Laura

Full CV / Resume

Te Aanau Lakefrount Backpackers
Housekeeper | New Zealand Feb 10 2023 - current

•Keeping the hos cleanliness to a high standard.
•Strong communication with team and management
•Restocking supplies and notifying damages to relevant staff.
•Keen eye for detail and organization skills.
•Warm, friendly approachable manner to guests.


Ruskin Mill College
Woodland Engagement Worker | Stroud, Gloucestershire | December 2020 – November 2022
•Assisted young people in woodland management jobs and conducted interactive activity participation, building confidence and social skills.
•Maintained the forest grounds by learning hands on jobs with use of tools for traditional hedge laying, wood chopping, plant and tree identification and clearing ground of brash.
•Took care of the well-being of plants and animals on the farm.
•Laborism jobs; transporting sacks of food, carrying water, clearing pens, grooming, planting seeds and pruning, trees and harvesting.
•Built positive, professional relationships with young people, developing their trust in the support system provisions.
•Risk assessments and excellent critical thinking.
•Activity-based learning and woodcraft practices.
•Lesson planning, group and individual instruction, progress reporting.


Laura Abdou personal training
Personal Trainer & Nutritionist | Corsham, Wiltshire | February 2020 – Current
•Screening and performing client PARQ assessments.
•Teaching clients how to properly use exercise equipment.
•Guided clients during exercise and assisted with performing movement with correct form.
•Designing and executing individual and small group exercise fitness classes.
•tracked clients’ improvements, skill development, gain

confidence, and kept clients motivated with check-ups, ability strategies and motivated them by using SMART goals.
•Bespoke coaching, tracking, and revealing progress though clients desired measurement strategies.
•Helping to motivate clients grown customer base through word-of-mouth recommendations.


Newcross Healthcare Solutions
Support Worker and activity coordinator | Bath, Somerset, UK | June 2015 - May 2021
•Responsible for a wide range of complex needs; deaf and blind, epilepsy and advanced degenerative conditions.
•Essential to have a solid skill set for a constantly changing work environment using excellent communication skills and professionalism.
•Being aware of different needs of new service users whilst working in different jobs, building excellent cliene relationships was vital for maintaining my work retention.

Work experience and volunteering

Julia Sich – Edible weeds
Woofing on an allotment planting kumara, carrots, tomato etc.
Clearing weeds, composting, using worm casings and bokashi bin technique for fertilizer.


Syria Adhikari Farm
Permaculture volunteer WWOOFING | Nepal | September 2010
• Volunteered whilst travelling to help on a small family farm holding.
• Supported the farmer to clear land by hand, fixed fencing, carried food and water in preparation for growing crops.
• Moved food stock, planted seeds, cleared pens, and tended to the animal’s needs.

Bath City Farm
Bath and Northeast Somerset | February 2010 - September 2010
• Clearing pens, Feeding animals,
• Digging, moving, general labor.
• Working at the shop selling local produce.

Secondary Education
The Corsham School | September 2009
A Level pass: English Literature, Fine Art, Creative Textiles
GCSE | 2007
Pass in English, Math’s, and Science
ABC Level 2 in Arboriculture
The Horticultural Correspondence College. | March 2021 November 2022
Work experience in garden centers to understand shipping, packaging techniques and order requirements of woody plants to gain industry knowledge of the process.
This course covers all theoretical knowledge of arboriculture with leading industry recognized assessments on:
•The Interaction of Soil Environments and Woody Plants
•Woody Plant Physiology
•The Supply, Planting and Aftercare of Woody Plants
•Principles of Tree Surgery Operations
•Tree inspections and Statute and Common Law Applied to Trees
•Principles of Woodlands, Forestry and Ecology

Teaching English as a Foreign Language course 120 Hours
TEFL Graduate | April 2022 – August 2022
•Teach English and the five major elements of language learning: reading, writing, speaking, listening and pronunciation.
•Simplify English Grammar. Simplify complex English grammar concepts for ELLs.
•Plan Lessons. Plan and deliver effective lessons that meet class learning objectives and promote productive learning.
•Manage a classroom and student behavior to create a welcoming and a safe learning environment.
•Identify Learning Styles. Identify different learning styles and adapt lessons to suit students and their needs.
•Build Effective learning materials. Find, adapt, and personalize a wide variety of text-based and digital materials for use in the classroom.

Level 3 Diploma Practitioner in Personal Training
YMCA Fit Bristol | July 2019
•Understanding the principles of exercise, fitness, and health.
•Health safety and welfare in a fitness environment.
•Know how to support clients who take part in exercise and physical activity.
•Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health.



•Programming personal training with clients.
•Delivering personal training sessions.
•Applying the principles of nutrition to a physical activity program.

Art and Design Foundation Diploma
City of Bath College | September 2014
•Introduction through a carousel of specialist area projects.
•Developing Specialist Practice and Preparing for Progression to develop my practice that assists in the preparation of a portfolio of visual and practical work to support progression onto further study.
•Developing Personal Practice provides a further period for the development of personal practice and the portfolio. Working in an increasingly independent manner and apply the knowledge and experience.
•Exhibition Outcomes: to produce a substantial body of work and an appropriate exhibition of outcomes.
Skills


• Creative problem solving.
• Efficient and effective task manager.
• Able to learn quickly and understand procedures.
• Strong adaptability skills and a positive attitude towards adversity.
• Professional writing skills and manner.



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