Exciting News - I got offered a job. It is at GB Marine on Chesterpass Road and I have to go in sometime soon and see if the job will suit me.
We are now actually in week four of an eleven week term. I am finding this term easier than term 1 maybe it is because I am getting more used to it now. I have just about finished 'design and produce text documents' and 'myob- process payroll' and I am finding these units easier to do.
The 'sustainability' and 'OHS' are a lot more challenging as you have to be working in a business to do the assessments. The sustainability assessments were doing my head in the other day and I spent so many hours trying to find ways to relate it to a business. I just hope I can make it through these units.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
9th May 2012
Here we are again for another week.
I am finding although I have never done a powerpoint presentation that it is good fun playing around with the slides. It is very similar to word except for the transitions and timing of the slides. I have done my first powerpoint of my holidays and had lots of fun with it.
The word class is easy and I am flying through it. We are just going through the book so everybody just works at their own pace.
This week we did not have the class with Louise but we have her twice next week.
I am finding although I have never done a powerpoint presentation that it is good fun playing around with the slides. It is very similar to word except for the transitions and timing of the slides. I have done my first powerpoint of my holidays and had lots of fun with it.
The word class is easy and I am flying through it. We are just going through the book so everybody just works at their own pace.
This week we did not have the class with Louise but we have her twice next week.
End of term
What a relief to finally finish a term. I am so glad to have been able to get through this term and it has certainly been a challenge juggling everything. I am looking forward to getting away for the holidays and having some time out.
I have got one more class to go with Louise this afternoon although she will not be there. I was very frustrated last night and was up until 10pm working on the assessment. I had to email my documents to her to check even though she checked them last week in class. She said they were fine apart from some minor changes. She then emailed me back the documents with a lot of changes I had to make and that I hadn't finished some of the documents. The interesting thing was that what I had written was missing when she received the email. I checked with my husband and he didn't know why this would happen. I then resent the email but I haven't received an email back to know whether she received it correctly this time.
I didn't quite finish my MYOB case study yesterday so I have to come in on the second week of the holidays to finish it off.
The spreadsheet unit I am doing at home because I can't attend class. I have seen Marilyn and she has checked most of my assessments and signed them off except for the last one which is 'Money 4U. I have emailed this to her but as yet not received a reply. She says I am doing very well considering I don't come to class.
I am very pleased so far with all the comments that I have received back from my Lecturers about my assessments although I haven't got some of them back yet.
I have got one more class to go with Louise this afternoon although she will not be there. I was very frustrated last night and was up until 10pm working on the assessment. I had to email my documents to her to check even though she checked them last week in class. She said they were fine apart from some minor changes. She then emailed me back the documents with a lot of changes I had to make and that I hadn't finished some of the documents. The interesting thing was that what I had written was missing when she received the email. I checked with my husband and he didn't know why this would happen. I then resent the email but I haven't received an email back to know whether she received it correctly this time.
I didn't quite finish my MYOB case study yesterday so I have to come in on the second week of the holidays to finish it off.
The spreadsheet unit I am doing at home because I can't attend class. I have seen Marilyn and she has checked most of my assessments and signed them off except for the last one which is 'Money 4U. I have emailed this to her but as yet not received a reply. She says I am doing very well considering I don't come to class.
I am very pleased so far with all the comments that I have received back from my Lecturers about my assessments although I haven't got some of them back yet.
2nd May 2012
Back into the swing of studying again. It was great to have the time off to spend with the kids but it will be great to get this all finished. The first week of tafe I was still in Perth with my son in hospital so I missed a couple of classes but at least with Anzac day in that week I only missed two days of classes.
The class with Louise 'promote innovation in a team environment was interesting with us doing some exercises and games to do with team building. I thought everyone in the class gets on well together so it is easy to do the team exercises.
The class with Louise 'promote innovation in a team environment was interesting with us doing some exercises and games to do with team building. I thought everyone in the class gets on well together so it is easy to do the team exercises.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Well here we are!!! Nearly at the end of term. I have finished the first assessment in 'Managing Work Priorities' and handed it in. Thank goodness. I hope it was alright. We have got one project to do that I think we have to do in groups but we haven't been told yet.
We have 'Write Simple Docs" this afternoon and we have an assessment to hand in. I have completed that so I am very happy. It involved 9 tasks and we had to write every one of them in draft form first before typing them on the computer.
I have nearly completed the first assessment for 'Customer Service'. I have 1 more question to finish which I will do tonight and then I should be able to hand that in at the end of the week. It will be such a relief to finally finish it. Then I will have to do the customer service report.
We learnt about KPI's or key performance indicators in class today and I found that very interesting. I had heard about them but I didnt know it could relate to our studies.
We have 'Write Simple Docs" this afternoon and we have an assessment to hand in. I have completed that so I am very happy. It involved 9 tasks and we had to write every one of them in draft form first before typing them on the computer.
I have nearly completed the first assessment for 'Customer Service'. I have 1 more question to finish which I will do tonight and then I should be able to hand that in at the end of the week. It will be such a relief to finally finish it. Then I will have to do the customer service report.
We learnt about KPI's or key performance indicators in class today and I found that very interesting. I had heard about them but I didnt know it could relate to our studies.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Only 3 and a half weeks
Only three and a half weeks to go till end of term. It's a bit scary but I think I am on track. I am finding the hardest portfolios to do are for customer service, communicate electronically and organise work priorities.
The five year work plan I am finding very difficult because I don't usually plan that far ahead. I don't really plan to have a career, just a job that I enjoy doing. My family have always been my first priority but now they are reaching the stage that they do not need me as much anymore, I need to start and think of myself.
Today we have looked at Microsoft Outlook and worked on a case study. Thankfully that was a very easy to do.
The five year work plan I am finding very difficult because I don't usually plan that far ahead. I don't really plan to have a career, just a job that I enjoy doing. My family have always been my first priority but now they are reaching the stage that they do not need me as much anymore, I need to start and think of myself.
Today we have looked at Microsoft Outlook and worked on a case study. Thankfully that was a very easy to do.
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Half way through Term 1
Another week has passed and we are now half way through term 1. This means only another 4 and a half weeks to go till all the assessments are due.
I am finding it so hard to keep up with some of the classes. The word documents, myob and excel classes I am doing ok with because we just work through the books and there isn't much homework. We get most of the assessments done in class. The write simple documents class I am finding the work is easy enough but I find getting the words down from my head to the paper a challenging thing to do at the moment. We also have lots of homework to do that is not assessment work. We have to write everything down as a draft and then type it up on the computer. We haven't even got to the assessments yet!! We do spelling tests which I enjoy doing .
With the customer service assessments I am also finding these challenging. I know the stuff because I have been doing it for many years but again it is getting the words on the page.
The long weekend I spent so much time doing homework and assessments that I didn't get much time with the family or even household chores. I am particular finding that I have trouble fitting in other things into my schedule like chores and a social life.
Today we did a good exercise involving us calculating the hours in our week to find out what we are doing and what is more important. I found it hard to work out where my 168 hours a week go to but I think it was a very good exercise to do.
I have found it hard to work on my 5 year work plan because I don't usually plan that far in advance. I do like to plan and be organised and it is important when you have a family. With my childs health never being very good it has always been hard to organise too far ahead. You never know what is going to happen. My husband is always complaining about the lists that I like to write but I find that if I don't then things get forgotten. I am not sure how to do the 5 year plan. Should it be in a table or just written out.
I am finding it so hard to keep up with some of the classes. The word documents, myob and excel classes I am doing ok with because we just work through the books and there isn't much homework. We get most of the assessments done in class. The write simple documents class I am finding the work is easy enough but I find getting the words down from my head to the paper a challenging thing to do at the moment. We also have lots of homework to do that is not assessment work. We have to write everything down as a draft and then type it up on the computer. We haven't even got to the assessments yet!! We do spelling tests which I enjoy doing .
With the customer service assessments I am also finding these challenging. I know the stuff because I have been doing it for many years but again it is getting the words on the page.
The long weekend I spent so much time doing homework and assessments that I didn't get much time with the family or even household chores. I am particular finding that I have trouble fitting in other things into my schedule like chores and a social life.
Today we did a good exercise involving us calculating the hours in our week to find out what we are doing and what is more important. I found it hard to work out where my 168 hours a week go to but I think it was a very good exercise to do.
I have found it hard to work on my 5 year work plan because I don't usually plan that far in advance. I do like to plan and be organised and it is important when you have a family. With my childs health never being very good it has always been hard to organise too far ahead. You never know what is going to happen. My husband is always complaining about the lists that I like to write but I find that if I don't then things get forgotten. I am not sure how to do the 5 year plan. Should it be in a table or just written out.
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