Work Based Experience Report: A Comprehensive Guide for Students

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WORK BASE EXPERIENCE

Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
LO1: Be able to negotiate industry experience............................................................................................4
P1.1: Research and evaluate suitable organizations that could provide industry experience?...............4
P1.2: Negotiate with work and academic supervisors a proposal for the work experience?.................6
P1.3: Recognize the business constraints, focusing on conducting the task within the organization?....9
LO2: Understand the specific requirements of the placement..................................................................10
P2.1: Agree and prioritize the tasks and responsibilities involved in the work experience...................10
P2.2: Produce a plan for work experience?...........................................................................................11
P2.3: Analyze the benefits of the proposed activities to the business and the learner?.......................12
LO3: Be able to undertake work experience as identified.........................................................................13
P.3.1: Fulfil specified requirements of placement conforming to all related codes of practice?...........13
P3.2: Produce systematic records of work undertaken.........................................................................14
P3.3: Revise the initial plan as required?...............................................................................................14
P3.4: Make suggestions for improvement and review these with the appropriate supervisor.............15
LO4: Be able to monitor and evaluate own performance and learning.....................................................16
P4.1: Monitor progress against the original proposal............................................................................16
P4.2: Evaluate the quality of own performance....................................................................................17
P4.3: Analyze the learning which has taken place during the work experience using suitable
reflections?............................................................................................................................................17
P4.4: Make recommendations on how the experience could have been enhanced?...........................18
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................19
References.................................................................................................................................................20

Introduction
In this document, we will discuss the methods and ways by which anyone can get an industry
like experience from various industry sectors that provide these kinds of services. LO1 is all
about how to negotiate terms and conditions with the company, submitting the proposal,
presenting yourself as a potential employee. Also, we will get to research about various divisions
in the industries that help new workers to get work like experience. We will discuss sectors like
the restaurant industry, small tier management industry etc.
LO2 is all about understanding what the requirements for the organization are so that both the
company and the worker will be able to find the right fit for them. LO3 will discuss how to plan
your work beforehand and how to handle situations when high priority work comes along.
LO4 is the final part of the report and it consists of self-evaluation and monitoring your own
performance and some points about how your experience could have been better.

LO1: Be able to negotiate industry experience
Nowadays getting work after college is not as easy as it was a while ago. Good companies
demand work experience from the student so that he/she may already have some work
experience beforehand. But how to get experience before joining a company, there is a solution
to this problem. Many established organizations hire new graduate students or student who is
looking for work experience to start their professional career. They train the new employee that
they hire and teach how a company works, what does it demand from an employee, how to
perform well under pressure? So that they can know how working life functions.
P1.1: Research and evaluate suitable organizations that could provide industry
experience?
There are many industries which can provide a professional experience for an individual. For
example, sectors like Hospitality business sector, Restaurant business industry etc. There are so
many jobs in these sectors that anyone can find the right fit. Jobs like Bartender, cashier,
accountant, waiters are the jobs that require fewer skills and they are easy to apply. These
organizations are very efficient in hiring for these types of position and they also spend a lot of
time to train their new employees so they can become suitable for the job. There are some job
openings in these sectors like:
 Seller
 Hosting job profiles
 Banquet managers
 Cleaning staff
 Team manager
 Process executive
 Management Trainee
There are other options like online business, freelancing, product outsourcing etc that can help
anyone to gain a good amount of experience. Therefore it can be said if someone is looking for
some experience he/she can get a decent amount of it by these industries. All these industries can
help an individual to make their profile strong and professional.

Criteria Company 1 Company 2 Company 3 Company 4
Travel None None None None
Salary Mc Donald’s ASDA KFC Starbucks
Flexible Yes Yes Yes Yes
Type of job Intern at front
desk manager
Technical intern Team manager Cashier
Technical
skills
expected
Details
knowledge
about Microsoft
office
Web
development
Both frontend
and backend
Microsoft office
and software
development
Good at calculations
and able to learn
how to use
accounting software
Soft skills
expected
Good time
management
Good problem-
solving skills
Ability to meet
up deadlines
and good
managerial
skills
Able to motivate
the team, good
customer
interactions, and
managerial skills
Good time
management skills.
Benefits Good
experience
Will be able to
understand
professional life
Building good
leadership
qualities.
Gaining experience
will learn a lot

P1.2: Negotiate with work and academic supervisors a proposal for the work
experience?
Name Riley Pool
Job Title Intern at desk manager.
Duties Helping in managerial decisions and tasks
Soft skills People skills, communication skills, time
management skills
Technical skills Detail knowledge about Microsoft office
A brief introduction to your self Good at interacting with people, eager to learn
from a professional person and detail
oriented.
Reason for the work experience To get a good, strong foundation in career
Future plan Become CEO of a company and being able to
give order other than following them
Supervisors: roles and responsibilities of
academic and industrial mentors
None
In order to negotiate with work or academic supervisor, we must convince him that we are
capable to work for their organization. This means showing our skills for the position that we are
applying for, adaptability under various circumstances, managing tasks according to priority,
integrity, and credibility. All these things have to be included in the proposal which ensures the
supervisor that this particular is willing and capable to work under any given situations.
Date- dd/mm/yy
Name of the college: UK College of Business and computing
Industry to work- Goods and product sector
Organization name- ASDA
Job Specification- Intern at desk manager.
Position to support my career- This internship is just the right kind of work experience that I
was looking for as this will help me to learn how to manage people that are working for you,

keep all things in check, interaction with the customer as well as staff. Working this position will
grant me the perfect amount of professional experience that will help me to make my foundation
stronger. Being an intern at this company will not only help my professional career but also
personal problems too.
Significant position in the industry
Maintain a peaceful workplace environment
Solving clients problems and queries

Business constraints Explanations (Citations and
reference required)
How I will manage?
need to be fully trained, In companies, there are some
positions which require some
training so we can't let someone
with no experience handle that
job.
I will study under someone
who has handled that
position and perform very
well and then try to
communicate with them
on a regular basis
adherence to quality systems While working in a company we
may have to adjust to some
systems that we are not used to
in the past because not
everyone changes his methods
on a daily basis.
I will put all my effort to
learn the company ways so
that I can be comfortable
with the system.
health and safety considerations While working with many
individuals on a daily basis we
must be considered about our as
well as their health.
Giving myself regular
check-ups so that I can
monitor my health and be
cautious so that my co-
workers cannot get
infected
supervision time, Completing task under the right
amount of time.
Dividing tasks with proper
time allotments so that I
can manage my time.
workload, When there is too much work to
do at the same moment that the
workload will increase and the
employee will fell left behind.
Efficiently working with
proper time management
can help to decrease sile of
workload.
customer satisfaction All these things need to be done
for customer satisfaction
because of it the customer
whose feedback matters. The
whole industry is dependent on
customer satisfaction.
Having proper interaction
with customers or having a
department for public
relations.
limited staffing Hiring more people than
required is a waste of company
resources.
Hiring the right person for
the job and testing the
individual's skills.
cost of materials Cost of resources is also very
essential in terms of efficiency
because having proper money
management can lead to faster
progress in less amount of
resources.
Cost cutting solutions and
effective money
management skills can
help the company to
overcome this constraint.

P1.3: Recognize the business constraints, focusing on conducting the task within the
organization?
As I have applied for an internship in the goods and products sector so I must be able to use my
technical and business development skills to help the company that I am working in any way
possible. Goods and products industry will provide me with a good amount of working
experience and I will be able to learn a lot. Also, this company will help me to overcome my
weakness like:
Decision Making
Communication skills
Time management
Being a leader

LO2: Understand the specific requirements of the placement
P2.1: Agree and prioritize the tasks and responsibilities involved in the work
experience
To work efficiently in an organization of Goods and product industry, a person should sort his or
her priorities according to so that critical or important task can be accomplished first. Also, this
habit can change the pace of work for underlings as they will observe that their bosses are
implementing various techniques to increase efficiency so they will get the motivation to do so
too.
By
including the above table in daily practice, anyone can prioritize their work so that important task
can be done first. Tasks like handling customer relations and product management are a high
priority so they need to be addressed first and whereas ad hoc problems like malfunctioning in
logistics which is more like a non-routine problem. It is important for an employee that he or she
must implement all the task according to the code of conduct. Being an intern at the front desk
really helps the trainee to learn a lot of skills like motivating underlings, staff relations, money
Work/ Task name Responsibilities to handle such
a task
Priorities the work
rating
Intern at a Front desk
handling
Utmost and whole sole
responsibilities 1
Handling and managing
logistics staffs and other
crew members
Me and my other crew manager 3
Seeing the customer
relations department and
product management
Me and Public relations manager 2

management, office management etc. All these will definitely help an individual to improve his
or her personality overall.
P2.2: Produce a plan for work experience?
This plan will help a person to achieve not only the task that he or she had in their mind but also
the work that he got assigned during the work hours. Having a plan in advance will support all
the decisions and predictions as a person can know I beforehand what to do when urgent
situations are encountered.
What to have in a plan?
A work experience plan must include two things, first all the tasks and its details that are
assigned to a person and second all the task which came along during the day which is of high
priority. A trainee can also ask for help from other co-workers so that he/she can meet up
deadlines. This will result in a positive workplace environment. Making an efficient work list can
help a new employee to fix milestone in workplace task so that progress can be monitored. With
the help of this plan, an employee would be able to do his/her task in an efficient and steady
manner. All this planning will help the person to learn a lot of things like a front desk intern like
managing staff, making decisions, interaction with customers.
How to accomplish the plan?
Making plan is a different thing and having to accomplish it is a totally different scenario as over
the time employee loses the excitement and spontaneity in working because dealing with same
things on a daily basis can be quite exhausting. So, to keep the moral high an employee can
always give himself rewards to get a sense of accomplishment. Having regular meetings with co-
workers and staff members can really help everyone to open up about certain things, which will
implement good and healthy relations between workers.
How to maintain progress?
Achieve progress is not enough also to keep the progress maintained is important because a
company may benefit from a short-term achievement but looking at the big picture that progress
will seem benign. Instead of implementing task will whose result will sustain in the long term

will actually make a difference in the overall scenario. All this will help an employee to maintain
their progress in a better and efficient manner.
P2.3: Analyze the benefits of the proposed activities to the business and the learner?
Working in a company like ASDA can really help a person in the most effective and efficient
manner. Handing all these responsibilities like managing staff, handling customers really teaches
a lot of things that cannot be gathered by somewhere else. Also, ASDA has tremendous
functional systems which provide great benefits to each employee who works with them. There
are so many benefits of working at ASDA like:
Learn how the business operates: The main outcome of working in an industry like ASDA is
that you will get to learn about how a business operates. During a person’s time at a company,
he/she learns a lot about companies functioning and its impact on society. There are some Code
of ethics and sustainability that help the company to maintain peace with society as society plays
an important role in the functioning of a company.
The significance of teamwork: Acting and working like a team are also very crucial when you
are working for such a big company like ASDA. An individual may be capable to do a team’s
work but doing that task with the help of a team makes the result so much better and effective.
Being a part of a team gives so many creative ideas as all the collective minds of a team member
are working together it so happens that new and creative ideas are born. If the whole team’s
works on a problem to find its answer, then the best possible solution is derived.
Discovering new measures: Working as a new trainee in a company will help the person to
reveal their potential of working both as an individual and as a team player. Also, the position of
your work plays an important role in your allover progress because you may have to share some
responsibility at some positions and that will help the manager or the head of the department to
decrease their workload as you will be doing some share of the work. Not only that these kinds
of new measures will help the new trainee to learn a lot as he will know what kind of work a
management level employee has to do to make the whole place up and running. Using new ways
to work in a company which improves efficiency and level up the productivity and also, the
employees around will see you as a dedicated worker.