Kilian

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Description

Hey, my name is Kilian.
I am a high school graduate from Germany currently taking a gap year to explore Canada.
I arrived in Vancouver in October and now want to travel around more, to explore Canada's nature and culture.

In my free time I really enjoy hiking and riding my gravel bike. I often do short trips and longer journeys frequently. When I get the chance I like to go skiing. One summer I got my windsurfing licence, another I tried diving. I love swimming and other water or outdoor activities.
Moreover, I enjoy going camping. I sleep in tents, hammocks or just under a tarp. I've been on many trips for multiple days or weeks in a row with just my backpack or bicycle.
I also love spending a lot of quality time with my friends doing that, whether it's on a walk, a longer trip or a vacation.

Inside I really enjoy playing board and card games and listen to music or watch movies to relax. If my wallet allows, bowling, lasertagging, go-karting and a lot more is in the picture - I am happy as long as there is some variety.

My cognitive interests are very diverse, too. I am excited about learning about all natural sciences as well as traditional and modern technology. I want to fully understand how something works. I got a little bit into programming and also networks, but I learned a lot more about basic office programs by doing many accounting, bookkeeping and organising-jobs for my hobbies.
As an elderly scout, I help planning events an organising the club generally. I am the accountant
and a board member. With my friend I also organized the largest part of the graduation event for
our whole class, including program and content, catering, stage design and merch.
Moreover, I teach swimming from time to time or do jobs as a teamer for children's holiday programs. When I was still in school, I was a supervisor and homework instructor for our all-day-school, tutoring and entertaining kids.
In all of these jobs I spend a lot of fun time with many different children.

I can imagine a variety of environments for a workaway experience, with nice people to also spend time or hang out with sometimes. I am looking foreward to sharing experiences, exchanging cultures and hobbies and having fun (working). However, I am looking for a place with a lot of nature to explore.
I got pets myself and would love to meet yours.

Interests

Gardening

Languages

Hitchhiking

DIY & crafts

Carpentry

Vegetarian or vegan

Technology

Sustainability

Self development

Pets

Movies & TV

Events & social

Charity work

Photography

Cooking & food

Music

Animals

Winter sports

Water sports

Outdoor activities

Nature

Mountain

Hiking

Cycling

Camping

Adventure sports

Languages

Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Beginner
Japanese: Beginner

More details about my language interests
I speak English and German fluently and know some basic French. I'd be glad to get a chance improving my French and would be happy to exchange my knowledge about English and German in return. I just started learning some Japanese as well.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Eco Projects

Light gardening

Life at a Farmstay

Hospitality/Tourism

Light maintenance

House & pet sitting

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Some knowledge of:  

Charity Work

Languages

Being an elderly companion

Creative DIY projects

Babysitting and creative play

Creating/ Cooking family meals

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Able to teach about:  

Teaching

Helping with Computers/ Internet

More details about your skills

For work I am open to almost everything - from carpentry and mechanical jobs over farming especially to the tourism business.
I can imagine doing housekeeping, and watching children is something I am very comfortable with.

Before my journey started, I have worked multiple different jobs. Next to my school activities I supervised children in all-day school, taught swimming to children and adults and did voluntary work as an elderly scout.
After school I also prepared and executed a two-week workshop for a children's holiday program.
Moreover, I worked as a lighting operator for live music and as an assistant event technician.
At school, I was busy planning the graduating party for the whole class of our year, being active in the students parliament and the school's event technology team.
I am comfortable with all kinds of hands-on tools and I am good at reparing all kinds of things from your WiFi-router to your sink.
Since my grandfather owns a vacation cottage, I know a little bit about helping out there - like doing housekeeping and communicating with guests. I also made their first website.

I am a dedicated and motivated worker. My strengths include coordination, organization, analytical, logical and creative thinking, teaching and coaching, soft skills, all with practical experience.
I am very good with office programs like word or excel, know how to analyse and organise data and do accounting and bookkeeping.
I have learned to work with many different people and communicate with them. That includes reflecting on work, trying to find compromises and solve lots of problems to make everyone happy.

Age

20

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