Debrief and report writing

# Topic

# Break down in components

# Analyse every component

-Identify component

-Strong points

-Challenges

-What did I learn?

-How can we make this better?

1. Theoretical training

2. Roster

3. Welcoming

4. Wildlife centre

5. Conservation

6. Guiding

7. Student on duty

8. After hour activities

9. Academy duty

10. Social

Theoretical training

Strong points

I learned a lot of interesting and important facts and got a lot of information about animals, trees, grasses ect.

Challenges

I need to learn more interesting facts or stories about everything spend more time on interpreting information to people or clients. Need to learn the scientific names.

What did I learn?

I learned a lot of basic but important facts. What to look for when identifying an animal or tree ect. Lear how to talk to people and how to give information through to them on a way each one could understand. Learned how to be a good guide, to put the clients’ interest first and to always be aware of your surroundings.

How can we make this better?

By doing more practical on everything to get more comfortable with it and also it is more fun and I learn much easier that way. To also get more time to do theory because it is a lot of information to process.

Roster

Strong points

Know how a roster works, can stick with the plan.

Challenges

Learn how to work with different people you get divided in to work with. It is not always easy but it can be a strong point when overcome.

How can we make this better?

By changing it so that everyone can work with different people more.

What did I learn?

To stick by a roster and to always make sure beforehand where I must work and that it is also good to have a roster with you to inform others as well if needed.

Welcoming

Strong points

Like to welcome the people and talk to them, show them the way and to tell them about the activities.

Challenges

Also to learn how to work better with my co-workers.

What did I learn?

How to comfortable with strange people, how to talk with them and handle each of them.

How can we make this better?

By arranging shifts, it is long hour especially if you worked the whole day or still has theoretical work to do.

Wildlife centre

Strong points

I now about all the animals and witch food and how many they should get also how to handle and behave around them. I enjoy it a lot to work there.

Challenges

To work and learn more about them.

What did I learn?

I learned a lot about the animals at the wildlife centre. Witch food and how many they must get and also why they get different types of food. How to behave around the animals and also how to treat them or comfort them.

How can we make this better?

By learning how to take care of animals or how to rehabilitate them also I would like to learn the process of setting them back into the wild if possible.

Conservation

Strong points

I enjoy it to do conservation, do not mind hard or physical work.

Challenges

Learn how to notice things in the veldt, what to do in which situations.

What did I learn?

That it is hard work

How can we make this better?

By treating everyone equally, girls also needs to know how to do conservation and some want to. It is also part of our course.

Guiding

Strong points

I know a lot of facts to tell the clients and is also able to talk comfortable with them.

Challenges

Learn more interesting facts and stories to tell the people, for instance like traditional uses ect. Do more practical.

What did I learn?

I learned how to work with clients, to do guiding in the veldt as well on game drives. How to interpret information to all clients, young or adults. I learned to always be aware of all the things in nature and the most important to protect nature, not to harm or disturb it.

How can we make this better?

To improve my guiding I need to go on more game drives or walks and also need to do more research.

Student on duty

Strong points

Helpful to others, will help out if it is needed.

Challenges

Be on time and informed of what is going on and where everyone is working and also be more informed of all activities that is taking place.

What did I learn?

That it is important to know what is going on and to be informed of all activities, and to update often. It is important to make sure that everyone is happy in their workplace, if not to sort it out immediately.

How can we make this better?

By having meetings each morning with all the students that is working just to discuss what is happening that day and to make sure everyone knows where they must be and to do.

After hour activities

Strong points

I enjoy talking to the people, can have nice conversations with them.

Challenges

Learning more about the history of Sondela. A lot of people ask question that I am not able to answer and would also like to know.

What did I learned?

To be able to communicate with people on a more social basis.

How can we make this better?

Work in shifts throughout the weekend because of the long hours and then you have to work the next day as well.

Academy duty

Have not done this yet.

Social

Strong points

Can communicate well with other people or fellow students.

Challenges

Try to see or think about someone else’s point of view when it is different of mine and then how to handle it.

What did I learn?

To be a better listener and to take other peoples points of view in consideration and that the best way to solve everything is through good communication.

How can we make this better?

To have more sessions where we can discuss problems or even discuss all the good and fun things we have done or things we succeeded in.