Damon Koles

• Represented employees at Kmart Bathurst in cases of unfair treatment and advocated for safe working environments.
• Collaborated with management to organise social events, enhancing team morale and fostering a positive workplace culture.
• Travelled statewide for union meetings to stay informed on Enterprise Agreement updates, ensuring compliance within the store.

As a Referee Development Officer, my responsibilities have been to:

• Coordinated with local associations and BNSW to ensure the availability and development of referees for scheduled games.
• Provided instruction to assistant referees regarding positioning and signals.
• Evaluated the performances of fellow referees after each match.
• Assisted new referees with training and learning specific game rules and regulations.

• Organise a team of 25+ officiating staff.
• Coordinated with players and team managers to ensure timely and accurate registration updates.
• Developed and managed referee rosters for weekly competitions.
• Monitored competition safety and compliance, ensuring player protection and maintaining spectator and referee security.
• Maintained positive working relationship with fellow staff and management.

I have been working at Kmart in their Bathurst store for over a year, working both weekdays and weekends; however, I am currently doing 8-4, Monday to Friday. My current main role in the home world, where I am required to:

• Developed marketing strategies for the store in order to increase sales.
• Ensured compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, safety standards.
• Analyzed sales data to identify trends and make appropriate adjustments.
• Resolved customer complaints in a timely manner while ensuring their satisfaction.
• Assisted customers with product selections based on their individual needs and preferences.
• Completed thorough opening, closing, and shift change functions to maintain operational standards each day.
• Appraised inventory levels on frequent basis, ordering new merchandise to keep quantities well-stocked.

Clarence Siding Sawmill is a family-owned business which I have been working casually at since 2021 and continue to now.

My roles and responsibilities are to:

• Slab tree logs, planks, and posts.
• Process wood slabs into profiled timber products.s
• Cut firewood.
• Assist with the sale of stock.
• Operate saws to cut logs into lumber of specified size and quality.
• Load kilns with lumber according to specifications set by customers.

I have been refereeing at various basketball stadiums for over five years. Refereeing ages as young as '10s through to men's competition locally. I have refereed for many associations, such as Hawkesbury Jets, Lithgow Lazers, and Bathurst Goldminers, where I am a local referee. I currently referee on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday nights. I also have experience as a referee for State League Basketball, including the Western Junior Leagues, and have refereed numerous games and WJL Grand final matches.

At SportsPower Bathurst, I worked mainly on weekends and throughout the school holidays.

Different tasks I was required to do were:

• - Money Handling and POS
• - Customer Service
• - Retail Sales
• - Stock Take
• - Restocking