other tasks during the day in which i completed included opening boxes and crushing down boxes so they could easily be disposed of.

4) tools used:

-Stanley knife

5) The employability skills in which i gained from work placement today includes: efficiency and time management.

6) The only difficulties that i came across today was being able to keep up with the amount of bags in which were being taken from the tables and the time in which i took to restock the tables.

7) What i enjoyed about work placement today was being able to try something new and gain new experiences and knowledge.

Work Placement Journal: Visual Impact- Day Three

1) Day3: 4th May 2011

9.30am-5pm (7.5 hours)

2)

a) Uniform = 5

b) Punctuality = 5

C) Initiative = 5

D) Cooperation = 5

E) Work Standard = 4

F)Development of Skills = 2

3) On our third day of work placement it was just Kailey and I, this meant that we had double the amount of jobs to do as it was only two of us. Today was the first day of the expo and I had no idea what to expect. The jobs in which i was required to complete throughout the day included restocking the table which had the showbags, and scanning peoples id tags in which they were given before entering to put them into the draw to win an ipad. We were constantly busy throughout the day doing jobs in which needed to be completed.

4) Tools used:

-Scanners

-Stanley knife

5) The employability skills in which i gained from the day at work placement include communication skills; talking to people and persuading them to take what your offering and to agree to what your promoting.

6) The difficulties that I came across today was that it is harder with only two people working and completing the jobs that were designed for 4 people. Having 4 people at this work placement is definitely more beneficial then only having 2.

7) What i enjoyed most about today was being able to learn new ways of working and new skills in which i will need for when i need to get a full time job.

Work Placement Journal: Visual Impact- Day Two

1) Day 2: 3nd May 2011

9.30am-5pm (7.5 hrs)

2)

a) Uniform = 5

b) Punctuality = 5

C) Initiative = 4

D) Cooperation = 5

E) Work Standard = 4

F)Development of Skills = 3

3) On our second day of work placement, the Visual Impact Expo was still going through bump in. This meant that we were still required to wear our fluro vests’ for safety reasons. The first task in which we were given was to sit in the organisers office, and distribute name tags and exhibitor packs to the exhibitors as they came to collect them. We were then required to set up posters and signs in various parts of the expo. There were two different types of signs one had a floor plan of the show on them, and the other had a schedule of when the seminars would be held and at what times. Our third and final task of the day was to pack visitor show bags and place them on a table. We had to make sure the table was full of bags. There were 5 different types of bags one from each major sponsor of the expo.

4) Tools used:

-Stanley knife

5) The employment skills in which i gained from this day of work placement includes communication skills from sitting at the organisers office desk, team working skills from packing the show bags and fast efficient communication skills from unpacking and setting up signs for the exhibition.

6) A difficulty that i came across was doing one tasks for a long amount of time without a break. I found it hard to keep concentration and be enthusiastic about the job i was completing.

7) What i enjoyed most about today was being able to work as a team with my fellow class members. When we all worked hard together, we were able to complete the job in a fast time and get it done efficiently.

Work Placement Journal: Visual Impact- Day One

1) Day 1: 2nd May 2011

9.30am-5pm (7.5 hrs)

2)

a) Uniform = 5

b) Punctuality = 5

C) Initiative = 5

D) Cooperation = 5

E) Work Standard = 4

F) Development of Skills = 4

3) During our first day of work placement, upon arrival to the sydney convention centre we were not allowed to enter the bump in area without a fluro vest, this was a safety precaution and we were given a fluro vest which allowed us to be in the bump in area. We then had a brief meeting with our supervisor, we were given a booklet which detailed what would be happening during the time in which the expo was open to the public, a map of the expo, dress requirements, working hours, breaks etc. We then transported boxes from one side of the expo to the other. We were all then required to sit at the desk in the organisers office where exhibitors were able to collect their name tags in which were needed for them to get into the expo and their exhibitor packs.

4) Tools used include:

-Stanley knife

-Tape gun

5) The employment skills in which we we gained on the first day was communication skills as we were required to take instructions from our supervisor and complete jobs in which she required us to do. We also gained computer skills with data entry, printing out name tags for exhibitors.

6) One difficulty that i came across on the first day of work placement was full understanding the expo and what would be happen during the time in which we were there and exactly what we were required to do. After our briefing with our supervisor, this helped me to gain a better understanding of the expo and what we were required to do.

7) What i enjoyed most about work today was the new skills in which i was able to develop and the range of activities we were able to complete

Work Placement Transport

The train from Macquarie university to town hall

Walking from town hall station to the exhibition centre