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| Profile Code: NN/46/S29012025 |
Personal Data
| Info | Detail |
| Salary: | From R8 500 |
| Languages: | English and Xhosa |
| Reside: | Khayelitsha, Cape Town |
| Availability: | Immediately; live-out |
| Driver’s License: | Yes |
| Car type: | N/A |
| Dependents ages: | 30 & 19 years old |
| Who will take care of them if you are employed: | They are grown |
| Health: Clinic visits – how often: | When necessary |
| Can you get your medicine on weekends | Yes |
Education
| Institution | Detail |
| Highest Grade passed | Mpumelelo High School: Grade 11 |
| Other certificates | Baby & Childcare Essentials: Baby and Childcare Course – 2007 |
| Safe Kids: Infant & Child CPR Basic First Aid – 2017 |
Skill Matrix
| Years in total | |
|---|---|
| Housekeeping, Nanny and Cook | 6 years |
Employment History
| Job name: | Private home |
| About | Nanny, Housekeeper and Cook |
| Duration: | 2017 – 2023 |
| Housekeeping Duties: | |
| • | Sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping the floors. |
| • | Washing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen. |
| • | Cleaning the toilets, showers, bathtubs, and restocking restrooms. |
| • | Washing and ironing the Laundry. |
| • | Washing bed linen and curtains. |
| • | Sweeping outside and cleaning outside furniture |
| Make the homeowner aware of damaged items | |
| Let the homeowner know if cleaning products need replacing | |
| Nanny duties | |
| Child was six weeks old when NN started. Another was born in 2020 | |
| Changing nappies | |
| Looking after children | |
| Responsible for preparing and providing children with flourishing meals | |
| Extracurricular activities such as singing, exercising and reading stories | |
| Other duties | |
| Also cooked for the family meals such us bobtie, chicken mushrooms, pies, vegetables etc.
NN’s employer hired a cookery instructor to teach her how to cook |
Reference:
| Private Family | Feedback |
| From when to when did she work for you: | February 2017 – January 2023 |
| Why is she no longer employed? | Her services were no longer needed |
| What were her Duties? | She managed my home, looked after my children and occasionally cooked for us |
| How was her personality at work? | NN was lovely with a sense of humour |
| What would you say your former employee needs more training in? | No, she already did her first aid training, ECD training, cooking course and driver’s license while she was employed by me.
Unless she needs to be trained for anything else in particular |
| What did she excel in? | Being a nanny |
| Loyalty to her work? | Yes, she was |
| Was she mostly on time for work? | Yes, she was |
| How was her personality towards the kids and animals or the elderly in the house? | She took excellent care of my children. She was also comfortable around my pets |
| Her thoroughness? | She was thorough with her work |
| Activities she did with the kids, any feedback here? | Playing in the park and arranging playdates among other things |
| How many days in a week did she work? | Monday to Friday |
| Did she cook? Example of the meals? | Yes, she would cook recipes she learnt at the cookery course |
| Did she give notice when she resigned/ if applicable? | She did not need to resign as we let her go |
| Would you recommend her services? | Definitely, especially as a nanny |
| Communication skills? | They are great |
