Deborah & Mark

Information de voyage

Actuellement, nous sommes

Les activités qui nous intéressent :

Activities that involve learning new skills on growing our own food, self-sustainability, farming, carpentry, property maintenance etc. Any activities that involve being outdoors :)

Description

Mark and I met travelling in Cambodia over 6 years ago. Both of us have travelled with friends, solo and many times together. We have a shared love of experiencing new places, trying new things and meeting new people.

During travels in Australia we turned away from our usual careers and spent just under 2 months on a dairy farm and, then, 2 months on a banana farm. These jobs taught us a lot of new skills. We always received positive feedback about our enthusiasm and work ethic and we don’t shy away from a bit of hard work.

In Canada, we did a workaway on two hobby farms. The first we helped with various tasks including starting the squash garden, managing Mason Bees, moving mulch, cutting back plants and organising fallen limbs from winter storms. On the second workaway we helped with winter garden preparation including harvesting produce, de-weeding, clearing garden beds, hedge trimming, some minor landscaping and indoor help around the property including cleaning and cooking.
In the Canadian summer we worked on a resort where Deb took on a full-time role in the housekeeping team and Mark worked as part of the maintenance team, mainly focused on outdoors upkeep.

We would like to develop skills such as farming, agriculture, gardening, sustainable living, carpentry/DIY and any outdoors skills.

Mark’s career has been in IT infrastructure (engineer) and Deb’s in the non-profit sector. We have tried our hands at many different jobs on our travels so are really adaptable. We’re looking to further this through new workaway experiences.

Centres d’intérêt

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
During our travels in Central America we have picked up some very basic Spanish and would always like to develop this further.

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Compétences et connaissances que nous aimerions partager ou apprendre

Ça nous intéresse :  

Tenir compagnie à une pers. âgée

Bricolage et projets de construction

Aider dans une ferme

Aider à la maison

Accueil / tourisme

Entretien général

Éco-projets

Jardinage

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Nous avons des connaissances :  

Travail associatif

S’occuper des animaux

Aide informatique / Internet

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

A summary of some of our main roles:
Dairy farm - milkings (twice daily), feed, cleaning
Banana farm - humping (cutting and carrying), grading/sorting fruit
Citrus factory -grading and packing
IT - service engineer
Office administration

Soft skills:
Problem-solvers
Adaptable
Reliable
Friendly and approachable
Good communication skills

Âge

32 & 31

Informations complémentaires

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  Permis de conduire

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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  No - we eat anything and enjoy trying new dishes. We are always happy to help with cooking, Mark has a repertoire of Filipino dishes.