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Gateway Profile - Dakota Wilson

Marian Mehrtens —

There is a lot of variety in supermarket work, I liked all areas but the deli was my favourite.

Before I started Gateway I had no clue what I was going to do after school or what I wanted to be in general so I did the Seeds Program which ran through Countdown, it is a level 2 course with level 2 credits. 

There were five workshops for assessments which were all done on zoom and five days work experience in different departments. The departments we worked in were online shopping, long life, deli and butchery and on our last week we got to choose which department we wanted to work in again. 

It’s a really good programme to learn about work like customer service and also laws and it also has practical work. My plan for my next year is to find a job in Timaru, probably in retail.