In September 2017 I started a part-time office Admin QQI level 5 course in Deansrath Community College in Clondalkin. It is not too far away from where I am living. You could walk to the College.
I am in College part-time Monday - Wednesday so I go to Cherryfield on Thursday and Fridays and when I am off College.
I have done a project and test on Microsoft Excel which is doing Spreadsheets eg like keeping accounts or financial records.
Also I had a text production exam which is typing a hand written document and proofreading and correcting mistakes and doing up intineries etc.
As part of my course you also have to do a QQI Level 5 in work experience. This includes assignments but also you have to get 10 days work experience in an Office environment full time 60 hours over the 10 days so that is 30 hours a week Monday-Friday.
The work experience was to start in January after the Christmas break which you had to find yourself. I got in touch with Snap printing in Jervis Street. They agreed to take me on for the 10 days. My brother Carl used to work in Snap Printing head office in Citywest so that is another reason why they took me on. The dates were 15th January -26th January.
I started my work experience on Monday the 15th January. We agreed that I would work for 6 hrs a week with lunch from 1-2pm.
In Snap I was mostly putting packs together in envelopes and doing up promotional bags and putting stuff into boxes. Also I was chasing up purchase orders on the phone and matching purchase orders with invoices. I also did research on the Internet about pens etc. I had also to do an excel document on Solicitors in the areas that Snap Jervis Street deals with from a law book.
When it was my last day in Snap for the work experience they thanked me for all my help and gave me €80. 00. I was delighted and happy with that as I wasn't expecting to get anything. It was very nice of them.
Also as part of the QQI I had a Supervisory report that my supervisor I was working closely with.
When we came back to College we had to hand our supervisor report in so we wouldn't loose it. We have more QQI assignments to do for the work experience. We have already handed in 2 assignments.
Also in the office Admin class we did one of our practical assignments which included sending, printing and replying to an Email.
I am mid term now for 1 week from Monday 12th February.
