Luana Mitchell

Life Guard

- Prepared rosters for all the life guards.

- General cleaning duty of the pool. Keeping the area clean.

- Supervision of members and public in the pool, making sure they were all safe and adhering to the rules.

- Trained new recruits.

- Ongoing pool testing of the water. Keeping the chemicals balanced. Making sure the pool plant was working properly.

- Kept upskilling my knowledge on the job. To make me a better person for the position.

- Reporting to the Manager and CEO of SHB.

- I work with the Rangiatea Unit (special needs students). Getting in the pool with the students, helping them exercise and strengthen their limbs. These students are on the highest of Autism needs, with limited communication and mobility

Reception

- Front face for the facility. Meeting and greeting public and organisations.

- Taking bookings for the various rooms we have to offer.

- Sole charge of the facility over the weekends.

Fitness Centre/PT Instructor

- Took clients for one on one fitness programs.

- Held fitness classes. These were BoxPhitt, Pump, Pre Season Netball Fitness.

Gymnasium

- Help organise and run the netball, basketball, pickleball leagues when needed.

- Help coworkers with their mahi in the schools and community eg. Traditional Maori games, PALS, Matariki week

- Coordinated sports teams within the school. Orgainsing coaches, transport, uniforms for the team. Sometimes having to drive them if there wasn't anyone available.

- Coordinated with regional bodies, to have students participate in various competitions and champs. Also driving them to Gisborne or Hastings.

- Took on the Active As lead. This is a SNZ driven fund, where the students decide what would benefit the school to make their classmates more active. We would meet every 2 weeks and also drive to Hastings for a combined meeting with other schools. Had to report every 4 months on the activities that's been happening with the group.

- Aspiring Leaders program. I would drive the yr7&8 students every fortnight to Hastings for their program. Also attended an overnight camp in Hastings.

- Interacted with the students to find out what they were wanting to play, where we could do better

- I run the Wairoa District Schools Basketball competition on behalf of Basketball HB. This involves setting up the courts, organising the paperwork, making sure equipment are already to go, doing the time for the games and then cleaning afterwards. Any changes that were required, I would sort. Approximately 24 teams would participate in this competition.

- I also organised any development programs for the district

- I ran the Wairoa District Schools Netball competition on behalf of Hawkes Bay Netball. This involved the draw and umpire allocation, setting up the courts, making sure all the teams are ready to play their games and tidy up afterwards.

- Trained the netball activators to teach the yrs 1-4 the skills for the day.

- Helped organise Gala Days, development programs and representative teams