Personal Narrative: My Current Job

My present job has given me the opportunity to work with the public all day for example, a

customer was looking for a product. That was not on the shelf as it was on offer, and sold

out. She asked me if we had any in stock I was able to check the stock levels. Using the

company’s hand held scanner to check stock levels. While explaining to the customer what I

was doing, and that the product had just been delivered to the warehouse. I asked if she

still had shopping still to do which she had. I said I would track down the product and

find the customer when I had the product. The customer was so pleased that I was going out

of my way to help her, that she placed in a how did we do card praising the staff for

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I am also proficient on the tills, stock

control and the use of Sainsbury’s hand held scanners and wireless printers. which means I

can now do disposals and reductions to damaged and discontinued stock.

I have 6 years Military administration experience working for the Royal Signals. I was

promoted to Lance corporal and made it to a class 2 all arms clerk level. My first posting

required me to be the regimental clerk. Dealing with all the correspondence for the 1st

armoured division which also required me to use the phone,file and cross reference all

mail and signals. My 2nd posting was to the 14th signal regiment (EW) I was posted here

because I had just been security vetted. And the regiment was in a sore need of a good

documentation clerk. Which was my speciality as the regiment had failed its last 2 audits.

It was in serious trouble of been put into emergency measures when I arrived, I started to

sort out the entire regiments personal documentation. This included up to 700 soldier's

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So there was no margin for error as

duplications were not allowed.I was also asked by the company to take up the mantle of

Health and Safety rep for the workforce. Due to the change to the types of printing

process. We were changing to Ultra Violet printing process. And that the company was

moving its factory from Falmouth to Redruth into a brand new factory. While moving all the

printing presses and other equipment to a factory being built at the time. As safety rep

it required me to risk asses and check out safety concerns, that cropped up or were

unforeseen during this arduous time, for example, there was an extremely dangerous

situation between the staff crossing the paths of the forklifts. As in the old factory the

forklifts had been on its own level to pick up or deliver stock. There was not too much

interaction between staff and the forklift drivers. Myself and the then Human resource's

manager came up with a traffic route. However I explained that putting down a few paint

lines would not stop people straying into the path of the forklifts. Plus with the noise

levels requireing Headphones, and the forklifts being battery driven did not make