Monday, November 17, 2008

Confirm work placement Viva La Gong

The job I did for work experience was a volunteer at Viva La Gong. To obtain that job I went meetings to see what position I was going to be doing. I worked personally with Palao, who was our coordinator.

In my time at Viva La Gong I worked two roles. Usher and assistant stage manager.
My first task was to talk to customers, take their tickets and take them to their seats. In this role I learned to communicate to all types of people, some drunk and some aggressive but it is a skill that I can use in my future job being a police officer. Coming with this job I had be taken through a fire course in case of an emergency.

The second job was stage assistant, which was simply assisting the stage manager. Whatever Hamish wanted I would go get it and help him in anyway possible. Clearing the stage calming performers down and helping them with their items.

In doing these roles at Viva La Gong I believe as helped me more as a person to complete tasks and function in the workforce. I received great feedback off Palao and Hamish saying that I was a great help and an enthusiastic worker.

Although the hours of the job were not great the experience and skills learnt will benefit me in my future career decision.