The Work Experience Database is a database built in Visual Basic that aims to deliver a clean fresh aspect to colleges and schools that run a Work Experience campaign and that allows student and staff to see where the student is at in regards to placement, times and hours that are done. As well as e-mailing both staff and students weekly the hours that the student has completed.
The project started in July 2009 and is aiming to be finished for March 2010 with a full working system and ready to be tested in a school before being distributed throughout schools hopefully in 2011.
At the moment there is only one program of which is Brian Martin and this is why the project is taking almost 9 months to complete. Progress has been made each month and is on target to be completed for March 2010.
Throughout 2010 I’ll be blogging the progress of the Work Experience Database and will be releasing the product on an Alpha release later this year.
Thank you,
Brian
Personal Profile
An energetic, ambitious and hard working person with confidence, reliability and communication skills both verbal and non-verbal developed from employment and education. Excellent time keeping and team work with use of initiative. Respond well to instructions and carry out tasks to the very best of ability.
Achievements
• Developing and maintaining a web hosting facility/service online and maintaining this for four years since the age of 15.
• Becoming a Special Projects Assistant on Answers.com
• Developing and maintaining an active Parkour website for the Midlands with over one hundred members
• Staring on BBC Radio Derby / Tameside Advertiser representing Parkour
Education & Training
Open University: Train2Game
Subjects Studying:
• TIGA Diploma Game Development
Urban Alternatives
Subjects Studied:
• OCN Peer Youth Worker
• OCN Moderator Training
2007 College: Loreto College
Subjects Studied:
• BTEC Certificate Health and Social Care
• A-Level Computing
• BTEC First Health and Social Care
• Key Skills Maths
2006 College: Callow Park
Subjects Studied:
• BTEC IT@Work
• First Aid Certificate
2006 College: Chesterfield College
Subject Studied:
• Cache Foundation in Child Care
2004 School: Alderwasley Hall School
Subjects Studied:
• GCSE English
• GCSE Maths
• GCSE Science
• GCSE IT
Abilities & Skills
March 2009: Urban Alternatives
Peer Youth Worker
• Attend Residential Training Weekends
• Complete and work towards OCN qualification in Peer Youth Work
• Work with other Peer Youth Workers in a team and complete projects with them
• Recruit volunteers, work alongside them and support them with their projects
• Take part in planning and debrief meetings
• Talk with other youth agencies and the police
• Write and publish project reports with other Peer Youth Workers
• Understand importance of keeping information confidential and circumstances in which to break confidentiality and share information with appropriate authorities
January 2009 – May 2009: Fairfield Education after School Club
Educational Assistant
• Reading and telling stories
• Helping children with number work by using counting games or learning tables
• Playing games and encouraging children to play together
• Talking and listening to children
• Displaying art and craft work
• Supervising dining and play areas
• Escorting pupils between classes
• Comforting and caring for children if they have a minor accident or are upset
• Helping younger children with motor and co-ordination skills such as holding pencils correctly or tying shoelaces
• Helping the teacher to maintain records
• Liaising with other professionals, parents and carers
January 2005: Runningsolo
Developer / Manager / Support Advisor
• Developed and maintained over 70 clients
• Installed, maintained software and hardware on server
• Established bonds with clients on 12 hour online support desk, 24×7 online active support forum and telephone calls made during the night and day.
• Investigated technical and user issues and developed effective solutions
• Actively involved in sales and marketing
• Priced web hosting packages made various phone calls to other web host companies
Skills and Technology
• Languages:
C++, Visual Basic, PHP, HTML, JavaScript,
• Web Hosting
• Operating Systems
Windows, Server 2003 / XP / Vista/ 7
Linux Ubuntu
Chrome OS
• Consoles
PS3, Xbox, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP, GameCube
References
All references available on request
