student work...part time & flexible...any good ideas?

Felixradge

Yeah sorry neglected to mention that you need a national pool lifeguard qualification before you can work in any pool. 130 pounds sounds about right. Great student job i reckon.

Savvy_Sue

Friend says her son earns pots of money as an ice hockey referee at uni, so worth your son taking advantage of any sports qualifications etc he has as it will suit his aptitudes! Mine, alas, has no such skills ...

Helen_from_yorkshire

Did u have to pay for the lifeguard qualification yourself Felix or did your employer fund it?

Felixradge

Well i paid for it first time helen, then it was comming up to expire (cos they are only valid for 2 years) So my supervisor was doing his trainer assesor for the first time and by that time the summer contract had expried so he only asked me to pay £50 pounds to cover basic costs as he was being assesed himself. Well worth it though, easily redeem that cost back from working just one shift.

bestpud

Sorry if someone has already posted this - haven't read all the replies.

My uni sent out a leaflet asking for people to take notes for disabled students (physical or dyslexia for eg) - they pay but I don't know how much and he'd be doing the notes for himself anyway so would require very little of his time.

Don't know if all unis do this but may be worth asking

Hth
Helen

pug_in_a_bed

Bestpud has hit on another excellent means of cash whilst studying. You could work supporting students who have sight or hearing problems, dyslexia or physical disabilities.

I did this job on my year out between my masters and undergrad
(jack of all trades me:)).
You normally just take notes in lectures with the student attending with you, the money was excellent - £8 per hour for notes or £10 per hour for assisted library research.


I had to undetake a short 4 hour training course, but it was a great job.

Find out where the student services centre on the campus is and pop in to find out the location of the student welfare team who might be looking for employees.

Good thing about this job was that it was matched to your availablity outside your own lesson times. I have seen this advertised in other univeristies and it seems a widespread thing.

You're normally matched up to a student in a similar area of study. For instance, I did english but took notes for history and architecture. Made some new friends too .

tom_and_barbara_good

I have passed all these on, he's made notes and has plenty to think about...thank you all