Zubair Gafieldien

Assist primary educators by overseeing classroom procedures, offering support to individual learners or small groups, and taking care of clerical responsibilities.

Teacher assistant / Teaching practice - Steenberg High School

(2019-07 - 2019-10)

Assist primary educators by overseeing classroom procedures, offering support to individual learners or small groups, and taking care of clerical responsibilities.

• Classroom & Lesson Support: Assist instructors in getting daily resources ready, setting up tools, and arranging classroom areas.
• Instructional Assistance: Go over lessons, facilitate group sessions, or provide personalized help to students who are struggling and those with unique learning needs.
• Student Supervision: Supervise students throughout class sessions, meal times, breaks, and field trips to guarantee safety and uphold school policies.
• Administrative Tasks: Record attendance, monitor lateness, calculate scores, and document student development under the guidance of the teacher. Send emails and operate copy machines for tests and examinations.
• Behavior Management: Reinforce classroom standards and contribute to maintaining a supportive, inclusive atmosphere.

Barber / hairstylist - Avalon barber

(2023 - 2025)

• Hair Cutting and Styling: Utilize clippers, scissors, shears, and razors to cut, trim, fade, and style hair.
• Facial Grooming: Execute beard trims, shape mustaches, provide straight razor shaves, and administer hot towel treatments.
• Client Consultations: Evaluate different hair types, facial structures, and individual preferences to suggest customized styles and grooming routines.
• Daily Operations: Oversee shop flow, manage appointment bookings, and handle walk-ins to keep the day running on time.
• Customer Service: Resolve client complaints, set the tone for the shop's atmosphere, and build guest loyalty.
• Inventory and Supplies: Monitor stock levels for blades, sanitation liquids, capes, and retail products, reordering as needed.
• Financial Management: Handle budgeting, revenue tracking, vendor payments, and staff payroll.

Barber / receptionist - Body Sense

(2025 - 2026)

• Client Greeting: Welcome walk-in and booked clients warmly, offer a comfortable waiting area, and let barbers know when a client has arrived.
• Appointment Management: Book, confirm, reschedule, or cancel appointments via phone, walk-ins, email, or digital calendars.
• Phone and Inquiries: Answer incoming calls or WhatsApp/online messages, provide pricing info, and explain available grooming services.
• Payments and Checkout: Process cash and card transactions, issue receipts, and manage daily financial reconciliations or tips.
• Record Keeping: Update client profiles with contact details, preferred services, and past appointments.
• Shop Organization: Keep the front desk and waiting area tidy, restock retail products or brochures, and assist with basic inventory tracking.

Educare assistant - Club Engage

(2025 - 2025)

• Planning and Instruction: Create and implement age-appropriate, play-based learning activities that introduce basic concepts like numbers, letters, shapes, colors, and motor skills.
• Child Development Support: Track and record developmental milestones across cognitive, emotional, social, and physical areas.
• Basic Care and Routine: Attend to daily physical needs, including feeding, snack times, hygiene routines, potty training, nappy changing, and managing nap or rest periods.
• Health and Safety Supervision: Maintain a clean, organized, and hazard-free classroom environment, supervise children during indoor and outdoor play, and monitor for signs of illness or distress.
• Social and Emotional Guidance: Use positive discipline strategies to teach sharing, empathy, patience, and conflict resolution.
• Family Communication: Provide regular updates to parents or guardians regarding a child's daily habits, achievements, and behavioral or developmental progress.
• Administrative and Compliance Tasks: Keep attendance records, prepare teaching aids and posters, and ensure the center adheres to local childcare licensing and safety rules.

Matric - 12 - Steenberg High School (2017)

Degree - Education - Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2023)

Training course - Barbering course - The Men's Room (2021)