Work Experience M3
Strengths
At my work placement my strengths were the ability to use my own initiative and I had a great motivation. On the first day I was introduced to the gym and I was told what kind of activities I would do, it included cleaning, tidying up, litter picking and maintenance around the gym. Each day I turned up I knew what I was doing so every morning I grabbed pair of gloves and bin bag and went outside to do my daily litter pick to make sure that the car park was clean, it was my strength as there was no litter about during my stay there. Cleaning was a big part of my duty as there was a lot of dust on the machines and it was visible so I made sure every 2 days that there was no dust on the machines so they remain clean. I paid attention to every possible detail and used my own initiative during boring moments in the gym so I decided to look for any loose objects hanged on to the wall and screwed the screws in as well as cleaning all the trophies and pictures in the gym.
Area for improvement
I could have improved on organisation because I used to turn up without a note pad and didn’t note down what I could do through the day. I could have also brought a bigger lunch with me because this job was very demanding and required a lot of physical work especially during tidying up the gym including lifting heavy weights and putting them back on the racks. I feel like I should have brought more water and food with me instead of 3 sandwiches. I could have tried different variations in times so later shift would help me experience of what it’s like working in the evening. I also could have done maintained the weights on the rack and put them in weight order.
Aims and development
I could develop by doing more research on how to behave around a gym environment and how to prepare myself for the future tasks. I also should speak to the trainers about their experiences, coaching techniques, how they motivate their clients and how they deal with everyday activities during a busy day. Doing extra voluntary work experience would be very useful as it would help me put those areas of improvement to action in another placement to see if it’s successful. If I was to tidy up and clean the gym my aim would be to do it twice as fast due to my previous experience and I would know what I have to do and how to prepare myself for this task. By writing down what I did every day in my note pad diary would help me develop the those skills which I wasn’t great at.