
My name is Sam Taylor, I have recently graduated high school and finished the HSC and am currently looking to apply for a carpentry apprenticeship. I have worked a variety of jobs, which have developed my work ethic, problem solving and customer service skills. I had also done a week of work experience in the past which has given me an insight into the job and has encouraged me to be so interested in the profession. Over the years of employment I believe that I have become a reliable and hard working employee who is effective in communication on and off the job.
While working at the Emus bar, I have further developed my people skills through customer service as well as working under pressure with larger lines and amounts of customers.
While gardening and working around Russell Roberts' house, I have done a large variety of manual labour jobs. Such as hedging, digging, shifting wood, weeding, using machinery for log splitting and trunk grinding etc.. While working for Russell I have developed a liking for working outdoors and further developed my work ethic through manual labour and direction following.
At Western Chilled Distributors, I have packed milk at the end of most school days for the milk run around Orange, Western and Eastern Areas. I also would help to put the milk in the coolrooms early in the mornings when my boss was away. In doing so, I learned to work quickly and efficiently around others while working through milk orders. This job also gave me a sense of personal responsibility as I would often work by myself in a coolroom.
At Pizza Rebellion I learned to talk to customers while also working under pressure in stressful situations. I made pizzas, dispatched them as well as taking orders, dealing with customers, tracking orders and cleaning cooking equipment. The job taught me to stay composed in stressful situations and to work well under pressure. As well as improving my people skills with interactions with customers.
While cherry sorting I established a strong work ethic by persevering through repetitive tasks through longer periods of time. I worked as part of a team with a variety of different jobs and people, and took directions from the team leader.
Work Ethic
Communication
Reliability
Willingness to Learn