Oliver & Tara

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Hello hosts and Workawayers!!(we'll try keep our profile as simples as possible)

-We have a number of Workaway's booked up until the end of September. We are looking to book another Workaway(s) for October and November before he go back home for Christmas.(travelling again after Xmas doing Workaway's)

-My name is Oliver and my girlfriend is Tara.
-We are from Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland.
-Aged 22(Oliver) and 21(Tara) we have studied and working in Ireland and are ready to explore the world.

What motivates us?
•Oliver
-Oliver is a very creative person in many ways from art, design, business and food.
-He is an avid artist working mainly in pencil portraits but also loves painting and designing for himself or commissioned work like logos, posters and murals.
-He loves business and providing a product or service that people love. He has set up his own small and side businesses in the past and aims to go into business in the future.
-Food is a new passion of Oliver's as he now working in a restaurant as head pizza chef and loves learning from great chefs.
-Learning and emersing in new cultures is a passion of Olivers particularly in Italian, Greek and Japanese cultures. I love leaning about different countries design, philosophy and history.

•Tara
-Tara is a very free spirited person who loves to learn from and emerse herself in new experiences and people.
-With a strong interest in health and wellbeing she has a passion for improving people's health and habits.
-Tara is equipped with a warm personality that allows her to strive in her job as a waitress were she strives to provide the best in hospitality.
-Tara loves to expand her knowledge in various topics not just in health and wellbeing and always have a string of facts and knowledge in almost every topic that comes up.

What brings us happiness?
-We both loves to travel, we have been to England, Scotland, USA, Italy, Bosnia, France, Spain, Croatia, and Lanzarote.
-Taking part in sport is a big part of our lives such as running, rowing, Gaelic football, boxing, soccer and dancing or which we have won many awards and competitions particularly Tara.
-We love to listen and play music. We always have music playing in the background and Oliver is an accomplished musician in the Irish tin whistle winning competitions in Ireland.
-Socialising and meeting new people is very important to us.

There is a lot we can say about ourselfs but we often find it's much more interesting to learn about others and their experiences.

Our work experience
•Oliver
-Most recently Oliver works as head pizza chef in a busy restaurant/bar(J.M Reidys) in Killarney. Oliver has many responsibilities as a head pizza chef as he manages and oversees everything in his kitchen from dough production, ingredients cooking and prepping, functions planning, service, menue and special creation, money management, training, ordering, cleaning etc.
-With more work experience in retail and fast food Oliver has a further understanding of customer service, ordering, cleaning, people management, food service, stocking, etc.

•Tara
-Tara also works in the same restaurant/bar(J.M Reidys) as a waitress, hostess, mixologist and bartender. She is in a senior position among staff with a strong passion for customer service. Tara has learned all there is about hospitality with skills in almost all departments.
-With past work experience in retail she has a good understanding of how a shop runs and the responsibilities of staff which equips her with more skills like customer service, cleaning, stocking, display planning, staff training etc.

For the future we want to achieve the best we can professionally and personally. Oliver will begin his studies to become an architect in academic year of 2026 and will travel and work around the world up until then. Tara will begin her studies the same year in health and wellness also in the same year(2026) and will travel and work around the world up until then.

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
Sign language (American): Fluent
English: Fluent
Irish: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: Beginner

More details about my language interests
We are very open to the opportunity to learn the native language. We are currently leaning Italian.

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Eco Projects

DIY and building projects

Animal Care

General Maintenance

Life at a Farmstay

Charity Work

Being an elderly companion

Teaching

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Some knowledge of:  

Languages

Gardening

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Babysitting and creative play

Helping around the house

Helping with Computers/ Internet

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Able to teach about:  

Art Projects

Hospitality/Tourism

More details about your skills

Both I and Tara are always trying new things and experimenting with new topics and interests in our professional lives and personal lives.
This makes us a highly skilled couple with strong skills and interests in a number of areas. (We combined our skills into one list to make it easier)

•Our skills
-Art and design
-Portraits and landscape drawing
-Logo and poster design
-Murals
-Jewlery design and production
-Painting(walls and craft)
-Gardening
-Hedge cutting
-Wood cutting
-Chainsawing
-Planting
-Grass cutting(machine and manual)
-Strimming
-Weeding
-Landscape design
-Powerhosing
-Taking care of dogs, cats and cattle
-Taking care of children
-Cleaning
-Mopping
-Dusting and polishing
-Useage of power tools
-Farm work
-Cooking
-Organising and decluttering
-Woodwork sanding and sawing
-Photography
-Playing music(Irish tin whistle)
-Customer service
-Bartendering and mixology
-Food plating
-Food running
-Instagram marketing
-Driving car

•As well as our formal education we also take online courses like;
-Start your own business
-Photography
-Food plating
-Architecture drawing and sketching
-Productivity and planning
-Massage
-Marketing and branding
-Computer

We are also learning Italian and have a grip on the basics of the beautiful language.

Age

22 & 21

What else ...

Our reason for setting up this account is simply to see the world and provide hard working people with the help they need. We believe we can be a real help to people and figured we can provide this help as well as for filling our dream of travelling the world.

We are honest people who believe in honest work. We believe in the goodness of people and think we can grow as a young couple by experincing the rich cultures from around the world.

We have goals in life and right now we are working very hard achieve these goals starting with travelling the world.

We hope you can see our ambition and agree to have us at your Workaway.

We are so exited to meet you along the way!!

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  Special dietary requirements