Saturday, September 25, 2010

Things I've done for work and play ..........


FOR WORK:
1982- 1985 Shelf filler at Ootha Store, farming on "Loloma" & babysitting locally.
1987 Finished school with my HSC
1988 Gallery coffee shoppe - Coffs Harbour - Waitress
1988 Enlisted in the RAAF - Stores Clerk mustering
1994 Legal Secretary - after discharging and taking a break in Condo.
also did bookkeeping for Shell, waitressing at the Motor Inn & sold Pottery in a partyplan
1997 P/T Admin clerk for Dept Ag at research Station & P/T Bookkeeping at Fanquip
1998 Warehouse stores officer - North Parkes Mine
1999 RAAF Reserves - Legal secretary (commercial law...) Medical centre receptionist. Then Land sales clerk Bushland Beach Townsville - Temp'd in Mines at the end of the year.
2000 Gunpowder Mine - aka Western Metals Copper
end 2001 F/T as RAAF Reservist in response to 9/11 & Partylite Candles partyplan
2002 AIMS Purchasing Officer (Australian Institute of Marine Science)
2003 Declined position at Phosphate Mine due to ill health
end 2004 Toll Data entry then Completed QLD Corrective Services training for casual positions.
2005 Purchased franchise business HennyPennyHatching & relocated to Sydney for 5 years.
also work for Temp agency jobs including - pick/pack Pharmacuticals , DVD's & Strandbags
add production line work - Promotion Labels on spirits, RealMcCoy chips, Servietts, Polystyrene cups & plastic picnic plates...
2006 Operated Calendar Club kiosk Penrith Plaza - 10 weeks Nov-Jan
2007 Completed NSW Juvenile Justice training for casual position & commenced shifts
2007 CC Kiosk @ Penrith Nov-Jan
2008 HPH, JJ and CC Kiosk @ Penrith Nov-Jan
2009 Assistant to CC NSW Area Manager preseason setups Oct-Nov
2010 Signed HPH for further 5 years & continue working casual shifts with JJ
- RAAF it was great, meeting mates and learning alot - "ditto" being a Reservist
- Legal Secretary / Administration - particularly conveyancing & estate matters
- Land sales was pretty intersting too (if only I'd brought a block myself!)
- Mining applying my stores skills work ethics etc from RAAF = challenging/rewarding
- AIMS had a spectacular location carpooling & at the beach for lunch!
- Correctives was dynamic and interesting but I relocated to a state that didn't have 'casuals'
- HPH has been enlightening, empowering and enjoyable working in well with my new life
- JJ is similar but different to Correctives
- Calendar Club fitted in for off-season of HPH, loved the customers and the products...
AND PLAY ( ......................will do this later.....)

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