work placement at homebush

The event was for Spirituality and sexuality and my role was to quickly and safely usher students to their seats, in school orders filling the seats from left to right, for each seminar speaker my responsibility was to guide students in and out of the theatre. I learnt how to handle different cultures and attitudes and how to maintain control and staying calm. For example my customer service was of high standards always greeting people with a smile and a welcoming tone of voice. Along with this I provided information to the students by giving directions to toilets and the canteen etc. I also was allowed to sit in on the speakers talks and I enjoyed listening to all the various information and advice.
I worked 8 hours from 8 am till 3 pm... overall it was a great and successful day and I learnt much more and gained experience and skill with controlling large amounts of people.

DAY 1 WORK EXPERIENCE

1. Date, Time started, Time Finished, Total Hours that you have Worked for the day.
1st may, started at 9.30 finished at 5.00pm= 7.5 hours

2. Self Assessment. Rate yourself on the following standards. (Describe any problems/achievements.)

(Scale: 1= poor, 2 = needs improvement, 3 = Good, 4= Very Good, 5 = Excellent.)

a) Uniform = 5
b) Punctuality = 5
C) Initiative = 5
D) Cooperation = 5
E) Work Standard = 5
F) Development of Skills = 3

3. Describe the work activities you participated in during the day.
Simple activities such as putting together show bags with complimentary free give aways within the bags... around 95 of them were made, also appreciation certificates put in frames as well as ensuring the frames were cleaned.

4. List the tools and equipment you used during the day.
tools used today was cleaning equipment, and stanley knife.

5. List the Employability Skills you developed during work activities. Explain the context of the activity and the corresponding employability skill. (What did you do/achieve?)
Today I did not develop any new skills nor acheive any goals as today was an introduction day to the job, getting used to the entertainment industry and how it runs, however i am sure i will develop skills over this week of work placement
6. Describe any difficulties/ new issues that have challenged you in your day at work placement and what you learnt in those situations. What skills did you develop?
I realised and learnt today simple jobs such as preparing the show bags was a big job, where there is many things to include and although its a simple task, the time and effort put into each bag.

7. Describe what you enjoyed about work today.
flexible employers and meeting new people, also getting a feel of the entertainment industry- what time people awake for work, how they work, the stress etc.

8. Describe what you have to follow up for tomorrow at work.

Tomorrow i will be going through a booklet seeing what jobs are needed to be done, and we wil all be allocated to particular jobs and bumping in and bumping out.

DAY 2

1. Date, Time started, Time Finished, Total Hours that you have Worked for the day.
9.30-5 7 hours
2. Self Assessment. Rate yourself on the following standards. (Describe any problems/achievements.)

(Scale: 1= poor, 2 = needs improvement, 3 = Good, 4= Very Good, 5 = Excellent.)

a) Uniform =5
b) Punctuality =5
C) Initiative =5
D) Cooperation =5
E) Work Standard =5
F) Development of Skills =

3. Describe the work activities you participated in during the day.
a Big hall with an office upstairs where we conducted most of our work

4. List the tools and equipment you used during the day.
Computers, stanley knife, sticky tape

5. List the Employability Skills you developed during work activities. Explain the context of the activity and the corresponding employability skill. (What did you do/achieve?)
Whilst working commuinication skills grew and also working on tasks more efficiently was developed. Time management during the week.
6. Describe any difficulties/ new issues that have challenged you in your day at work placement and what you learnt in those situations. What skills did you develop?
There was no issues or difficulties, it was just following simple tasks and working efficiently.
7. Describe what you enjoyed about work today.
Having another look from time to time at the bumping in process and how quickly the jobs were done
8. Describe what you have to follow up for tomorrow at work.

To meet at 9.30 am and ensure we are on time to begin work

DAY 3 1. Date, Time started, Time Finished, Total Hours that you have Worked for the day.

9.30-5pm
2. Self Assessment. Rate yourself on the following standards. (Describe any problems/achievements.)

(Scale: 1= poor, 2 = needs improvement, 3 = Good, 4= Very Good, 5 = Excellent.)

a) Uniform =5
b) Punctuality =5
C) Initiative =5
D) Cooperation =5
E) Work Standard =5
F) Development of Skills =5

3. Describe the work activities you participated in during the day.
Today we were handling show bags to give out to all the exhibitors as they needed to collect their information, also sending out forms and ensuring each exhibitor had their show case cabinet finished BEFORE the show! And also around 60 different boxes making show bags with various booklets on different printers for the visitors for the three day event, meaning hundrds of bags were to be filled with goodies and printer handouts

4. List the tools and equipment you used during the day.
computers.

5. List the Employability Skills you developed during work activities. Explain the context of the activity and the corresponding employability skill. (What did you do/achieve?)
time efficiency and listening and getting tasks done.
6. Describe any difficulties/ new issues that have challenged you in your day at work placement and what you learnt in those situations. What skills did you develop?
running around to each stand ensuring all showcase cabinets have been finished before the shows and also rounding up all the showbags to the exhibitors
7. Describe what you enjoyed about work today.
mingling with new people and more important tasks done.
8. Describe what you have to follow up for tomorrow at work.

arriving on time and meeting with my boss to find out what is to be done for the first show

DAY 4

1. Date, Time started, Time Finished, Total Hours that you have Worked for the day.
9.30-5
2. Self Assessment. Rate yourself on the following standards. (Describe any problems/achievements.)

(Scale: 1= poor, 2 = needs improvement, 3 = Good, 4= Very Good, 5 = Excellent.)

a) Uniform =5
b) Punctuality =5
C) Initiative =5
D) Cooperation =5
E) Work Standard =5
F) Development of Skills =

3. Describe the work activities you participated in during the day.
today was the second day of the event, working the entire day on the floor scanning visitors from the competitors "printex" to get their information.

4. List the tools and equipment you used during the day.
scanners

5. List the Employability Skills you developed during work activities. Explain the context of the activity and the corresponding employability skill. (What did you do/achieve?)
communication skills, working fast and under pressure
6. Describe any difficulties/ new issues that have challenged you in your day at work placement and what you learnt in those situations. What skills did you develop?
ensuring all visitors get scanned
7. Describe what you enjoyed about work today.
meeting new people and learning more about the printers and companies
8. Describe what you have to follow up for tomorrow at work.

tomorrow is the last day:( but continuing scanning people

DAY 5

1. Date, Time started, Time Finished, Total Hours that you have Worked for the day.
9.30 am-5
2. Self Assessment. Rate yourself on the following standards. (Describe any problems/achievements.)

(Scale: 1= poor, 2 = needs improvement, 3 = Good, 4= Very Good, 5 = Excellent.)

a) Uniform =5
b) Punctuality =5
C) Initiative =5
D) Cooperation =5
E) Work Standard =5
F) Development of Skills =5

3. Describe the work activities you participated in during the day.
scanning visitors, basically the same as yesterday, also ensuring when bump out process began that all workers in the hall were wearing safety jackets and enclosed shoes otherwise they were asked to leave the premises immediately.

4. List the tools and equipment you used during the day.
scanner

5. List the Employability Skills you developed during work activities. Explain the context of the activity and the corresponding employability skill. (What did you do/achieve?)
working fast and under pressure
6. Describe any difficulties/ new issues that have challenged you in your day at work placement and what you learnt in those situations. What skills did you develop?
making sure everyone was wearing safety jackets when bump out began
7. Describe what you enjoyed about work today.
meeting and making new friendships with completely different people working in the printing field
8. Describe what you have to follow up for tomorrow at work.

Expectations of Work placement

By completing the Entertainment course all students are expected to complete 35 hours of work placement outside of school. At work placement i expect to learn and have a better understanding of how the entertainment industry operates and the management structures that follow. I wish to gain various skills such as developing my organisational and preparational skills.

Gala Day '10

Gala day this year was full of competition, house spirit, and talent!

As the seniors this year were in charge of Gala day I was in charge of Jaricot Year 8 Dance, therefore i was not back stage but Brie Small was the back stage manager preparing curtains and managing each act, the lighting was managed by Sarah, Maren, Elicia, and Maree, Nisha.

Bio box was managed by Karly and Aimee, and Anna was the runner ensuring everything was going to plan from the bio box to the actual stage.

It was a huge success! :)

JMC ACADEMY SHOWCASE 16th november

EVALUATION:

Enmore Theatre Newtown

1.

Audio: 4/5

Vision: 4/5

Lighting: 5/5

Staging: 4/5

Venue: 5/5

On the 16th of November I visited the Enmore theatre with my yr 11 entertainment class to observe 5 main areas, audio, vision, lighting, staging and the venue. JMC put on a great show and was very entertaining, at the very beginning of the show they had some technical difficulties with the audio for the slide show up on the projector screen, however once the students of JMC worked together and fixed the problem the show went on smoothly, with great acts from all the JMC students, two entertaining hosts. The audio and sounds were at good volume levels and the lighting was to a minimum apart from the acts, the lighting worked well with the acts. And the venue was great, as there were ushers to your seats, bathrooms were clean and there was food and beverage was available also for refreshments.

above all it was a great show.

PEER EVALUATION

Task: Read another class members post about their role in the school musical. Write feedback on one persons page that you worked with or observed during the musical. Evaluate their work efforts, abilities and success.

EVALUATION: CHANTELLE SURACE

I believe Chantelle worked very well and cooperated successfully during the Musical, her role was prompting and in general backstage too. I was alongside Chantelle at times as i was also backstage nearby... I observed her work hard to help the cast and run lines that may have been forgotten, therefore before the scene chantelle would be present with a script to run lines and boost the casts confidence!

In one performance we were short on backstage crew meaning Chantelle was in need of more help, although it was difficult she worked hard and was successful as she worked well in a team and prepared other helps to help lifting heavy objects.. this is another aspect in which she worked well to make the production a huge success!

28-33, 35-36, 94-95.