Lecturer - Pax College - Durban
(2026-02)
Lecturing 5 subjects per day with teaching and learning strategy (In class and online). Currently earning under R10 000, looking for career growth and stability.
- Setting of exams, tests and assignments
- Moderation of exam papers
- Conducting 4 excursions per semester
- Management communication 1
- Public administration 1
- Public relations 1
- Educare didactics 2
- Municipal administration 2
- Personnel management 2
- Tourism destinations 1
- Travel services 1
- Tourism destinations 2
- Travel services 2
- Sales management
Commercial insurance broker - OUTsurance - Durban
(2024-10 - 2025-11)
Business, car + home and pet insurance. Resigned due to constant salary reductions.
- Canvassing and cold calling to secure quoting of new business
- Meeting sales targets
- Financial needs analysis
- Drafting and presenting new quotes
- Handling claims end to end
- Attending marketing events and doing presentations
Business insurance specialist (Long term and short term) - Lonfin Blue star FSP 2759
(2019-09 - 2024-09)
Sales and financial advice. Resigned due to no salary, tough business market.
- Cold calling
- Door to door campaigns
- Planning out door marketing events
- Quoting and closing meetings
- Handling claims for long term and short-term insurance
- Financial needs analysis
- Sanlam (Risk, investments, Wills and estates, medical aid and gap cover)
- Personal line (Multiple brands): Santam, Santam echelon and Miway
- Santam commercial: General business, Heavy haulage, Real estate, Hospitality and Leisure, KEU, Enviro, Cenviro, Beyonda, E hailing and public liability
Restaurant outlet manager (1000-seater fine dining) - Madinat Jumeirah, Al Qasr - Dubai, UAE
(2019-01 - 2019-07)
Retrenchment due to global events causing hotel occupancy decrease across the UAE. Shift work: Day shift and night shift. 15-hour work day
- HACCP Health and safety
- Manage daily event management setups with 200 staff per shift
- Managing daily, weekly, monthly stock take
- Managing labour budget, operations budget and food and beverage cost of sales
- Manage research team to ensure customer service excellence daily
- Issuance of disciplinary procedure
Store Manager (Casual dining, 180-seater) - Nando's - Durban, South Africa
(2015-04 - 2019-01)
Managed various Nando stores in Durban. Staff managed: 40. Resigned as earning under R10 000, looking for career growth and stability.
- Implementing controls to manage cost and procurement
- Qpro-health and safety audits daily/weekly
- Floor management: Managing staff and service
- Managing the marketing plan per shift
- Interacting with guests and taking care of special requests (Mystery shopper)
- Labour practice: Issuance of disciplinary procedures
- Managing daily stock takes and stock rotation
Stock Controller (daily) and assistant Operations Manager (2 x night shift per week) - The Square Boutique Hotel - Durban
(2013-01 - 2015-04)
50 rooms/4 star hotel. Resigned as earning under R10 000, looking for career growth and stability.
- Manage labour cost
- Procurement of food and beverage stock
- Management of food and beverage cost of sales
- Event management setup and breakdown
- Management of hotel maintenance schedule
- Staff training
- Hygiene audits and handling client feedback
- Conducting tasks on behalf of senior managers to assist in cost reduction in all departments
Lecturer - Oval International College - Durban
(2010-01 - 2013-01)
Resigned as earning under R10 000, looking for career growth and stability.
- Lecturing 5 subjects per day with teaching and learning strategy (In class and online)
- Setting of exams, tests and assignments
- Moderation of exam papers
- Conducting 4 excursions per semester
- General management 1
- Tourism management 1
- Tourism destinations 1
- Marketing for travel and tourism 1
- Events management 1
- Tourism destinations 2
- Tourism development 3
- Strategic management 3
