Kathryn Rudman

My Fiance and I currently own and run a landscaping business that involves numerous opportunities which included working in schools.

We had the opportunity to:

- Plant out bike tracks within the schools,

- Building decks and board walks around the school,

- Garden plant outs

- Garden maintenance

- Private landscaping

- Private garden maintenance

- Lawn care and maintenance

Working at Kelvin Road School involved

- Attendance

- Enrolments

- General Administration

- School Newsletters

- Assistance to the Principal's PA when needed

- Ordering of Stationary

- Providing cover the for cleaners when unwell

- Ordering of the cleaning products

- Health and Safety checks throughout the school

When I started at Ardmore School I started out as a Teacher Aide.

I was then given the opportunity to work in the library,

- issuing books

- barcoding new books and entering them into the system

- covering of library

- overseeing the students reshelving the books and students using the library during lunch breaks

I was also very fortunate to be given the opportunity to provide assistance to the Executive Officer which included - helping with school accounts

- entering financial data

- preparing batch runs for payments

- banking

- eftpos machine

- handling money that came over the counter

- making sure cash on the premises was accounted for and locked away in the safe everyday

- keeping a register of payments that were taken throughout each day

Following on from that I was then given more opportunities to help the School Secretary with

- First Aid

- Attendance

- AG Days

- Liaising with parents over the counter

While working for St John as a Team Leader I was responsible for the co-ordination of an ambulance fleet that covered the area from Cape Regina in the Northland down to Waikato and the whole of the Hauraki Coromandel area.

This involved emergency responses along with non life threatening responses and organised transfers for patients requiring ongoing treatment and transportation.

Previous to the Team Leader role I worked as a Call Taker in the Communications Centre with St John and prior again with their Administration providing help in numerous roles.

Previous to the Team Leader role I worked as a Call Taker in the Communications Centre with St John and prior again with their Administration providing help in numerous roles. I also worked as a Volunteer Ambulance Officer.