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Motootua, Apia, Samoa

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Vaisualua Posese Okesene

Objective To commit to learning and putting to practice strategies to make improvement on myself, my home, my workplace, organization, country and the region. Experience 1999 – 2007(to date)   Samoa Polytechnic, NUS IoT       Samoa

Senior lecturer Computing

§        Supervise computing staff – meetings, follow up tasks and conduct appraisal reports.

§        Manage department’s budget

§        Manage computer labs – lab timetables, house keeping, request for services

§        Monitor and upgrade the Cert. Computer Operating program;

- screening and enrollment of applicants

- results documentation and presentation

- curriculum review, development and documentation

§        Facilitate in delivering computing courses for both full time programs and short courses.

§        Develop course manuals and descriptors for computing courses in both full time programs and short courses.

§        Give training and assist staff on computer applications and skills through CAT and when needed.

§        Develop and help moderate computing exam papers.

§        Coordinate short courses – hire part time tutors, document and present results.

§        Actively involve in School meetings and Industry Advisory Panel meetings.

1998                 Samoa Polytechnic                   Samoa

Lecturer Gr 1 Computing

§        Teach computing courses for both full time and short courses.

§        Develop computing exam papers

§        Assist senior lecturer.

1991–1994       Public Service Commission             Samoa

Programmer

§        Analyse manual system of record keeping.

§        Revise and upgrade computerized database system  for PSC records

§        Transfer from manual system of record keeping to computerized system

§        Create and print Classification list of all PSC employees.

§        Conduct training for staff on database application.

§        Supervise data entry operators

Knowledge

·        MS Office XP and 2003, Windows XP, Adobe Pagemaker 7, Publisher, Photoshop 7.2, HTML

·        Development of customized Database application – MS Access and Dbase iv.

·        Computer Networking and Inter-networking concepts and applications through Cisco training.

·        MS Windows Networking essentials and MS Windows Server 2000.

Skills ·        Installing basic hardware – floppy disk drive, CD-Rom, RAM chips, hard disk, data projector, printer

·        Installing software from CD-ROM and server

·        Creating and monitoring user accounts on server.

·        Maintaining computer – disk cleanup, de-fragmentation, running antivirus, checking and fixing errors, scheduling tasks

·        Cleaning computer hardware – spray inside system and clean keyboards

·        Troubleshooting the network connectivity

·        Making Power point presentation

·        Using Internet for information searching

·        Teaching skills for normal and special-need students

Education Secondary : Samoa College

1982 - 1986

§        School Cert and University Entrance cert.

Tertiary

1988 – 1991       University South Australia                                    Australia

§    B.A., Communication Studies, July 1991

1995                    USP                                                                       Fiji

·      Dipl. Computing (partly completed)

1999 – 2000      Samoa Polytechnic(assoc. Christchurch Poly)      Samoa

§        CAT (Certificate Adult Teaching)

Other training

2000

·        Adv. Cert. Counselling skills      Samoa Polytechnic (&AusAid)  Samoa

2001

·        Cert. of Achievement for

MS Windows 2000 Network & Operating Essentials     CSL (MS Cert Ed Center)  Samoa

2001

·        Cisco instructor training (sem 1 - 4 old vers.)

2003

·        Cisco instructor training (sem 1 & 2 new vers)       NUS Cisco Academy   Samoa

2006           Regional Conference (PacInet2006)                        Samoa

2005           SamoaIT conference                                                Samoa

2005           SQL Training                                                            Samoa

Interests Socializing, newspaper reading, teaching, learning on Internet, cooking