For my work experience placements I chose the Base Clinic, Interserve Stores, and the Conservation Centre.

I chose these places because I thought they would be good places to develop my people skills and give me a taste of a working day. Interserve is known for their long days and I feel that if I can handle that then it will not be a problem in the future

My brother works in the Stores and I would like to find out and see for myself what his work consists of. The things that I am looking forward to are meeting new people and strangely enough answering the telephone. Also I would like the chance to work with a different type of ICT. I am however dreading the interview as I am not a very confident person. I am also dreading messing up an assigned job or if I am asked to do something I have no idea about. But I guess that’s all part of the experience.

I am also going to experience work with the Base Clinic and Conservation Centre.

My hope for the future is to become a Veterinarian and these placements are the closest things to those criteria.

I would like to know how the machines work and find out a bit about medicine at the Clinic and I hope I get to ride in the ambulance. I am not really dreading anything at the Clinic although I hope I will be able to do what I am asked.

At the Conservation Centre I am dreading walking all over the place but I guess I will cope, I will get some exercise in too! I hope to learn about the wildlife around the island, get to know some inhabitants a bit better, and most importantly get to work with people who are as interested in animals as I am.

I hope that the skills I acquire will assist me in future jobs.

By Francesca Arms

I chose to work at base mechanics because I want to have experience of fixing cars and other vehicle.

I think I will develop skills in mechanics because I will get experience of fixing cars.

I will learn to use different tools and other equipment. These will be different tools I will use than the tools at home.

I am most looking forward to working with big equipment. I know I won’t be able to use some of the big equipment but I can see the other workers using the big equipment.

My biggest worry is working with people I don’t know and being interviewed.

I will be able to learn new skills and knowledge like about how health and safety is used in work places.

My name is Dane Wade I am a year 10 student.

I have decided to go to Cable and Wireless Networks department, Interserve Stores and US Base Clinic. I chose these places because I want to have experiences of the medical, computing and stock management field.

The work placement that I am most excited about is going to the Networking department at Cable and Wireless. I am excited about this placement because I aspire to get a job in the ICT industry in the future.

I think that going on these placements I will help me to develop my people skills, organisation skills and experience of the working environment. These new skills learned and the experience I receive will help me in the future when it comes to me getting a real job, as I will know what to expect.  

For each placement I will learn a bit about what each job entails and see how people carry out the tasks set and overcome any problems they encounter.

I am most looking forward to meeting new people, learning new skills and learning what each field of work entails. I am also looking forward to experiencing what weekdays are like outside of school.

However, I am dreading being assigned something to do, that I don’t know about or understand. Again, if I do find myself in this situation it will be a good experience because I will learn how to problem solve in the working environment.

My biggest worry is going for the interviews, as I don’t know what is going to be asked and if the answer I will give will be suitable. But I guess this is part of the experience and this fear now, will help me in years to come.

Shalane Thomas

Year 10

I chose the police station because I want to have experience of how the police help the community.

I think I will develop skills in handling police equipment. I will learn more about how the law works. I am most looking forward to the program, criminal investigation.

I am dreading the interviews.  My biggest worry is not waking up in time for work.

I will be able to use my new skills in the future.

By Nathaniel Yon-Brooks