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Jasmine Winter

Year of Graduation: 2004
Current Employer: Department for Environment & Heritage - Innes National Park
Current Job Title: Acting Senior Ranger
Honours: I completed an honours project that was focussed on visitor management (compliance) issues in Parks and has directly helped my in my current position.
Most memorable experience on the degree program:
Making so many wonderful friends that share similar interests to me.

Can you describe your first recruitment process?
There were four people on the interview panel including; one ranger, and one person from the human resources section. They asked a whole series of questions including
• Planning Questions: How to plan for the recovery of a threatened species,
• Practical questions: Fixing fences in remote locations
• Personal questions: Initiative, judgement & personal skills/interests.
I think it is very important to anticipate the types of questions you will be asked for the interview and prepare some answers for the most common types of questions that you will expect; examples of times you have used your own initiative or judgement, and remember why you actually want that specific job! Take the opportunity to go to practise interviews.

What was your first week like in your first job?
In my first week on the job I was involved in inductions, training, and on-the-job learning. I was given a list of my responsibilities, jobs that I was expected to perform, and training that I needed. I spent the majority of the first few months going through numerous training courses, including

• Park warden training

• 4WD training

• Defensive driver training

• Conflict resolution

• Chemical training

• Wallaby handling

• Radio communications

• DEH orientation

• CFS basic firefighter training

• local plant ID

• Visitor data systems training

• First aid training

• Wildlife permit system training, and the list goes on.

What do you wish you had done at University?
I wish that I had kept better and more organised notes and records, so that I can refer back to them in my job. If you don't keep track of things you have done it is very easy to lose track, or even forget what you have learnt.

I also wish I had done more volunteer work as that is the best way to network and make contacts in your chosen field so that people know you and your capabilities.






 

 

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