Volunteer Work
Staunton Country Park 2011 Work Duties:I had a three-week placement whilst on my course for Wildlife and Countryside Management and managed to
get some work experience with Staunton Country Park's
rangers, clearing litter bins on a quad bike, clearing vast
amounts of green from broken branches and trees from the
tree felling. Part of the job entailed using an axe to chop wood and load into a
trailer where we would deliver and stack the wood at the customer's house.
The Dorset Wildlife Trust 2010 Work Duties: Another work placement for
Sparsholt College working with The
Dorset Wildlife Trust for two weeks', work included
Himalayan Balsam pulling, building fencing for livestock, Moth
transects, maintenance on Lorton Meadows Reserve,
collecting rubbish and doing coastal surveys on Kimmeridge
Bay, Ragwort pulling, Scythe clearance and Rhododendron
clearance on Brown Sea Island.
Felicia Park Urban Farm 2006
Work Duties: Work placement for South Downs College, duties included cleaning
out stables, leading and grooming horses, feeding and
watering animals on the farm, tacking up the horses and
caring for all the animals on the farm.
PDSA 2004 Work Duties: For my
school placement I chose to go to the PDSA in Cowplain, I experienced all
aspects of Veterinary nursing such as caring for all the
animals, cleaning out the cages carefully, making up
prescriptions, dealing with the general public and
assisting in operations. (cleaning equipment etc.)