Estonia Work Placement
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- Membership Card design
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- Kuressaare panorama
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- Just arrive to Kuressaare
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- Cheese factory
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- Cheese factory
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- Hotel where we are staying
Finally I am here and after exactly 1 week I have got some time to write my blog. I am so busy and happy to be here.
In Estonia we are staying on the island Saaremaa in town Kuressaare. We were invited by Kuressaare AmeTiKool which is one of the biggest vocational schools in this country. It is fantastic project because on the school site is 3 star hotel and restaurant mostly run by students. Teachers are more in the role of supervisors and managers. Students are dealing w customers, handling money, cooking, cleaning and mostly running this place. I think that they are gathering much more experience this way, rather than from regular classes. After 2-3 years of studying here, I am sure that they are really prepare for working in busy restaurant or 4-5 star hotel and become supervisors right on the beginning. I would love to be involved in the same kind of project in my college, where I could do projects for real customers.
My work placement is fantastic and expand my expectation same as a whole this country. I am working as a designer for a Regional Development Office, which helps people and companies received donation from EU. I have been asked to design membership card, poster and honourable mention letter. I am so glad that I can use Photoshop and do what I have been ask for, as well as develop my design skills. People at work are very nice and friendly and it is a pleasure to work over here.
It was a long time since I was working on that kind of position, I am very happy to refresh my skills and gather experience from working in a foreign country. I have to say that it is really difficult to work on the projects when you do not know what the text mean. It is really important to understand the purpose of the project and style of the country. Some colours may affect some people and can be connected with the painful past.
