David

Espagne
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Actuellement, je suis
à la maison
Ma prochaine destination :
France - du Jul 2022 au Aoû 2022
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Hi! I'm David. I'm 25 years old and I'm from Spain. Currently looking for a workaway in France, Belgium or Switzerland.
I love being active, outdoor, exploring new places, meeting new people and learning from others.
I've just finished my studies of International Trade, but now I would like to improve my french and english. So I think that volunteering is a quite interesting way to improve the language and also know other cultures and meet new people.
I have lived in the countryside near a small city the most part of my life. I'm keen on animals and plants. I have dogs, cats, birds, fishes,...
In addition, my Dad is a carpenter and I've worked with him for a long time, so I have some experience in this field and also a bit of experience with construction.
I'm keen on sports and nature. I enjoy doing outdoor activities like hiking or mountain bike. I also love playing tennis and I've been playing it since I was a child.
I love travelling and see new places. I've visited the most part of Spain and quite a few Europeans countries.
Also, I'd like to learn new skills.
Centres d’intérêt
Montagne
Plage
Nature
Camping
Sports d'aventure
Sports d'équipe
Cyclisme
Activités en plein air
Randonnée
Ferme
Jardinage
Menuiserie
Dev. durable
Animaux
Animaux de compagnie
Langues
Bricolage / artisanat
Films et télé
Cuisine et alimentation
Culture

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Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre
Ça m'intéresse :
Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille
Travail associatif
J'ai des connaissances :
Aider dans une ferme
Éco-projets
Aider à la maison
Accueil / tourisme
Aide informatique / Internet
Je peux apprendre aux autres :
Jardinage
Bricolage et projets de construction
Entretien général
S’occuper des animaux
Pratique des langues
Enseignement
Quelles sont vos compétences ?
-Gardening: pruning, digging, cutting edges, cutting and wood, harvesting...
-Animals: I have lived with animals all my life so I'm very comfortable working with animals. Also, I did some workaways where one of the taks were taking care of the animals (pets and farm animals).
-Carpintery and building: I've worked in my father's carpentry some time and aslo I have some experience with building and general maintenance in my house and in the workaways I did before.
-Sports: I've been playing tennis since I was a child, so I can teach some tennis, but I also practice other sports like cycling, trekking, football....
-Cleannig, walk the dogs, cooking (I can cook some spanish traditional foods)...
-I'm a spanish native speaker so I can teach you some spanish and talk about culture, history, food, sports, ...
-I'm a very self motivated and hard working person who is always open to learn news things and skills.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Courant
Français: Intermédiaire
Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
I would love to improve my english and french. In exchange can help you to learn spanish.
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Âge
26
Nationalité
spanish
Informations complémentaires
- Fumeur
- Permis de conduire
- Allergies
- Régime alimentaire spécial

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07.08.2019

Laissé par le workawayer (David) pour l'hôte (Help me with a creative ...)

I only stayed two weeks at Andrew's house but it was a pleasure. Andrew is a very friendly and patient person, also he is really nice with his workawayers. My job was mainly carpentry jobs (so I could practice and learn new skills), also I walked his dog Teddy. The place is very close to London, so you can go there very easily in your free time… read more

(Excellent )

03.08.2019

Laissé par l'hôte (Help me with a creative ...) pour le workawayer (David)

David was with us for just two weeks although we really would have liked him to stay longer. He is a wonderful worker, who works carefully and mindfully and completes a job to perfection and with a good spirit. He is calm and pleasant to be with and no task is too much for him to take on. He seems to prefer to work alone, but can also join in with… read more

(Excellent )

24.06.2019

Laissé par le workawayer (David) pour l'hôte (Friendly family near London, ...)

I spent a few months at the Cottage with the Rasmussen family, and defiently, it was a nice experience. The cottage is a big, beautiful and comfortable house in the countryside with a great garden. There's always things to do there, I did mainly carpentry jobs (build a shed, install the gutters, ...) but also I did some gardening, tyding,… read more

(Excellent )

04.05.2019

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (David)

David has been with us for a couple of months. His help has centred mainly on building projects and helping with our pets.
He is conscientious, dilligent and takes his stays seriously.
David is very keen to improve his English and so conversation is important to him. He has been a great help with our dogs and fits in well with our family. He has… read more

(Très bien )

22.12.2018

Laissé par l'hôte (Dog walking and home help, ...) pour le workawayer (David)

I believe David meant well and was not an unpeasant guest but for me he was less than ideal.
On the positive side he did do some good dog walking for me, whilst i was working, (i bought him Wellys because of the rain and mud!) it appeared to go ok and he managed this task without incident,and this was important for me, although i didn't detect a… read more keen connection from him with the dogs.
He also did some garden maintaince cutting back brambles, hedging and clearing weeds, he was fairly enthusiastic about this job once he got going, although he wasn't keen to go out in the rain which was alot of the time during his stay.
He also had a go at pruning 1 of my 3 lovely old apple trees, this job, which he had stated in his profile as being skilled at was the reason i chose David to come for his 3 week stay.
Unfortunately this was not successful and one of the reasons for my less than positive feedback. We discussed the pruning, he said he had learnt to prune with his Dad, i bought some new tools as my clippers were abit old and a good job was important to me, but unfortunately i wasn't available to supervise the first cutting, he took off some branches quite haphazardly in odd places with bad cuts tearing and damaging the remaining branches. when i saw his work i stated with my limited knowledge that the angle, placement and care of the cuts didn't look good, went through discussion of the best way to do it after watching utube tutorial. I suggested for him to just cut back the brambles from the tree but more branches seemed to be attacked.
A worker who came to give a quote on constructing a fence happened to also be tree person looked at what had been done and backed up my belief that he really didn't know what he was doing, was infact causing harm and he did his best to rectify the situation and minimise damage to the old tree. I am so glad that i caught this before all of the trees were damaged to a greater degree.
I didn't get flustered just asked David to stick to the brambles and hazel cutting and clearing, unfortunately he wasn't able to distinguish one of my special old shrubs, which also got an bad harsh pruning which i do hope it survives.
So what i realise is David needed alot more supervision than i was able to give him, needing someone to work alongside him to prevent such incidents. This is a good lesson for me, however i do believe workawayers should be really honest when stating a skill, especially when its the reason for taking someone on.
He also stated he was skilled in carpentry but although i suggested some jobs like mending chairs, putting latches and fixings on doors and gates, he didn't show any iniative or interest in completing these tasks. We did begin a job of screwing down some floorboards that were squeaky, it was discussed twice, my partner even lifted a board to show him where pipes went under, before going to work, however luckily as it turns out the drill stopped working after the first floorboard was done, all the screws were in the wrong place and could have caused damage, so this was the second job i asked him to leave as i was losing my trust and confidence in his abilities, aware that things could have gone alot worse, with both jobs if not caught when they where.
From the beginning i had suggested some simple, basic, no mess jobs to get on with when i was working that didn't require any skills as other important jobs weren't going so well, i hoped he would take the intiative to get on with like cleaning cupboards, shelves, sideboards etc but these didn't get done either, despite reminders.
He did abit of hoovering which was ok and moping, not so good mostly getting alot of water on the floor without great result, missed corners, behind doors etc.
He says in his feedback that the work was relaxed at mine but i don't think he was skilled or very capable and really i was just trying not to stress about things as i didn't want to make things awkward but he obviously didn't pick up my discomfort with the work he did and didn't manage to do. Maybe i should have been abit clearer with him but it can be tricky with someone living alongside you.
David cooked some meals for himself and for us both and although he did manage this task, he did leave alot of oil around all the cooking surfaces and stained pans from having the flame up too high with alot of spitting and smell, i kept telling him to watch the heat and clean up afterwards but this didn't seem to go in very easily.
I also felt his understanding of a fair trade of work for accommadation and food was abit unbalenced, i don't think i helped the situation by really wanting him to feel at home and comfortable without any unease or tension which is unpleasant for all involved but i suppose the skill is to balence this with clear boundaries, instructions and rules.
I bought alot of food in for the first shop we did together making sure there were things he liked, however after this he kind of demanded lots of stuff, an awful lot of fruit, snacks, pizzas ( i bought some cheaper variety but he wouldn't eat them), and even presented me with a bill for crisps, croisssants, mustard (- we already had some -) when i sent him to the shop for bread and milk.
David was not a talker and only really communicated on a basic level of times of events and household goings on and despite me trying to be back at home for him as much as possible around my busy hectic schedule whenever i returned he asked what was happening the next day and apart from eating dissappeared into his room.
All in all i realise i require an older more experienced workawayer who has lived away from home, has more of a concept of what is involved in running a household, has more skills, social interaction, understanding and capabilities.
I am fairly busy person, and its help that i need rather than a student type, i did take time to try and show him around, communicate about various things but i didn't get alot of interaction back.
It's really important to have pleasant easeful company in one's home and unfortunately this time it didn't work out for me, i always try very hard to be a good host so David didn't seem to comprehend how difficult and challenging and even upsetting (re the tree and shrub) the whole experience was for me, so i will go for over 25's from now on!
But we made it to the allocated 3 weeks without unpleasantness and i was very ready to drop him off to his coach for the airport and back home.
Of course dynamics will always be different with different people.
I have to understand he is young and inexperienced but honesty and integrity is vital to this workaway experience, i ask that he reviews his skills list and reflects on this review to improve the experience for a future host.
I wish David all the best for the future.

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16.12.2018

Laissé par le workawayer (David) pour l'hôte (Dog walking and home help, ...)

It was really good to be at Uma's house. She is a very lovely person, she provied me all the things that I needed, even she bought me a waterproof boots. I mainly walked the dogs and I did some cleaning on the house, washing the dishes and also I did some gardening, but the work was very easy and relaxed. Also, Uma helped me to go to Exeter,… read more

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Me repairing a wall

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A delicious paella!

Making a small shelter for the the chickens

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Renovating an old horsebox during a workaway in England

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07.08.2019

Laissé par le workawayer (David) pour l'hôte (Help me with a creative ...)

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03.08.2019

Laissé par l'hôte (Help me with a creative ...) pour le workawayer (David)

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24.06.2019

Laissé par le workawayer (David) pour l'hôte (Friendly family near London, ...)

(Excellent )

04.05.2019

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (David)

(Très bien )

22.12.2018

Laissé par l'hôte (Dog walking and home help, ...) pour le workawayer (David)

(Neutre )

16.12.2018

Laissé par le workawayer (David) pour l'hôte (Dog walking and home help, ...)

(Excellent )

04.12.2018

Laissé par l'hôte (Farm stay, language exchange ...) pour le workawayer (David)

David is great, very skilled. He fixed all wooden items at the house, painted and decorated, cooked paella etc. I would highly recommend

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02.12.2018

Laissé par le workawayer (David) pour l'hôte (Farm stay, language exchange ...)

I spent a very good time during my stay in London with this family. Edyta and the childrens are really good people. They made me feel very comfortable. The house is very big and it's very good situated because there is a bus stop in front of the house so you can go to the centre of London easily. That it's soo good because during that time I… read more

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