Jirapan



My name is Jirapan Mcclymont. I come from Thailand and have lived in Australia since March 2008. I graduated with a bachelor's degree in statistics in 1995. After that I worked as a secretary at the Asian Institute of Technology from June 1995 to Feb 2008.

In November 2009, I got a job as a housekeeper at Wyndham Vacation Resorts so I worked there until September 2011.

When I was a secretary in Thailand I used Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. I was good at communication with everyone. I answered the telephone and took notes for my boss. And also I booked hotels and flights for them when they had to go somewhere. I did financial, budgets and timetables for the Institute. I helped the students to do reimbursements. And also I had to manage my time wisely in order to finish on time.

I am going to do work experience at Lauderdale Primary School in Admin Department. Sometimes I will help in the library and teacher aide. Hopefully I will learn more things from the workplace and can use for the job in the future. I feel confidence to do work experience because I used to work with Australians people and also I used to work this kind of job before. __In the first week__

In the first day at Lauderdale Primary School, I arrived there about 8 am and went to see Gail. Gail who is the excutive secretary introduced me to admin staff and some teachers. There are 3 admin staff: Soe-Ellen, Noree, and Michelle. She showed me where are the lunch room, toilet and emergency exit. About 8.30 am I started to work, I entered attendence data into the computer. And then I went to library to sort a book in the order. In the afternoon I photocopied a newslatter and sort by the class room.

In the second day, I made new student folders for next year students and filed all of them. After I finished filing I went to library to sort a book. After lunch one of admin staff, Noree, asked me to helped her to proofread the student handbook 2012. I photocopied and staple into the handbook. __In the second week__

On Tuesday, I entered attendence data for last week and printed out the report. I went to help in kindergaten about 10.00 am until 12.30 pm. It was interested because I never worked in kindergaten before. The teacher brought all the students in the class room to the library and they could find their name and scaned bar code to borrow the books. In the afternoon I worked in the library, this time I scaned the return book and put all of them in the book shelfs.

On Wednesday 26th Oct, In the morning I entered the data from the Earn and Learn program onto the Woolworth website. I opened the new students folders and filed them. I helped one of the admin staff, Sue-Ellen, open mail and distribute it internally. And I learnt how to binding the books. I used Microsoft Publisher to make a list of students name.

__In the third week__

On Tuesday I worked at the Admin office all day. I answered the telephone and took a note for absence students and some parent asked about activities in the school. I could reply them because I read the newsletter. In the afternoon Gail asked me to help her to organise a sweep for the Melbourne cup with the staffs and teachers and prepared a snack in the library. That was my first experience about a sweep in Australia.

On Wednesday morning, Soe-Ellen told me that they organised me to help a teacher aide who works for prep students in this morning. I waited in the Admin office until 9 am. Wendy came to pick me up to the sport room which had three autistic student. They are different from normal students. Sometime they could join in the normal class, sometime they had to seperate to other room. I helped them to do cooking class and went to their garden. After lunch time I came back to the office and entered attendence data and printed out the report.

__In the forth-fifth week__ I worked at the admin office most of the time. I answered the telephone and took notes for teachers. Someone rang to asked about school informations, I found the information and let them know. And I also entered attendence data.

After I finised work experience at Luaderdale Primary School, I came back to study at Polytechnic on Monday - Wednesday. In the second week we had the mockinteview. I was very excited.